Module Descriptor
MECH3002 Project
Code
MECH3002
Alt. Codes(s)
None
Title
Project
Level
3
UCL Credits/ECTs
1 / 15
Start
March
End
May
Taught by
Dr. P Fromme, Module Coordinator
All Academic Staff as Individual Supervisors
Prerequisites
Progression to 3rd Year and suitably acceptable performance in any particular course in
previous years deemed to be key to the particular project topic agreed by the relevant
supervisor.
Course Aims
For this course, every student is required to study a specific topic under the supervision of a
member of the academic staff. This is laid down as a compulsory element of the degree
course by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers for all students to obtain an accredited
degree leading to Incorporated or Chartered Engineer qualification. The work will be of an
investigative nature and may have analytical, numerical, design and experimental elements
involved in it. The initiative for carrying out all aspects of the work rests with each student.
Individual students can carry out an investigation into a problem either chosen from a list of
suitable problems proposed by individual members of staff or of their own suggestion, in
which case it must be approved by the Module Coordinator and have an agreed supervisor.
Projects may be undertaken individually or in pairs but will be individually assessed.
Method of Instruction
There will be an introduction to the project course by the Module Coordinator in Year 2 when
the list of projects will be issued together with detailed instructions for selecting a project and
subsequent procedures to be followed throughout the course up to and submission of the final
report. There will be a compulsory session on plagiarism and research skills.
Assessment
The student’s performance will be assessed by several elements of continual assessment
throughout the 3rd Year. Students are required to maintain a log-book recording their
activities, as an examinable record of personal input to the project. There are two panel
meetings at which the student’s project will be discussed with a panel of staff members, the
second of which will include a formal presentation by the student. Between these meetings,
students will be required to submit a progress report, together with their log-book, for
assessment. Students will submit two copies of the final project report together with an
electronic version. Detailed instructions will be provided during the project cycle.
Recommended Reading
Resources beyond the initial instructions and the initial (supervisor’s) description of the
individual project, together with any further procedural guidance, will be project topic
specific. The latter will be provided by the supervisor once the project has been formally
allocated.
Syllabus
Individual students, or groups of students where appropriate, will carry out an investigation
into a problem either of their own suggestion, in which case it must be approved by the
Department, or chosen from a list of suitable problems prepared by the Department. The
work on each topic will be supervised throughout by a member of the teaching staff.