Learning Outcomes:
The key outcome is the development of the creative thinking, design and teamwork skills required of professional engineers, fostered by sustained engagement with a serious software and mechanical engineering design challenge.
On completion of this module students should also be able to:
1. Design and develop a solution to a relatively complicated problem.
2. Brainstorm effectively.
3. Design and build an electro-mechanical system to meet particular requirements.
4. Create a computer program to control an electro-mechanical system.
5. Specify, schedule and delegate engineering tasks effectively.
6. Articulate various ways that individual inventors and innovators have improved humanity's lot by brining their ingenuity to bear against pressing problems