EGD101 Engineering Design and Professional Practice
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| Unit code: | EGD101 |
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| Equivalent(s): | EGB101 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
| Availabilities |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,164 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $4,968 |
| International unit fee | $6,252 |
Unit Outline: College 1 2025, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | EGD101 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | EGB101 |
| Coordinator: | Wahyu Hasan | w.hasan@qut.edu.au |
Overview
As a professional engineer you will be competent to practise as outlined in the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer. One of the main activities that professional engineers undertake is design, which involves using knowledge and skill bases to apply engineering methods to create systems that meet stakeholders' needs, while maintaining professional and personal attributes. This unit introduces engineering design and begins your development as a trusted and ethical professional. To develop your capability in design, you will learn about introductory analysis, building and testing of engineering systems, and develop your engineering ethics, professional skills in communication, engineering teamwork, research, cultural awareness and sustainable development practices. Future units in the Bachelor course, particularly those focused on design, will build from this introduction.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply technical engineering fundamentals and the engineering design process to a given project, including justification and reasoning for design decisions made at an introduced level.
- Critically reflect on engineering design process and professional practice, project management, cultural diversity and ethics with regard to professional engineering practice at an introduced level.
- Collaborate in a team to create and deliver engineering outcomes and to communicate those outcomes to engineers and other stakeholders at an introduced level.
Content
- Introduction to engineering and being a Professional Engineer
- How engineers locate information, evaluate its relevance to their engineering work, and use it
- Analysis of physical systems to predict their behaviour and application in practice
- Application of Engineering design methods, tools and techniques to simple engineering systems
- Introduction to professional and personal attributes required of a professional engineer
- Key engineering teamwork principles and elements and the role of an engineer in society
- Introduction to professional engineering communication including writing, presenting and engineering drawing
This unit will include content, case studies and examples of the ways in which the work of professional engineers connects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s status as First Nations owners of land and seas.
Learning Approaches
This unit takes a blended approach to learning and teaching. You will be provided with both eContent and timetabled activities. eContent will be clearly identified on your course site for you to engage with on a weekly basis before attending classes. eContent includes a combination of videos, readings, and/or exercises designed to enhance your learning experience.
During timetabled activities (for example: workshops, tutorials, practicals), the unit coordinator and/or your tutor will further explore content and you will be provided with opportunities to develop your understanding in a collaborative learning environment.
After your weekly classes, you should continue to engage with unit resources to ensure you consolidate your understanding of unit content. Teaching team members will also be available for consultations to assist you with your learning journey (further details provided on your course site).
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
During tutorials and practicalsyou will share your formative ideas for your engineering design project and receive feedback from tutors and demonstrators. You are encouraged to view your team as a learning community and to share and discuss emergent ideas in the design process and your understandings of professional engineering practice. Each assessment submission will be marked against criteria and standards which will be shared with you at the beginning of semester through Assessment Task Descriptions and Marking Rubrics. Marked assessment will include feedback from markers against the criteria.
Assessment
Overview
Assessment in this unit has been designed to give you the opportunity to show your learning against the unit learning outcomes. You will work in a team to undertake an engineering design project across the teaching period, deploying work practices that align to professional engineering practice (such as project management, ethical work practices and sustainable design principles). You will submit three pieces of assessment related to that design process. You will be expected to work together with your team members and independently to make individual contributions to the design project. You will both build and report on the engineering system and critically reflect on the way you worked throughout the teaching period in developing your professional skills.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Application of Professional Engineering Attributes
In this task, you will initially complete a short Journey Map and reflection task, focused on your engineering professional identity. You will be introduced to the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer, and link these elements to your current professional identity, and professional identity being developed throughout your engineering studies, and professional career. You will then complete a short scoping study report in which you explore the users, stakeholders, community, location, and other contextual factors related to your design project. This assessment links back to key elements of the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standards, in particular the Professional and Personal attributes.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions
Assessment: Teamwork and Project Management Documentation
You will work in a team of student engineers to plan a real world design, and develop a prototype.
Throughout the semester you will work together individually, and as a team to complete your project. The team is expected to apply project and team management principles to enable successful delivery of your Project Specification & Plan. Small milestones will be set throughout the semester for you and your team, and you will receive ongoing feedback throughout the semester. These include elements such as,
- Meeting agendas and minutes
- Project plans (in the form of a Gantt chart)
- Preliminary designs and sketches
- Individual Reflections
- Responses to teaching team feedback
- Regular contributions to the teams working space
- Group contributions and reflections
Assessment: Engineering Project Outcomes
You will work in a team to design and plan an engineering system. You will also develop and create a prototype of this system. You will need to communicate your design in a written report that presents key elements of the user and community engagement, design process, final design and functional performance. Your group will also present your design to the teaching team and peers.
This final report is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
The oral presentation is not eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Relevant reading and other resources will be available on the unit course site.
Resource Materials
Reference book(s)
Dowling, D., Hadgraft, R., Carew, A., McCarthy, T. & Hargreaves, D. (2019). Engineering your future: An Australasian guide (4th ed.). John Wiley & Sons.
Risk Assessment Statement
You will undertake lectures and tutorials in the traditional classrooms and lecture theatres. As such, there are no extraordinary workplace health and safety issues associated with these components of the unit.
Practicals in the unit are under the supervision of the lecturer or technical staff. In practicals you are expected to wear closed in shoes, and not drink or eat in the lab environment. Before the commencement of any practical sessions, you will undergo a health and safety induction and if you do not complete the required safety induction you will not be allowed into the laboratory. A tier 2 induction is also required to access the Launchpad Makerspace - which you will use as part of your design project in this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.EN02 Diploma in Engineering
- Make decisions ethically within the social, cultural, and organisational contexts of professional engineering practice.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Application of Professional Engineering Attributes, Engineering Project Outcomes - Engage stakeholders professionally and communicate the outcomes of your work effectively to expert and non-expert audiences using appropriate modes.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, Teamwork and Project Management Documentation - Manage projects to solve complex engineering problems, using appropriate information, engineering methods, and technologies.
Relates to: ULO3, Application of Professional Engineering Attributes, Teamwork and Project Management Documentation - Engage with and apply regulatory requirements relating to safety, risk management, and sustainability in professional engineering practice.
Relates to: Teamwork and Project Management Documentation - Demonstrate foundational knowledge and skills of physical, mathematical, statistical, computer, and information sciences that are fundamental to professional engineering practice.
Relates to: Application of Professional Engineering Attributes - Demonstrate an introductory understanding of the engineering discipline, its research directions, and potential application in contemporary professional engineering practice.
Relates to: Application of Professional Engineering Attributes, Engineering Project Outcomes
Unit Outline: College 2 2025, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | EGD101 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | EGB101 |
| Coordinator: | Wahyu Hasan | w.hasan@qut.edu.au |
Overview
As a professional engineer you will be competent to practise as outlined in the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer. One of the main activities that professional engineers undertake is design, which involves using knowledge and skill bases to apply engineering methods to create systems that meet stakeholders' needs, while maintaining professional and personal attributes. This unit introduces engineering design and begins your development as a trusted and ethical professional. To develop your capability in design, you will learn about introductory analysis, building and testing of engineering systems, and develop your engineering ethics, professional skills in communication, engineering teamwork, research, cultural awareness and sustainable development practices. Future units in the Bachelor course, particularly those focused on design, will build from this introduction.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply technical engineering fundamentals and the engineering design process to a given project, including justification and reasoning for design decisions made at an introduced level.
- Critically reflect on engineering design process and professional practice, project management, cultural diversity and ethics with regard to professional engineering practice at an introduced level.
- Collaborate in a team to create and deliver engineering outcomes and to communicate those outcomes to engineers and other stakeholders at an introduced level.
Content
- Introduction to engineering and being a Professional Engineer
- How engineers locate information, evaluate its relevance to their engineering work, and use it
- Analysis of physical systems to predict their behaviour and application in practice
- Application of Engineering design methods, tools and techniques to simple engineering systems
- Introduction to professional and personal attributes required of a professional engineer
- Key engineering teamwork principles and elements and the role of an engineer in society
- Introduction to professional engineering communication including writing, presenting and engineering drawing
This unit will include content, case studies and examples of the ways in which the work of professional engineers connects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s status as First Nations owners of land and seas.
Learning Approaches
This unit takes a blended approach to learning and teaching. You will be provided with both eContent and timetabled activities. eContent will be clearly identified on your course site for you to engage with on a weekly basis before attending classes. eContent includes a combination of videos, readings, and/or exercises designed to enhance your learning experience.
During timetabled activities (for example: workshops, tutorials, practicals), the unit coordinator and/or your tutor will further explore content and you will be provided with opportunities to develop your understanding in a collaborative learning environment.
After your weekly classes, you should continue to engage with unit resources to ensure you consolidate your understanding of unit content. Teaching team members will also be available for consultations to assist you with your learning journey (further details provided on your course site).
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
During tutorials and practicalsyou will share your formative ideas for your engineering design project and receive feedback from tutors and demonstrators. You are encouraged to view your team as a learning community and to share and discuss emergent ideas in the design process and your understandings of professional engineering practice. Each assessment submission will be marked against criteria and standards which will be shared with you at the beginning of semester through Assessment Task Descriptions and Marking Rubrics. Marked assessment will include feedback from markers against the criteria.
Assessment
Overview
Assessment in this unit has been designed to give you the opportunity to show your learning against the unit learning outcomes. You will work in a team to undertake an engineering design project across the teaching period, deploying work practices that align to professional engineering practice (such as project management, ethical work practices and sustainable design principles). You will submit three pieces of assessment related to that design process. You will be expected to work together with your team members and independently to make individual contributions to the design project. You will both build and report on the engineering system and critically reflect on the way you worked throughout the teaching period in developing your professional skills.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Application of Professional Engineering Attributes
In this task, you will initially complete a short Journey Map and reflection task, focused on your engineering professional identity. You will be introduced to the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer, and link these elements to your current professional identity, and professional identity being developed throughout your engineering studies, and professional career. You will then complete a short scoping study report in which you explore the users, stakeholders, community, location, and other contextual factors related to your design project. This assessment links back to key elements of the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standards, in particular the Professional and Personal attributes.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions
Assessment: Teamwork and Project Management Documentation
You will work in a team of student engineers to plan a real world design, and develop a prototype.
Throughout the semester you will work together individually, and as a team to complete your project. The team is expected to apply project and team management principles to enable successful delivery of your Project Specification & Plan. Small milestones will be set throughout the semester for you and your team, and you will receive ongoing feedback throughout the semester. These include elements such as,
- Meeting agendas and minutes
- Project plans (in the form of a Gantt chart)
- Preliminary designs and sketches
- Individual Reflections
- Responses to teaching team feedback
- Regular contributions to the teams working space
- Group contributions and reflections
Assessment: Engineering Project Outcomes
You will work in a team to design and plan an engineering system. You will also develop and create a prototype of this system. You will need to communicate your design in a written report that presents key elements of the user and community engagement, design process, final design and functional performance. Your group will also present your design to the teaching team and peers.
This final report is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
The oral presentation is not eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Relevant reading and other resources will be available on the unit course site.
Resource Materials
Reference book(s)
Dowling, D., Hadgraft, R., Carew, A., McCarthy, T. & Hargreaves, D. (2019). Engineering your future: An Australasian guide (4th ed.). John Wiley & Sons.
Risk Assessment Statement
You will undertake lectures and tutorials in the traditional classrooms and lecture theatres. As such, there are no extraordinary workplace health and safety issues associated with these components of the unit.
Practicals in the unit are under the supervision of the lecturer or technical staff. In practicals you are expected to wear closed in shoes, and not drink or eat in the lab environment. Before the commencement of any practical sessions, you will undergo a health and safety induction and if you do not complete the required safety induction you will not be allowed into the laboratory. A tier 2 induction is also required to access the Launchpad Makerspace - which you will use as part of your design project in this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.EN02 Diploma in Engineering
- Make decisions ethically within the social, cultural, and organisational contexts of professional engineering practice.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Application of Professional Engineering Attributes, Engineering Project Outcomes - Engage stakeholders professionally and communicate the outcomes of your work effectively to expert and non-expert audiences using appropriate modes.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, Teamwork and Project Management Documentation - Manage projects to solve complex engineering problems, using appropriate information, engineering methods, and technologies.
Relates to: ULO3, Application of Professional Engineering Attributes, Teamwork and Project Management Documentation - Engage with and apply regulatory requirements relating to safety, risk management, and sustainability in professional engineering practice.
Relates to: Teamwork and Project Management Documentation - Demonstrate foundational knowledge and skills of physical, mathematical, statistical, computer, and information sciences that are fundamental to professional engineering practice.
Relates to: Application of Professional Engineering Attributes - Demonstrate an introductory understanding of the engineering discipline, its research directions, and potential application in contemporary professional engineering practice.
Relates to: Application of Professional Engineering Attributes, Engineering Project Outcomes
Unit Outline: College Summer 2025, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | EGD101 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | EGB101 |
Overview
As a professional engineer you will be competent to practise as outlined in the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer. One of the main activities that professional engineers undertake is design, which involves using knowledge and skill bases to apply engineering methods to create systems that meet stakeholders' needs, while maintaining professional and personal attributes. This unit introduces engineering design and begins your development as a trusted and ethical professional. To develop your capability in design, you will learn about introductory analysis, building and testing of engineering systems, and develop your engineering ethics, professional skills in communication, engineering teamwork, research, cultural awareness and sustainable development practices. Future units in the Bachelor course, particularly those focused on design, will build from this introduction.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply technical engineering fundamentals and the engineering design process to a given project, including justification and reasoning for design decisions made at an introduced level.
- Critically reflect on engineering design process and professional practice, project management, cultural diversity and ethics with regard to professional engineering practice at an introduced level.
- Collaborate in a team to create and deliver engineering outcomes and to communicate those outcomes to engineers and other stakeholders at an introduced level.
Content
- Introduction to engineering and being a Professional Engineer
- How engineers locate information, evaluate its relevance to their engineering work, and use it
- Analysis of physical systems to predict their behaviour and application in practice
- Application of Engineering design methods, tools and techniques to simple engineering systems
- Introduction to professional and personal attributes required of a professional engineer
- Key engineering teamwork principles and elements and the role of an engineer in society
- Introduction to professional engineering communication including writing, presenting and engineering drawing
This unit will include content, case studies and examples of the ways in which the work of professional engineers connects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s status as First Nations owners of land and seas.
Learning Approaches
This unit takes a blended approach to learning and teaching. You will be provided with both eContent and timetabled activities. eContent will be clearly identified on your course site for you to engage with on a weekly basis before attending classes. eContent includes a combination of videos, readings, and/or exercises designed to enhance your learning experience.
During timetabled activities (for example: workshops, tutorials, practicals), the unit coordinator and/or your tutor will further explore content and you will be provided with opportunities to develop your understanding in a collaborative learning environment.
After your weekly classes, you should continue to engage with unit resources to ensure you consolidate your understanding of unit content. Teaching team members will also be available for consultations to assist you with your learning journey (further details provided on your course site).
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
During tutorials and practicals you will share your formative ideas for your engineering design project and receive feedback from tutors and demonstrators. You are encouraged to view your team as a learning community and to share and discuss emergent ideas in the design process and your understandings of professional engineering practice. Each assessment submission will be marked against criteria and standards which will be shared with you at the beginning of semester through Assessment Task Descriptions and Marking Rubrics. Marked assessment will include feedback from markers against the criteria.
Assessment
Overview
Assessment in this unit has been designed to give you the opportunity to show your learning against the unit learning outcomes. You will work in a team to undertake an engineering design project across the teaching period, deploying work practices that align to professional engineering practice (such as project management, ethical work practices and sustainable design principles). You will submit three pieces of assessment related to that design process. You will be expected to work together with your team members and independently to make individual contributions to the design project. You will both build and report on the engineering system and critically reflect on the way you worked throughout the teaching period in developing your professional skills.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Application of Professional Engineering Attributes
In this task, you will initially complete a short Journey Map and reflection task, focused on your engineering professional identity. You will be introduced to the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer, and link these elements to your current professional identity, and professional identity being developed throughout your engineering studies, and professional career. You will then complete a short scoping study report in which you explore the users, stakeholders, community, location, and other contextual factors related to your design project. This assessment links back to key elements of the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standards, in particular the Professional and Personal attributes.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Teamwork and Project Management Documentation
You will work in a team of student engineers to plan a real world design and develop a prototype.
Throughout the semester you will work together individually, and as a team to complete your project. The team is expected to apply project and team management principles to enable successful delivery of your Project Specification & Plan. Small milestones will be set throughout the semester for you and your team, and you will receive ongoing feedback throughout the semester. These include elements such as,
- Meeting agendas and minutes
- Project plans (in the form of a Gantt chart)
- Preliminary designs and sketches
- Individual Reflections
- Responses to teaching team feedback
- Regular contributions to the teams working space
- Group contributions and reflections.
Assessment: Engineering Project Outcomes
You will work in a team to design and plan an engineering system. You will also develop and create a prototype of this system. You will need to communicate your design in a written report that presents key elements of the user and community engagement, design process, final design and functional performance. Your group will also present your design to the teaching team and peers.
This final report is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
The oral presentation is not eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Relevant reading and other resources will be available on the unit course site.
Resource Materials
Reference book(s)
Karsnitz, J. R., O'Brien, S., & Hutchinson, J. P. (2012). Engineering design: An introduction (2nd ed.). Cengage Learning.
Risk Assessment Statement
You will undertake lectures and tutorials in the traditional classrooms and lecture theatres. As such, there are no extraordinary workplace health and safety issues associated with these components of the unit.
Practicals in the unit are under the supervision of the lecturer or technical staff. In practicals you are expected to wear closed in shoes, and not drink or eat in the lab environment. Before the commencement of any practical sessions, you will undergo a health and safety induction and if you do not complete the required safety induction you will not be allowed into the laboratory. A tier 2 induction is also required to access the Launchpad Makerspace - which you will use as part of your design project in this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.EN02 Diploma in Engineering
- Make decisions ethically within the social, cultural, and organisational contexts of professional engineering practice.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, Application of Professional Engineering Attributes, Engineering Project Outcomes - Engage stakeholders professionally and communicate the outcomes of your work effectively to expert and non-expert audiences using appropriate modes.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, Teamwork and Project Management Documentation - Manage projects to solve complex engineering problems, using appropriate information, engineering methods, and technologies.
Relates to: ULO3, Application of Professional Engineering Attributes, Teamwork and Project Management Documentation - Engage with and apply regulatory requirements relating to safety, risk management, and sustainability in professional engineering practice.
Relates to: Teamwork and Project Management Documentation - Demonstrate foundational knowledge and skills of physical, mathematical, statistical, computer, and information sciences that are fundamental to professional engineering practice.
Relates to: Application of Professional Engineering Attributes - Demonstrate an introductory understanding of the engineering discipline, its research directions, and potential application in contemporary professional engineering practice.
Relates to: Application of Professional Engineering Attributes, Engineering Project Outcomes