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Design-and-Make Activity 2
(50% weighting)
This assignment seeks to develop and assess the following Learning Outcomes
laid down in the Module Specification:
In this assignment you are asked to work in a team to design a product or system
within a set specification and to manufacture, test and evaluate the results of this
process.
There are three basic tasks to perform:
As you proceed, you should maintain a personal portfolio (e.g. a blog or journal)
that shows evidence of your work, then based on the portfolio put together a
GROUP PRESENTATION and compile an INDIVIDUAL REPORT. The
presentation and report will be assessed independently.
By keeping an online blog or journal and sharing it with your tutor(s) then you will
be able to receive formative (i.e. helpful and constructive) feedback as your work
proceeds.
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Activity Detail
1.1
1.2
Discuss some ideas for a product or system that would fulfil the
constraints. You should aim to create at least THREE design concepts and
evaluate them ALL, using method/s advised by your tutor/s before
selecting ONE of them for detailing.
Group Presentation
Based on your progressive design notes (preferably those you kept in your group
blog!)
1.3
Report
Present an account of your work and your findings in the form of a report of 4000
words +/- 10%.
Make sure you cite clearly any external reference sources that you may use,
following the Harvard referencing style.
The word limit apples to the body of the report and excludes the cover, table of
contents etc., list of references and any relevant appendices if used.
Submission, assessmentSUBJECT
and weightings
TO CHANGE
1.4
as of 25th January
In total this assignment forms 100% of the assessment for the module, in TWO
parts weighted 30/70. The work will be assessed partly on the basis of a portfolio
of work and partly on the basis of a report, as shown in the table below:
Weight
%
Element of Assessment
Group Presentation (20%)
Content
Contemporaneous and frequent entries (at least fortnightly)
10
15
5
20
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
as of 25th January
Content
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70
Submission deadline(s)
You should send regular update notifications to your tutor in the form of posts to a
Moodle forum thread that will be notified separately. Your first portfolio
notification should occur no later than Friday 27th February 2015.
You should submit your hard copy printed report, and any hardcopy elements of
SUBJECT Assignment
TO CHANGEDrop Box outside Room B1-07 not
your portfolio to the Engineering
th
st
as of125May
January
later than 4.30pm on Friday
2015.
Your report should also be submitted in electronic form, accompanied by any
relevant data files (e.g. for Excel or other applications you may have used),
uploaded to Moodle via the highlighted Turnitin link by 11.55pm on the
same date.
Unauthorised late submissions may be subject to penalty in accordance with
University regulations.
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Neutral no output
9. A sorting machine that will separate a random stream of parts into six
separate containers. Parts to be (for example): tall and thin, tall and fat,
short and thin, short and fat, medium and thin, medium and fat.
File: 316594988 Printed 12 February 2015
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Test the system for function against the groups own performance criteria
Present and report upon the devices technical operating principles, the whole
design-and-make process and its outcomes.
Thick card
Mechanical fasteners
In your design and procurement process, a full parts list must be produced, with
total cost of the device (including VAT at 20%, but excluding delivery charges) to
be under 40. Prices, where components cost more than 0.20, will be checked
against the following nominated suppliers, whose prices will be treated as
Standard costs, i.e. this list of suppliers is where the calculated cost will be taken
from, regardless of where you *actually* buy the parts.
RapidOnline
Tesco;
RSOnline;
www.mfacomodrills.co.uk;
www.balsamart.co.uk;
www.quasarelectronics.co.uk;
www.screwfix.com;
www.motionco.i.uk;
B&Q;
www.meccanoman.co.uk;
www.commotiondistribution.c
o.uk;
www.technobotsonline.com.
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If you buy from other sources you *must* provide receipts to demonstrate
evidence of actual cost.
You may of course buy parts with your own money at your own risk: if you
provide receipts for valid expenses the University *may* be able to
reimburse you up to your budget of 40. However, in many instances you
will find it more comfortable and speedier to buy cheaply using your own
money.