Undergraduate Course: Tools for Engineering Design 2 (CIVE08020)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course introduces students to a wide range of skills that are required in engineering design, and that make part of the engineers' toolbox. It provides students with experience of solving and communicating solutions to open-ended engineering problems that require compromise between competing criteria and priorities. It develops competence and confidence in communication skills including sketching, engineering drawings and oral presentation. It also introduces a number of engineering tools, such as Cad, Excel and Matlab via self-directed learning. |
| Course description |
- What is Design?
- Development of design skills (the roles of iteration, compromise, conflict, uncertainty, experience, design teams etc in design).
- The importance of Communication; the roles of different types of drawings
Self-study CAD task
- Self-study Excel calculation task
- Design and build project
- New Build Project
- Upgrade Project
- Reflection and compilation of Portfolio of work
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Civil Engineering 1 (CIVE08001)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 30,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 10,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
57 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
New Build Project 20%
Upgrade Project 20%
Final Portfolio 60% |
| Feedback |
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
This course is intended to:
- encourage questioning and creative thinking;
- develop skills in problem identification and solution development;
- develop skills in engineering communication;
- ability in using common engineering problem solving tools.
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Reading List
Fiona Cobb, "Structural Engineer's Pocket Book", Butterworth Heinemann.
Expedition Workshed website, http://expeditionworkshed.org |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Timothy Stratford
Tel: (0131 6)50 5722
Email: |
Course secretary | Miss Lucy Davie
Tel: (0131 6)50 5687
Email: |
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