Group Design Project (Micro-system Biosensor Design) (U03854)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : EEL-4-ETDMSX

This project is intended to introduce students to multidisciplinary planning and design. The project should develop creative thinking, team skills, and an improved understanding of other disciplines.

The class is divided into teams, each team being tasked with the development of a MEMS cantilever-based sensor capable of detecting one or more contaminants.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Only available to MEng students in the School of Engineering and Electronics

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Electronics, (School of Engineering and Electronics, Schedule M)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 5 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

? Other Required Attendance : 3 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

This course is intended to:
- encourage questioning and creative thinking;
- develop skills in problem identification and study planning;
- provide a realistic team working environment;
- further develop communication skills.
By the end of the project the student should have:
- improved team working skills;
- improved communication skills;
- a better appreciation of project planning issues;
- an appetite for creative engineering and planning.

Assessment Information

The following is for guidance only and may be modified to account for circumstances:

Project plan 5%
Provisional market analysis 10%
Critical design review 30%
Final deliverables 45%
Project presentation 10%