Professional Digital Manufacture Practice

Description

This module will encourage learners to build upon their previous knowledge, skills and experiences in a highly applied manner and in a highly supportive environment. Each learner will be required to carefully consider an aspect of the digital manufacture industry and to devise and complete a project of sufficient scope, complexity and academic rigour. While completing this module, learners must show an appropriate level of academic research, analysis, investigation and implementation. Carefully selected study trips and visiting lecturers from industry will be used to help inform project selection with any project outputs being tangible and practical solutions, accompanied by a professional academic report and presentation.

The highly applied nature of this module will be supported using carefully selected study trips and visiting lecturers from relevant fields and organisations.

The module may be delivered in traditional face-to-face format or in an online / blended format.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Formulate a hypothesis and design a suitable research proposal and project relevant to their specialisation.

  2. Effectively assess and apply primary and secondary research techniques and to compile, interpret and present their findings in a professional manner.

  3. Source, analyse and critically evaluate published literature in their chosen area of study.

  4. Show a sufficient understanding of, and abilities with, the digital manufacture industry and the associated software, technology and workflows.

  5. Analyse, formulate and appraise solutions to real world digital manufacture problems (in conjunction with existing companies and industry professionals).

  6. Demonstrate an ability to confidently select and use the most appropriate digital manufacture software, equipment and workflows to produce solutions to a given problems.

  7. Confidently present and debate their research findings with their peers.

Credits
20
% Coursework 100%