- Course Code
- EG 2501
- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Dr Hongyue Sun
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
None
Overview
1. Design and Solid Modelling
Principles of product specification and engineering design process and procedures; product specification within the confines of customer requirement, fit-for-purpose, quality and cost effective production; further development of solid modelling and engineering drawing skills through hands-on experience of using SolidWorks for configurations and simple structural analysis, linear and geometrical tolerances, fasteners etc.; extended design exercise involving the use of SolidWorks to produce precise and accurate drawings from written specification taking account of the limitations of the manufacturing process.
2. Ethics
Development of an existing design using reverse engineering within the requirements of Copyright, patents and design protection laws; Professional Design Lectures by visiting speakers from industries.
3. Workshop Practice
Hands-on exercises covering five skills areas: Machining, Surveying, Electronics, and Metrology; learn manufacture of simple parts using variety of machine tools and joining processes.
4. Computing
Knowledge of MATLAB as engineering analysis tool is developed through lectures and practical sessions on: basic arithmetic, functions and data structures; graph plotting and interpretation; vectors and matrices; complex numbers; polynomials and the integration of functions. Applications are developed for simple mechanical design exercise using engineering problems using batch files and basic programming constructs including loops and conditional statements. Each group prepares a report of the outcome of this work.
Structure
The course will consist of 17 one-hour lectures and 22 three-hour Practical classes, in total. Detailed times are provided separately. Detailed schedules are provided separately.
Assessment
1st attempt: Continuous Assessment 100%: Design 50%, Practical 10% and Computing 40%
Re-sit: Students who No Paper any element of assessment will not be given resubmission opportunity and will be required to re-register for this course or its equivalent at the next available opportunity. All other students should be referred to the course coordinator for resubmission.
Formative Assessment
Students must participate in all continuously assessed work and submit their reports and engineering drawings for marking when required. There will be opportunities for informal formative assessment and informal feedback in the weekly tutorial/practical sessions.
Feedback
The return of marked coursework will provide formal feedback to the students.