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This course consists of 3 separate projects: a Pumped Storage Hydro Scheme which runs over the first part of the semester; a geotechnical design project involving retaining wall design and slope stability which runs over the second half of the semester and a Drinking Water Treatment project that runs throughout the middle to the end of the semester.

Three to four afternoon sessions each week for approximately 4 weeks, with some guest lectures mid semester.

Mandatory Entry Requirements

None

Recommended Entry Requirements

None

None

ENG3073

ENG3085

ENG3080

50% Technical Report

20% Poster

15% Oral Presentation

15% Technical content of Slides in Oral Presentation

Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. For non Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below. 

Re-assessment is not possible in those components reliant on group working.

The aims of this course are to:

■ develop students' research capability, technical skills and problem solving abilities to tackle a range of civil engineering design briefs

■ propose innovative design solutions and report them in a clear, structured format and concise manner

■ develop students' knowledge and understanding of the principles and theory presented in Hydraulics 3, Geotechnical Engineering 3 and Environmental Engineering 3 to provide sustainable solutions to engineering problems based on "real life" scenarios

■ encourage students to take a holistic view of their learning so that they apply knowledge and understanding from a range of different areas of the curriculum in order to complete design briefs successfully. Skills developed should include brief analysis, engineering design and technical report writing

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ Apply the principles and methods of analysis and design presented in Hydraulics, Geotechnical Engineering and Environmental Processes lectures to develop design solutions to "real-life" civil engineering problems

■ Specifically, research, technically evaluate and propose design solutions for a Pumped Storage Hydro scheme, a Drinking Water Treatment plant utilising a wide range of engineering skills and operating within the context of maximising sustainable design principles and minimising the carbon footprint

■ Carry out a railway embankment stability analysis and geotechnical design for a railway platform extension, accounting for carbon footprint considerations in the selection of suitably sustainable design solutions

■ Write a professional engineering report, produce a high quality poster and deliver presentations to a range of professional experts. .

Students must submit the course's summative assessment.

Any student who misses an assessment or a significant number of classes because of illness or other good cause should report this by completing a MyCampus absence report.