2017/18 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue
MECH5030M Team Project
60 creditsClass Size: 170
Module manager: Dr Tomasz Liskiewicz
Email: T.Liskiewicz@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2017/18
Pre-requisites
| MECH3890 | Individual Engineering Project |
Module replaces
MECH5840MThis module is not approved as an Elective
Objectives
On completion of this module, candidates should be able to:- have a thorough understanding of team roles, teamwork and creativity in terms of a framework such as Myers-Briggs inventory of styles;
- work as part of a team on a major engineering or design project;
- understand the role of the professional engineer in the context of enterprise, business and management;
- apply formal methods of project planning and management, risk assessment and management and team working to a team engineering project;
- develop an initial project outline into a detailed set of project aims, objectives and a work plan;
- apply the skills of logical reasoning based on a comprehensive knowledge of design principles or engineering science, sound professional judgement, independent critical analysis and effective communication, taking into account commercial and industrial constraints, to the team project;
- research technical literature and other information sources in order to gain the required extensive knowledge and understanding of engineering materials and components necessary to complete the project;
- complete a major project undertaking in a timely and professional manner as part of a team;
- communicate the outcomes of a major project in both written and verbal form.
Skills outcomes
Candidates will have had the opportunity to develop the following skills through this module:
- engineering reasoning and problem solving
- experimenting
- systems thinking
- professional skills and attitudes
- teamwork and leadership
- communications
- conceiving
- modelling
- analysis
- designing / synthesis
Syllabus
Students undertake an advanced engineering project in groups of 3 to 6 supervised by a member of staff and mentored by a collaborator from industry. The projects are set up to emulate professional practices: students are required to develop a tender or business plan with industrial mentors acting as customers.
Projects are supported by a series of classes and seminars on business and marketing (eg, entrepreneurship, innovation and business ethics), project management (eg, individual approaches to teamwork and creativity, project management, risk management) and research methods.
This module will include a number of lectures/seminars on ethical issues related to the themes of this module and overall programme of study.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| presentation | 1 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Lecture | 11 | 1.00 | 11.00 |
| Private study hours | 585.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 15.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 600.00 | ||
Private study
- Individual study of module material: 185 hours- Group project work: 400 hours
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
- Each team will be monitored by an academic member of staff and by an industrial mentor through at least eight meetings through the project.- There will be a mix of individual and team-based assessment with peer and staff determined elements.
Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Assignment | Ethics Assessment | 5.00 |
| Assignment | Team Contract Performance Plan | 5.00 |
| Poster Presentation | Team Showcase Poster | 10.00 |
| Project | Team Project content | 20.00 |
| Viva | Team Viva | 5.00 |
| Presentation | Team Report Presentation | 5.00 |
| Project | Individual Report content | 20.00 |
| Project | Individual Conduct | 15.00 |
| Viva | Individual Viva | 10.00 |
| Presentation | Individual Report Presentation | 5.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 26/04/2017
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