BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF COMPUTING ENGINEERING AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

COURSEWORK ASSIGNMENT BRIEF
ENG6072 Advanced Materials

Coursework Assignment Brief

Assessment - Undergraduate

Academic Year 2023-24

Module Title: Advanced Materials

Module Code: ENG6072

Assessment Title: Coursework

Assessment Type: CWRK Weighting: 70 %

School: School of Engineering and the Built Environment

Module Co-ordinator: MICHAEL KRZYZANOWSKI

12pm Mid-day on Wednesday 12 January 2024. Please see
Hand in deadline date: the Assessment Block on your module page for details:
http://moodle.bcu.ac.uk
Return of Feedback date 20 working days from date of submission (see Moodle for
and format details).
Re-assessment hand in 12pm Mid-day on Monday 25th July 2024
deadline date: Note: the reassessment work may be different.
Support available for
Timetabled support sessions will be arranged for the period
students required to
immediately preceding the hand-in date
submit a re-assessment:

At the first assessment attempt, the full range of marks is

NOTE: available. At the re-assessment attempt the mark is capped
and the maximum mark that can be achieved is 40%.

Assessment Summary The assessment for this module includes an individual paper,
which develops a methodology and use of software, if
necessary (70%). The presentation of a material processing
or product design specification provide the background and
the progress to the individual paper.
CWRK covers the individual paper including specific material
processing analysis or design process for an assembly item.

1 CEBE UG Assignment brief revised 03/08/2018

IMPORTANT STATEMENTS

Undergraduate Regulations

Your studies will be governed by the BCU Academic Regulations on Assessment, Progression and
Awards. Copies of regulations can be found at https://www.bcu.ac.uk/student-info/student-
contract

For courses accredited by professional bodies such as the IET (Institution of Engineering and
Technology) there are some derogations from the standard regulations and these are detailed in
your Programme Handbook

Cheating and Plagiarism

Both cheating and plagiarism are totally unacceptable and the University maintains a strict policy
against them. It is YOUR responsibility to be aware of this policy and to act accordingly. Please
refer to the Academic Registry Guidance at https://icity.bcu.ac.uk/Academic-
Services/Information-for-Students/Assessment/Avoiding-Allegations-of-Cheating

The basic principles are:

• Don’t pass off anyone else’s work as your own, including work from “essay banks”. This is
plagiarism and is viewed extremely seriously by the University.
• Don’t submit a piece of work in whole or in part that has already been submitted for
assessment elsewhere. This is called duplication and, like plagiarism, is viewed extremely
seriously by the University.
• Always acknowledge all of the sources that you have used in your coursework assignment
or project.
• If you are using the exact words of another person, always put them in quotation marks.
• Check that you know whether the coursework is to be produced individually or whether you
can work with others.
• If you are doing group work, be sure about what you are supposed to do on your own.
• Never make up or falsify data to prove your point.
• Never allow others to copy your work.
• Never lend disks, memory sticks or copies of your coursework to any other student in the
University; this may lead you being accused of collusion.

By submitting coursework, either physically or electronically, you are confirming that it is your own
work (or, in the case of a group submission, that it is the result of joint work undertaken by
members of the group that you represent) and that you have read and understand the University’s
guidance on plagiarism and cheating.

You should be aware that coursework may be submitted to an electronic detection system in order
to help ascertain if any plagiarised material is present. You may check your own work prior to
submission using Turnitin at the Formative Moodle Site. If you have queries about what
constitutes plagiarism, please speak to your module tutor or the Centre for Academic Success.

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Electronic Submission of Work

It is your responsibility to ensure that work submitted in electronic format can be opened on a
faculty computer and to check that any electronic submissions have been successfully uploaded. If
it cannot be opened it will not be marked. Any required file formats will be specified in the
assignment brief and failure to comply with these submission requirements will result in work not
being marked. You must retain a copy of all electronic work you have submitted and re-submit if
requested.

Learning Outcomes to be Assessed:

1 Evaluate and appraise new and emerging materials and their applications.

2 Analyse processing of new materials using appropriate methods.

3 Critically appraise the case for the use of new techniques with particular reference
to sustainability.

Assessment Details:

Title: Individual assessment or analysis of the chosen process route or design

Style: Technical paper supported by individual presentations. The details on presentations

are given in the separate Brief.

Rationale: The student will learn how the microstructure of the material controls its
properties including mechanical behaviour and multifunctional properties. Individual
consideration of the design and the production of a chosen material or a component will
build some insight into the operation and capabilities of different manufacturing techniques.
Learning about presentation of own findings in a technical paper is an additional advantage
of the module contributing to the course and the subject area.

Description: The theoretical part of the work will be focused on fundamental mechanisms
that operate at micro- and nano-meter level across a wide-range of engineering materials. A
student should be able to explain how the microstructure of the material controls its
mechanical behaviour and other multifunctional properties if relevant. The practical part of the
work will be focused on methodologies of how microstructure can be significantly improved
via materials processing individually considering the design and the production of a different
material or a component with the aim to build some insight into the operation and capabilities
of different processing techniques. If the accent will be placed on a component design and
manufacture, a student is to individually consider the design and production of a component
to comply with the product design specification, selecting different materials, or material
combinations to manufacture the component, and then determining process routes for
manufacture with these different materials. The findings will be submitted in a technical paper,
using the provided in class template, incorporating relevant computer analysis.

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Additional information: The following main aspects are required to be completed and
presented as a technical paper, such as title, abstract, an introduction, main body that
covers:
− Relevant fundamentals;
− Relevant mechanical or multifunctional aspects;
− Material processing;
− Individual assessment or analysis of the process route or design
The paper should also include author’s own conclusions, references and bibliography using
Harvard referencing system and possibly appendices.

For advice on writing style, referencing and academic skills, please make use of the Centre
for Academic Success: https://icity.bcu.ac.uk/celt/centre-for-academic-success

Workload:

Individual paper:
This item has an equivalent word count of up to 4000 words
A typical student would be expected to take 20 hours of work to pass this assignment.

Transferable skills:
− Understanding importance of structure and materials processing to deal with
challenges of modern engineering;
− Ability to work effectively in a group to achieve goals;
− Personal motivation, organisation and time management;
− Verbal and written communications;
− Basic research skills

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Marking Criteria:

Table of Assessment Criteria and Associated Grading Criteria

Assessment 1. 2. 3. 4.
Criteria Synthesize and Argue and defend the case Apply simulation Compare different
critically for the use of new techniques to assess processing techniques to
→ analyse new techniques in advanced manufacturing create advanced material
materials using materials and processing process. LO 2 properties applicable for
appropriate with particular reference to modern engineering
methods. sustainability. Learning applications. Learning
Learning Outcomes 2 and 3 Outcomes 1, 2 and 3
Outcomes 1
and 2
Weighting: 25 25 25 25
Grading Very limited Very limited case Very limited Poor knowledge of
Criteria analysis of presented for the use simulation processing
new of new techniques techniques techniques.
materials with particular analysed
0 – 29%
reference to
F sustainability

30 – 39% Unsatisfacto Unsatisfactory case Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory

E ry analysis, presented for the use implementation knowledge of
or using of new techniques and comparison processing
unsuitable with particular of simulation techniques.
methods reference to techniques to
sustainability analyse the
production
process.
40 – 49% Satisfactory Satisfactory case Satisfactory Satisfactory
D synthesis presented for the use implementation knowledge of
and analysis of new techniques and comparison processing
of new with particular of simulation techniques.
materials reference to techniques to
using mostly sustainability analyse the
appropriate production
methods process.
50 – 59% Appropriate Appropriate case Appropriate Appropriate
C synthesis presented for the use implementation knowledge of
and analysis of new techniques and comparison processing
of new with particular of simulation techniques.
materials reference to techniques to
using sustainability analyse the
appropriate production
methods process.
60 – 69% Good Good case presented Good Good knowledge of
B synthesis for the use of new implementation processing
and analysis techniques with and comparison techniques.
of new particular reference to of simulation
materials sustainability techniques to
using analyse the
appropriate production
methods process.
70 – 79% Very good Very good case Very good Very good
A synthesis presented for the use implementation knowledge of
and analysis of new techniques and comparison processing
of new with particular of simulation techniques.
materials reference to techniques to
using sustainability analyse the
appropriate production
methods process.

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 80 - 89% Excellent Excellent case Excellent Excellent knowledge
A+ synthesis presented for the use implementation of processing
and analysis of new techniques and comparison techniques.
of new with particular of simulation
materials reference to techniques to
using sustainability analyse the
appropriate production
methods process
90 – 100% Outstanding Outstanding case Outstanding Outstanding
A* synthesis presented for the use implementation knowledge of
and analysis of new techniques and comparison processing
of new with particular of simulation techniques.
materials reference to techniques to
using sustainability analyse the
appropriate production
methods process

Submission Details:

Format:
Individual paper:
The paper is to be submitted by Moodle upload as a .pdf file.

Regulations:

• The minimum pass mark for a module is 40%

• Re-sit marks are capped at 40%

Full academic regulations are available for download using the link provided above in the IMPORTANT
STATEMENTS section

Late Penalties
If you submit an assessment late at the first attempt then you will be subject to one of the
following penalties:

• if the submission is made between 1 and 24 hours after the published deadline the
original mark awarded will be reduced by 5%. For example, a mark of 60% will be
reduced by 3% so that the mark that the student will receive is 57%. ;
• if the submission is made between 24 hours and one week (5 working days) after
the published deadline the original mark awarded will be reduced by 10%. For
example, a mark of 60% will be reduced by 6% so that the mark the student will
receive is 54%.

• if the submission is made after 5 days following the deadline, your work will be
deemed as a fail and returned to you unmarked.

The reduction in the mark will not be applied in the following two cases:

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 • the mark is below the pass mark for the assessment. In this case the mark achieved
by the student will stand
• where a deduction will reduce the mark from a pass to a fail. In this case the mark
awarded will be the threshold (i.e.40%)
Please note:
• If you submit a re-assessment late then it will be deemed as a fail and returned
to you unmarked.

Feedback:

You can expect a verbal feedback every time you present some progress of your individual
work during tutorial sessions guiding your work towards final technical paper.

Marks and Feedback on your work will normally be provided within 20 working days of its
submission deadline via Moodle.

Where to get help:

In case of need for an additional help or advise, students may contact the module leader
by email expecting a respond or use an alternative route of communication.

Students can get additional support from the library for searching for information and
finding academic sources. See their iCity page for more information:
http://libanswers.bcu.ac.uk/

The Centre for Academic Success offers 1:1 advice and feedback on academic writing,
referencing, study skills and maths/statistics/computing. See their iCity page for more
information: https://icity.bcu.ac.uk/celt/centre-for-academic-success

Additional assignment advice can be found here: https://libguides.bcu.ac.uk/MA

Fit to Submit:
Are you ready to submit your assignment – review this assignment brief AGAIN and
consider whether you have met the required criteria written in this Coursework
Assessment Brief

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 Assignment Tip Sheet

Assignment Checklist
Run through this simple tick list before submitting your work!

Report
Well prepared materials make your work look more professional and easy to understand.
Item Action Done?
1 I have used the spellchecker and proofread the report correcting errors several times.
2 I have checked that all material is directly related to the assignment tasks.
3 I have checked that all the required information has been included in the report.
4 The report is professionally presented using consistent headings, fonts and layout.
5 All tables and images are numbered and captioned.
6 I have used the report structure specified in the assignment.
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Referencing and Originality

Your work will be subjected to checks to ensure it is not derivative of other works. Works found to be
derivative may leave you subject to penalties, including in extreme cases, expulsion from the University.
Item Action Done?
1 All images and tables are fully referenced
I have not copied any material from anywhere else. All sentences have been paraphrased into
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my own words.
3 All references appear in the references section at the end of the presentation.
4 All references are cited in the text in the form of (author, year). See
https://www.bcu.ac.uk/library/services-and-
support/referencing for more details.

5 If I have used quotes, these are fully referenced, appear in quotation marks and form only
a small part of my report.

Content
Is your work complete? Have you included all the required elements?
Item Action Done?

1 I have given an analysis of problem..

2 I have explained why I chose the strategic tools that I have used and used references to
support my decisions.

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