This course is designed to offer students an opportunity to collaborate with peers in a small-group setting and tackle a real-world engineering problem under the direction of an external project client. Project teams receive a client-drafted problem statement, which calls for engineering expertise. From this problem statement, the students are responsible for developing a full set of requirements and key performance indicators to guide their proposed solution. Using a systems engineering framework and working with a high degree of autonomy, the students then proceed through a systems design process including conceptual design, sub-system requirements, and trade-off analyses. Finally, they develop and implement their engineered solution, and evaluate it against the agreed performance indicators. At the end of the project, clients take delivery—and participate in the evaluation—of their team's output. The course emphasises value-driven work, as evaluated in terms of: effective teamwork and peer support; impactful communication (formal and informal, written and oral); insightful personal and professional development; and elegance of engineered solutions.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Synthesise advanced engineering knowledge and approaches to produce elegant solutions to technical problems.
- Develop, analyse, and critically evaluate alternative options in order to justify and generate solutions in a real-world project.
- Apply project management and organisational skills to produce time-sensitive deliverables in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Effectively communicate decisions and solutions using appropriate media to professional and lay audiences.
- Demonstrate and reflect on leadership, creativity, and professional attributes as an individual and as member of a multi-disciplinary team.
Work Integrated Learning
Projects
This group project course will offer you an opportunity to collaborate with peers in a small-group setting and tackle a real-world engineering problem under the direction of an external project client.
Indicative Assessment
- Project work (final deliverables and audit activities) (65) [LO 1,2,3,4,5]
- Individual professional reflection (15) [LO 5]
- Technical report (20) [LO 4]
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Workload
This course has an approximate workload of 20 hours per week.
Inherent Requirements
Not applicable
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
There are no prescribed texts
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 2
- Unit value:
- 12 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 12.00 | 0.25000 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2023 | $9720 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2023 | $12360 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2445 | 20 Feb 2023 | 27 Feb 2023 | 31 Mar 2023 | 26 May 2023 | In Person | View |
Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5435 | 24 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Aug 2023 | 27 Oct 2023 | In Person | View |