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CE40255: MEng research project in environmental engineering

[Page last updated: 09 August 2024]

Academic Year: 2024/25
Owning Department/School: Department of Chemical Engineering
Credits: 30 [equivalent to 60 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 600
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Semester 2
Assessment Summary: CWPI 20%, CWRI 80%
Assessment Detail:
  • Communications paper (CWRI 80%)
  • Poster (CWPI 20%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
* Construct a critique of current practices and technologies for a given application, including their limitations, and how new technologies and discoveries could impact the application (A3.3a, A3.3b, A6d) [CLO: 2, I3, P2]
* Formulate a hypothesis for a research project, and plan and carry out the work to prove or disprove the hypothesis (A3.3c, A6a, A6c) [CLO: T5]
* Analyse the results, relate the finding to the current practice, and recommend the next steps to address the limitations (A5.2a, A6a, A6d) [CLO: I2, I3, P2]
* Communicate findings in such a way that they are suitable for a specialist audience and a lay audience
* Exercise initiative and personal responsibility [CLO: T2]


Synopsis: You'll engage with open-ended research to plan, conduct and complete an experimental, literature-based, or theoretical/computational project aligned to environmental engineering research in the department and using academic research facilities. In the past, students have carried out projects on the fate of microplastics in the environment, biorefineries, or low-carbon energy futures.

Aims: This unit will engage you in open research and enable them to plan, conduct and complete an experimental, literature-based or theoretical/computational project using academic research facilities.

Skills:
* Acquisition and critical review of technical information on a subject (T,F,A);
* Laboratory practice and data analysis, advanced experimental and/or computational skills (T,F,A);
* Skills in tackling unresolved scientific and/or engineering problems, report writing (T,F,A);
* Communication skills (T,F,A)

Content:
* Formulate a hypothesis for the research project
* Literature review
* Research work; may be wet lab, desk-based or in silico depending on project.
* Data analysis.

Course availability:

CE40255 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following courses:

Department of Chemical Engineering
  • UECE-AFM11 : MEng(Hons) Chemical Engineering with Environmental Engineering (Year 4)
  • UECE-AKM11 : MEng(Hons) Chemical Engineering with Environmental Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 5)

Notes:

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