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GEEN-1041 Project

Dr Stefan Zigan and Dr Alan Arokiam

S.zigan@gre.ac.uk

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Purpose of the Final Project

Final year Industry

Final year project

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Passion/ Curiosity

Experience

Skills

Profile

Achieve set goals

Self-reliance Thinking outside boxes

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Purpose of the Final Project

Critical thinking Reflecting, evaluating and judging

Solving problems Identify problems, analysing data

Demonstrating Research and literature review

techniques

Demonstrating Recalling, describing and identifying problems and solutions

knowledge

Communicating Arguing, presenting and desribing

Learning activitySkills to be developed

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Project Selection

First step: Select your project in the portal

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Project Selection

If you currently do not have a project

please come and see me after the lecture !"

First step: Select your project in the portal

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Your Project

Your Project is:- 30 credits

25% of the final year

An important indicator of your performance

Something the external examiner would lookat first when considering your merit

Something your future employer wouldprobably want to discuss at your interview

Something you must pass at the first attemptin order to qualify with an IET accrediteddegree

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Your Project

To get a good mark you need to:-

Put in a lot of effort AT LEAST 1 full dayper week

See your supervisor regularly Plan your time effectively and keep to plan,

or improve on it

Keep a good log book of your work

Meet the deadlines hand-in dates

Follow the guidelines in the Handbook

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Project DeliverablesAssessment Weighting Deadlines

Project proposal

(2 electronic copies tobe submitted via the

portal)

5% Wed 07/11/12- @

23:55

Poster presentation

Project proposal &progress interview

10% Wed 12/12/12 All

Day (08:00 to 17:00)

Final project report

(2 electronic copies to

be submitted via the

portal)

50% Wed 24/04/13- @

23:55

Poster presentation

& Viva Voce

examination

15% Wed 01/05/13 All

Day (08:00 to 17:00)

Supervisors mark 20 % Term one and at the

end of the project

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Project Deliverables

Project Proposal

Wednesday 7th November 2012

1 electronic copy, via the Portal

No more than 1,500 words

Example specification report

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a brief background to the project,

clear aim and objectives of the project,

project deliverables (What the output / achievables of the project

will be)

identification of resources requirements, such as materials,

equipment and technician support, you consider will be required;

a list of any references you have identified to date which maysupport your work;

your project plan (A detailed Gantt chart) that identifies the work

required and timescales involved in completing your project

Project Proposal

What should you cover?

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Project Proposal

An outline or detail of any solution

WHAT IT IS NOT!"

Do not propose any solutions until you have fully defined andagreed the aims and objectives with your supervisor.

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Problems identified

Models and simulations created

Drawings made and experiments completed

Results and conclusions to-date

Key references identified to-date

Progress Review Interview

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Final Report

Final Report

Submit Wed 24th April 2013

2 electronic copies, via the Portal

No more than 50 pages

A lecture covering the format and approach to writing yourfinal report will be given next week.

Note that writing your report starts when you start yourproject.

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Poster Exhibition andViva Voce Examination

Exhibition Wednesday 1th May 2013

A1 poster exhibited in Pilkington PK011

15 minute interview

Further details can be found in the Handbook.

A lecture outlining the purpose and requirements for theexhibition and interview will be provided towards the end ofTerm2

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Any questions

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