EEE8097 : Individual Project
- Offered for Year: 2025/26
- Module Leader(s): Dr Andrew Smith
- Owning School: Engineering
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 2 Credit Value: | 10 |
| Semester 3 Credit Value: | 50 |
| ECTS Credits: | 30.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
To offer the opportunity of investigating complex problem to students and to enhance the ability of students in applying their engineering and computing expertise to this.
Outline Of Syllabus
An individual project leading to the design and development of an original system or device and involving multi-disciplinary skills. The overall theme of the project will be provided by the academic supervisor who will assist in project monitoring. Assessment of the project, undertaken by the academic supervisor and a second academic examiner, is via demonstrations and a final report.
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 40:00 | 40:00 | Final demo preparation and completion |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 100:00 | 100:00 | Writing Final Report |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 20:00 | 20:00 | Preparation of Inception Report/Project Plan |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 1 | 1:00 | 1:00 | Lecture on ‘kickstarting the research process’ |
| Guided Independent Study | Skills practice | 1 | 50:00 | 50:00 | Skills development: Circuit board construction; software development etc |
| Guided Independent Study | Project work | 1 | 317:30 | 317:30 | Design and construction of devices and/or software. |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Workshops | 1 | 1:30 | 1:30 | Workshop on finding information for research projects |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Dissertation/project related supervision | 20 | 1:00 | 20:00 | Estimated staff contact hours, depends on the number of students on the module |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 50:00 | 50:00 | Reviewing lecture notes; general reading relevant to the project |
| Total | 600:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
The project enables the student to adapt the factual, conceptual, and procedural knowledge acquired from a wide range of modules undertaken to a specific problem, and it also enhances their strategic knowledge by undertaking a project for which they are wholly responsible.
Consequently, it will require the student to demonstrate a wide range of skills
Subject-specific skills - design skills plus an overall understanding of a wide range of subject matter related to the project
Core skills – the ability to plan and organise the work, together with exercising problem-solving skills. Numeracy and computer literacy skills will be demonstrated, along with their ability to create and submit a technical written report on the design
Cognitive skills – the ability the analyse the results and present them in a coherent manner.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Exams
| Description | Length | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral Examination | 30 | 3 | M | 60 | In Person System Demonstration (30 mins) |
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | 3 | M | 40 | Final Technical Report (6000 Words) |
Formative Assessments
Formative Assessment is an assessment which develops your skills in being assessed, allows for you to receive feedback, and prepares you for being assessed. However, it does not count to your final mark.
| Description | Semester | When Set | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Written exercise | 2 | M | Inception Report / Project Plan (1000 words) |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
The module is entirely in-course assessed.
The inception report / project plan assesses the initial understanding of the project area, and allows the student to demonstrate their planning skills (skill outcome 2 [M17]).
The in-person project demonstration / viva is an appropriate way to assess both the depth of theoretical knowledge and understanding of the project (knowledge outcomes 1-4 [M1, M2, M3, M4], and skill outcomes 1-2 [M1, M4, M17]. It also gives students the opportunity to demonstrate their presentation and transferable skills (skill outcomes 1-2 [M1, M4, M17]).
The technical report is an appropriate way to assess the students’ depth of theoretical knowledge, research awareness, and problem-solving skills. The report also assesses data and information acquisition and evaluation skills (knowledge outcomes 1-4 [M1, M2, M3, M4], and skill outcomes 1-2 [M1, M4, M17]).
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- EEE8097's Timetable