Engineering Foresight

ENGM41011 Engineering Foresight 15 Semester 1 Undergraduate Level 4 Kamal Qazi Unit coordinator 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Masters/Integrated Masters P4 ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 7.5 What projects will Mechanical, Civil or Aerospace Engineers work on in the future? This unit takes as its starting point the analysis of a current technology and market and then uses a variety of analysis techniques to extrapolate and predict future directions for the market and technology. The unit looks forward up to 20 years and is concerned with step change and disruptive technology and scientific breakthrough rather than just incremental product and process development. The work involves seeing Mechanical Engineering in the widest context of application to future market, societal and technological influences.Brief description:This unit takes as its starting point the analysis of a current product or process technology and its market. The specific product is proposed by the student and agreed with the lecturer. Then a variety of analysis techniques are used to extrapolate and predict future directions for both the market and technology. The analysis looks forward up to 20 years and is concerned with step change and disruptive technology and scientific breakthrough rather than just incremental product and process development. The work involves seeing Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering in the widest context of application to future market, societal and technological influences. What projects will Mechanical, Civil or Aerospace Engineers work on in the future? This unit takes as its starting point the analysis of a current technology and market and then uses a variety of analysis techniques to extrapolate and predict future directions for the market and technology. The unit looks forward up to 20 years and is concerned with step change and disruptive technology and scientific breakthrough rather than just incremental product and process development. The work involves seeing Mechanical Engineering in the widest context of application to future market, societal and technological influences.Brief description:This unit takes as its starting point the analysis of a current product or process technology and its market. The specific product is proposed by the student and agreed with the lecturer. Then a variety of analysis techniques are used to extrapolate and predict future directions for both the market and technology. The analysis looks forward up to 20 years and is concerned with step change and disruptive technology and scientific breakthrough rather than just incremental product and process development. The work involves seeing Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering in the widest context of application to future market, societal and technological influences. Introduce techniques for the analysis of technology, market and societal influences. Explain how to construct predictions for the future direction of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering inputs to products, services and processes. Apply systematic methods to analyse often incomplete and fragmented data from a variety of sources. Develop processes of informed decision-making about future opportunities and identify the critical steps required to enable those opportunities to be realised. Apply methods of presenting findings and proposals in both a persuasive business document and an oral presentation to a panel. The information, analysis and report writing skills that are developed in this unit are useful to Engineers from any subject. These skills are highly desired by employers and are valuable when undertaking final year project work, job interviews and assessment centres. ILO 1 - Undertake research and arguments to construct plausible future scenarios for a new product or service.ILO 2 - Explain how technology and market factors influence development and sustainability of a new product or service.ILO 3 - Use a range of appropriate information search skills in an integrated way to undertake an investigation to individually present conclusions through a report and orally answer questions from a panel on project findings.ILO 4 - Produce and reflect on a project plan and execute work for a new product or service. Syllabus:The unitwill be delivered as a seriesof lectures with case studies and in- classactivities for students to work on both alone and in small, informal groups.The lecture will be supported by Blackboard supplied lecture notes, case studies, resource web links and PowerPoint files.Lecture/ Topics1.Project briefing and introduction: Introduction to Engineering Foresight and setting of project assessment tasks. Product life-cycleInfluences of Science, Technology, Market and Society2. Project planning: Planning the project usingGANTT and Networks Information gathering. Construct and submit topic/plan for project assessment3. Scientific research: Horizon scanning, Patent and research publication trends, barriers to application of new technologies4. Technological developments: Extrapolation, Step change, Breakthrough, Cost5. Societal influences: Population, Demographic, Political, Health, Environmental, Sustainability6. Market research: Secondary market research information gathering and primary market research methods Limitations to market predictions7. Identifying opportunity: Searching for opportunity Report and presentation tutorial. Preparation for presentation, referencing and proofing Using information to make decisions/ recommendations8. Ideas generation and rationalisation: Generating ideas, thought shower, matrix, analogy etc Developing future scenarios via iteration9. Exploiting the opportunity, financial justification: Exploiting the opportunity. Commercial requirements for return on investment. Preparing for individual presentations10. New Product Development Teams and risks: NPD teams and risk analysis11. Individual presentation:  Final report and presentation feedback12. Reflection on professional skills development: Reflection on report and presentation skills development 3 Report 70% 7 Oral assessment/presentation 30% Report - Week 3 Individual feedback comments via BlackBoard assessment toolsWeek 12 Individual feedback comments via BlackBoard assessment toolsOral presentation -  Immediate oral feedback at end of individual presentationWeek 12 marks via BlackBoard MEng (Hons) Aerospace Engineer MEng (Hons) Aerospace Engineer Fourth Year Optional MEng (Hons) Aerospace Engineer MEng (Hons) Aerospace Engineer Fourth Year Optional MEng (Hons) Aerospace Engineer MEng (Hons) Aerospace Engineer Fourth Year Mandatory MEng (Hons) Civil & Struct Eng MEng (Hons) Civil & Struct Eng Fourth Year Optional MEng (Hons) Mech w Management MEng (Hons) Mechanical Enginee Fourth Year Mandatory MEng (Hons) Mech Eng (Nuc Eng) MEng (Hons) Mech Eng (Nuc Eng) Fourth Year Optional N Innovation management and new product development by Trott, Paul. Pearson, 2017. ISBN: 1292165405Business strategy: an introduction by Campbell, David J. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. ISBN: 9780230218581Principles of marketing by Kotler, Philip. Pearson Higher Education, 2018. ISBN: 1292220236 Lectures 20 Project supervision 100 Tutorials 2 0 28