UK Centre for Materials Education
Working with you to enhance the student experience
Working with you to enhance the student experience
Awarded to: Alan Davidson
Institution: Napier University, Edinburgh
Funded in: 2001
Project description: The aim of this project is to develop an interactive CD ROM resource that will fire the interest of first year engineering students in materials engineering and allow this interest to be further developed.
Background: Each academic year, approximately 100 students matriculate on programmes within the School of Engineering at Napier University in Edinburgh. It is our experience that few of these new undergraduates understand the vital role that materials play in engineering and the thrust of this application is to develop a resource that will fire the interest of students in materials engineering and allow this interest to be further developed. As you may know, Honours degrees in Scottish Universities are normally 4 years duration and, at present, only a small amount of materials technology is taught to all first year engineering students at Napier University as parts of other engineering modules.
Deliverables: This application proposes that, as a pilot run, all first year entrants to the School of Engineering in session 2002/2003 be presented with an interactive CD ROM in which the following topics are explored and assessed within the 'Creative Engineering' 15 credit module:
The roles of research and consultancy in the field of Materials Engineering will also be highlighted, along with the excellent employment opportunities that exist. This will be supported by profiles of recent graduates from Napier University.
The content of the electronic resource will be largely 'application-based' rather than traditional lecture material. Tutorials, self-assessment exercises and guides for laboratory sessions will also be included. Assessment will be continuous and will centre around an electronic log-book that will be submitted at the end of the module.
