Individual Project Viva

2 - Oral assessment and presentation - 15

Research Dissertation

1 - Dissertation - 85

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Dependent on the topic you may be required to demonstrate the appreciation of professional engineering practice, ethics, and commercial awareness. Your chosen project may involve theoretical, mathematical, computational, or experimental work or a combination of all. You might be required to apply your knowledge and skills to design, deliver and evaluate innovative new products or services to meet defined needs, using new or existing technologies.  
The majority of the project’s topics put forward by the supervisors are inspired and underpinned by the various related research activities in the School or in collaboration with industrial partners.  
Some of the key elements identifying the process are: 
<ul><li>Detailed literature search </li></ul>
<ul><li>Critical review of available information </li></ul>
<ul><li>Understanding of research methodology and research ethics </li></ul>
<ul><li>Planning and execution of the project  </li></ul>
<ul><li>Analysis and evaluation of results </li></ul>
<ul><li>Dissemination of conclusions  </li></ul>

Feedback is provided in a number of ways throughout your module. This includes feedback you receive during teaching from both peers and lecturers and that provided for formative assessment. Following an assessment, you will be given your marks and feedback in line with the assessment regulations and policy. More information on the timing and type of feedback that will be provided for each assessment will be available from the module leader. <a href='https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/governance/policies/student-policies-and-regulations'>https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/governance/policies/student-policies-and-regulations</a>

This module will support the development of all the graduate attributes. Your module leader will provide you with information about how your learning, teaching and assessment activities support your development of these attributes. The graduate attributes are: - Always learning - Engaged in the world - Technical and digital - Connected Professional - Creating Impact

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EPM467 - Dissertation (internship track)

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The main teaching and learning methods used in this module are project supervision and private study. Project supervision is when the member of staff advising you on your project meets you to review your work and progress, offer advice on the direction of further work and provide assistance and feedback with unfamiliar technical work such as experiment design or computer software. 
During the work on your Dissertation, you will have frequent meetings with your supervisor, who will guide you through the project development process and will give you feedback on the submitted deliverables. You may also have meetings with technicians and research staff to advise on the project development and implementation. 
There will be a series of supervision meetings by other staff including Library &amp; Information Services (LIS) covering literature searches, surveys, and numerical interpretation techniques as appropriate to your projects. 
You will receive written and/or oral feedback on your preliminary reports and on the intermediate stages of the project. 
The dissertation project is a major independent work and as such the self-study hours represents a major component of total learning hours. 
You will get feedback on the phases of writing the final Dissertation. The expected size and format of the final Dissertation and guidelines to write it will be provided in the Dissertation Handbook (MSc Project Handbook).

Dissertation (internship track)

Manage decision making in a group setting, agreeing prompt action prompt in case of unforeseen circumstances. (AHEP4 M16, M17) 

Skills

Apply engineering techniques taking account of a range of commercial and industrial constraints. (AHEP4 M15) 

Express and communicate collaborative analysis and design work, orally and in writing. (AHEP4 M17) 

Assume responsibility for own professional performance, and for that of others. (AHEP4 M11) 

Values and attitudes

Apply mathematical and computer-based models for solving problems in engineering, and the ability to assess the limitations in particular cases (AHEP4 M3, M1)  

Knowledge

Respect the work and intellectual property of others and recognise it by appropriate use of references. (AHEP4 M4) 

Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. (AHEP4 M17)  

Integrate specialist and general knowledge to the solution of engineering problems. (AHEP4 M2)  

Evaluate and compare developing technologies related to the area (AHEP4 M3)  

Plan and execute an investigation involving any combination of experimentation, analysis, and necessary design activities. (AHEP4 M2)  

Work and study within the rules and regulations of the University. (AHEP4 M11, M16)  

Exercise professional judgement while considering non-technical economic, ethical, and social issues. (AHEP4 M7, M8)  

Formulate and apply the essential facts, concepts, principles, and theories of engineering design (AHEP4 M5)  

Critically evaluate the scientific background and knowledge and understanding of a specific topic (AHEP4 M4) 

Use scientific literature effectively, research for information develop the ideas further, and use new information/methods required for novel situations. (AHEP4 M4) 

Apply critical thought to evaluating available data as well as results from the investigation (AHEP4 M2) 

Collate and synthesise/prioritise information according to design objectives. (AHEP4 M5, M6, M7) 

Select a research method from available options, and evaluate results obtained using the selected method. (AHEP4 M3, M4, M13)  

Critically review and evaluate published research. Identify new methods of solving complex problems. (AHEP4 M4, M5)  