| CODE |
ENR3003 |
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| TITLE |
Team Project |
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| LEVEL |
03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course |
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| ECTS CREDITS |
6 |
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| DEPARTMENT |
Faculty of Engineering |
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| DESCRIPTION |
In this unit, students work in teams to design, implement, test and validate a technical solution to a given requirement in engineering, taking the form of a practical project. Projects will mainly involve a combination of elements of electronic/electrical hardware, algorithm and software design. As part of the unit, students shall also attend a series of formal lectures on good practice in general problem solving, design approaches, project planning, time management, team work, report writing and presentation (preparation and delivery).
At the end of the project, each team is expected to demonstrate operation of the implemented solution, submit a 20 page project report and deliver a short presentation on the project. All team members shall participate in the write-up of the report and the delivery of the presentation.
The unit will be assessed through progress supervision, project demonstration, student interviews, technical reporting and public presentation on the merit of:
• Technical issues: technical research, design, implementation, workmanship and success, testing and validation procedures, project demonstration.
• Management and participation issues: project planning, project, time and resource management, individual role performance, team work, resolution of conflict.
• Presentation issues: report, interview, presentation.
Students will be rewarded for taking proactive roles and initiatives and for developing independent thinking.
Study-unit Aims:
The study-unit aims to impart the following skills to the students:
• Technical skills: problem definition and formulation of specifications; analysis, design and development; implementation and deployment; workmanship; testing and validation procedures.
• Management and participation skills: project planning, time management, project management, role fulfilment, team work and participation.
• Presentation skills: report writing, answers to technical questions (interview), oral presentation, project demonstration.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Knowledge & Understanding:
By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:
• Describe product life cycles and produce conceptual designs that meet all the requirements of the client and the market at every stage of the product's life cycle.
• Describe how to reach technical targets within stipulated costs & time frames.
• Describe time management and human resource management skills.
• Describe the benefits and challenges presented during team-work.
• Describe the process for reaching compromise using conflict-resolution skills.
• Describe oneself's clear role in the organization and its ultimate success.
• Present individual work and the team's work in a concise, but equitable manner.
2. Skills:
By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:
• Define hierarchical technical requirements and specification documents based on vague goals stated in layman's terms. Break large problems into manageable pieces.
• Self-organise into a goal-oriented and efficient hierarchical organization.
• Design systems to predetermined specifications.
• Perform engineering trade-offs to create an artifact which strikes an optimum balance between conflicting needs for manufacturability, recyclability, cost, repeatability, autonomy, ruggedness, reliability, environmental impact, design effort, ease-of-use, etc... as well as a number of more case-specific technical requirements such weight, MTFB, efficiency, performance, accuracy, range, endurance etc...
Main Text/s and any supplementary readings:
Depends on the technical problem being addressed by each team. Texts and references will therefore be proposed by the team supervisor according to the task assigned to the team.
A selection of useful designer's handbooks available in the Library Reference Section includes:
1) The Electronics Handbook, Jerry C. Whitaker, CRC Press, 2005.
2) The Control Handbook, William S. Levine, CRC Press, 1996.
3) The Image Processing Handbook, John C. Russ, CRC Press, 2010.
4) The RF and Microwave Handbook, Mike Golio, CRC Press, 2008.
5) The Electrical Power Engineers Handbook, Leonard L Grigsby, CRC Press, 2007.
6) The Electrical Engineering Handbook, Richard C. Dorf, CRC Press, 2006.
7) Instrument Engineers Handbook, Bela G Liptak, CRC Press, 2005.
8) Handbook of Automotive Power Electronics and Motor Drives, Ali Emadi, CRC Press, 2005.
9) CRC Handbook of Modern Telecommunications, Morreale & Terplan, CRC Press, 2009. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE |
Lecture, Independent Study and Project |
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| METHOD OF ASSESSMENT |
| Assessment Component/s |
Resit Availability |
Weighting |
| Presentation |
Yes |
20% |
| Report |
Yes |
20% |
| Project |
Yes |
60% |
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| LECTURER/S |
Marvin Bugeja
Brian Cauchi
Joseph Cilia
Simon G. Fabri
Andrew Sammut
Cyril Spiteri Staines
Brian Zammit
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints.
Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice.
It should be noted that all the information in the study-unit description above applies to the academic year 2012/3, if study-unit is available during this academic year, and may be subject to change in subsequent years.
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25 May 2013
http://www.um.edu.mt/eng/studyunit |
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