Engineering Project (Major)

Course aim

• Apply principles of systems engineering design to real-world engineering project;
• Demonstrate proficiency as an engineer in the relevant discipline;
• Demonstrate a capacity to apply theory to practice; 
• Explain the purpose and importance of nominated project deliverables in the context of an engineering project;
• Demonstrate a capacity to solve a real engineering problem.

Course content

Students will undertake a 18 unit workplace-based project under the joint supervision of the University their employer. The project will address a problem or task relevant to the student’s area of specialisation, and pertinent to the needs and objectives of their employer. The project will involve the application of knowledge gained in the course of the student’s postgraduate study, and will demonstrate their ability to apply their knowledge to the solution of relevant complex technological problems.

Textbook(s)

Blanchard S. B and Fabrycky W. J. 2006, Systems Engineering and Analysis, 4, Prentice-Hall International Inc, Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA

Buede, D. M. 1998, The Engineering Design of Systems: Models and Methods, Wiley Interscience

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
EEET 5142	Global Challenges in Engineering
EEET 5127	Engineering Needs and Acceptance
EEET 5136	Systems Engineering Principles
EEET 5143	Systems Modelling

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE
Workshop	10 hours x 2 days
Directed Study	600 hours x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Project Deliverables, Project Plan, Reflective Journal

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.500
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.