ENN594-1 Professional Engineering Project 1
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| Unit code: | ENN594-1 |
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| Prerequisite(s): | ENN541. ENN541 can be studied in the same teaching period as ENN594-1 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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Unit Outline: Semester 1 2026, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | ENN594-1 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | ENN541. Enrolment in ENN541 in the same teaching period as ENN594-1 is allowed |
Overview
This is the first semester of a two-semester postgraduate engineering project unit, ENN594-1 and ENN594-2. It provides experience in researching and solving authentic, complex and advanced engineering problems, and the opportunity to apply some of the knowledge gained throughout the course. You will engage in engineering project design, methodology and management, advancement of discipline knowledge and skills, risk, ethics and sustainability in a project environment, and reporting and presenting project stages. In this first semester, you will identify the problem, research the literature, research and propose methods to address the problem identified, and progress some of the solutions.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Identify and define a relevant industry related problem
- Retrieve and review information at an advanced level from various sources using appropriate strategies and techniques
- Identify and Implement a suitable evidenced based (research) plan in a systematic, rigorous and ethical way.
- Communicate your research/evidence based process and outcome through discussion, research proposal and presentation, progress report.
- Practise professionally in the collaborative environment of an engineering project at a mastered level.
Content
The content of this unit will include:
- Approaches to defining problems and determining suitable research methods.
- Critical thinking and reflective practice.
- Research design.
- Evidence-based rigor and ethics including intellectual property.
- Information retrieval and literature reviewing.
- Qualitative and quantitative research methodologies relevant to the disciplines including associated methods of data gathering and analysis.
- 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. Students undertaking an industry project (in their workplace or offered as student project) may be supervised jointly by an academic as well as industry/organisation supervisor. If you are not employed in a related industry, you are encouraged to approach a relevant organisation in order to authenticate 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).
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 in a real world context.
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).
ENN594-1 and ENN594-2 are components of the same project, but cannot be enrolled in the same semester. ENN594-1 should be enrolled in the preceding semester to ENN594-2.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback 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 include constructive and progressive feedback using a criterion referencing approach. Your performance in the unit will be assessed summatively through a proposal and progress report at the middle and end of semester. 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.
Where GenAl is used in assessment, it must be used ethically and responsibly. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale and S (Satisfactory) / U (Unsatisfactory)
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Research Proposal
You will submit a project proposal outlining the problem, research method, critical literature and proposed approach.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions
The ethical and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAl) tools is authorised in this assessment. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
Assessment: Project Progress Report and Oral Presentation
You will submit a project proposal outlining the problem, research method, critical literature and proposed approach.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
The ethical and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAl) tools is authorised in this assessment. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
Threshold Assessment:
This assessments needs to be passed satisfactory to allow continuation with ENN594-2
Assessment: Work Performance
Your academic supervisor will observe your individual participation and work performance during meetings and interactions throughout the semester. You are encourage to ask for feedback on your progress at any time. Your academic supervisor will take account of the records of your project progress during meetings and meeting minutes you submit via Canvas. In some cases, your supervisor will ask industry partners or other project stakeholders to provide feedback on your individual work performance.
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
Most of the readings will be determined by your individual project requirements. A list of other general readings will be provided on-line at the commencement of the semester.
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
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 for approval. For further information go to Health, Safety and Environment.
You may (depending upon the nature of your project) be required to access QUT laboratories or workshops. Such access will require you to have completed any relevant inductions, safety courses, hold relevant safety cards and complete a risk assessment. You must follow all relevant workplace health and safety rules, and follow the instructions of laboratory or workshop staff.
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.
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2026, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | ENN594-1 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | ENN541. Enrolment in ENN541 in the same teaching period as ENN594-1 is allowed |
Overview
This is the first semester of a two-semester postgraduate engineering project unit, ENN594-1 and ENN594-2. It provides experience in researching and solving authentic, complex and advanced engineering problems, and the opportunity to apply some of the knowledge gained throughout the course. You will engage in engineering project design, methodology and management, advancement of discipline knowledge and skills, risk, ethics and sustainability in a project environment, and reporting and presenting project stages. In this first semester, you will identify the problem, research the literature, research and propose methods to address the problem identified, and progress some of the solutions.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Identify and define a relevant industry related problem
- Retrieve and review information at an advanced level from various sources using appropriate strategies and techniques
- Identify and Implement a suitable evidenced based (research) plan in a systematic, rigorous and ethical way.
- Communicate your research/evidence based process and outcome through discussion, research proposal and presentation, progress report.
- Practise professionally in the collaborative environment of an engineering project at a mastered level.
Content
The content of this unit will include:
- Approaches to defining problems and determining suitable research methods.
- Critical thinking and reflective practice.
- Research design.
- Evidence-based rigor and ethics including intellectual property.
- Information retrieval and literature reviewing.
- Qualitative and quantitative research methodologies relevant to the disciplines including associated methods of data gathering and analysis.
- 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. Students undertaking an industry project (in their workplace or offered as student project) may be supervised jointly by an academic as well as industry/organisation supervisor. If you are not employed in a related industry, you are encouraged to approach a relevant organisation in order to authenticate 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).
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 in a real world context.
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).
ENN594-1 and ENN594-2 are components of the same project, but cannot be enrolled in the same semester. ENN594-1 should be enrolled in the preceding semester to ENN594-2.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback 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 include constructive and progressive feedback using a criterion referencing approach. Your performance in the unit will be assessed summatively through a proposal and progress report at the middle and end of semester. 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.
Where GenAl is used in assessment, it must be used ethically and responsibly. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale and S (Satisfactory) / U (Unsatisfactory)
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Research Proposal
You will submit a project proposal outlining the problem, research method, critical literature and proposed approach.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions
The ethical and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAl) tools is authorised in this assessment. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
Assessment: Project Progress Report and Oral Presentation
You will submit a project proposal outlining the problem, research method, critical literature and proposed approach.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
The ethical and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAl) tools is authorised in this assessment. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
Threshold Assessment:
This assessments needs to be passed satisfactory to allow continuation with ENN594-2
Assessment: Work Performance
Your academic supervisor will observe your individual participation and work performance during meetings and interactions throughout the semester. You are encourage to ask for feedback on your progress at any time. Your academic supervisor will take account of the records of your project progress during meetings and meeting minutes you submit via Canvas. In some cases, your supervisor will ask industry partners or other project stakeholders to provide feedback on your individual work performance.
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
Most of the readings will be determined by your individual project requirements. A list of other general readings will be provided on-line at the commencement of the semester.
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
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 for approval. For further information go to Health, Safety and Environment.
You may (depending upon the nature of your project) be required to access QUT laboratories or workshops. Such access will require you to have completed any relevant inductions, safety courses, hold relevant safety cards and complete a risk assessment. You must follow all relevant workplace health and safety rules, and follow the instructions of laboratory or workshop staff.
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.