Module: 5th Year Project

Latest Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026

Module Title	5th Year Project
Module Code	EEG1016 (ITS: EM502)
Faculty	Mechanical & Manufacturing Eng	School	Engineering & Computing
NFQ level	9	Credit Rating	15

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.

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.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full time hours per semester
Independent Study	375	Background research, Project planning, Execution & reporting
Total Workload: 375

Section Breakdown
CRN	10197	Part of Term	Semester 1 & 2
Coursework	0%	Examination Weight	0%
Grade Scale	40PASS	Pass Both Elements	Y
Resit Category	RC2	Best Mark	N
Module Co-ordinator	Marissa Condon	Module Teacher

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assessment Breakdown
Performance evaluation	Status Report & Risk Assessment, Health & Safety Analysis and Project Management Plan. Presentation.	15%	n/a
Portfolio	Submission and presentation of a portfolio detailing the achievements of the project.	85%	n/a
Presentation	Expo Poster Presentation & Abstract	0%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; RC1: A resit is available for both^* components of the module. RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module. RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element. ^* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment

Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

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

Indicative Reading List

Books:

Adedeji B. Badiru: 1996, Project Management for Research, Springer, 250, 0412588900

Articles:
None

Other Resources

None