Mechatronics MSc
Integrated Systems Design Project M ENG5044
- Academic Session: 2026-27
- School: School of Engineering
- Credits: 10
- Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
- Typically Offered: Semester 2
- Available to Visiting Students: No
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
- Curriculum For Life: No
Short Description
Students will work in a team drawn from across the School on a project which involves collaborating in a multi-disciplinary engineering team, with the option to tackle broader considerations of project management, environmental issues, accountancy and quality management
Timetable
Weekly meetings of 1 hour with the assigned PhD student mentor, one initial options appraisal presentation at the beginning of Semester 2 (15 minutes per group), a final report due at the end of Semester 2, and a peer review scoring document to be completed.
Excluded Courses
None
Co-requisites
None
Assessment
60% final group report
20% options appraisal presentation
20% Peer Review
Are reassessment opportunities available for all summative assessments? No
It is the default expectation that all courses will offer opportunities for reassessment or deferred assessment. Where it is not possible to offer this in some assessment components, the grade achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade, and any exceptions for this course are described below.
[No exceptions]
Course Aims
To give students the experience of working in an integrated team on a creative design project that requires collaboration with engineering from different disciplines to their own; combined with broader considerations of project management, environmental issues, accountancy and quality management.
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of this course students will be able to:
■ Apply a comprehensive knowledge of engineering principles to formulate and analyse solutions to complex engineering issues in their own field required for an interdisciplinary project;
■ solve these specific, technical problems and integrate the results functioning effectively as an individual and as a member of a team;
■ produce robust initial options appraisals for project initiation, and communicate effectively at a lay-engineering level as oral report.
■ consider major implications of wider aspects of a project including planning application, environmental impact, sustainability and end-of-life issues;
■ Critically evaluate effectiveness of working and communicating in a team with engineers from other disciplines;
■ Justify decision-making process through presentation of their team's findings effectively as a written report.