School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

ModuleInformation

Course Contents

The industrial project involves the development of a business idea and the accompanying business plan for a start-up company.

A team of 6 students investigates the business, financial, marketing and design aspects of a product idea and develop a company start-up and marketing strategies and expand the operation into a profitable business.   Each team develops a detailed business plan and a technical report at a standard expected by investors such as banks, venture capitalists and InvestNI.

Finally each team gives a presentation outlining their business proposition to a selected panel composed of accountants, venture capitalists, bankers and engineers.

Supplementary Notes

This module will have continuous interaction with Professional Studies 4 project work.

Duplicate copies of the Professional Studies report will be submitted to the supervisor of Industrial Project 4 and to the Project Management supervisor.

The presentation associated with Professional Studies will also be assessed from a technical aspect.

Learning Outcomes

Innovation and Entrepreneurship in engineering.
Learn how to develop an innovation into a business idea and the accompanying business plan for the establishment of a high-tech start-up company.
The development of the technical aspects of an industrial project with regard to analytical, design and manufacturing techniques.

Skills

Ability to assess the technical aspects in the development of innovative ideas on route to production.