Teaching Responsibility

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LJMU Partner Taught

Learning Methods

Lecture
Off Site
Practical
Seminar

Module Offerings

4512USST-SEP-PAR

Aims

To enhance knowledge and understanding of electrical and electronic circuits by completing a set of practical experiments. To gain experience in practical design of electronic circuits including prototyping and PCB design and manufacture. To develop professional practical skills to undertake experimental laboratory work, to test design ideas in laboratories or through simulation, to analyse and critically evaluate technical issues, and to present and document ideas and results. To develop the ability in data manipulation and sorting. To develop a personal development plan and understand the impact engineering has on the environment.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Employ a range of basic safe Laboratory procedures using standard processes.
2.
Analyse and process data collected during an experiment, use CAD tools for design and simulation
3.
Demonstrate commitment to the on-going personal development required to become a professional engineer.
4.
Demonstrate effective team working skills to gather data, analyse results and discuss the benefits and issues of various renewable energy systems.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:Laboratory and Experimental Practice • Practical workshop skills • Health, safety and risk assessment • Reading schematic drawings • Use of Instruments and taking measurement • Experimental data presentation and analyses • Complete a series of experiments including Basic Electrical Principles; Kirchhoff’s law, superposition and Thevenin’s Theorem; Transients AC circuits; Proteus Simulation; PCB design and soldering; Diodes; Transistors; Operational Amplifiers; Sequential Logic Circuits; Digital Binary Counters • Keeping a logbook to record notes, measurements and observations. • Product prototyping • Analysis of results, and the formulation of conclusions • Report writing Personal Development • World of Work: Bronze Award • Environmental & ethical responsibilities • Team working • Introduction to research skills • Professional body requirements
Additional Information:The personal development portion of the module is assessed on a pass/fail basis. Students must complete the assessment exercises to a satisfactory standard in order to achieve a pass grade in this module.

Assessments

Reflection
Artefacts
Practice