Brief description of aims and content
This module provides a basic understanding of chemistry that is relevant in Architecture, Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering students. It covers fundamentals of inorganic Chemistry such as: atomic structure, the periodic Table, chemical equilibrium. The course also covers an introduction to organic chemistry of hydrocarbons and alcohols and finally basic knowledge on engineering material are given
This module is aimed at providing the students with the minimum skills to conduct research in their final year of study. The students will learn how to apply the engineering research process and inquiry methods to solve these problems; introducing them to some of the methods and techniques of research and their methodological frameworks. The module aims to present research as a dynamic process leading from the beginning to the end; from questions to answers, showing how the researcher progresses from one stage to the next, decisions making, choosing of questions, and how conclusions are drawn. It will involve understanding of the research process, critical analysis of research in the discipline of study and development of competence in data collection methods and tools, analyses and evaluation of research results and analyse and evaluate the results and reviewing their quality and limitations. Students will also learn how to write feasible project proposals, building on the Creating Job Creators (CJC) concept framework, and communicating findings in technical reports and presentations to specific engineering formats to specialist audiences.
This course is designed to give engineering students an operational knowledge of financial analysis and planning in technology-based enterprises including publicly owned corporations and privately held consultancy and engineering service companies. This course equips the student to understand financial statements and financial performance of the business.
This course is designed to help you understand what it means to be an entrepreneur, to help you decide whether and when it is necessary to start an entrepreneurial ride, and to give you some basic tools to pursue such a path successfully. In particular, the course aims to help the participants to identify and evaluate business opportunities, using various approaches to critically assess projects feasibility, to be able to evolve from a business idea to a business concept and finally, to establish a basis to assess the feasibility of a “winning concept” that you, as an entrepreneur, have developed.
The Module aims at introducing to students various means of solving various professional problems and how to act and behave in a professional and ethical manner. It will focus mainly on issues of professional conduct in relation to their various activities at their work places.
Summary:
Engineers in training need industrial exposure and on-job-training during the academic programmes of study. As part of the programme’s training regime, at the end of Semester II, students are required to attend placements in industry for period of at least 320 hours over a period of about 8-10 weeks. Building on the Creating Job Creators (CJC) concept framework, training can be undertaken in CJC specific businesses in line with the students’ CJC focused activities and interests conducted in the second and third years of study. Where community or outreach engagements are possible, the students may be directly engaged in the community applying and learning engineering problem solving skills in activities related to their CJC activities with verifiable engineering problem solving accrued from the attachment/engagement
Research Methodology for undergraduate students in the field of Mechanical Engineering and related fields is designed for delivering the basic knowledge for conducting research. This module will facilitate them to conduct their final year projects.