Sustainable and Innovative Design in Engineering Projects
60 hours face to face + blended
One teaching period or equivalent
Hawthorn
Overview
This unit aims to introduce students to the profession of engineering and covers professional skills including design, communication (written, oral, visual and technical), teamwork, project management, sustainability, ethics and creativity and innovation. This unit will help students clarify an engineering career path and will build their skill-set towards being an innovative engineer with skills in both open-ended problems and solution focused outcomes.
Requisites
Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Pathways Teaching 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
24-February-2025
30-May-2025
30-May-2025
Last self-enrolment date
09-March-2025
Census date
21-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
02-May-2025
Results released date
10-June-2025
Pathways Teaching 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
23-June-2025
26-September-2025
26-September-2025
Last self-enrolment date
06-July-2025
Census date
18-July-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
15-August-2025
Results released date
07-October-2025
Pathways Teaching 3
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
20-October-2025
30-January-2026
30-January-2026
Last self-enrolment date
02-November-2025
Census date
14-November-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
12-December-2025
Results released date
10-February-2026
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Conduct basic scientific research using appropriate sources of data and interpret and synthesise these in terms of ongoing scientific debates
- Discuss and debate the most effective means of dealing with a sustainability issue that is addressed in the unit of study
- Identify, discuss, and generate solutions to engineering and design problems using sustainability solutions and prioritise these solutions in terms of social, economic and environmental factors
- Plan and design a solution to an engineering design problem, assess alternative design strategies in terms of economic, social and environmental factors and justify your design in terms of these factors and standard engineering principles and practices
- Appraise and assess the quality of your colleagues’ project work and reflect upon your own experiences within the unit and in your project team
- Use and improve your negotiation, communication, presentation, planning, design, management, research and analysis skills to form an effective part of a project team
- Develop basic skills in design and apply your skills to a design problem
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Face to Face Contact (Phasing out) Lecture | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| Face to Face Contact (Phasing out) Laboratory | 3.00 | 12 weeks | 36 |
| Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out) Independent Learning | 7.50 | 12 weeks | 90 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Folio | Individual | 20% | 3,5,7 |
| Major Project | Individual/Group | 45% | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
| Quizzes | Individual | 20% | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
| Reflective Piece | Individual | 15% | 1,2,3,4 |
Content
- Introduction to engineering as a profession including major sub-disciplines of engineering
- Introduction to sustainable and humanitarian engineering
- Introduction to design processes, design thinking and visualisation skills development to conceptually understand ill-defined problems
- Team based humanitarian engineering design project, learning to solve real-world engineering problems in challenging environments
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.