Global Design Engineering

The module will give you the ability to understand and use industry standard systematic, design and manufacturing processes. You will create practical solutions to solve design problems and develop awareness of commercial and sustainability issues and how they impact design.

This module will give you the skills to understand the importance of user ergonomics and systems ergonomics in product and workplace design, and the concepts of product visualisation.

Ergonomics is the science of designing things so that people and things can interact as safely and efficiently as possible – hence user-centred design.

This module will enable you to understand and apply the principles and applications of structural, mechanical, civil and smart technologies for the design of smart cities.

This module will equip you to understand, and apply, ecologically responsible design principles to minimise the environmental impact of your ideas.

In this module you will have the opportunity to undertake project work for social responsibility, utilising innovative technologies to design collaborative project solutions for the community, or groups of people within the community with specific needs, such as the elderly or less able.

This module will build upon your personal and professional portfolio from Year 1. You will continue to map your progress against the Engineering Council framework to demonstrate how you are developing towards becoming a professional engineer.

As you progress into Year 3 you will be given more complex challenges and, in this module, you will learn to apply systematic analysis to advanced manufacturing processes and management systems to design for a flexible, lean and agile environment.

In this module you will integrate all your knowledge from previous modules to complete a major individual project. You will be expected to use an analytical and methodological approach involving elements such as project planning, designing, implementation, testing, quality assurance and evaluation methods and present findings both orally and in written form.

The aim of this module is to provide you with the knowledge and skills attributed to successful innovators, entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial organisations. You will learn about the modern drivers of successful innovation, and the various models that have proven ongoing success, and have the opportunity to innovate and apply your entrepreneurial skills to design engineering.

This module will build upon your personal and professional portfolio developed in years 1 and 2 and use the Engineering Council’s framework to continue to show your progress towards becoming a professional engineer.

This module will allow you to apply the project management, commercial and business skills previously acquired at Bachelor’s level, to a new user-centred global design project.

The module will enable you to complete your personal and professional portfolio developed in all years of your course and use the Engineering Council’s framework to show your progress towards becoming a chartered engineer.

This module will develop your ability to integrate knowledge from prior learning to complete a major individual project. As with your Bachelor’s project, you will be expected to use an analytical and methodological approach involving elements such as planning, designing, implementation, testing, evaluation and present findings both orally and in written form. For the MEng project, you also will be required to display an understanding of the needs of industry from the standpoint of the professional engineer as a potential Chartered Engineer, and use enhanced problem-solving skills and a reflective approach to solution development.