Overview

In this unit, students will collaborate in teams with a space technology industry partner. They will follow a client-centered approach to create a tailored solution for their client's needs. The project concludes with an industry showcase event, where students will orally present their solution to a panel of industry experts.

Requisites

Prerequisites
AER30001 Space Innovation Research Challenge
AER20003 Design and Entrepreneurship for the Space Industry

Rules

Pre-requisite
AER30001 Space Innovation Research Challenge
OR
AER20003 Design and Entrepreneurship for the Space Industry

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Solve a complex problem by formulating a research question, appraising current literature and developments, and applying research principles and methods to design an innovative space related technology application
  • Demonstrate effective professional written and oral communication to a variety of audiences through proposals, reports, documentation and presentations
  • Apply problem-solving methodologies to generate, evaluate and justify innovative solutions
  • Use project management processes and tools, and self-management skills, to plan and manage project work
  • Reflect on space technology research practice and its impact on the project, including safety, ethical, legal, social, cultural and sustainability considerations, along with standards and codes of practice
  • Demonstrate professionalism, integrity, ethical conduct and professional accountability in all aspects of project work, including teamwork, dealing with stakeholders and demonstrating a professional image

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
6.00 12 weeks 72
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning
18.00 12 weeks 216
TOTAL300

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
PortfolioIndividual 30 - 50% 1,2,3,4,5,6 
PortfolioGroup 50 - 70% 1,2,3,4,6 

Content

This unit provides students with an opportunity to work in a team with an academic supervisor and a space industry client.  Client research briefs are aligned with the Australian Space Agency Civil space priority areas:

  • Medicine and life sciences
  • Position, navigation and timing
  • Earth observation
  • Communication technologies and services
  • Space situational awareness and debris monitoring
  • Leapfrog R&D
  • Robotics and automation on Earth
  • Space and access to space

During their project students will also learn:

  • Space technology research (innovation and advancement, collaboration and partnership, safety and reliability, scientific exploration and discovery, sustainability and environmental considerations, risk management, technology transfer and spin-offs)
  • Project management (planning, scope, time, cost, risk, stakeholders, project monitoring and closure)
  • Team management (formation, roles, responsibilities, effective communication, conflict management, motivation, personalities and diversity, performance evaluation)
  • Agile development (interactive, collaborative, adaptive, user-centric, iterative and empowered)
  • Technical documentation and record keeping skill
  • Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Verbal communication
  • Graduate Attribute – Teamwork Skills: Collaboration and negotiation 
  • 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.