Module Specifications.
Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025
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Date posted: September 2024
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Repeat the module Must undertake a different project |
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Description The purpose of this module is to give the students the opportunity to use and demonstrate their theoretical knowledge and practical experience to carry out a substantial research project at Masters level in Mechatronic Engineering. In this module students will plan and manage the project, critically review literature in the public domain (principally from journals), undertake the work required to apply engineering solutions to the problem, analyse the effectiveness of the solution and report progress and findings in written and presentation form. In addition, the impact of the project on society will be evaluated through health & safety and risk assessments. Students will participate in the following learning activities: Project Planning and Management; Sourcing, reading and critically reviewing literature; Analysing an engineering problem and developing a solution; Risk Assessment, Health & Safety, Social and Ethical reviews; Critical Evaluation of the implementation and effectiveness of the solution; Presentation of project work in a portfolio and at research publication standard. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. Plan and undertake a research project at Level 9 2. Critically review and extract relevant information from literature in the public domain 3. Critically review the project and technology with respect to society. This involves Health & Safety assessments, Risk assessments, Personal Ethics etc. 4. Apply knowledge from other modules to complete the project 5. Design, undertake, and analyse experiments to evaluate the effectiveness of work carried out during the project 6. Distinguish between their own work and that of others and to credit others’ in a proper manner. 7. Manage schedules and meetings with interested parties 8. Record activity on an on-going basis 9. Present findings visually and orally and report their research results in a portfolio. All presentation material should be at publication standard. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
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