| CODE | TET3004 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Design and Manufacture Project | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Technology and Entrepreneurship Education | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This unit provides the opportunity to develop and experience entrepreneurship within technology and consider technological activities from a holistic point of view in the form of an extensive project. The project provides the opportunity to continue developing technological capabilities and perspectives about technology by addressing research questions on all of the following areas: a) conceptual design (the overall purpose of the design); b) technical design (how the design will work; c) aesthetic design (what the design will look like); d) constructional design (how the design will be put together); e) marketing design (who the design is for, where it will be used, how it will be sold). The range of technological problems to be solved can be various but the overall goals need to ensure that the design of products or processes target and respect clearly defined user needs and that the problem classifies as being open-ended and ill-defined. The choice of problem to be solved must include the opportunity to make and critique value judgements as well as evaluate the technical soundness of solutions. Creative but well-grounded choices of problems to be solved and proposed solutions are encouraged. The final products of the project work are expected to take part in an exhibition and must therefore satisfy exhibition standards which minimally include the validation of functionality of the product and the satisfaction of aesthetical features or user-friendliness. The project is to be accompanied and supported by a written report and overall progress will be regularly monitored by a supervisor. Study-Unit Aims: The aims of this study-unit are to: 1. Provide students with the opportunity to develop and experience entrepreneurship within technological contexts; 2. Provide students with the opportunity to apply and link technological knowledge and skills to real-world problem scenarios; 3. Engage students in research about diverse aspects of a problem scenario; 4. Assist students in developing professional presentation techniques for exhibiting and communicating technological knowledge and skills. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. Identify an ill-defined problem which centres around user needs; 2. Have a deep understanding of the variables and challenges involved in the problem to be solved; 3. Explore a set of solutions which can be used to solve the given problem; 4. Critique, discuss and explain in detail which solution is optimal for the given purpose and offer re-design recommendations if necessary. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. Develop design skills by showing evidence of the following activities: a) determine the specifications required for a design; b) optimize a solution to a problem; c) control the trade-off of parameters; d) evaluate existing technological systems; e) invent or develop new perspectives of technological systems; 2. Model technological systems using a variety of methods; 3. Control the relationship of structure to function; 4. Manage and work resources such as diverse materials, energy, information and time; 5. Make value judgements of technological systems; 6. Explain social interaction with technological systems; 7. Express innovative thinking and be able to face risk or failure; 8. Develop organizational skills such as: time management, networking, entrepreneurship, team work, oral and written communication etc.; 9. Develop research skills which draw upon a diverse set of methodologies mainly from the knowledge domains of education, engineering and business. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Various depending on topic chosen. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Please note that a pass in the Project and in the Report components is obligatory for an overall pass mark to be awarded. | ||||||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Project | ||||||||||||||||
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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 description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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