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Module title: Engineering Skills
SCQF level: 07:
SCQF credit value: 20.00
ECTS credit value: 10
Module code: ELE07411
Module leader: Dongyang Sun
School School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment
Subject area group: Engineering and Mathematics
Prerequisites

There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added
Description of module content:

You will be introduced to the fundamentals of engineering communication through sketches and drawings. Firstly, you will learn basics of hand-drawn sketches to develop design concepts and creativity for product realisation. You will learn how to draw in perspective and other techniques. Secondly, you will build on your hand-sketching skills to formalise your design into technical drawings. You will be taught principles of Computer Aided Design (CAD) software, and how to use it to communicate your design effectively. You will learn: CAD software, 2D and 3D orthographic projection techniques, drawing of physical objects and plotting your drawings. You will be introduced to writing software in a high level language, C. You will gain experience in a range of software environments: data types and operators, I/O, program structure and flow, conditional flow and expressions, functions and procedures, mathematical functions and programme documentation. You will learn: the structured design, development and testing of software. This will allow you to debug programs to give a solution to an engineering problem. You will be introduced to computer hardware, microprocessors, microcontrollers, memory, control, interfaces and writing software in C language.
Learning Outcomes for module:

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Communicate technical information in graphical freehand format.

LO2: Produce basic engineering drawings to BS8888.

LO3: Write a structured program with functions or procedures which perform mathematical calculations based on input options.

LO4: Write a program for a microcontroller application.
Full Details of Teaching and Assessment
2024/5, Trimester 1, Blended, Edinburgh Napier University
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Occurrence: 001
Primary mode of delivery: Blended
Location of delivery: MERCHISTON
Partner: Edinburgh Napier University
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: Dongyang Sun
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Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)NESH Description
Face To Face Practical classes and workshops 44 THREE distinct practical classes and workshops. 1, Programming for a microcontroller application 2, Basic engineering drawings to BS8888 3, Freehand sketching
Online Guided independent study 156 Guided independent study
Total Study Hours200
Expected Total Study Hours for Module200


Assessment
Type of Assessment Weighting % LOs covered Week due Length in Hours/Words Description
Practical Skills Assessment 25 1 Week 10 HOURS= 500 The students will be assessed on generating design concepts and practical drawing / workshop skills [M12]; then they will present the work to technical and non-technical audiencesusing powerpoint or paper presentations [M17].
Technical Drawing 25 2 Exam Period HOURS= 500 This assessment aims to evaluate the students understanding of the concepts and application of engineering drawing to 3D physical objects using a commercial CAD software [M3]. Several techniques such as orthographic projection, sectioning will be evaluated as well as software competency.
Portfolio 50 3~4 Exam Period , WORDS= 1000 Based on a continuous group activities in programming [M3] using microcontrollers.A portfolio of practical project demonstration [M12, 17], group work assessment [M16] and individual report.
Component 1 subtotal: 50
Component 2 subtotal: 50
Module subtotal: 100

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