RENE4900B
10 units
4000 level
Course handbook
Description
The Final Year Project course provides students with the opportunity to apply their skills, developed over the previous three years, to an open-ended research/engineering problem of their choice. Projects are supervised by individual members of academic staff and may be experimental, theoretical, computational or applied in nature. An important result from this course is for students to develop and practice their project and time-management skills. Furthermore, the FYP provides a capstone opportunity for students to demonstrate their ability to communicate through both written reports and seminars.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 2 - 2024
Multi-term sequence
This course is part of a multi-term sequence. Both Part A and Part B must be completed to meet the requirements of the sequence. Part A and Part B must be completed in consecutive terms. Students must complete Part A before completing Part B. Students must complete the sequence within a twelve month period. If students complete Part A but are unable to complete Part B within the timeframe, they must re-enrol in Part A. Part A cannot be completed as a standalone course, it will only count towards your program once you have successfully completed Part B.
Replacing course(s)
This course replaces the following course(s): RENE4800B. Students who have successfully completed RENE4800B are not eligible to enrol in RENE4900B.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Identify problems within the project, then propose and implement engineering solutions to facilitate successful project completion.
2. Manage information and documentation.
3. Conduct an engineering project to a professional level.
4. Communicate effectively with the engineering team and with the community at large.
5. Demonstrate self-directed learning.
Content
Individually supervised projects based on knowledge acquired during the first three years of the program.Students are responsible for:
- reviewing current literature
- design of equipment/experiments/models
- learning/developing new techniques
- implementing what they have learned to solve an engineering problem.
Requisite
Students cannot enrol in this course if they have previously successfully completed RENE4800B.
Assumed knowledge
Students must have successfully completed a minimum of 210 units to enrol in this course.
Completion of all 1000, 2000, and a majority of 3000 level courses in the Renewable Energy Engineering program.
Assessment items
Presentation: Part A Presentation
Written Assignment: Part A Progress Report
Presentation: Part B Oral Presentation
Written Assignment: Part B Thesis
Contact hours
Semester 2 - 2024 - Callaghan
Seminar-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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