Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this module students should have:
• acquired some knowledge and understanding of some engineering materials, processes and components relevant to their work area;
• acquired some knowledge and understanding of related developing technologies and how they might impinge upon their work area;
• developed possible skills in integrating knowledge, handling complexity and formulating judgements with incomplete or limited information;
• developed possible skills in applying and where necessary adapting software tools and quantitative methods to solve problems;
• developed possible skills in applying design methods to unfamiliar, ill-defined problems, possibly involving other disciplines;
• developed possible skills in identifying constraints including environmental and sustainability limitations, health, safety and risk assessment issues;
• developed possible skills in redesigning existing products, processes or systems or develop novel products, processes or systems in order to improve productivity, quality, safety or other desired features;
• developed possible skills in critically evaluating current problems and new engineering insights;
• developed possible skills in incorporating aspects of engineering outside their own discipline and work with experts in other fields;
• developed possible skills in reflecting on social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgements;
• acquired some knowledge and understanding of the social, environmental, ethical, economic, financial, institutional, sustainable and commercial considerations affecting the exercise of their work;
• acquired some knowledge and understanding of the health, safety, cultural and legal issues and responsibilities of engineering practice, and the impact of engineering solutions in a societal and environmental context;
• acquired some knowledge, understanding and commitment to the framework of relevant legal requirements governing engineering activities, including personnel, environmental, health, safety and risk issues;
• developed possible skills in recognising and making use of the interactions between the engineering technologies and the technologies associated with other disciplines and professions;
• acquired some knowledge and understanding of the respective functions of technicians, technologists and engineers and how they together constitute a project team;
• acquired some knowledge and understanding of concepts from a range of areas outside engineering;
• acquired some knowledge of the impact of their work on the costs of a project;
• developed skills in writing technical reports, and synthesising their own work and that of others.