On successful completion of the module, the student will display mastery, integration and application of business principles in an engineering context, through being able to:
(a) Understand and employ standard research methods.
(b) Describe the engineering and business principles that underpin the research.
(c) Conduct a literature review
(d) Identify specific research objectives which integrate aspects of the technical and business elements of the programme
(e) Formulate a research design to address the project objectives and develop a project plan
(f) Implement the project plan
(g) Employ data science and analytics techniques, analyse results, discuss critically and draw appropriate conclusions
(h) Evaluate implications for both theory and practice of the research results
(i) Present the research project and results to both technical and business audiences through a written report/thesis and oral presentation
(j) Understand the importance of the ethical usage of technology and data

Not applicable to this module.

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

Feedback will be provided to the students by their academic supervisor during the project on a regular basis. The final evaluation form will be sent to students, after the thesis presentation.