# BSEN40550

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Academic Year 2025/2026

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#### Capstone Project 2 (BSEN40550)

Subject:
:   Biosystems Engineering

College:
:   Engineering & Architecture

School:
:   Biosystems & Food Engineering

Level:
:   4 (Masters)

Credits:
:   10

Module Coordinator:
:   Dr Sharon O'Rourke

Trimester:
:   Spring

Mode of Delivery:
:   Blended

Internship Module:
:   No

How will I be graded?
:   Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module is the second part of the capstone project following on from BSEN40570 Capstone Project 1. Together they serve as the capstone experience for our final stage undergraduate students and to apply the knowledge they have gained in their course to a "real-world" problem. For this module you will undertake a design, an experimental or a systems analysis project. You will have to: agree a plan with your supervisor, do a comprehensive literature review of the topic, review possible approaches to the problem, use scientific and engineering knowledge to formulate and analyse the problem. Finally, you will have to produce a written project, including design drawings where relevant, and make an oral presentation (with visual aids) on the subject.\
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The written project should contain the whole project including the literature review (updated if necessary) from BSEN40570. It should demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the principles, background and previous work of the topic of your project, knowledge and understanding of any ethical or safety issues that arose, ability in applying your knowledge and use of principles to solve real-world problems.\

## About this Module

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### What will I learn?

###### Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should have acquired:\
• knowledge and understanding of the principles, background and previous work of the topic of their project;\
• knowledge and understanding of any ethical or safety issues related to their project;\
• skills in applying their knowledge and use of principles to solve real-world problems;\
• skills in communicating and documenting their ideas and work both written and orally;\
• skills in managing their time efficiently.\

### How will I learn?

###### Student Effort Hours:

| Student Effort Type | Hours |
| --- | --- |
| Specified Learning Activities | 240 |
| Tutorial | 1 |
| Seminar (or Webinar) | 1 |
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| --- | --- |
| Total | 242 |

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###### Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Each student will have a project supervisor from the academic staff of the school. The supervisor will direct the project as appropriate. The student should meet with the supervisor on a regular basis for advice and direction, usually one on one.

### Am I eligible to take this module?

###### Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

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###### Module Requisites and Incompatibles

**Co-requisite:**\
BSEN40570 - Capstone Project 1\
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**Incompatibles:**\
BSEN40530 - *Capstone Project*\
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### How will I be assessed?

###### Assessment Strategy

| Description | Timing | Component Scale | Must Pass Component | % of Final Grade | In Module Component Repeat Offered |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Individual Project: Project report | Week 15 | Graded | No | 95 | No |
| Report(s): Oral presentation | Week 8 | Graded | No | 5 | No |

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###### Carry forward of passed components

Yes

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### What happens if I fail?

| Resit In | Terminal Exam |
| --- | --- |
| Summer | No |

*Please see [Student Jargon Buster](https://www.ucd.ie/students/services/ucdstudentjargonbuster/) for more information about remediation types and timing.* \

### Assessment feedback

###### Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment\

###### How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

### Associated Staff

| Name | Role |
| --- | --- |
| Dr Dimitrios Argyropoulos | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |

### When is this module offered?

**Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.**

|  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Spring | Tutorial | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 29 | Wed 15:00 - 16:50 |

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