NFE2156 Professional Development

Assignment 1

University of Huddersfield
School of Computing and Engineering

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Unless there are extenuating circumstances, work handed in after the hand-in date will
receive a mark no greater than 40%; if handed in after the cut-off date (1 week after the
hand-in date) the mark will be 0%.
Student Handbook of Regulations: Section 5 covers procedures for students wishing to
claim extenuating circumstances. Sections 4 and 6 define plagiarism and the
procedures and penalties for dealing with it. IMPORTANT NOTE: Tutors marking
coursework may use the JISC plagiarism service to check for plagiarism, and will use it
where possible in all cases where plagiarism is suspected.
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circumstances procedures and that the work submitted is your own.
This assignment will NOT be marked unless the following section is fully completed
Student Name:

Pathway:
BEng(Hons)

Signature:

Student Number:

Module Title
Professional Development

Module Number
NFE2156

Module Tutor
Mark Dales

Assignment Title

Ass. Weighting

Date Stamp:

Assignment 1B: Formal Report

30%

Date Due

Word Count

Date Submitted

20 April 2015

Max 1500

PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK (to be completed by the Module Tutor)

Assessment Criteria
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Grade

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NFE2156 Professional Development

Assignment 1
Summary Comments: (Please include comments on performance in relation to assessment criteria)

NFE 2156 Professional Development: Assignment 1b, 2014-2015

1.

Introduction
This assignment is intended to develop your report writing skills by writing a formal report
based on your laboratory Log Book record for a Protel Circuit Design and Simulation and
a practical laboratory exercise.
The report should be word processed and should also make use of tables in Word and
graphs to display results as appropriate.

2.

Assignment
Write a Formal Report that conforms to the standards described in the lectures 5 and 6
of this course.
The subject of the Formal Report is laboratory work on series and parallel
combinations of RLC circuits: RC, RL, series RLC and parallel RLC circuits.

In the Introduction section, the importance of studying these circuits should be

explained together with a specific set of objectives for the report.
The Theory section should outline the essential theory (not a detailed copy of
derivations from a text book) with reference made to the source text (eg textbook)
using the correct style.
In the Procedure section the method of
1. Protel RLC circuits design, and transient and frequency responses simulation.
2. Building the RLC circuits, and measuring the voltages in the circuits by means of
an oscilloscope. The procedures should be explained with the aid of suitable
diagrams.
The Results section should be based on graphs obtained in Protel simulation and
laboratory measurements. Tables should be used to summarise, say, a comparison
of theoretical, simulated and observed values. The theoretical results may be
obtained from calculations.
The Discussion section should appraise the accuracy of the results, and the
methods used to obtain them.
References should be used correctly throughout and the References section should
be organised as per the guidelines. Care must be taken to distinguish between a
reference list and a bibliography.
The report for NFE2156 will be marked as a communication exercise.
3.

Material to be submitted
A word processed report of maximum 1500 words based on the log book for NFE2156.

4.

Allocation of marks
a) Report as a communication exercise. Marks will be awarded for organisation, use
of the correct format, layout and good use of English.
[50 marks]
b) Use of word processor, including spell check, word count, layout and text
formatting.
[30 marks]
c) Evidence of reading around the subject with the correct use of references.
[10 marks]
d) Computer drawn diagrams and images plus use of equation editor
[10 marks]

5. Plagiarism
Though you may discuss the nature and content of this report with classmates, it is
expected that the work which you submit is the result of your own efforts. Cases of
plagiarism or cheating will be penalised.
6.

Formative Assessment
This is advice on your work without the allocation of marks. This will be provided as
follows :
On your log book record during and at the end of the laboratory sessions
On practice exercises and draft sections of the formal report in class before the
submission date.