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Engineering Practice 2

Module code: MEU11E17 · Semester: 1

How it's assessed​

No end-of-semester exam. It's assessed through project work.

An introduction to professional engineering and the impact of technical decisions on people, society and the environment. In Part B, groups research and evaluate an emerging technology.

AssessmentWeight
Long technical report60%
Group oral presentation40%
  • Attendance at all scheduled sessions is expected and is used to moderate the final mark.

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.

From students who've done it​

No write-ups yet.

Questions by Year​

This module has no end-of-semester exam, so there are no past papers. See How it's assessed above.

Topics

  • Sustainability in design: water, circularity, carbon footprint, climate LO10
  • Professional engineering ethics and the Engineers Ireland code LO1–2, LO11
  • Generative AI in engineering and its ethical use LO11
  • Project management, report writing and presentation LO3–4, LO9
  • Group design project LO5–8
Learning outcomes
  1. Understand the professional engineer's role in society
  2. Articulate the ethical, economic, social, regulatory and political issues of a technical project
  3. Organise a team project: roles and tasks
  4. Manage a team project: programme, milestones, deliverables
  5. Structure your own work around open-ended questions
  6. Use structured design processes
  7. Back up ideas with evidence
  8. Set quantitative and qualitative design objectives
  9. Write a data-supported report and give a presentation
  10. Apply sustainability in design
  11. Understand professional ethics and the ethical use of AI

Summarised from the module descriptor, checked November 2026.