BN2103 - Bioengineering Design Workshop

Type: Core Module

Difficulty: Easy

Workload: Normal
Lecturer(s): Dr Alberto Corrias

Assessment: 1 Quiz and a Project

This is a rather easy and fun module to take up. It's worth 2mc's but dont neglect this module altogether. The first couple of lectures are instructional lectures which cover lab safety and equipment tool usage. Remember D&T back in secondary school? This module resembles D&T where you use equipment like bench drills, milling machines, lathes and bench saws. Solidworks (a 3-d construction software) is also covered in this module.

Around midway through the semester, your assignment will be released. You have around half a semester to complete the assignment, but I suggest you to finish this as early as possible for 2 very good reasons

1. Towards the end of the semester when the deadline is drawing close, everyone will be rushing to use the machines
2. Students doing this module tend to break the machine parts (Especially the mill or the lathe) due to inexperience). Thus its better to use the machines before it spoils.

There is an online platform to book the machines in the Design Studio. I will recommend booking the machines required as a group as this will guarantee you all exclusive usage of the lab for around 2-4 hours.

Near the end of the semester, there will be a final quiz consisting of 2 parts: a written test and a solidworks practical examination. The written test will quiz you on safety that was taught during the lectures. Some questions I received (as far as I remember) were

• What does PPE stand for?
• Name 1 PPE and 1 safety precaution which you should take when using the 
• Mill
• Bench Drill
• Lathe

This will give you an idea on what to study for because during my time, I really didn't know how to study 'Lab Safety'... For the solidworks, you will be given either a 1st or 3rd angle projection engineering drawing and you will be required to reconstruct the 3-d model of it. It is really do-able as long as you attended all solidworks tutorials and tried it out during tutorial. Every technique taught during tutorial will be sufficient for you to do the assignment (of course right?!).

Lastly, have fun for this module!

* A Hint: Use the small mill and lathe machines by the window counter instead of the larger mill and larger lathe machines across the window-side table. These are far more precise and do not slip. Also, do not skip any solidworks lectures. They are vital to your learning.

Expected Grade: A

Achieved Grade: A