ENCH495-24W (C) Whole Year 2024

Research Project

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2024
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 17 March 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 25 August 2024

Description

An independent research project introducing students to planning a research project, literature searching, design of equipment, development of project plan/timeline, laboratory work and/or computer simulations as well as presentation and research report writing.

This course provides an introduction to engineering research giving students experience in planning a research project, literature searching, design of equipment, development of an experimental plan or process modeling work as well as oral presentation and research report writing. Students choose a project from a list reflecting the research interests of the academic staff in the Department. Research projects from other Departments (e.g. Chemistry, Biology or the School of Product Design) will be offered. Having made their choice, students are assigned a supervisor who will be available at least once a week to provide overall guidance during the project. The planning and execution of the project are the student’s responsibility with the supervisor kept fully informed.

Learning Outcomes

  • At the completion of the course students will have:
  • Managed their own individual project
  • Gained personal experience of the process of conducting research
  • Used library tools to find and access past research
  • Learned how to identify and minimise hazards in a laboratory environment
  • Developed appropriate methods to carry out research
  • Obtained and analysed data to make conclusions
  • Written a dissertation that fully describes the research
  • Further developed oral presentation skills

Prerequisites

a pass in all compulsory Second Professional Year courses

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 16:00 - 18:00 CAPE 213 Design Office
19 Feb - 25 Feb
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 12:00 - 13:00 CAPE 213 Design Office
11 Mar - 17 Mar
Lab A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 10:00 - 13:00 CAPE 213 Design Office
18 Mar - 24 Mar
Presentation A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 09:00 - 12:00 E14 Lecture Theatre
21 Oct - 27 Oct
02 Thursday 09:00 - 12:00 E16 Lecture Theatre
21 Oct - 27 Oct
03 Thursday 09:00 - 12:00 E12
21 Oct - 27 Oct
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 09:00 - 11:00 Ernest Rutherford 140
4 Mar - 10 Mar
Tutorial B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 09:00 - 11:00 CAPE 213 Design Office
25 Mar - 31 Mar

Course Coordinator

Rachael Wood

Lecturer

Daniel Holland

Contact Person

Garrick Thorn

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Student Contributions 20% End of project
Project Scoping Plan 03 May 2024 5%
Literature Review and Project Plan 19 Jul 2024 15%
Oral Presentation 24 Oct 2024 5%
Final Research Report 08 Nov 2024 55%


Students are expected to spend some time in S1 for the project background and plan, as well as for the library data base induction sessions, and 20 hours per week during Semester 2 on their project. Care must be taken to ensure that you balance the workload of the group design project (ENCH494) with your research project. Both courses are weighted at 30 points.
This course comprises of 4 lectures, all of which are compulsory to attend.
• Project Selection: Mon 19 Feb
• Library Session: Tues 5 March
• Safety Briefing: Mon 11 March
• Lab Methods: Mon 18 March
Additional key dates are:
• Research projects list released: Mon 12 Feb
• Student project choice submitted by: Mon 26 Feb, 9AM
• Project and supervisor/s assigned: Wed 28 Feb

Textbooks / Resources

There is no formal textbook but students have access to the University Library that contains a wide variety of literature searching tools, engineering journals and other resources.

Notes

All information about academic policies (e.g. special consideration, dishonest practice) can be found on the ENCH-Undergraduate LEARN page

Relation to Other Courses

This is a compulsory course for Chemical and Process Engineering.

Prerequisites: A pass in all compulsory Third Year Chemical and Process Engineering courses.

Students might need to coordinate with the Department’s mechanical and electrical staff for the construction of experimental apparatus.

Additional Course Outline Information

Other specific requirements

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $2,393.00

International fee $12,000.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Chemical and Process Engineering .

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