Engineering Technology Design Project
Overview
This unit of study is a project-based unit in which students work in teams and aims to provide you with the opportunity to design a solution to an industry driven challenge within your chosen major. You will attain the various technical skills required to complete the project as well as a range of professional skills to enable you to work creatively and collaboratively in an industry context. An Academic 'facilitator' will guide your learning towards achieving these outcomes.
Requisites
01-June-2025
02-November-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Apply a systematic approach to engineering technology design (A1, A5, K1, K2, S1)
- Apply knowledge of design fundamentals to engineering technology challenges (A5, K3, K5, S1, S2)
- Find, organise, and make decisions on a range of topics related to engineering technology design (A4, A5, K3, K5, K6, S2)
- Use engineering technology to develop and present design solutions (A5, K4, K5, S2, S3)
- Demonstrate reflective practice, and use self and peer evaluation (A2, A5, A6, A7, S4)
- Communicate within teams and stakeholders using appropriate verbal, written and technological approaches (A2, A5, A6, S3, S4)
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-Campus Lecture |
1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
| Specified Activities Supervisor Meetings |
1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
| On-Campus Workshop |
2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| Unspecified Activities Independent Learning |
8.50 | 12 weeks | 102 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | Individual/Group | 100% | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
Hurdle
As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all ULOs to a minimum standard, an undergraduate student must have achieved:
(i) achieve an overall mark for the unit of 50% or more, and(ii) complete the project to an acceptable standard. A rubric will be used to determine if students have met the acceptable standard. The rubric is available on Canvas. Students who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirements (i) and (ii) in full, will receive a maximum of 45% as the total mark for the unit.
Content
- Technical content in the selected engineering major
- Creativity tools for engineering technology solutions
- Computer-aided design (CAD) software
- Decision Making Tools
- Visual communications technology
- Descriptive Statistics
- Reflective Practice
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.