ENN590-2 Project 2
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| Unit code: | ENN590-2 |
|---|---|
| Prerequisite(s): | ENN590-1 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
| Availabilities |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,118 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $3,672 |
| International unit fee | $5,040 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2024, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | ENN590-2 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | ENN590-1 |
| Coordinator: | Jacob Coetzee | jacob.coetzee@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This forms the second semester of the Master of Engineering capstone project. Engineering approaches and tools can be used to solve problems that confront engineers. The techniques and tools were identified and the project framed in semester 2 and they are applied in this unit. The ability to frame a technical approach to an engineering problem is essential to engineering practice. From a learning perspective, one of the most effective ways of achieving this is to investigate an authentic engineering problem that is relevant to your profession.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Implement a suitable research plan in a systematic, rigorous and ethical way.
- Use appropriate research methodologies to collect, analyse and interpret data.
- Communicate your research process and outcome through a report and a presentation.
Content
The content of this unit will include:
- Identification and use of appropriate measurement tools to inspect, analysed and interpret data.
- Qualitative and quantitative research methodologies relevant to the disciplines including associated methods of data gathering and analysis.
- Visualisation modelling and analytical tools.
- Research dissemination and reporting.
Learning Approaches
Your learning in this unit will take place through an independent work-related project supervised by an appointed supervisor. If you are working in an industry organisation related to this course, you are encouraged to select a project of relevance to the organisation. In such case, your project may be supervised jointly by an academic as well as someone from the organisation. If you are not employed in a related industry, you are encouraged to approach a relevant organisation in order to understand the nature of the problems confronting industry as well as explore the potential to work temporarily with the organisation during the course of your project. Your supervised learning will be supported by lectures and tutorials during the first few weeks of semester, followed by individual interaction with your supervisor(s). In situations where a face to face meeting is not possible, interactions with supervisor(s) could also take place through e-mails and online platforms such as Zoom or Skype meetings.
The project is to be an empirical/evidence-based research project with the findings adding to the factual base of the topic or to an improved organisation of theory for the purposes of explanation or prediction.
The on-line Canvas teaching site will be another forum for learning, interaction and collaboration.
Authentic learning, incorporating some aspects of work-integrated learning, informs the pedagogical approach in this unit. Associated learning approaches include problem/project based learning, experiential learning and reflective learning through guided self and supervisor review and feedback (supported through online and supervisor resources at key stages).
ENN590-1 and ENN590-2 are components of the same project, but cannot be enrolled in the same semester. ENN590-1 should be enrolled in the preceding semester to ENN590-2.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback both oral and written will be provided by the individual supervisors during regular meetings throughout the semester.
You may also receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester which may include:
1. Rubrics provided to show the expected standard for each criteria in an assessment item.
2. Comments returned to you via Canvas.
3. Lecture / consultation sessions may be available for group and individual feedback prior to assessment due dates and on completion of assessments.
4. Generic comments provided via QUT Canvas and in class.
Assessment
Overview
Assessment will be formative involving an emphasis on constructive and progressive feedback using criteria and standards. Your performance in the unit will be assessed through an oral presentation delivered via Zoom meetings and a final written report. You will have the opportunity to present drafts of your proposal and report to your supervisor for comment and rewriting prior to the date for final submission. The assignments will contribute to the overall summative grade for the unit.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Presentation (Oral via Zoom Meetings)
Presentation (Oral via Zoom Meetings)
In line with QUT's response to the current COVID-19 situation, you will present your project outcomes highlighting, the problem, analysis, methodology and the solution demonstrating effective use of visual materials (as appropriate) using online platforms, such as Zoom Meetings.
Assessment: Project Report
Project Report
You will submit a comprehensive report outlining the problem, research method, critical literature and recommendations.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
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.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Other Resources
You are also required to use the following:
- The unit website on QUT's Canvas.
- QUT Library Databases.
- QUT Cite| Write: You can access QUT cite/write online (Free download from QUT library).
Risk Assessment Statement
All commencing SEF students are required to complete the Mandatory Safety Induction.
There are no extraordinary risks associated with the classroom/lecture activities in this unit.
If you undertake a project, either individually or in a group, you may in conjunction with your QUT project supervisor, be required to complete and submit a Risk Assessment of your project activities in MAPS (Management and Assessment of Project Safety) for approval. For further information go to Health, safety and environment for research students - QUT Students.
Additionally, if you undertake an industry project, either individually or in a group, you must ensure that the QUT project partner agreement is completed, respect confidentiality, be aware of any intellectual property requirements for the project and comply with workplace health and safety requirements, (either at QUT or at worksite). For further information please refer to the Work Integrated Learning - QUT Students webpage.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.EN50 Master of Engineering
- Apply advanced discipline knowledge, concepts and practices in engineering systems and processes.
Relates to: Project Report - Critically analyse and evaluate complex engineering problems to achieve research informed solutions.
Relates to: Project Report - Apply systematic approaches to plan, design, execute and manage an engineering project.
Relates to: Project Report - Communicate complex information effectively and succinctly, presenting high level reports, arguments and justifications in oral, written and visual forms to professional and non-specialist audiences.
Relates to: Presentation (Oral via Zoom Meetings), Project Report - Organise and manage time, tasks and projects independently, and collaboratively demonstrating the values and principles that shape engineering decision making and professional accountability.
Relates to: Presentation (Oral via Zoom Meetings), Project Report
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | ENN590-2 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | ENN590-1 |
| Coordinator: | Jacob Coetzee | jacob.coetzee@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This forms the second semester of the Master of Engineering capstone project. Engineering approaches and tools can be used to solve problems that confront engineers. The techniques and tools were identified and the project framed in semester 2 and they are applied in this unit. The ability to frame a technical approach to an engineering problem is essential to engineering practice. From a learning perspective, one of the most effective ways of achieving this is to investigate an authentic engineering problem that is relevant to your profession.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Implement a suitable research plan in a systematic, rigorous and ethical way.
- Use appropriate research methodologies to collect, analyse and interpret data.
- Communicate your research process and outcome through a report and a presentation.
Content
The content of this unit will include:
- Identification and use of appropriate measurement tools to inspect, analysed and interpret data.
- Qualitative and quantitative research methodologies relevant to the disciplines including associated methods of data gathering and analysis.
- Visualisation modelling and analytical tools.
- Research dissemination and reporting.
Learning Approaches
Your learning in this unit will take place through an independent work-related project supervised by an appointed supervisor. If you are working in an industry organisation related to this course, you are encouraged to select a project of relevance to the organisation. In such case, your project may be supervised jointly by an academic as well as someone from the organisation. If you are not employed in a related industry, you are encouraged to approach a relevant organisation in order to understand the nature of the problems confronting industry as well as explore the potential to work temporarily with the organisation during the course of your project. Your supervised learning will be supported by lectures and tutorials during the first few weeks of semester, followed by individual interaction with your supervisor(s). In situations where a face to face meeting is not possible, interactions with supervisor(s) could also take place through e-mails and online platforms such as Zoom or Skype meetings.
The project is to be an empirical/evidence-based research project with the findings adding to the factual base of the topic or to an improved organisation of theory for the purposes of explanation or prediction.
The on-line Canvas teaching site will be another forum for learning, interaction and collaboration.
Authentic learning, incorporating some aspects of work-integrated learning, informs the pedagogical approach in this unit. Associated learning approaches include problem/project based learning, experiential learning and reflective learning through guided self and supervisor review and feedback (supported through online and supervisor resources at key stages).
ENN590-1 and ENN590-2 are components of the same project, but cannot be enrolled in the same semester. ENN590-1 should be enrolled in the preceding semester to ENN590-2.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback both oral and written will be provided by the individual supervisors during regular meetings throughout the semester.
You may also receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester which may include:
1. Rubrics provided to show the expected standard for each criteria in an assessment item.
2. Comments returned to you via Canvas.
3. Lecture / consultation sessions may be available for group and individual feedback prior to assessment due dates and on completion of assessments.
4. Generic comments provided via QUT Canvas and in class.
Assessment
Overview
Assessment will be formative involving an emphasis on constructive and progressive feedback using criteria and standards. Your performance in the unit will be assessed through an oral presentation delivered via Zoom meetings and a final written report. You will have the opportunity to present drafts of your proposal and report to your supervisor for comment and rewriting prior to the date for final submission. The assignments will contribute to the overall summative grade for the unit.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Presentation (Oral via Zoom Meetings)
Presentation (Oral via Zoom Meetings)
In line with QUT's response to the current COVID-19 situation, you will present your project outcomes highlighting, the problem, analysis, methodology and the solution demonstrating effective use of visual materials (as appropriate) using online platforms, such as Zoom Meetings.
Assessment: Project Report
Project Report
You will submit a comprehensive report outlining the problem, research method, critical literature and recommendations.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
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.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Other Resources
You are also required to use the following:
- The unit website on QUT's Canvas.
- QUT Library Databases.
- QUT Cite| Write: You can access QUT cite/write online (Free download from QUT library).
Risk Assessment Statement
All commencing SEF students are required to complete the Mandatory Safety Induction.
There are no extraordinary risks associated with the classroom/lecture activities in this unit.
If you undertake a project, either individually or in a group, you may in conjunction with your QUT project supervisor, be required to complete and submit a Risk Assessment of your project activities in MAPS (Management and Assessment of Project Safety) for approval. For further information go to Health, safety and environment for research students - QUT Students.
Additionally, if you undertake an industry project, either individually or in a group, you must ensure that the QUT project partner agreement is completed, respect confidentiality, be aware of any intellectual property requirements for the project and comply with workplace health and safety requirements, (either at QUT or at worksite). For further information please refer to the Work Integrated Learning - QUT Students webpage.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.EN50 Master of Engineering
- Apply advanced discipline knowledge, concepts and practices in engineering systems and processes.
Relates to: Project Report - Critically analyse and evaluate complex engineering problems to achieve research informed solutions.
Relates to: Project Report - Apply systematic approaches to plan, design, execute and manage an engineering project.
Relates to: Project Report - Communicate complex information effectively and succinctly, presenting high level reports, arguments and justifications in oral, written and visual forms to professional and non-specialist audiences.
Relates to: Presentation (Oral via Zoom Meetings), Project Report - Organise and manage time, tasks and projects independently, and collaboratively demonstrating the values and principles that shape engineering decision making and professional accountability.
Relates to: Presentation (Oral via Zoom Meetings), Project Report