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Module

MAR3033 : Marine Engineering Design

  • Offered for Year: 2024/25
  • Module Leader(s): Dr Kayvan Pazouki
  • Lecturer: Dr Rosemary Norman
  • Owning School: Engineering
  • Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters

Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.

Semester 1 Credit Value: 10
Semester 2 Credit Value: 10
ECTS Credits: 10.0
European Credit Transfer System

Aims

The module aims to provide students with a detailed understanding of the process and rationale for engineering design applied to marine machinery systems.

Outline Of Syllabus

This module provides students with a deep and detailed understanding of engineering design rationale, procedures and multiple criteria design. Students will learn how to arrange and implement machinery space, main/auxiliary power systems and auxiliary machinery facilities onboard ships.
Specific attention will be given to standard and non-standard propulsion units. Teamwork and leadership qualities are introduced, exercised and assessed.

Topics include:

Marine system design: Machinery requirements and constraints; Machinery selection and Interaction with ship design; Marine propulsion systems including Electric propulsion system, configuration and distribution; renewable sources of energy for marine applications; Basic Gear Design and Basic shafting design; Propellers, propeller types and applications; Fuel oil system design; Piping design phases; Automation, Unattended Machinery Space (UMS) concept.

Teamwork: This is practiced through the provision of a practical marine engineering design exercise that seeks to foster the skills of engineering judgement in the context of propulsion system design or renewable power generation or alternative fuels, etc. This marine engineering design group coursework provides a realistic insight into the synthesis of a balanced design solution and provides skills in the use of appropriate software. Engineering economic principles and economic criteria, the role of classification societies and regulatory influences will be considered in this design coursework.

Teaching Methods

Teaching Activities
Category Activity Number Length Student Hours Comment
Guided Independent StudyAssessment preparation and completion10:300:30Formative assessment. Final Presentation of group coursework.
Guided Independent StudyAssessment preparation and completion115:3015:30Examination Revision
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesLecture181:0018:00Scheduled teaching sessions to be recapped. Includes Q/A for recorded lectures. 14 sem1; 4 sem 2
Guided Independent StudyAssessment preparation and completion12:002:00Examination
Structured Guided LearningLecture materials261:0026:00Online Recorded lectures, notes, tutorials and quizzes (S1).
Structured Guided LearningStructured research and reading activities19:009:00Seminar preparation.
Structured Guided LearningStructured research and reading activities118:0018:00Tutorial preparation and Follow-up.
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesSmall group teaching33:009:00Seminar sessions in S2 (Group project discussion)
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesSmall group teaching91:009:00Tutorial and feedback sessions. 5 in sem1; 4 in sem2
Structured Guided LearningStructured research and reading activities118:0018:00Lecture Follow-up: Book chapter, lecture notes, worked example, websites.
Guided Independent StudyStudent-led group activity136:0036:00Group Project
Guided Independent StudyIndependent study139:0039:00General Reading
Total200:00
Teaching Rationale And Relationship

The module will consist of online lecture recordings and guided study materials with a mixture of in-person and synchronous online tutorials to provide structured support for the students’ learning. The structured online materials, covering both semesters, will define the scope of each of the syllabus topics. The use of online lecture recordings as the principle teaching method is an effective means to assist in the acquisition of a knowledge base that will facilitate understanding of a sizeable and detailed body of material (IKO1-8).

Tutorials provide a forum in which students are given the opportunity to develop subject-specific skills, negotiate their problems with lecturers in a less formal approach (IS01-4).

The group project will provide a platform for team work, active participation to exercise team-membership or leadership skills, planning, initiative, organisational, interpersonal, oral presentation, problem solving and numeracy skills (ISO1-4).

Assessment Methods

The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners

Exams
Description Length Semester When Set Percentage Comment
Written Examination1202A50Closed book exam set at the end of semester 2
Other Assessment
Description Semester When Set Percentage Comment
Design/Creative proj2M50Group Design Project, taking approx 36 hours
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
Oral Presentation2MGroup Design Project Presentation (30 minutes)
Assessment Rationale And Relationship

The examination affords students an opportunity to demonstrate knowledge, understanding and possession of subject-specific and key skills. This medium also allows students to demonstrate intended learning outcomes across a wide range of topics from the syllabus (IKO1-IKO8).
The engineering design group project provides students with an opportunity to demonstrate written communication, teamwork, leadership, planning and organising, initiative, problem solving, technical creativity and innovation, numeracy and computer literacy and associated cognitive skills. (ISO1-ISO4).

Reading Lists

Timetable