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