MECH6840
10 units
6000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course provides students with the opportunity to apply the skills developed over their program to an open-ended engineering problem of their choice. Projects are supervised by a member of the academic staff and may be experimental, theoretical, computational or practical in nature. An important goal is to help students develop project and time-management skills, and the ability to communicate through the report and seminar.
Availability
Not currently offered.
This Course was last offered in Semester 2 - 2023.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Identify engineering problems and provide solutions
2. Manage information and documentation
3. Demonstrate creativity and innovation in their work
4. Appreciate of the broad range of issues which impact on Engineering
5. Produce a professional level engineering report
6. Produce a professional level presentation
7. Communicate effectively in an engineering context in both written and verbal modes
8. Apply time and project management skills to an engineering project
9. Demonstrate a commitment to professional and ethical responsibilities
10. Demonstrate an advanced capacity for self-directed learning
Content
A project based on knowledge acquired during the program.Students are responsible for:
• Reviewing current literature,
• Design of equipment/experiments/models,
• Learning/developing new techniques, and
• Implementation of their prior learning to solve an engineering problem.t and time-management skills, and the ability to communicate through the report and seminar.
Assessment items
Report: MPE Thesis
Presentation: Seminar
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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