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ENGG3000 – Engineering Project Practice

2025 – Session 2, In person-scheduled-weekday, North Ryde

General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff
Iain Collings
iain.collings@mq.edu.au
Credit points Credit points
10
Prerequisites Prerequisites
(ENGG2000 and ENGG2050) or admission to MEngElecEng
Corequisites Corequisites
Co-badged status Co-badged status
Unit description Unit description

The 6th SPINE unit aimed to develop professional, transferable and employability skills.The Unit consists of a series of online modules and integrated project-based learning activities. Students will be able to demonstrate structured problem-solving skills and learnt technical knowledge from preceding units. Students will be expected to apply systems thinking in a real-world inspired engineering project. The students will be expected to apply appropriate management and leadership skills to ensure project success is achieved. Students will demonstrate proficiency in technical communication for their engineering design and solution.

Learning in this unit enhances student understanding of global challenges identified by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Important Academic Dates

Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  • ULO1: Demonstrate systems thinking and holistic thinking with an emphasis on trade-off analysis in all decision-making process.
  • ULO2: Demonstrate effective communication skill of technical and non-technical knowledge through a range of mediums such as technical documents and elevator pitch.
  • ULO3: Provide analysis and simulation to optimise the system based on enumerated parameters.
  • ULO4: Demonstrate leadership and management skills to achieve team deliverables.
  • ULO5: Ensure project continuation through the synthesis of project documentation and handover documents.
  • ULO6: Explain and discuss the social and technical impact of engineering and demonstrate continual professional development.

General Assessment Information

More details on each assessment component will be available on the iLearn page at the relevant time.

Grading and passing requirements for unit

In order to pass this unit, a student must obtain a mark of 50 or more the unit (i.e. obtain a passing grade P/ CR/ D/ HD).

Late Assessment Submission Penalty 

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark of the task) will be applied for each day an assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a grade of ‘0’ will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. The submission time for all uploaded assessments is 11:55 pm. A 1-hour grace period will be provided to students who experience a technical concern.

Assessment Tasks

Name Weighting Hurdle Due
Prototype Demonstration 30% No 19/09/2025
Portfolio 20% No 07/11/2025
Final Project 50% No 07/11/2025

Prototype Demonstration

Assessment Type 1: Practice-based task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: 19/09/2025
Weighting: 30%

 

Working collectively as a team of engineers, students are to design, conceive, document, implement and communicate a prototype solution to a real-world inspired multi-disciplinary engineering problem. The work will require teams to peer evaluate. More information on iLearn.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Demonstrate systems thinking and holistic thinking with an emphasis on trade-off analysis in all decision-making process.
  • Demonstrate effective communication skill of technical and non-technical knowledge through a range of mediums such as technical documents and elevator pitch.
  • Provide analysis and simulation to optimise the system based on enumerated parameters.
  • Demonstrate leadership and management skills to achieve team deliverables.
  • Ensure project continuation through the synthesis of project documentation and handover documents.

Portfolio

Assessment Type 1: Portfolio
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: 07/11/2025
Weighting: 20%

 

Continued professional development. A core part of the SPINE unit where students are to continually improve on their Portfolio development.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Explain and discuss the social and technical impact of engineering and demonstrate continual professional development.

Final Project

Assessment Type 1: Practice-based task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 40 hours
Due: 07/11/2025
Weighting: 50%

 

Working collectively as a team of engineers (different disciplines and years), students are to design, conceive, document, implement and communicate a detailed plan to a multi-disciplinary real-world inspired engineering problem. The work will have multiple subcomponents and milestone and will required teams to peer evaluate. More information on iLearn.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Demonstrate systems thinking and holistic thinking with an emphasis on trade-off analysis in all decision-making process.
  • Demonstrate effective communication skill of technical and non-technical knowledge through a range of mediums such as technical documents and elevator pitch.
  • Provide analysis and simulation to optimise the system based on enumerated parameters.
  • Demonstrate leadership and management skills to achieve team deliverables.
  • Ensure project continuation through the synthesis of project documentation and handover documents.

1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:

  • the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
  • the Writing Centre for academic skills support.

2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation

Delivery and Resources

SGTAs will start in Week 1. You will need to be assigned to a group in week 1.

The text book is:  B. S. Blanchard & W. J. Fabrycky, Systems Engineering and Analysis, Pearson, 5th edition, 2014. It is expected that all students will have access to a copy of the text book.

Communication with Teaching Staff:

To ensure a consistent experience with communication with teaching staff all unit based communication will be through either the public "Peer Assisted Learning Forum", or through the private "Important Private Message to Uni Contacts". Email should be avoided for unit related messages.

Unit Schedule

In week 1 students will form their groups. Due dates for all assessment tasks can be found on iLearn.

Policies and Procedures

Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central (https://policies.mq.edu.au). Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:

Students seeking more policy resources can visit Student Policies (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/policies). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.

To find other policies relating to Teaching and Learning, visit Policy Central (https://policies.mq.edu.au) and use the search tool.

Student Code of Conduct

Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/admin/other-resources/student-conduct

Results

Results published on platform other than eStudent, (eg. iLearn, Coursera etc.) or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit connect.mq.edu.au or if you are a Global MBA student contact globalmba.support@mq.edu.au

Academic Integrity

At Macquarie, we believe academic integrity – honesty, respect, trust, responsibility, fairness and courage – is at the core of learning, teaching and research. We recognise that meeting the expectations required to complete your assessments can be challenging. So, we offer you a range of resources and services to help you reach your potential, including free online writing and maths support, academic skills development and wellbeing consultations.

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Changes from Previous Offering

This year there are fewer assessment items. Details above.

Unit information based on version 2025.03 of the Handbook