MODULE DESCRIPTOR
MECH102P - Mechanical Engineering Practical Skills 1
Code: MECH102P
Alt Codes: None
Title: Mechanical Engineering Practical Skills 1
Level: 1
UCL Credits/ECTS: 0.5/7.5
Start: January
End: April
Taught by: Mr David Wright and Teaching Assistants
Prerequisites:
ENGS102P Design & Professional Practice
Course Aims:
The module aims to provide the ability to communicate engineering concepts using
drawing languages needed for product design and scientific reporting of practical
experiences. Learners will also familiarize themselves with the basic techniques that
are required in running and analysing laboratory experiments.
Method of Instruction:
Lectures, tutorials, workshop practice and laboratory experiences.
Assessment:
Course Work (45%)
Major lab report (50%)
Workshop practice (5%)
To pass this course, students must:
Obtain an overall pass mark of 40% for all sections combined
Content:
This course focuses on the most essential forms of engineering communications,
including programming, graphical languages and reporting.
The first part of the course is concerned with graphical engineering communication,
and builds up on the faculty led course ENGS102P Design and Professional
Practice, to develop specific skills related with mechanical engineering drawing as a
means of communicating engineering concepts and product design. The course
aims at providing a comprehensive introduction to drafting, sketching, and CAD
transitioning techniques; focusing on mechanical engineering features and
manufacturing processes. A one-day workshop practice course will complement this
section of the course, enabling the students to familiarize themselves with basic
operations on workshop machinery.
The second part of the course aims at introducing the basic techniques that are
required by Mechanical Engineering students in running and analysing laboratory
experiments. This section of the course is horizontally integrated to replace
traditional discipline specific laboratory courses in the different engineering
disciplines, with the objective is to provide a more integrated and life long learning
skills, better focused on methodologies for interpreting engineering problems,
analysing data, interpreting and presenting results.
General Learning Outcomes:
Knowledge and Understanding
Upon successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
Identify and analyse mechanical drawings;
Interpret and report the results from a lab experience and analyse experimental
errors and uncertainty;
Skills and attributes
Upon completion of this module students should be able to:
Apply the knowledge of sketching and technical drawing for the representation of
mechanical engineering components;
Use available tools from hand-sketching to 3D CAD to produce mechanical drawing;
Understand and safely perform a range of basic operations on workshop machinery
e.g. a lathe
Plan and perform a laboratory experience;
Write a clear report which conforms to specified requirements of structure and
formatting.