Program Overview

Research Project in Biomedical Engineering (MPHY0042)

Key Information

The Research Project in Biomedical Engineering (MPHY0042) is a module offered by the Faculty of Engineering Sciences, specifically the Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering department. This module has a credit value of 30.

Restrictions

• This module is only available to students on the BEng Engineering (Biomedical) programme.

Alternative Credit Options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

The Medical Physics project modules are designed to complement the department's programme of lecture modules in medical physics and bioengineering, while equipping the student with valuable practical and project skills. The ability to conduct an independent research project is fundamental to future career paths in scientific research and development, as well as in many other areas. The two-term research projects provide students with the skills needed to plan, execute, and present an open-ended scientific investigation.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the research project, the student should have:

• Developed the skills and confidence needed to plan and work independently.
• Improved their ability to conduct a complex and open-ended scientific investigation, in an active research environment.
• Increased their ability to seek out information as required, from a variety of sources.
• Become accustomed to developing ideas through discussion.
• Acquired the technical skills required to complete their project.
• Developed reporting skills through the use of a notebook record and writing of a final report.
• Enhanced their presentation skills by making an oral presentation to an audience of academic staff and other students.

Method of Assessment

For L6 Students

• 5% Project outline
• 10% Research skills course
• 10% How to change the world (Group project completed in Term 3 in Year 2)
• 15% Project talk
• 30% Final report
• 30% Supervisor Assessment

How to Change the World Information

How to Change the World (HtCtW) is an immersive, two-week experience which brings together interdisciplinary teams of students from across engineering, computer science, and management departments and exposes them to complex global challenges outlined within the UN Sustainable Development Goals, faced by today's societies. Throughout this period, you will engage with external experts from policy, industry, and the third sector, and draw upon different expertise, knowledge, and skills to provide socially and culturally relevant solutions.

HtCtW Learning Objectives

On successful completion of HtCtW, you will be able to:

• Critically appraise, synthesise, and use different disciplinary knowledge identified as being relevant to a given, broadly defined problem.
• Employ appropriate communication methods and techniques to present ideas to a transdisciplinary audience including policy experts.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how the policy landscape impacts upon the success of solutions to broadly defined problems, taking consideration for diversity, inclusion, cultural, societal, environmental, and commercial matters, as well as codes of practice and standards.

Method of Assessment for L7 Students (Study Abroad Students ONLY)

• 5% Project outline
• 10% Research skills course
• 10% Report (done instead of HtCtW)
• 15% Project talk
• 30% Final report
• 30% Supervisor Assessment

Module Deliveries for 2026/27 Academic Year

Intended Teaching Term: Terms 1 and 2, Undergraduate (FHEQ Level 6)

Teaching and Assessment

• Mode of study: In person
• Methods of assessment:
  • 50% Coursework (3 assessments)
  • 30% Viva or oral presentation
  • 10% Other form of assessment
  • 10% Group activity
• Mark scheme: Numeric Marks

Other Information

• Number of students on module in previous year: 74
• Module leader: Professor Yipeng Hu

Intended Teaching Term: Terms 1 and 2, Undergraduate (FHEQ Level 7)

Teaching and Assessment

• Mode of study: In person
• Methods of assessment:
  • 15% Coursework (2 assessments)
  • 45% Viva or oral presentation (2 assessments)
  • 10% Other form of assessment
  • 30% Dissertations, extended projects, and reports
• Mark scheme: Numeric Marks

Other Information

• Number of students on module in previous year: 1
• Module leader: Professor Yipeng Hu