Grading and Passing Requirement for Unit

• In order to pass this Unit a student must obtain a mark of 50 or more for the Unit (i.e. obtain a passing grade P, CR, D, or HD).
• For further details about grading, please refer below in the policies and procedures section.
• If you receive special consideration for the oral presentation and demonstration of the Project, a supplementary conventional exam will be scheduled by the faculty during a supplementary exam period, typically about 3 to 4 weeks after the normal exam period. By making a special consideration application for the oral presentation and demonstration of the Project you are declaring yourself available for a conventional exam during the supplementary examination period and will not be eligible for a second special consideration approval based on pre-existing commitments. Please ensure you are familiar with the policy prior to applying. Approved applicants will receive an individual notification one week prior to the exam with the exact date and time of their supplementary examination.

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 a written report or presentation assessment is not submitted, up until the 7^th day (including weekends). After the 7^th 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 technical concerns. For any late submission of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, please apply for Special Consideration. For example, if the assignment is worth 8 marks (of the entire unit) and your submission is late by 19 hours (or 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds), 0.4 marks (5% of 8 marks) will be deducted. If your submission is late by 24 hours (or 47 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds), 0.8 marks (10% of 8 marks) will be deducted, and so on.

Assessments where Late Submissions will be accepted 

In this unit, late submissions will be accepted as follows: 

Practical Assignment – YES, Standard Late Penalty applies 

Mid-Term Quiz (Class Quiz) - NO, unless Special Consideration is Granted 

Project Assessment – YES, Standard Late Penalty applies 

Release Dates for Assessment Activities

Instructions for assessment tasks will be made available to students by the dates below:

• Practical Assignment: To be released from Week 2 (05/08/2026)
• Project Assessment: To be released no later than Week 8 (16/09/2026)
• Mid-Term Quiz (Class Quiz): To be released no later than Week 7 (09/09/2026)

Special Consideration

The Special Consideration Policy aims to support students who have been impacted by short-term circumstances or events that are serious, unavoidable and significantly disruptive, and which may affect their performance in assessment. If you experience circumstances or events that affect your ability to complete the assessments in this unit on time, please inform the convenor and submit a Special Consideration request through ask.mq.edu.au.

UNIT WEBSITE

• The iLearn website for this unit can be found at: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/.
  • Note! All information and communications relevant to this Unit will be via the iLearn website.

TEXTBOOK

• Design of Smart Power Grid Renewable Energy Systems, 3rd Edition, , by A. Keyhani, Wiley, 2019. (Digital ).
  • Remark: All students are expected to have access to this textbook.
  • Support Website: https://app.knovel.com/kn/resources/kpDSPGRES3/toc

LECTORIALS

• Lectorials take place twice a week (Weeks 1-7) according to the Unit schedule.
  • Note! Students are strongly encouraged to participate in at least one of the two weekly Lectorials.
• Lectorials are a combination of traditional lecture and tutorial teaching modes and are designed to improve student engagement.
• The Lectorials are organised in a flipped classroom fashion.
• Prior to Lectorials
  • links to E-Text specific sections, brief videos and/or lecture notes are posted in iLearn each week.
  • students are expected to read these E-Text sections, try to solve any given examples, and watch any videos and/or read any posted notes prior to attending the Lectorials.
• During Lectorials
  • brief discussion sessions on fundamental principles.
  • plenty of practical examples.
  • interactive problem solving involving students.

PRACTICALS

• Practical activities start from Week 2 and take place once a week (Weeks 2-7) according to the Unit schedule.
  • Note! Students must enrol in one of the available weekly Lab sessions.
• Interactive Practicals use FESTO equipment, and PLECS Standalone software maybe used to assist with the Lab experiments.

PROJECTS

• Project activities take place from Week 8 to Week 13 according to the Unit schedule.
• The team Project is the core component of this Unit. The Projects cover practical aspects of energy storage technologies.
• Students are required to form teams and work on the given project topic.
  • All Project activities are performed in teams;

COMMENCEMENT OF ACTIVITIES

• Lectorials (online): Start from Week 1.
• Practicals (in-person): Start from Week 2.
• Projects: Start from Week 8.

TECHNOLOGY

• The laboratory work will make use of FESTO equipment. PLECS Standalone software may be used for both the laboratory sessions and project activities, and can be downloaded for free from the Plexim website.

COMMUNICATIONS

• Students are reminded the University will communicate all official notices by email to official MQ student's account. Students should read their @student.mq.edu.au email regularly or forward it to an account they check regularly.
• All announcements and other communications regarding this Unit will be via iLearn platform.

WEB RESOURCES

• PLECS support:
  • https://plexim.com/support
    • PLECS videos
    • Application examples
    • Technical solutions
    • Installation help

For details, please refer to the Unit Schedule on the ELEC8205 iLearn webpage.

We value student feedback to be able to continually improve the way we offer our units. As such we encourage students to provide constructive feedback via student surveys, to the teaching staff directly, or via the FSE Student Experience & Feedback link in the iLearn page. Student feedback from the previous offering of this unit was very positive overall, with students pleased with the clarity around assessment requirements and the level of support from teaching staff. As such, no change to the delivery of the unit is planned, however we will continue to strive to improve the level of support and the level of student engagement.