ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECT
EMS3DPJ
2019
Credit points: 30
Subject outline
The purpose of this subject is both manage and undertake an engineering project involving both mechanical and electrical hardware elements along with software. The subject introduces project management, quality systems and reliability engineering and uses a project as a vehicle to teach project management skills in a practical sense. Total quality control, quality design functionality, and statistical analysis for process control, we also introduce reliability engineering as a component of the subject, along with life cycle management. Students are given an opportunity demonstrate practical project management skills by maintaining detailed documentation of the project work, including calculations, culminating in a formal report.
School: School Engineering&Mathematical Sciences
Credit points: 30
Subject Co-ordinator: Darrell Elton
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: ELE3CTS and ELE3DEC
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: ELE3PRO
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | Project Management | Recommended | Haynes, M.E., 1997 (2nd edition) | Crisp Publications Inc. |
| Readings | Quality Engineering Handbook | Recommended | Pyzdek, T., 2006 (2nd edition) | Marcel Dekker |
| Readings | Reliability Engineering | Recommended | Elsayed, E. A., 2012 (2nd edition) | Wiley |
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Document the project management aspects of a project in a professional format.
- Activities:
- Project management and report writing skills are reinforced in lectures.
02. Design, evaluate and implement an operational electronic or mechatronic system
- Activities:
- Lectures will aid students in an understanding of the steps in the development of their project, its construction and programming. Workshop and lab work will prepare students for this.
03. Plan the management and implementation of an engineering project
- Activities:
- Various aspects of project management discussed in lectures, with examples provided in workshops, then applied to real project.
04. Concisely create technical documentation for an engineering design
- Activities:
- Lab book use throughout the subject both in the lab and outside.
Bendigo, 2019, Semester 2, Blended
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Darrell Elton
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
WorkShopWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours workshop per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
Computer LaboratoryWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours computer laboratory per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three 30 minute online exercises and quizzes (1,500-word equivalent total) | Two quizzes relate to project management. One quiz relates to skills and knowledge which underpin technical design | 15 | 01, 02, 03 |
| Two Project management reports (3,000-words total) | 35 | 01, 03 | |
| Engineering Design Project (Hardware and Software design) (2,000-words total) | Students demonstrate completed tasks to demonstrators across ten 2-hour laboratories. These assessments are engineering design tasks (e.g. schematics, CAD designs, coding) | 25 | 02 |
| One 2,000-word written technical report | 25 | 04 |
Melbourne, 2019, Semester 2, Blended
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Darrell Elton
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
WorkShopWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours workshop per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
Laboratory ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours laboratory class per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three 30 minute online exercises and quizzes (1,500-word equivalent total) | Two quizzes relate to project management. One quiz relates to skills and knowledge which underpin technical design | 15 | 01, 02, 03 |
| Two Project management reports (3,000-words total) | 35 | 01, 03 | |
| Engineering Design Project (Hardware and Software design) (2,000-words total) | Students demonstrate completed tasks to demonstrators across ten 2-hour laboratories. These assessments are engineering design tasks (e.g. schematics, CAD designs, coding) | 25 | 02 |
| One 2,000-word written technical report | 25 | 04 |