Undergraduate Course: Mechanical Design Project 3 (MECE09020)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering | 
College | College of Science and Engineering | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) | 
Availability | Available to all students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 10 | 
ECTS Credits | 5 | 
 
 
| Summary | This course aims to give mechanical engineering students experience of tackling a mechanical engineering design problem with all the uncertainties of the real world, personal interactions and time management. | 
 
| Course description | 
    
    Week 1 - Introductory lecture (covering project and teamwork) 
Week 2 -  
Week 3 - Whole class session (including group allocation) 
Weeks 4 and 5 Short consultations available for all groups in teaching time, while groups work towards interim report submission 
Week 6 - Interim report hand-in 
Week 7 - Feedback lecture 
Weeks 8 - Short consultations available for all groups in teaching time, while groups work towards final report submission 
Week 9 - Final report hand-in 
Week 10 - 13 Group interview on final report 
    
    
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
 
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | None | 
 
		| High Demand Course? | 
		Yes | 
     
 
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |   
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - Analyse a real problem and identify the key difficulties.
 - Produce a range of possible solutions and select the best of them.
 - Write key design equations.
 - Do neat assembly drawings and detailed drawings of some critical parts.
 - Understand something of group dynamics and personal interactions.
 
     
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Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr John Chick 
Tel: (0131 6)50 5675 
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Course secretary | Miss Jennifer Yuille 
Tel: (0131 6)51 7073 
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