400-120 Introduction to Engineering

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Objectives

On completion students should have gained:

• insight into one or more facets or engineering practice and research;
• foreknowledge of topics studied in depth in later years of engineering courses, and an appreciation of the underlying theory and associated instrumentation and computer processes;
• skills in the extraction and summarising of cited material from library resources;
• skills in report and essay writing on technical matters.

Content

The introduction to the history, theory and practice associated with an essential topic in chemical, civil, computer, electrical, environmental, mechanical or manufacturing engineering; use of supporting instrumentation or computer processes; review or current publication of research and application in industry. Details of topics to be presented in a particular year will be published at the start of that academic year.

Assessment

Written reports of no more than 10 pages, an essay of no more than 2000 words.