Water and Environment Design ENG5293

  • Academic Session: 2024-25
  • School: School of Engineering
  • Credits: 10
  • Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 2
  • Available to Visiting Students: Yes
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No

Short Description

This course provides students with opportunity to develop a design solution to an environmental engineering problem.

Timetable

One 3-hour session per week

Requirements of Entry

Mandatory Entry Requirements

Environmental Processes 2 (ENG2078) or equivalent,

Environmental Processes 3 (ENG3080) or equivalent.

Recommended Entry Requirements

None

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

85% Report

15% Oral Assessment & Presentation

Are reassessment opportunities available for all summative assessments? No

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.

 

This is a team-based design project so re-assessment is not available.

Course Aims

The aims of this course are to:

■ provide experience in developing sustainable design solutions to environmental engineering problems;

■ enhance knowledge of industrial biotechnologies and reflect on their associated carbon footprint;

■ enhance design calculation skills;

■ to develop presentation skills with feedback provided.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

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

■ gather background engineering information and technical precedent studies on environmental engineering design solutions as relevant to the client brief;

■ evaluate the success of possible design solutions and propose sustainable alternatives;

■ systematically refine one design solution with respect to long-term economic and environmental sustainability;

■ deliver a detailed process design including technical and design descriptions drawn from relevant literature and reflect on its carbon footprint (e.g. greenhouse gas emissions);

■ maintain a design notebook which includes conceptual development information, initial calculations and sketches to illustrate the design development process;

■ produce a technical report which includes conceptual and detailed design information, technical and design descriptions, meeting notes, the project presentation;

■ make oral presentations supported by appropriate visual aids.

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components of the course's summative assessment.

 

Students must attend the timetabled site visit.