Design and Entrepreneurship for the Space Industry
48 hours face to face + online
One Semester or equivalent
Hawthorn
Overview
This unit aims to equip students with applied innovation skills to identify relevant needs and uses for space technology & research applications, considering global context.
Requisites
Prerequisites
AER20003
Design and Entrepreneurship for the Space IndustryRules
Pre-requisite
175 Credit Points in a BA course
OR
275 Credit Points in a BH or BB course
Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Formulate innovative use application/s for selected space technology/research application
- Generate design requirements and components required of a space technology/research application driven by a specific use
- Assess and appraise relevant considerations and systems to support a space technology/research application to be manufactured and launched
- Assess ethical and sustainable issues in environmentally responsible and sustainable space technology/research application design and manufacture
- Demonstrate technical knowledge related to practical application of the students Major discipline degree within the project
- Identify a range of stakeholders involved in the implementation of a space technology/research product/design to a specific application (e.g. migration of whales)
- Demonstrate effective interdisciplinary teamwork skills
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
---|---|---|---|
Live Online Lecture |
1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
On-campus Workshop |
3.00 | 12 weeks | 36 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent Learning |
8.50 | 12 weeks | 102 |
TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
---|---|---|---|
Portfolio | Group | 50 - 70% | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
Portfolio | Individual | 30 - 50% | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
Content
- Sustainability Development Goals (SDG) and the United Nations 2030 Agenda
- Introduction to systems-thinking approaches for complex problems solving
- Non-incremental (non-linear), breakthrough innovation thinking methods
- Project work addressing a real-world space technology challenge
- Space Technology and applications
- Entrepreneurship mindset and prototype design
- Professional engagement with industry
- Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Verbal communication
- Graduate Attribute – Teamwork Skills: Teamwork roles and processes
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.