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Overview:

The individual project aims to develop independent research and project management skills and to improve technical writing and critical analysis ability. Students conduct an individual piece of research over an extended period of time and produce a coherent body of work to a deadline.

Guidance is provided by an academic supervisor but it is expected that the work and effort are driven and managed by the student. The practical and experimental skills learnt are dependent upon the type of project chosen.

The individual project may cover any subject in the field of Naval Architecture. The project can be experimental, numerical and theoretical and has to contain sufficient academic content. The project topic is usually selected by the student from a list of projects suggested by members of academic staff or industry partners. Students may also suggest their own project topic subject to the approval of the MSc Programme Director and provided a member of staff is willing to supervise that project.

Learning outcomes:

This module involves a major research project: planning, monitoring progress and adapting the plan to the changing situation are necessary skills.

The individual project forms a significant personal workload requiring well-developed self-study and independent learning skills. Students are required to produce a work plan and this is reviewed at monthly intervals with the project supervisor.

Students are expected to exercise initiative and take ownership of the project.

Students are expected to actively learn new theories, concepts and methods as part of their research project as this typically involves an in-depth investigation of an engineering topic. The purpose of the individual project is to achieve this knowledge in the specialist area of the project. Critical analysis is seen as a key component of the thesis. Research projects frequently take the student beyond just their own discipline.