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ENGG300 – Engineering Project Practices
2014 – S2 Day
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| Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Michael Heimlich
Contact via michael.heimlich@mq.edu.au
E6B 103
T & W 9-10am
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| Credit points |
Credit points
3
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| Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
(39cp including ENGG200(P)) 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 develops skills required for professional practice in engineering, particularly self-learning, collaborative problem solving, and communication. The vehicles for skills development include a research project, written report and oral presentation.
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Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of the engineering process and the associated documents
- Understand the role and produce the standard engineering documentation work products as part of the execution of a project of some significance
- Use basic, standard engineering practices of problem decomposition, system-level modelling, model refinement, manufacturing costing, and background research to properly develop and execute the engineering process and produce the associated documentation
- Assess and incorporate feedback as part of continuous improvement in the context of the broader engineering process
Assessment Tasks
| Name | Weighting | Due |
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| Requirements Document | 15% | week 3 |
| Project Plan | 15% | week 7 |
| Design Document | 20% | week 10 |
| Final Report | 30% | final exam period |
| Mixed/Prac Reports | 15% | various |
| Notebook | 5% | final exam period |
Requirements Document
Due: week 3
Weighting: 15%
individual written report on background and requirements
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of the engineering process and the associated documents
- Understand the role and produce the standard engineering documentation work products as part of the execution of a project of some significance
Project Plan
Due: week 7
Weighting: 15%
Group report with iterated Requirements Document
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of the engineering process and the associated documents
- Understand the role and produce the standard engineering documentation work products as part of the execution of a project of some significance
- Assess and incorporate feedback as part of continuous improvement in the context of the broader engineering process
Design Document
Due: week 10
Weighting: 20%
individual written report with design and design alternatives
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of the engineering process and the associated documents
- Understand the role and produce the standard engineering documentation work products as part of the execution of a project of some significance
- Assess and incorporate feedback as part of continuous improvement in the context of the broader engineering process
Final Report
Due: final exam period
Weighting: 30%
combine all your reports plus the designs from your group into 1 individual report
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of the engineering process and the associated documents
- Understand the role and produce the standard engineering documentation work products as part of the execution of a project of some significance
- Use basic, standard engineering practices of problem decomposition, system-level modelling, model refinement, manufacturing costing, and background research to properly develop and execute the engineering process and produce the associated documentation
- Assess and incorporate feedback as part of continuous improvement in the context of the broader engineering process
Mixed/Prac Reports
Due: various
Weighting: 15%
6 reports
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of the engineering process and the associated documents
- Use basic, standard engineering practices of problem decomposition, system-level modelling, model refinement, manufacturing costing, and background research to properly develop and execute the engineering process and produce the associated documentation
- Assess and incorporate feedback as part of continuous improvement in the context of the broader engineering process
Notebook
Due: final exam period
Weighting: 5%
notes, thoughts, gripes, insights
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of the engineering process and the associated documents
- Use basic, standard engineering practices of problem decomposition, system-level modelling, model refinement, manufacturing costing, and background research to properly develop and execute the engineering process and produce the associated documentation
- Assess and incorporate feedback as part of continuous improvement in the context of the broader engineering process
Delivery and Resources
Purpose: The purpose of this unit is to practice the documentation and essential tasks that you will need to do to meet your deliverables for ENGG411. The lectures address the basic steps in the engineering process, what should be considered in these steps, and how each step is done. The reports all you to practice these steps. The mixed/prac sessions give you additional practice in some of the finer details executing these steps.
Approach to Assessment: The learning outcomes that you need to demonstrate in this unit are designed to prepare you to produce the various reports needed for ENGG411. In this unit, you are encouraged to make mistakes in the early reports, get your marked feedback, and show progress improvement to where you can demonstrate a high level of competency for all the learning outcomes by the Final Report. It is not necessary to get all the reports "right" to get a good mark in this unit; you must attempt all the assessments and you must show steady improvement by incorporating your marked feedback.
Delivery: This unit is a self-paced unit and is delivered on-line. You will be required to watch all the lectures available via iLearn. If you find a topic particularly challenging, you can visit the lecturer/convener during consultation hours or you can meet with the tutors during the scheduled prac/tute sessions. It is up to you to seek out the personnel delivering this unit if you feel that you are having trouble. You are required to keep an on-line blog/logbook within iLearn for this unit.
The Project Plan is a group document. If you would like to form your own group of 4 students, please contact the convener no later than the end of week 2 or you will be assigned to a group. You will need to decompose the problem from the Requirements Document into 4 major parts, with each part taken by 1 students. Your individual design documents should be shared among all the members of your group after it has been marked for the final report, which requires inclusion of material from all 4 design documents.
Resources: The convener is available for consultation either via iLearn forums/chat or during consultation hours. Tutors are available during the scheduled tute/prac time. You are encouraged to approach any of the teaching staff for this unit if you are having problems understanding any component of the unit. Templates are provided for the 4 major reports you must deliver. You do not have to use the templates for the various documents. The use of LaTex is encouraged.
All of the resources are available on iLearn. The iLearn site for this unit is somewhat difficult to navigate. PLEASE SEE THE TEACHING STAFF IF YOU CANNOT FIND SOMETHING ON ILEARN.
The goal of this unit is for you to not only learn how to the engineering process works and how to execute it, but to demonstrate this by preparing the appropriate documentation. The teaching staff are available to help you with this BUT it is up to you to take the initiative to use us as a resource.
Unit Schedule
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Graduate Capabilities
Capable of Professional and Personal Judgement and Initiative
We want our graduates to have emotional intelligence and sound interpersonal skills and to demonstrate discernment and common sense in their professional and personal judgement. They will exercise initiative as needed. They will be capable of risk assessment, and be able to handle ambiguity and complexity, enabling them to be adaptable in diverse and changing environments.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcome
- Assess and incorporate feedback as part of continuous improvement in the context of the broader engineering process
Assessment task
- Notebook
Commitment to Continuous Learning
Our graduates will have enquiring minds and a literate curiosity which will lead them to pursue knowledge for its own sake. They will continue to pursue learning in their careers and as they participate in the world. They will be capable of reflecting on their experiences and relationships with others and the environment, learning from them, and growing - personally, professionally and socially.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcome
- Assess and incorporate feedback as part of continuous improvement in the context of the broader engineering process
Assessment tasks
- Design Document
- Final Report
Discipline Specific Knowledge and Skills
Our graduates will take with them the intellectual development, depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content in their chosen fields to make them competent and confident in their subject or profession. They will be able to demonstrate, where relevant, professional technical competence and meet professional standards. They will be able to articulate the structure of knowledge of their discipline, be able to adapt discipline-specific knowledge to novel situations, and be able to contribute from their discipline to inter-disciplinary solutions to problems.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of the engineering process and the associated documents
- Understand the role and produce the standard engineering documentation work products as part of the execution of a project of some significance
- Use basic, standard engineering practices of problem decomposition, system-level modelling, model refinement, manufacturing costing, and background research to properly develop and execute the engineering process and produce the associated documentation
Assessment tasks
- Requirements Document
- Project Plan
- Design Document
- Final Report
- Mixed/Prac Reports
Critical, Analytical and Integrative Thinking
We want our graduates to be capable of reasoning, questioning and analysing, and to integrate and synthesise learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments; to be able to critique constraints, assumptions and limitations; to be able to think independently and systemically in relation to scholarly activity, in the workplace, and in the world. We want them to have a level of scientific and information technology literacy.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of the engineering process and the associated documents
- Use basic, standard engineering practices of problem decomposition, system-level modelling, model refinement, manufacturing costing, and background research to properly develop and execute the engineering process and produce the associated documentation
Assessment tasks
- Requirements Document
- Project Plan
- Design Document
- Final Report
- Mixed/Prac Reports
Problem Solving and Research Capability
Our graduates should be capable of researching; of analysing, and interpreting and assessing data and information in various forms; of drawing connections across fields of knowledge; and they should be able to relate their knowledge to complex situations at work or in the world, in order to diagnose and solve problems. We want them to have the confidence to take the initiative in doing so, within an awareness of their own limitations.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of the engineering process and the associated documents
- Use basic, standard engineering practices of problem decomposition, system-level modelling, model refinement, manufacturing costing, and background research to properly develop and execute the engineering process and produce the associated documentation
Assessment tasks
- Requirements Document
- Project Plan
- Design Document
- Final Report
- Mixed/Prac Reports
Creative and Innovative
Our graduates will also be capable of creative thinking and of creating knowledge. They will be imaginative and open to experience and capable of innovation at work and in the community. We want them to be engaged in applying their critical, creative thinking.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcome
- Use basic, standard engineering practices of problem decomposition, system-level modelling, model refinement, manufacturing costing, and background research to properly develop and execute the engineering process and produce the associated documentation
Assessment tasks
- Requirements Document
- Project Plan
- Design Document
- Final Report
- Mixed/Prac Reports
Effective Communication
We want to develop in our students the ability to communicate and convey their views in forms effective with different audiences. We want our graduates to take with them the capability to read, listen, question, gather and evaluate information resources in a variety of formats, assess, write clearly, speak effectively, and to use visual communication and communication technologies as appropriate.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of the engineering process and the associated documents
- Understand the role and produce the standard engineering documentation work products as part of the execution of a project of some significance
- Use basic, standard engineering practices of problem decomposition, system-level modelling, model refinement, manufacturing costing, and background research to properly develop and execute the engineering process and produce the associated documentation
- Assess and incorporate feedback as part of continuous improvement in the context of the broader engineering process
Assessment tasks
- Requirements Document
- Project Plan
- Design Document
- Mixed/Prac Reports
- Notebook