You are working as a Technical Engineering Consultant for GeoTech Engineering research Project plan

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The submission is in the form of an individual project proposal, project log book, written 

report (see details below). The report should be written in a concise, formal academic style 

using single spacing Arial font and font size 12. 

You are required to make use of headings, paragraphs and subsections and in text referenced 

sources. Provide a bibliography using the Harvard referencing system. The work will include 

two parts: 

1. Project Proposal of 1000 words, which will be either in a written report or a presentation to 

the class, after which the research process can begin. A presentation using software such as 

PowerPoint including referenced sources on slides and a bibliography slide- no more than 20 

slides for your project. 

2. Written Report of the research findings. The word limit is 3000 words + Sourced references, 

bibliography and appendices, you will not be penalised for exceeding the total word limit. 

Unit Learning Outcomes: 

1. Conduct the preliminary stages involved in the creation of an engineering 

research project. 

2. Examine the analytical techniques used to work on all stages of the project and 

strategies required to overcome the challenges involved in a research project. 

3. Reflect on the impact the research experience could have in enhancing 

personal or group performance within an engineering context. 

4. Explore the communication approach used for the preparation and 

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presentation of the research project’s outcomes. 

Assignment Brief and Guidance: 

Scenario You are working as a Technical Engineering Consultant for “GeoTech Engineering”, which is 

one of the leading companies researching into various eco-friendly and renewable energy 

systems, thereby generating reports and presentations for different Engineering companies to 

create technical awareness and caution. 

Your job role involves researching into variety of eco-friendly and renewable energy systems 

and presenting and submitting the report to the Head of the Research Department. There 

would be either a written proposal or a formal presentation involved in front of your boss and 

your colleagues. 

The whole project involves 2 phases: - 

Phase 1 – This phase of the project involves – 

Task 1.1 – Research Project Plan 

Choose an appropriate project to research, form a research question then a hypothesis, which 

will be part of your proposal and discuss the key project objectives, the resulting goals and 

rationale. Analyze the project specification and identify any project risks. Evaluate and justify 

the rationale for the research. 

Task 2.1 - Creating a Project Proposal 

Produce a project proposal of up to 1000 words presenting it in the form of a formal 

presentation or a written report to the Head and the colleagues of the department. This will 

involve evaluation by all the members. Depending on the feedback received, you will start 

working for the 2nd phase of the Research Project. 

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Phase 2 – In this phase of the project, you would start to work on all the steps involved in a 

project – Aims and Objectives, Rationale, Project Plan, Project Specification, Risks involved, 

Literature review, Research Methodology, recommendations for the future, Reflection, 

Evaluation, Analysis. You would also be preparing a Logbook and Gantt chart for all the 

activities. 

The following tasks should be performed for Phase 2 of the Project. 

Task 2.2 – Project activities 

Perform a literature review of published material that is relevant to your research project. 

Utilise appropriate research methods and approaches to primary and secondary research (like 

questionnaires involving 5-10 questions, to your department, asking about their opinions). 

Apply different strategies to most successfully use literature review in your final report. Also 

comment on the merits, limitations and pitfalls of approaches to data collection and analysis. 

You will also have to critically analyze all the project activities conducted in this task. 

Task 2.3 – Project Reflection 

Detail how your research can have an effect and impact on personal and group performance 

in engineering. Critically evaluate how engineers and the public can benefit from your findings 

and experiences gained during the project. 

Task 2.4 – Project Presentation 

Discuss the different types of communication approaches that can be used to present the 

research outcomes. 

Present the project report in written form to your Research Department. Include a critical 

evaluation of how the communication was carried out during the project with the candidates 

participating in the research process (in the questionnaire). Justify your choice of 

communication, explain and critically evaluate its effectiveness and how your report benefited 

from the given responses. 

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Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria: 

Learning Outcome Pass Merit Distinction 1 Conduct the preliminary stages involved in the creation of an engineering research project 

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D1 Produce a comprehensive project proposal that evaluates and justifies the rationale for the research 

2 Examine the analytical techniques used to work on all stages of the project and strategies required to overcome the challenges involved in a research project 

Produce a research 

M1 Analyse the project proposal that 

project specification clearly defines a 

and identify any research question or 

project risks hypothesis 

P2 Discuss the key project objectives, the resulting goals and rationale 

D2 Critically analyse literature sources utilised, data analysis conducted and strategies to deal with challenges 

3 Reflect on the impact the research experience could have in enhancing personal or group performance within an engineering context. 

P3 Conduct a literature 

M2 Analyse the review of published 

strategies used to material, either in hard 

overcome the copy or electronically, 

challenges involved that is relevant to your 

in the literature research project 

review stage 

P4 Examine appropriate 

M3 Discuss merits, research methods and 

limitations and approaches to primary 

pitfalls of and secondary research 

approaches to data collection and analysis 

D3 Critically evaluate how the research experience enhances personal or group performance within an engineering context 4 Explore the communication approach used for the preparation and presentation of the research project’s outcomes. 

P5 Reflect on the 

M4 Evaluate the effectiveness and the 

benefits from the impact the experience 

findings of the has had upon enhancing 

research conducted personal or group performance 

P6 M5 D4 Explore the different 

Evaluate how the 

Critically reflect types of 

communication 

how the audience communications 

approach meets 

for whom the approaches that can be 

research project 

research was used to present the 

outcomes and 

conducted research outcomes 

objectives 

influenced the communication P7 Communicate 

approach used for research outcomes in an 

the preparation and appropriate manner for 

presentation of the the intended audience. 

research project’s Outcomes 

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A guidance on a report format: 

Title Page 

- It is important that you state clearly, at the beginning of the assignment, what its title is, 

which module it applies to and your name as the author. - You should also include the College name, report title and the date. 

Executive Summary 

- A summary should be provided, so that people can see at a glance what the report is about. You should mention your key findings, conclusions and recommendations. - This summary is usually printed immediately after the title page. 

Contents Page 

- Page numbers as well as section/chapter titles should be included - If the report incorporates some appendices, their titles should be listed 

Acknowledgements 

- A list of names, roles and organisations (if relevant) of all of those who helped you when 

compiling the report should be listed 

Terms of Reference 

- Refer to your project proposal 

Introduction 

- This section should provide some of the background of the subject that forms the principle 

theme of your report. - If the report is designed to solve a perceived ‘problem’, the history of the ‘problem’ can be 

reviewed here, culminating in the situation that prompted the report to be written - You should also provide some key information about the organisation in which your 

research is based. 

Methodology 

- This section is needed for the reader to judge the authenticity of the ‘evidence’ that comprises the main body of the report. All sources should be mentioned and, if appropriate, describe how you put together your questionnaire or survey. - Copies of questionnaires, interview questions etc. should be included in the appendices. - If any published documents were studied, this should be mentioned here 

Main Body 

- This is likely to comprise many paragraphs or sections. It is often useful to break up your 

assignment into subheadings. - This section should be structured around the key themes of your research - Use tables, charts if possible. Your presentation of data is important 

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- This section should bring together your secondary and primary research and your findings 

Conclusions 

- In this section you should say what your facts or findings mean i.e. discuss the key 

implications arising from the wealth of detail you may have collected. - Your findings and outcomes should be related back to your initial research objective and 

proposal - The conclusions should not incorporate any new facts Recommendations - Your recommendations should clearly spell out your ideas to enable them to be acted 

upon. - In particular, if your proposals involve expenditure, you must supply a cost benefit 

evaluation to show what it costs and what management will get from it. 

Bibliography 

- All references in the report should be listed in the correct Harvard format 

Appendices 

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