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The precise learning outcomes will depend on the individual project. In general, on successful completion of the project, the student will have the ability to:
1. Demonstrate an advanced knowledge and understanding of a specialised field.
2. Conduct a comprehensive, critical review of the literature and knowledge at the forefront of the field.
3. Identify a new engineering problem, taking account of current knowledge and debate.
4. Design an appropriate engineering solution to address the problem; develop and execute a project research plan.
5. Apply specialised knowledge to implement solutions and generate new insights through design, analysis, mathematical modelling and/or experimentation.
6. Develop new tools and techniques to solve engineering problems.
7. Analyse and interpret complex project outcomes and results, and discuss critically.
8. Formulate conclusions while taking account of the wider technical, professional and social context.
9. Communicate project conclusions, and the rationale underpinning them, effectively to both specialist and non-specialist audiences, verbally and in writing.
10. Collaborate with supervisor, co-workers and/or support staff to achieve a technical solution.
11. Continue to learn in a self-directed, autonomous manner.
12. Possess research skills hand have the ability to apply research techniques at an apprpriate level.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 6 |
Seminar (or Webinar) | 3 |
Specified Learning Activities | 500 |
Total | 509 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Essay: Conference Paper | Unspecified | n/a | Graded | No | 15 |
Presentation: Oral Presentation | Unspecified | n/a | Graded | No | 10 |
Oral Examination: Examination of Thesis | End of Year Transition | n/a | Graded | No | 65 |
Essay: Interim Report | Unspecified | n/a | Graded | No | 10 |
Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
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Repeat | Within Two Trimesters |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Individual feedback will be given to students on each assessment component after the grading of each assessment component is complete.
Name | Role |
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Assoc Professor Paul Curran | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Avishek Nag | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Elena Blokhina | Tutor |
Dr Barry Cardiff | Tutor |
Dr Paul Cuffe | Tutor |
Dr Declan Delaney | Tutor |
Professor Mark Flanagan | Tutor |
Assoc Professor Damian Flynn | Tutor |
Dr John Healy | Tutor |
Dr Deepu John | Tutor |
Professor Peter Kennedy | Tutor |
Mr Brian Mulkeen | Tutor |
Assoc Professor Terence O'Donnell | Tutor |
Teerachot Siriburanon | Tutor |
Professor Robert Staszewski | Tutor |
Assoc Professor Nam Tran | Tutor |
Professor Anding Zhu | Tutor |