Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Candace Lang
Contact via candace.lang@mq.edu.au
E6A 239
Nicholas Tse
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
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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 involves a series of lectures, laboratory sessions, self-study, group work and other activities centred around a set of projects. Students learn about the process of engineering such as solving ill-defined problems, constrained design, and product development by working in groups on a sequence of projects. The unit also gives students an opportunity to develop and practise generic skills such as written and oral communication.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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A1 My learning style | 5% | 14/03/2014 |
A2 First laboratory report | 5% | 28/03/2014 |
A3 Failure analysis | 15% | 14/04/2014 |
A4 Class test | 15% | 11 April 2014, 16h00-17h00 |
A5 WH&S Lab report | 5% | 16/05/14 |
A6 Report, group presentations | 15% | 26 - 30 May 2014 |
Participation | 10% | Session 1 |
Final examination | 30% | 17 June 2014, 16h00 - 17h00 |
Due: 14/03/2014
Weighting: 5%
Due: 28/03/2014
Weighting: 5%
Due: 14/04/2014
Weighting: 15%
Due: 11 April 2014, 16h00-17h00
Weighting: 15%
Due: 16/05/14
Weighting: 5%
Due: 26 - 30 May 2014
Weighting: 15%
Due: Session 1
Weighting: 10%
Due: 17 June 2014, 16h00 - 17h00
Weighting: 30%
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Some resources to start with;
Useful books
Engineering Your Future: An Australasian Guide; Dowling, Carew, Hadgraft; John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.; 2ndEd (2013).
To Engineer is Human, Henry Petroski; several publishers and editions starting 1985.
Useful urls
www.engineersaustralia.org.au
Changes since last offering
Complete revision since last offered (2009).
Wk | Lecture dates | Lecture topic | Practical sessions topic |
1 | 4/03/2014 | Introduction; what is your learning style? | No pracs in week 1 |
7/03/2014 | Introduction: what is engineering? | ||
2 | 11/03/2014 | Ethics | Learning style: bring your evaluation to class |
14/03/2014 | How to - study engineering | ||
3 | 18/03/2014 | Testing in the laboratory | Tensile testing |
21/03/2014 | How to - write a lab report | ||
4 | 25/03/2014 | Failure analysis | Failure analysis |
28/03/2014 | How to - reference and cite sources | ||
5 | 1/04/2014 | Failure analysis | Project |
4/04/2014 | How to - write a research report | ||
6 | 8/04/2014 | Review so far | Hot seat - bring any problems so far |
11/04/2014 | In-class test | ||
7 | 29/04/2014 | WHS, lab safety | Experimental data collection |
2/05/2014 | How to - make an aeroplane | ||
8 | 6/05/2014 | Project management | Flight data |
9/05/2014 | How to - manage a project | ||
9 | 13/05/2014 | Innovation | Project |
16/05/2014 | How to - work in a team | ||
10 | 20/05/2014 | Life cycle analysis | Working in teams |
23/05/2014 | How to - make oral presentations | ||
11 | 27/05/2014 | Sustainability | Group presentations |
30/05/2014 | How to - design | ||
12 | 3/06/2014 | Design and product development | Design |
6/06/2014 | How to - revise | ||
13 | 10/06/2014 | Review so far | Hot seat - bring any problems so far |
17/06/2014 | In-class final exam |
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Date | Description |
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13/06/2014 | None |
28/02/2014 | Assignment #1 - #3, due dates have changed to avoid clash with Math 135 and Phys 143. |