BACHELOR IN AUTOMOTIVE APPLIED TECHNOLOGY Auxiliary Systems

LEVEL DESCRIPTORS
5 The student is able to carry out processes that require a wide range of specialised technical or scholastic skills involve a wide choice of standard and non-standard procedures are employed in a variety of routine and non-routine contexts employing and applied a broad knowledge base with in self-directed and sometimes substantial depth in some areas directive activity analytical interpretation of a wide within broad general guidelines or range of data functions the determination of appropriate with full responsibility for the methods and procedures in nature, quantity and quality of response to a range of concrete outcomes problems with some theoretical with possible responsibility for the elements achievement of group outcomes.

Introduction This assessment is structured as an individual project. This project is made of two tasks and you are required to demonstrate knowledge with analytical skills integrating technical, social, ethical and sustainable issues. For your study you are required to obtain data from a practical real life situation. You are to use the recommended format for your report as per attached sheet. Weighting: 100 % of this course overall grade. Related Course Learning Outcomes & Weighting Structure:

1. Investigate the compliance requirements of statutory and controlling bodies. 2. Identify an auxiliary system and/or component and analyse the effect(s) it has upon a vehicle. 3. Determine what constitutes a modification and compliance issues arising from the modification 4. Demonstrate knowledge for global, regional, national and industry issues with -1-

situations related to Body and Auxiliary Systems.

Project Tasks:

a. Analyze the design and performance of an automotive auxiliary

system of your choice using a range of methods. Determine its convenience and other implications to motor vehicle or users. Document the impact of sustainable, social and ethical issues on the systems operation. You must consider global, regional and national issues as part of your study. (Outcomes: 2, 4)

b. Investigate the performance and feasibility of a motor vehicle

modification of your choice using a range of methods. Highlight its expected positive effects and possible implications on the performance of the car in terms of structural integrity, drivability, or other road-worthy aspects. Discuss all compliancing issues arising from your chosen modification in terms of relevant statuary regulations, the authorized bodies to conduct such modification compliancing procedure, and a briefing of those compliancing procedure(s). (Outcomes: 1,3)

Referencing: All work must be correctly referenced as per institutional requirements. At the completion of the report, self mark your work and ask your peer to review your work independent of your self assessment, and then submit work to your course coordinator in both hard copy and on a CD. Structure of a Technical Report: There are four main parts to any report, and each of these has a different purpose: - Summary - Introduction - Core - Conclusions a) Summary: In as few words as possible the summary, which will head up the report. b) Introduction: The material which you are about to present in the main body of the report must be set in context. Questions, which the reader will ask, include: why is this work being presented? where does it fit in with Automotive Engineering? how does it relate to other work in the field? what are the aims and objectives of the project? c) Core: This will be the main part of the report and provide all of the results and discussions, which someone who wished to examine the work in detail would require. It would include: theory experimental method

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 results discussion d) Conclusions: Should give key findings of the work. It should be closely related to the objectives, which were stated in the introduction. e) References: These are usually appearing in the text. f) Appendices: If there is information, which is not of immediate use to the reader (i.e. survey checklist, tables,) or for some other reason is difficult to incorporate in the body of the report, then it should be consigned to an appendix. General Comments: 1) As the report may involve experimental work, you should make sure to explain your procedures, to present results and interpret the results. Findings should be summarized in meaningful ways and visualizing important data in form of graphs whenever possible. 2) Report should explain what you did and what is significant in your findings. 3) With all the information and data at hand, you are advised to arrange your report to match with the main four parts of a technical report structure indicated earlier.

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