Course Catalogue

BEng Team Design Project EE4 ENG4210

  • Academic Session: 2026-27
  • School: School of Engineering
  • Credits: 10
  • Level: Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 2
  • Available to Visiting Students: Yes
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No
  • Curriculum For Life: No

Short Description

In this course teams of BEng students will plan, design, construct and test a system which will be mainly electronic in its key technical aspects and challenging in its scope. The design will be of such a complexity that only as a team can the technical challenges be managed. Teams must integrate aspects of engineering that have previously been taught in a wide range of courses.

Timetable

Weekly meetings with supervisor to: introduce the projects and on their novel engineering aspects; regularly interact with the project teams; have the teams carry out interim and final presentations of their work; give feedback on interim and final presentations.

Requirements of Entry

Mandatory Entry Requirements

None

Recommended Entry Requirements

None

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

30% Report: Final team report with notes from individuals on their part of the design

50% Project Output (Other than dissertation): This will contain

■ Demonstration of the system prototype (40%);

■ Assessment of teamwork through planning documents; supervisory meetings and timesheets (40%);

■ Confidential peer review to assess individual's contribution to the overall project (10%);

■ Reflective assessment describing individual's own contribution (10%)

20% Oral Assessment & Presentation: This will contain

■ Planning Presentation at the beginning of the project (25%)

■ Final Presentation of design at the end of the project, with questions. (75%)

Course Aims

The aims of this course are to:

■ accumulate experience of working in a team focussed on delivering specific objectives and requiring to plan, design, construct and test an electronic based system;

■ develop technical skills such as software writing, hardware design, construction and testing;

■ make practical use of management and project planning skills;

■ work to a design brief and deliver a product which meets challenging specifications within a budget.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

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

■ plan the management of a team project;

■ display initiative in running a project without undue reliance on supervision, for either organisational or technical advice;

■ work within a team structure, integrating contributions with other team members;

■ present work in both written report and oral presentation;

■ review a specification, deducing the main functional blocks needed and key technical challenges in building each block (i.e. perform requirements capture);

■ design simple and structured circuits and systems, that can be easily built and tested, and construct and test these circuits and systems;

■ evaluate the performance of systems, and subsystems against the specification, recognise divergence, and perform system modifications;

■ iterate a design from start to finish so that the outcome is a working product.

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

No exceptions