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Engineering Practice 1

Module code: MEU11E19 · Semester: 1

How it's assessed​

Exam: 60% of the module. TCD doesn't list past papers for it.

Engineering measurement and experimental techniques (sensors, data and measurement accuracy), together with engineering drawing and computer-based tutorials.

AssessmentWeight
End-of-semester written exam60%
Online series of experiments (roughly every two weeks)15%
Drawing and computer-based tutorials25%

Summarised from the TCD module descriptor, checked 2026-11-09. Details can change from year to year, so check this year's descriptor and Blackboard.

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No past papers for this module are listed on TCD’s past-papers pages. See How it's assessed above.

Topics

  • Experimental error and uncertainty LO1
  • Static and dynamic instrument characteristics; calibration LO2–3
  • Strain gauges and the Wheatstone bridge LO4
  • Sensors for temperature, strain, sound and flow LO5
  • Data acquisition: ADC and DAC LO6–8
  • Engineering drawing: sketching, projections, reading drawings LO10, LO12
  • CAD drawings LO11
Learning outcomes (exam covers LO1–8, LO10–12)
  1. Identify sources and types of experimental error
  2. Quantify static and dynamic characteristics of instruments
  3. Understand calibration of common sensors
  4. Use simple electrical principles in sensing, e.g. strain gauges and the Wheatstone bridge
  5. Choose sensors for temperature, strain, sound and fluid flow
  6. Outline the issues in digitising experimental data
  7. Explain analogue-to-digital and digital-to-analogue conversion
  8. Calculate data conversion requirements
  9. (No LO9 in the descriptor)
  10. Convert between 2D and 3D representations
  11. Produce 2D drawings of 3D objects with software
  12. Read information from 2D drawings of 3D objects

Summarised from the module descriptor, checked November 2026.