Innovation in Sustainable Engineering

6TE501
Contents
Staff contacts 1
Module Specification 1
Description of the module 5
Student Voice 6
Module Assessment Description 6
Assessment Schedule 6
External Examiners 6

Staff contacts
Prof. M. Darwish (Electrical Division – London College) [email protected]

Dr V. Oke (Civil Division – London College) [email protected]

Email me for an appointment.

Module Specification
Module Title Innovation in Sustainable Engineering Design

Module Code 6TE501 Pre-requisite None

Date of Approval

Module Level 6

Credit value 20

Total Number of
200
Learning Hours
Innovation, project innovation tools, sustainability in engineering,
Key Words
continuing professional development.

Online/Distance Blended/Face to Work-based

Module Delivery
face learning
Mode √
Module Description In this module, students will explore how successful innovations
emerge and how designers, technologists, managers and end-

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 users create and apply new ideas and inventions. Students will
look at how these are translated into marketable products or
processes and how they can combine commercial and
competitive advantage with ensuring a socially, economically and
environmentally sustainable future. Students will work individually
on a project that makes use of the ideas and methods taught in
the course.

On successful completion of the module, you will be able to:

1. Critically evaluate and apply appropriate innovation and

Module Learning creativity tools and techniques to solve a technical problem to
Outcomes achieve a sustainable future.

2. Reflect objectively on your own career aspirations and

potential professional development for the next 10 years
to produce a suitable output for dissemination.

Innovation and Creativity Concepts and Tools for Engineering

Problem Solving:
Various creativity, techniques will be studied depending on your
engineering discipline including brainstorming, modelling,
diagramming, multi-criteria analysis, Triz, and stakeholder
analysis. You will also explore how the design process, intellectual
property, research and development and technology transfer can
enhance creativity. You will also consider how legislation
appropriate to your discipline can affect innovation and study
appropriate standards such as (e.g. ISO 9001, 14001, 18001,
26001 and other related standards such as the WEEE directive).
You will also access environmental life cycle analysis and
Module Content appropriate future technologies in your engineering discipline.

Continuing professional development:

As part of your continuing professional development you will
assess how ethical engineering concepts and your responsibility of
as an individual engineer is part of your future career as an
engineer striving for a sustainable future for the planet. You will
also consider how this interaction with the responsibilities of
governments, industrial companies and nongovernmental
institutions. You will plot your career path using an appropriate
technique such as trajectory diagram and produce an enhanced
CV for external use.
A list of possible examples of suitable areas which could be used
for your solving of technical problems is shown below. These are

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 not exhaustive and you are encouraged to explore novel ways of
achieving the learning outcomes;
- Apply creative methodologies for the solution of a design
problem that affects the function of a component and
undertake a suitable study to overcome this,
- Undertake a study of your engineering industry and look at a
specific problem in design, manufacture, construction or
infrastructure.
- Solve a process problem which has affected the manufacture
of a project, the supply of a service or a maintenance activity.
You will undertake a structured reflection on your work to solve a
particular technical problem and locating the demonstrable
outcomes in an academic context.

The module will be delivered through lecturers and group based

Module Learning tutorials including PC
and Teaching Lectures based sessions 24 hours
Methods Group Tutorial 24 hours
Independent Study 152 hours

Formative assessment (0%):

Development of a Project Plan and check list for the coursework

assessment with individual student feedback. This is more or less
the initial innovation proposal.

Summative Assessment (100%):

Proposal: Part of Assignment 1: 10% weighting within the 80%

for Assignment 1

Assignment 1: 80% weighting; Learning outcome 1

Module An individual technical report and presentation (any format but ppt
Assessment preferred) that demonstrates the use and application of innovation
Method and creativity concepts and theory to solve a technical problem to
achieve a sustainable future. This is word count includes the initial
innovation project report 2,500 words in length or equivalent with a
power point presentation of around 500 words , giving a total word
count of 3,000 words.

Assignment 2: 20% weighting; Learning outcome 2

An individual refection of your own career aspirations and potential
professional development for the next 10 years. You should use
the appropriate tools from the module and be guided as to the
output medium.
2,000 words in length or equivalent.

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 1) Ashwani K. Gupta (2019), Innovations in Sustainable Energy
and Cleaner Environment (Green Energy and Technology),
Springer, 1st ed.
2) Martin, M. and Schinzinger, R. (2010), Introduction to
engineering ethics, 2nd edition. McGraw-Hill, US.
3) Wilcox, J.R. and Theodore, L. (1998), Engineering and
environment ethics: a case study approach, John
Wiley & Sons, New York, US.
Reading list
5) Ettlie J. (2006), Managing Innovation – new technology,
new products, and new services in a global economy,
Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, UK.
6) Trott, P. (2008), Innovation management and new product
development, 4th ed. Prentice-Hall,
7) Rogers, E. M. (2003) Diffusion of Innovations, 5th Edition
Free Press.

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Description of the module

In this module students will explore how successful innovations emerge and how designers,
technologists, managers and end-users create and apply new ideas and inventions. Students will
look at how these are translated into marketable products or processes and how they can combine
commercial and competitive advantage with ensuring a socially, economically and environmentally
sustainable future. Students will work individually on a project that makes use of the ideas and
methods taught in the course.

An outline of the intended lecture schedule is reproduced below.

Week
Number Summary of Material Covered

1
Introduction to the Module, Innovation in Sustainable Engineering Design.

Lecture: Innovation Design within the context of Engineering.

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Lecture: Project: Innovation tools and related methods. Issue of

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Assignment 1.

Lecture: Field trip or otherwise to view, review and evaluate various

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innovations in engineering.

5 Lecture: International Standard Bodies

6 Lecture: Sustainability in Engineering

7 Simulation: Design concepts and Design driven Innovation Processes.

8 Innovation Projects: Progress Review.

Lecture:.: Career aspirations and potential professional development

9 Submission of Assignment 1
Issue of Assignment 2 (All provided in Assignment brief).

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 10 Lecture: CPD tools and their application.

11 Lecture: Evaluation of CPD tools application.

Lecture: Overall Course Review and Evaluation.

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Submission of Assignment 2

Student Voice
Students will be able to feedback about the module through programme committees, module
surveys and via reporting mechanisms.

Module Assessment Description

This module has a 100% coursework.

The coursework is based on two assignments.

Assignment 1 carries 80% weight of the module and assignment 2 carries 20% weight of the module.

Assessment Schedule
Assignment 1 will be introduced in week 3 for a hand through Turnitin on 29th November.

Assignment 2 will be introduced in week 9 for a hand through Turnitin on 20th December.

External Examiners
External Examiners are appointed to report on the maintenance of nationally comparable standards
across HE institutions. They act as independent and impartial advisers to the University, and provide
informed comment on the standards set and student achievement in relation to those standards.

Under no circumstances should students make contact with the External Examiner directly.

The External Examiner for this module is Dr O Y K Anali.