Course syllabus

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TME047 Chalmers formula student lp1 HT19 (15 hp)

Course is offered by the department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences

Contact details

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• examiner
• lecturer
• teachers
• supervisors

...along with their contact details. If the course have external guest lecturers or such, give a brief description of their role and the company or similar they represent.

If needed, list administrative staff, along with their contact details.

Course purpose

Short description of the course purpose and content: can be copied from syllabus in Studieportalen. Additional information can be added.

Schedule

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Course literature

List all mandatory literature, including descriptions of how to access the texts (e.g. Cremona, Chalmers Library, links).

Also list reference literature, further reading, and other non-mandatory texts.

Course design

Description of the course's learning activities; how they are implemented and how they are connected. This is the student's guide to navigating the course. Do not forget to give the student advice on how to learn as much as possible based on the pedagogy you have chosen. Often, you may need to emphasize concrete things like how often they should enter the learning space on the learning platform, how different issues are shared between supervisors, etc.

Provide a plan for

• lectures
• exervises
• laboratory work
• projects
• supervision
• feedback
• seminars

Should contain a description of how the digital tools (Canvas and others) should be used and how they are organized, as well as how communication between teachers and students takes place (Canvas, e-mail, other).

Do not forget to describe any resources that students need to use, such as lab equipment, studios, workshops, physical or digital materials.

You should be clear how missed deadlines and revisions are handled.

Changes made since the last occasion

A summary of changes made since the last occasion.

Learning objectives and syllabus

Learning objectives:

• Apply functional and solution models in the concept phase of an engineering project to analyse and create concepts for vehicle parts and systems.
• Apply Computer Aided Engineering (CAD and simulation tools) to design and analyse vehicle parts and systems.
• Produce drawings or other basis for manufacturing that can be understood by a third party.
• Lead structured meetings. The requirements for a structured meeting are that there is an objective and agenda for the meeting and that notes are taken where conclusions and actions from the meeting are recorded.
• Create a project planning that includes tasks and deliverables with due dates and responsibilities.
• Apply a goal hierarchy method in order to derive engineering requirements for a technical system or part.
• Show understanding for how an individual part or subsystem contributes to the system as a whole and that the added value to the system and its cost efficiency can vary greatly between different part or subsystem options.
• Manufacture or assemble parts within one of the manufacturing areas metals, plastics (e.g. carbon fibre reinforced plastics) or electronics.
• Perform physical tests of a vehicle or vehicle subsystem and evaluate their performance against design targets
• Analyse and explain discrepancies in theoretical and measured performance for a component or system.
• Communicate work status and issues to team members throughout the project.

Link to the syllabus on Studieportalen.

Study plan

If the course is a joint course (Chalmers and Göteborgs Universitet) you should link to both syllabus (Chalmers and Göteborgs Universitet).

Examination form

Description of how the examination – written examinations and other – is executed and assessed.

Include:

• what components are included, the purpose of these, and how they contribute to the learning objectives
• how compulsory and/or voluntary components contribute to the final grade
• grading limits and any other requirements for all forms of examination in order to pass the course (compulsory components)
• examination form, e.g. if the examination is conducted as a digital examination

• time and place of examination, both written exams and other exams such as project presentations
• aids permitted during examinations, as well as which markings, indexes and notes in aids are permitted

Do not forget to be extra clear with project assignments; what is the problem, what should be done, what is the expected result, and how should this result be reported. Details such as templates for project reports, what happens at missed deadlines etc. are extra important to include.