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Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title RD & I Training & Project Planning
Module Code EE5002 (ITS) / EEN1060 (Banner)
Faculty Engineering & Computing School Electronic Engineering
Module Co-ordinatorRobert Sadleir
Module TeachersJennifer Bruton, Shirley Coyle
NFQ level 9 Credit Rating 7.5
Pre-requisite Not Available
Co-requisite Not Available
Compatibles Not Available
Incompatibles Not Available
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Description

The aim of this module is to introduce and improve the specific skills needed for research (reading, critical analysis of literature), writing, communication, development, and innovation (identifying challenges and potential solutions). It will also address the need for careful and considered project planning, which can be applied to both the MSc learning outcomes and to industry projects. Students are expected to engage with this online module using a variety of activities.

Learning Outcomes

1. Conduct the required secondary research related to a specific and appropriate industrial context, and be able to search for, access, review and evaluate published materials on related topics.
2. Identify opportunities for innovative system/device development or improvement, based on a critical assessment of current technologies and challenges, and secondary research.
3. Display a level of ingenuity in devising novel solutions to an electronic and/or computer technology challenge, identify technical requirements, health and safety and ethical issues for possible solutions, and assess the practicality of implementing these solutions.
4. Demonstrate a critical appreciation of project planning approaches and apply these approaches to create a project plan for the development of a potential solution to an identified technological problem.
5. Take responsibility for progression of their own work within an industrial context and resolve differences of opinion on technical matters between themselves and other project stakeholders.
6. Effectively communicate technical concepts and ideas orally, in writing and graphically, whilst distinguishing between their own work and that of others in an appropriate manner.



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture36Online presentations
Online activity12Discussions and peer review
Assignment Completion100Report, plan, presentation
Independent Study40No Description
Lecture36Online lectures
Online activity12Discussions and peer review
Assignment Completion100Report, plan, presentation
Independent Study40No Description
Total Workload: 376

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Research
Individual secondary research is carried out using a variety of search, analysis and citation methods.

Design and Innovation
Design and innovation strategies across a range of service and organisational contexts.

Project Planning
Project Planning techniques, approaches and tools.

Communication
Communicating research, documenting plans and presenting ideas to a varied audience.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment100% Examination Weight0%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
Completion of online activityEngagement in module discussions and peer reviews15%n/a
Report(s)Focussed literature review on specific, approriate technological topic.25%n/a
AssignmentDetailed project plan to include project definition, project scope, resources, schedule and proposed outcomes.35%n/a
PresentationOnline presentation of project plan to peers25%n/a
Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories:
Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module.
Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module.
Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1
Indicative Reading List

  • David V Thiel: 2014, Research Methods for Engineers, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1107610192
  • Larry Keeley: 2013, Ten types of innovation: the discipline of building breakthroughs, eBook, Wiley, Hoboken, N.J. USA, B00DZLBHU8
  • Paul D. Leedy and Jeanne Ellis Ormond: 2015, Practical Research: Planning and Design, Global Edition, 11th [eBook], Pearson, Edinburgh, UK, B019CQ9F0I
  • Ann Pilkington: 2013, Communicating projects: an end-to-end guide to planning, implementing and evaluating effective communication., [eBook], Gower, Farnham, Surrey, UK, 9781409453208
Other Resources

None

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