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Module Title
LC Practical and Design Skills for Aerospace
School
Metallurgy and Materials
Department
Metallurgy & Materials
Module Code
04 40366
Module Lead
Hugo Williams
Level
Certificate Level
Credits
20
Semester
Full Term
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions
None
Contact Hours
Lecture-22 hours
Tutorial-22 hours
Supervised time in studio/workshop-66 hours
Guided independent study-90 hours Total: 200 hours
Exclusions
Description
ted to have factors that require creative solutions that consider drivers beyond the purely technical. The module will also begin to develop team-working and lifelong learning skills and knowledge. It will create a community and sense of belonging amongst the cohort, specifically developing an identity for aerospace students through coverage of the fundamental topic of aerostructure components and loads practices. The module will include core aspects of exploration and discovery of laboratory scientific and engineering principles at a fundamental level to initiate their academic development. Students will explore and link aspects of community, environment, sustainability and development within the lab context. This process will be done through a discovery led pedagogy where foundational framework is provided and students are led through a process of learning to explore new concepts and enhance their knowledge. The design is tailored to provide critical skills in information gathering and interpretation. This will encourage students to engage with the material in a way that will lead to personal development as they discover areas of interest within the field. The practical experiments are devised to ensure that professional practice can be developed, suitable to the engineering field. Students will be encouraged to reflect on their practice and on their learning.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to:
Note: See guidance document appendix 2 for suggested learning outcomes that should be made programme-specific as required.
Undertake practical laboratory investigations of fundamental concepts, phenomena and engineering hardware related to mechanics, materials, fluids and electrical and magnetic engineering; analyse results, uncertainties and errors, draw conclusions [C12].
Report on practical laboratories in writing and verbally, communicating scientific and engineering information and data appropriately and in a variety of formats, selecting and citing literature sources correctly [C4, C17].
Apply a structured design process and appropriate quantitative methods to design components, assemblies and/or simple systems that require creative solutions to non-obvious or conflicting design drivers and consider relevant society, user, business and customer needs [C5].
Present and justify designs using sketches, computer aided design techniques and written justifications and design specifications [C5, C17].
Undertake, in small teams, a simple design-build-test and/or component strip-down and report outcomes [C5, C12, C16].
Demonstrate knowledge of the form and function of major airframe components and the use of design loads, factors of safety and reserve factors to optimise simple aerostructure components and assemblies [C5, R6].
Start the process of becoming a skilled lifelong learner by setting self-learning and development goals, identifying specific activities to achieve these goals over the coming year and preparing a CV [C18].
Assessment
40366-01 : In Lab Assesments : Class Test (20%)
40366-02 : Lab Report : Coursework (20%)
40366-03 : Individual Report : Coursework (20%)
40366-04 : Group Project : Coursework (30%)
40366-05 : Professional Development portfolio : Coursework (10%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions
Assessment:
In-lab assessment [20%], Lab report(s) [20%], Design project [30%] Presentation [20%]. Professional Development Activity which will include a portfolio activity. [10%]
