Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Yves De Deene
Stuart Jackson
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
12cp and admission to BE or BEBA or BEBBA or BEBCom or BEBSc
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit covers a range of engineering specialisations with a series of lectures, laboratory sessions, self-study, group work and activities. Students learn about the process of engineering, solving problems, design and product development. The unit also gives students an opportunity to develop and practise generic skills such as written and oral communication. An aim of this unit is to give students some exposure to the specialisations and streams from which they must choose for the remainder of their studies.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
In order to complete the unit satisfactorily, the student should have a score of 50% on all assessment tasks.
Extensions are not allowed unless motivated through adequate proof (medical attest, etc.)
Late submission is not allowed and will be penalized as a score of zero for that unit.
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Project Outline | 10% | Week 5 |
MATLAB exercise | 15% | Week 7 |
Engineering Project Report | 45% | Week 10 |
Project Presentation | 30% | Week 12 |
Due: Week 5
Weighting: 10%
A project theme will be allocated to each practical session class by the second week and each class will subdivide in teams of 4 to 5 students to solve a specific facet of the project theme. The teams will perform project management and come up with a strategic engineering solution that involves the application of acquired technical and mathematical knowledge (first year) and engineering skills that they develop during the semester.
A summary of the project plan (2 pages) and a schedule (1 page) of each team will be handed in and discussed on the 5th week to the tutors.
Due: Week 7
Weighting: 15%
An exercise will be given that involves some MATLAB (or open source: SciLab) programming. A MATLAB (or SciLab) script will be developed by the student that solves a particular engineering or mathematical problem. The student will have some time to work on the exercise in group but can also continue working on it individually at home using the open source software (SciLab).
The solution to the given problem will be handed in in digital format as a MATLAB or SciLab - script.
Due: Week 10
Weighting: 45%
A detailed project report (10 pages max. - not including appendix) will be handed in with the tutors.
The project report should contain the head sections: Title, Table of Contents, Project aim and contents, Materials & Methods, Results (deliverables, solutions), Discussion (recommendations), Conclusions, References/Bibliography, Appendices. Individual student contributions should also be indicated in the report.
A group mark will account for 25% of the total score for the unit and individual student contributions will account for the remaining 20% of the total score for the unit.
Due: Week 12
Weighting: 30%
Each project team will make and present the project outcome in both a poster AND a powerpoint presentation. The assessment will occur on the basis of the delivered contents (product), the structure and form of the presentation and the oral presentation.
Each student will be presented with a matrix to evaluate the contribution they and their group members had in the project. The values will be averaged and will contribute to 20% of the total assessment of this project.
A series of lectures and practical sessions are organized in this unit but the emphasis is on self-learning and self-development through an engineering work project.
Lectures are intended to aid the students to orient themselves in the long tradition of the engineering discipline and obtaining an overview of the contemporary different engineering disciplines. We also reflect on engineering in the context of a society as a whole in which aspects of environmental sustainable development and ethical decision making are emphasized. In addition, some guest lectures will be organized to expose the student to the engineering profession.
The practical sessions are intended to provide the engineering student with a range of professional engineering skills that are generally not covered in regular technical courses including design, graphical representation tools and calculation tools.
During some practical sessions students will have the opportunity to work on the engineering project in individual teams.
Course material in the form of Powerpoint slides and online tutorials will be provided through the online iLearn Learning System at: https://iLearn.mq.edu.au/login/MQ
Also links to open source software and other useful tools will be made available through the online iLearn Learning System.
Recommended books for self-learning:
Technology used and required
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Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central. Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
Academic Honesty Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
Assessment Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy.html
Grading Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grading/policy.html
Grade Appeal Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html
Grievance Management Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grievance_management/policy.html
Disruption to Studies Policy http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html The Disruption to Studies Policy is effective from March 3 2014 and replaces the Special Consideration Policy.
In addition, a number of other policies can be found in the Learning and Teaching Category of Policy Central.
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/student_conduct/
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Macquarie University provides a range of support services for students. For details, visit http://students.mq.edu.au/support/
Learning Skills (mq.edu.au/learningskills) provides academic writing resources and study strategies to improve your marks and take control of your study.
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