Advanced Technology Review
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| MMME4052 | Mechanical, Materials & Manufacturing Engineering | 4 | 10 | Autumn UK |
- Code
- MMME4052
- School
- Mechanical, Materials & Manufacturing Engineering
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 10
- Semesters
- Autumn UK
Summary
Following some introductory lectures, lectures are split into four blocks of approximately 5 hours. The first block will look generically at new technology development and introduction focussing on innovation, funding and decision-making. Lectures will each cover an engineering topic dealing with new and/or rapidly developing technologies with important applications. Coverage of each subject will typically include:
- A review of background and context, importance, and pressures driving development
- Engineering principles, current research and development objectives and progress being made
- Case study illustration(s)
- Analysis of prospects, technology transfer, market applications, challenges and imperatives
Topics are selected each year to reflect current developments and issues one or more topics may be changed each time the module is run. These topics will be associated with activities in major segments of manufacturing or service industries or of generic technologies. In each case, emphasis will be placed on review and analysis. The coursework entail a group case study on a new and/or rapidly advancing engineering technology of individual choice and two individual coursework based on the lecture programme.
Re-assessment
Students who fail this module overall and are required to complete a re-assessment will be re-assessed in all failed assessment components. The re-assessment mark for the module will be a combination of the marks from components passed first time and the components which have been re-assessed.
Target Students
Part III Mechanical Engineering MEng students for whom the module is compulsory. Module is also taken by Engineering MSc students.
Assessment
- 30% Coursework 1: Individual coursework based on lectures (30%): LO1, LO2, LO4, LO5
- 30% Coursework 2: Individual coursework based on lectures (30%): LO1, LO2, LO4
- 40% Coursework 3: Case study poster (40%): LO1, LO2, LO3
Assessed by end of autumn semester
Educational Aims
This module exposes students to topics relevant to engineers today that are new and/or developing rapidly and which may be associated with important segments of the UK economy. The aim of the Case Study is to develop students’ skills in acquiring, assimilating, synthesising and presenting technical and business information in an appropriate form based on sound research.Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students will be able to:
LO1 - Investigate a new or rapidly advancing technology through an appropriate research strategy. - AHEP4: 4
LO2 - Conduct a literature review to gather appropriate detailed information including relevant factors from: market, political, environmental, societal, history, state-of-the-art, future developments, future investment, exploitation, competition. - AHEP4: 4, 15
LO3 - Synthesize from research a statement of the business position and make qualified recommendations to externally posed questions - AHEP4: 7, 15
LO4 - Write professional standard Case Study Report that combines information from literature reviewed and presents an evidence-based analysis. - AHEP4: 17
LO5 - Critically evaluate the environmental and societal impact of a technology across its life cycle - AHEP4: 7