INTRODUCTION
Harry M Ngwangwa
Department of Mechanical, Bioresources and Biomedical
Engineering – Unisa.
Mechanical Engineering Design Project – MED4801
Outline
Project Team and Selection
Project Registration
First Activity
Mode of Conduct
CGS Postgraduate Site
Learning platform
Communication
Referencing Style
Software
Project Team and Selection
Decide on the project team: Individual or with a
partner
Academic project, from industry or your own?
Title selection: The project must have suitable
scope for that level
Project Registration
Meeting with supervisor and other members of
project team
Compile and submit documentation
• Minutes of meeting
• Supervisor-student agreement form
• Letter of commitment or contract with
partner
• Project description
• Problem statement
• Project team and responsibilities
• Design justification
First Activity
• Work plan
• Budget
• Supervisor sign-off page
Mode of Conduct
Each submitted assignment will only be
assessed upon signing-off by your respective
supervisor or coordinator if it is your own
project.
Be familiar with all the ECSA GA’s attached
to the Design project. The module cannot be
passed if any of the GA’s is not satisfied.
Strict adherence to copyright policy –
Turnitin.
You will have oral presentations at the end.
ECSA GA’S
CGS:Postgraduate Site
Register an account with the Unisa library:
Home - CGS: Postgraduate Library Support
for Supervisors and Students - LibGuides at
University of South Africa (UNISA)
eBook resources
• Knovel
– Kosky, Philip Balmer, Robert Keat, William Wise, George. (2021).
Exploring Engineering - An Introduction to Engineering and Design (5th
Edition).Elsevier. Retrieved from
[Link]
engineering/exploring-engineering
– Pfeifer, Michael. (2009). Materials Enabled Designs - The Materials
Engineering Perspective to Product Design and Manufacturing. Elsevier.
Retrieved from
[Link]
designs/materials-enabled-designs
– Oberg, Erik Jones, Franklin D. Horton, Holbrook L. Ryffel, Henry H.
McCauley, Christopher J. Brengelman, Laura. (2020). Machinery's
Handbook (31st Edition). Industrial Press. Retrieved from
[Link]
31st/machinerys-handbook-31st
eBook resources
• AccessEngineering
– Shigley, Joseph E., Charles R. Mischke, and Thomas
Hunter Brown Jr., eds. 2004. Standard Handbook of
Machine Design. 3rd ed. New York: McGRAW-HILL.
[Link]
ok/9780071441643
– Lingaiah, K. 2003. Machine Design Databook. 2nd ed.
New York: McGraw-Hill Education.
[Link]
ok/9780071367073
Learning Platforms
The main learning platform is moodle
platform Course: MED4801-25-Y
Meetings platform: MED4801_2025_CLASS
| General | Microsoft Teams
Whatsapp
Communication
The preferred method of communication is
through email: ngwanhm@[Link]
Whatsapp messages or MS Teams chats
should never be sent to me privately. Use the
group platforms for such.
Referencing Style
Havard referencing style is recommended for
all reports.
IEEE referencing style is recommended for
papers.
The above is only relevant for this module. For any
other reports at work, or publications, please adhere
to their specific preferences.
Software
CAD: Autodesk Inventor Professional
Simulation software:
MSC Software Hexagon
Ansys
Abaqus
Programming software
Python: [Link]
Scilab: [Link]
WolframAlpha: [Link]
GNU Octave: [Link]