The four samples
Each card links to the annotated page for that assignment, where two or three passages are quoted and the reasoning behind them written out.
Process Control
Model answer
Temperature Control of an Exothermic Jacketed CSTR: PID Tuning, Cascade Structures and Instrumentation Selection
A 2,330-word MSc control report that compares three tuning methods by simulation and then argues that tuning constants matter less than structure and instrumentation. Three annotated extracts show how to make a comparison produce a recommendation.
- Comparison converted into a transferable decision rule
- Cascade introduced as the answer to a demonstrated weakness
- States when its own FOPDT model would not hold
Industrial Automation
Model answer
Integrating Industrial Robots and IEC 61131-3 PLC Control in Industry 4.0 Manufacturing Cells
A 2,317-word MSc technical report on PLC–robot integration that refuses the easy conclusion about collaborative robotics. Three annotated extracts show how to qualify an industry claim with evidence rather than enthusiasm.
- Bounds the fashionable claim instead of repeating it
- Cites Stuxnet for the mechanism it proved, not its fame
- Ends in a committed design, not a summary
Database Systems
Model answer
Designing a Secure Relational Database for a Private Outpatient Clinic: Data Modelling, Threat Analysis and Defence in Depth
An MSc Data Science report that designs a clinical database and then argues against its own obvious optimisation. Three annotated extracts show how security reasoning changes a design decision.
- Rejects a performance optimisation on security grounds
- STRIDE threat model scored and specific to this system
- Separates technical controls from organisational ones
Machine Learning
Model answer
Interpretability versus Accuracy in Clinical Machine Learning: Comparing Logistic Regression, SVMs and Random Forests
An MSc Data Science report that recommends the model which did not win on accuracy, and justifies it properly. Three annotated extracts show how to let context override a leaderboard.
- Recommends against the best-scoring model, and proves nothing is lost
- Treats classification as a choice of operating point
- Closes the data-leakage route that would void the comparison