ENGG2500
10 units
2000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course is the second in a series of professional practice courses that introduces students to professional skills that are integral to an engineering workplace. The focus of all the courses is on integrating professional skills with technical skills.
The course content is delivered by subject specialists and students are asked to apply their theoretical learning to engineering-based assessments.
The second of the professional development courses introduces students to sustainability and `Green' engineering concepts.
Students will continue their written communication skills building through several workshops and through the assignments and reflective journal submitted for this course.
Availability2021 Course Timetables
BCA Singapore
- Semester 2 - 2021
Callaghan
- Semester 2 - 2021
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Articulate the founding principles of Green engineering
2. Complete a life cycle analysis for common engineering items
3. Perform engineering economic analysis for an engineering project
4. Communicate the role of engineers and scientists within a resource-constrained world
5. Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills for a purpose
6. Utilise reflective tools to evaluate their own learning.
Content
Topics may include
• State of the world (consumption, impact and response)
• Role of the engineer (systems thinking)
• General concepts of sustainability and Green engineering integrated with engineering ethics
• Life cycle analysis
• Energy
• Engineering economics
Assessment items
Viva Voce: Assignment 1 – Life Cycle Analysis
Report: Assignment 2 – Homer Pro Dispatch
Journal: Reflective Journal and Workshop Attendance
Report: Final Project
Formal Examination: School Exam
Contact hours
BCA Singapore
Lecture
Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term starting in week 1
Tutorial
Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term starting in week 2
Callaghan
Lecture
Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term starting in week 1
Tutorial
Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term starting in week 2
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