Project Directory 18-19
All projects within this Directory were completed in the Academic year 18-19.
Faculty of Engineering
Dyson School of Design Engineering: MakerSpace Management Software System
Summary:
Creating a Management software system for a student-led MakerSpace, providing facilities at the South Kensington campus for students to make and design - acting as a 'node' of College's Advanced Hackspace, but enabling access for South Kensington based students.
Project type:
Curriculum Development (Summer holiday)
Project lead:
Professor Peter Cheung (p.cheung@imperial.ac.uk)
Further details/experience required:
Project designed with students.
Dyson School of Design Engineering: Mathematics for Design Engineers - Integration of Topics and Differentiation of Skills
Summary:
Developing the use of maths and it's application in Design Engineering, using graphical coding exercises, visual widgets, application specific tutorial questions and more.
Project type:
Curriculum Development (Summer holiday)
Project lead:
Sam Cooper (samuel.cooper@imperial.ac.uk)
Further details/experience required:
Project designed with students.
Materials: Developing video guides and teaching materials to enhance conceptual understanding to enrich laboratory learning experience
Summary
Supporting the laboratory transition to bridge the gap in practical skills by revamping experiments, planning and recording videos (pre-learning materials) as well as formatting them.
Project type:
Curriculum Development (Summer holiday)
Project lead:
Dr Manjula Silva - Dept of Materials (k.silva@imperial.ac.uk)
Further details/Experience required
UG Materials students, 3 students in total, 4 weeks in length. One current 2nd year student (2018/19) with a keen interest in measuring the properties of electronic/magnetic materials and experience in constructing electronic circuits. Two other 2nd year or 3rd year students with interest in developing teaching materials, video guides.
Aeronautics: Harnessing Electronic Resources to support more Active Learning in Aeronautics
Summary
Developing AeroLearn E-Learning website, including briefing videos, interactive lecture notes and self-assessment opportunities.
Project type:
Curriculum Development (Summer holiday)
Project lead:
Dr Errikos Levis - Dept of Aeronautics (errikos.levis03@imperial.ac.uk)
Further details/Experience required
Aeronautics UG students, 6 students in total, 6 weeks in length
Aeronautics: A Novel Learning and Self-Assessment platform: Interactive, Wholistic and Student-Centred
Summary
Collaborating in the development of the new learning platform across inter-related tasks, including animation, ePub, platform testing, and formative assessments.
Project type:
Curriculum development
Project lead:
Prof Silvestre Pinho - Dept of Aeronautics (silvestre.pinho@imperial.ac.uk)
Further details/Experience required
Developed with student partners - Aeronautics UG students - 10 weeks in length, 4 students in total
Mechanical Engineering: Fluid Mechanics Teaching Development
Summary
Developing Digital Interactive teaching materials and active learning content for Fluid Mechanics modules in the Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate degree.
Project type:
Curriculum Development (Summer holiday)
Project lead:
Dr Peter Johnson - Dept of Mechanical Engineering (p.johnson@imperial.ac.uk)
Further details/Experience required
UG Mech Eng students in their second year or higher (students from Chem. Eng., Civil, Aero, Physics, or Maths UG disciplines are welcome to apply but must have the relevant background in Fluid Mechanics), 4 students in total, 10 weeks in length
Faculty of Medicine
Collaborative Partnerships Office: International Medical Education: Why do students pursue international placements in undergraduate medical studies?
Summary
Exploring motivating factors, collecting and analysing research via focus groups and questionnaires.
Project type:
Educational Research (part-time for one year)
Project lead:
Dr Emma Keeling - Collaborative Partnerships Office (emma.keeling@imperial.ac.uk)
Further details/students engaged
Years 2-5 of MBBS students eligible, 1 student in total, 12 months in length at approx. half a day a week.
Faculty of Medicine: Attributes and Aspirations Course: Review and critique of open-source, relevant materials and courses
Summary
The StudentShaper would be required to identify potential material across a range of agreed platforms; design a criteria-based framework in order to assess the materials, identifying which are judged to be appropriate and which are not, and propose potential applications for those deemed to be of appropriate quality for AA.
Project type:
Curriculum development (during term and holiday time)
Project lead:
Dallas Alexandrou - Faculty of Medicine Postgraduate Taught programmes (dallas.alexandrou@imperial.ac.uk)
Further details/Experience required
Postgraduate taught and research students in Faculty of Medicine - 1 in total, 17 weeks in length
Faculty of Medicine: Shaping Innovative Assessment: A student-staff collaboration initiative for the BSc in Humanities, Philosophy and Law
Summary
Recruiting student partners to collaborate in assessment design, from the wording of the assignment to the beta-testing. Designing three new highly innovative assignments for the BSc.
Project type:
Curriculum Development (Summer holiday)
Project lead:
Dr Giskin Day - Dept of Medicine (giskin.day@imperial.ac.uk)
Further details/Experience required
Former BSc Humanities, Philosophy and Law students still undergoing study within Imperial (at UG or PG) in the 2019/20 Academic year - 3 in total, 7.5 days in total spread out over one month
Faculty of Medicine: F-Zero/Social Accountability/Digital Learning
Summary
Pedagogical innovation across three projects - F-Zero course design, a community action project, and technology enhanced learning
Project type:
Curriculum Development.
Project lead:
Dr Jenna Mollaney - Dept of Primary Care and Public Health (j.mollaney@imperial.ac.uk)
Further details/Experience required
Undergraduate students in the Faculty of Medicine
(Full profile summary can be found Jenna Mollaney project summary)
Faculty of Medicine: Attributes and Aspiration Course: Phase 1 Review
Summary
Reviewing Phase 1 online learning design materials for this innovative short course, which will support students’ career planning and skills development.
Project type:
Curriculum Development (Summer holiday)
Project lead:
Dallas Alexandrou - Faculty of Medicine Postgraduate Taught programmes (dallas.alexandrou@imperial.ac.uk)
Further details/Experience required
Two StudentShaper opportunities are available to the following Faculty of Medicine cohorts:
- part time Postgraduate taught students
- 2nd year BMB students
- 3rd year BMS students
Faculty of Medicine: Implementing Imperial MedSTEP in the reviewed curriculum for Year 1 MBBS (2019-2020)
Summary
Students will work in close collaboration with Dr Tanvi Agrawal to develop self-tests mapped onto the Topic-level learning outcomes for new curriculum themes POM and Systems (Year 1). The student partners will be provided with extensive guidance about question writing and also opportunities to work closely with module development leads.
Project type:
Curriculum Development (Summer holiday)
Project lead:
Dr Tanvi Agrawal - Dept of Medicine (t.agrawal@imperial.ac.uk)
Further details/Experience required
Year 1 and 2 MBBS students - 4 in total, 2 weeks in length
Faculty of Medicine: Creation of 'Videobites' for Living anatomy and Observed Structured Practical Examination (OSPE)
Summary
Planning and script-writing videos as well as formatting newly created materials alongside staff partners.
Project type:
Curriculum Development (Summer holiday)
Project lead:
Dr Omid Halse - Faculty of Medicine Centre (o.halse@imperial.ac.uk)
Further details/Experience required
UG Medicine students having just completed Year 2 - 2/3 in total, 2 weeks in length
National Heart and Lung Institute: Medical Curriculum Web - Supporting the Transition from Clinical study to the science year
Summary
Supporting students as they transit between year 3 of the MBBS course into year 4. An inter-departmental collaboration for building digital content.
Project type:
Curriculum Development (Summer holiday)
Project lead:
Tamlyn Peel - National Heart and Lung Institute (t.peel@imperial.ac.uk)
Further details/Experience required
(X4) UG Medical students, (X2) UG Computing students - 6 in total, 4 weeks in length
Faculty of Natural Sciences
Mathematics - University Transition: A holistic and inclusive approach through blended pre-learning
Summary
Supporting the academic transition with material to bridge the academic 'gap', including planning social initiatives and pre-learning material as videos and online quizzes.
Project type:
Curriculum Development (Summer holiday)
Project lead:
Inkeri Hibbins - Dept of Mathematics (i.hibbins@imperial.ac.uk)
Further Information/experience required
All UG students (inclusive of final year students who will be continuing ongoing studies at Imperial in Academic year 19-20) - 6 in total, 4 weeks in length, then 1 week implementation as part of Induction week.
Life Sciences: Flying Towards Success: Diversifying Life Sciences students' skills using Fruit Flies
Summary
Utilising the expertise of the lecturer in fruit fly genetics & techniques, students will devise a series of authentic experiments (using the fruit fly) aligned to the (recently revised) learning outcomes of the module.
Project type:
Curriculum Development (Summer holiday)
Project lead:
Dr Colin McClure - Dept of Life Sciences (c.mcclure@imperial.ac.uk)
Further details/Experience required
Year 3 UG students in Life Sciences - 1 in total, 3 weeks in length
Physics: Development of Python-based Learning Resources
Summary
Creating an extra-curricular forum and resources for interested undergraduate students to gain experience using Python to solve problems that come up in their physics and maths modules.
Project type: Curriculum Development
Project lead:
Dr Yasmin Andrew, Physics Department
Further details/Experience required
5 PhD Physics students
Chemistry: Interactive Bank of Molecular Orbital Diagrams and Spectra (IBMODS)
Summary
Designing an on-line resource for MO diagrams, generating Spectra and animations.
Project type:
Curriculum Development (Summer holiday)
Project lead:
Prof Patricia Hunt - Chemistry Dept (p.hunt@imperial.ac.uk)
Further details/Experience required
UG Chemistry students, 2 students in total, 12 weeks in length
Physics: Student-centred and research-based design of learning spaces; Blackett 120 transitional learning space
Summary
Student-led design of informal learning spaces involving design drawings, supplier consultation and monitoring of outcome.
Project type:
Curriculum Development
Project lead:
Luke White, Department Operations Manager, Physics Department
Further details/Experience required
1 Undergraduate student and 1 Postgraduate - students already appointed
Chemistry: The Chemical Kitchen - a new approach to gaining laboratory skills
Summary
Project type
Curriculum Development (Summer holiday)
Project lead
Dr Luke Delmas, Chemistry Department
Further Details/Experience Required
3 Chemistry Undergraduate students that have just completed years 1-3 of study, returning in Academic year 19-20. Students appointed.
Mathematics: Learning by Discovery in Statistics
Summary
Reviewing relevant points for data and simulation in Statistics year 1 syllabus, and designing active learning resources.
Project type:
Curriculum Development (Summer holiday)
Project lead:
Dr Chris Hallsworth - Dept of Mathematics (c.hallsworth@imperial.ac.uk)
Further details/Experience required
Mathematics students, 4 students in total, up to 7 weeks in length
Multidisciplinary or non-Faculty based projects
Digital Learning Hub: Learning Analytics
Summary
Applying statistics knowledge to real world problems, via a research project using aggregated data from Coursera and edX.
Project type:
Educational Research (Summer holiday)
Project lead:
Irene Kalkanis - Digital Learning Hub (i.kalkanis@imperial.ac.uk)
Further details/Experience required
3 students in total, 8 weeks in length
Educationl Development Unit: Enhancement of Scholarship and Interdisciplinarity through Research Partnership for Imperial Students
Summary
Using qualitative research methods for mapping the characteristics of the 'ideal' university learner
Project type:
Educational research and investigation
Project lead:
Dr Tiffany Chiu - Education Development Unit: (t.chiu@imperial.ac.uk)
Further details/Experience required
Year 2 and 3 or Final year undergraduate students across all Faculties.
(Full profile summary can be found here: Tiffany Chiu Project Summary)
Careers Service: Student Partner: A Comprehensive Review
Summary
Collaborating with the department acrossCareer Guidance, Employer Liaison and Information provision.
Project type:
Curriculum Development (Summer holiday)
Project lead:
Jason Yarrow - Careers Service (j.yarrow@imperial.ac.uk)
Further Details/Experience required
1 student in total, 6 weeks in length. Students in their final or penultimate year from any department
Digital Learning Hub: Imperial Visualisations in MOOCs
Summary
Creating innovative digital learning artefacts.
Project type:
Educational Research (Summer holiday)
Project lead:
Irene Kalkanis - Digital Learning Hub (i.kalkanis@imperial.ac.uk)
Further details/Experience required
3 students in total, 8 weeks in length