How this Course Fits with Others in your Program

This course looks at what it means to be an engineering designer. You will see the big picture and how all

your studies, such as mathematics and science, fit together. It will also look at some of the non-technical

issues which are just as vital to a successful engineering career as the technical ones.

You will study and experience Engineering Design as a multi-faceted activity, which requires considerable

creativity, as well as judgement, decision making and problem solving skills. You will see the need to take

context into account and be able to complete design projects on time and within budget. The problem solving

and project management skills that you learn in this course will be invaluable for later courses in your degree,

in your career and for life in general.

Learning and Teaching Philosophy

This course is, first and foremost, an exercise in experiential learning, with emphasis on reflection on the

design process. You will work together in teams to design a solution to a specified but open-ended problem.

This project will be supported with a variety of additional student experiences to help you acquire individual

and group skills in areas needed for communicating the design, including graphical representation,

collaboration, report writing and any necessary discipline-specific knowledge.

Aims

1. Introduce you to the principles and methods of engineering design.

2. Involve you in hands-on design and engineering projects.

3. Help you gain skills in written expression.

4. Introduce you to the way a professional engineer works.

5. Provide a team-based environment so you can experience and learn collaborative skills.

6. Help you learn the professional use of information resources.

What you are Expected to Learn

After you have completed this course, you will be expected to have the following capabilities.

• Be familiar with the process of engineering design and the use of design methods for defining an

open-ended design problem, generating alternative conceptual solutions, evaluating these solutions

and implementing them.

• Understand the basic elements of project management and be able to plan and schedule work

activities in accordance with standard practice.

• Understand the dynamics of collaborative teams and how to work effectively within a team to

accomplish tasks within given deadlines.

• Be able to organise, conduct and record engineering meetings.

• Be able to effectively convey your thoughts and ideas in an engineering design report.

• Be able to understand the issues of quality, safety, diversity and equal opportunity as they apply to

university and professional life.

• Understand some of the roles and responsibilities of a professional engineer.

Teaching Strategies

Teaching in this course is centred on the project. For example, you will develop communication skills by

communicating about the project; you will develop teamwork and project management skills in the context of

your project team; and you will experience the kinds of technical problems resolved by engineers in your

selected project area.

How this will work out in detail will depend upon the particular school presenting a particular project. You will

receive a separate handout describing this once you have finalised your choice. If you want to see details

earlier, refer to the Moodle site for this course.

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Framework

ENGG1000 has been designed to ensure there is equivalence and alignment between the various Project’s

offered in this course. Each Project operates within an agreed framework of learning outcomes as indicated

in the following table.