Final Year Research Project 1
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 24 hours On Campus + Blended
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2023 teaching periods
Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 2 |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
Aims and objectives
This unit of study aims to introduce students to engineering research through planning and managing an innovative engineering research project, using research methods and reflecting on broader professional issues related to the project. Research projects may involve: research intensive investigation, design and construction, development of a product or a software system. Overall it should provide a solution to an engineering problem.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
On Campus Workshop - Product Design students (4 hours x 12 weeks = 48 hours) | 2 | 12 | 24 |
On Campus Supervisor Meetings | 2 | 12 | 12 |
Online Live online Lecture | 1 | 12 | 12 |
Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 1 | 12 | 12 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Product Design students (6.5 hours x 12 weeks = 78 hours) | 7.5 | 12 | 90 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
Types | Individual/Group Role | Weighting | Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) |
Written Assignment | Individual | 10-20% | 1,2,3,4,5 |
Presentation | Individual/Group | 10-25% | 1,2,3,5 |
Progress Report | Individual | 50-70% | 1,2,3,4 |
Research Plan | Individual | 5-15% | 1,2,3,4 |
General skills outcomes
Content
The final year research project will be of an analytical, experimental, design or computational nature (or a combination of these), with significant elements of creativity and originality. Learning will take place primarily through independent research, guided by the student’s supervisor(s).
The unit is organised to have:
- Face to face seminars covering contemporary engineering issues and online seminars providing overview of research methods
- Weekly student/facilitator meetings in small teams
- Self-directed project based learning in small teams
- Presentations
- Industry speakers’ seminars.
The research component includes:
- The principles of engineering research
- Defining the research problem
- Reviewing the literature
- Research methodologies
- Ethics and plagiarism
- Planning a research project
- Communicating research outcomes
The contemporary issues in the engineering profession include:
- The role of a Professional Engineer
- Issues associated with professional engineering practice, including safety, ethical, legal, social, cultural and sustainability considerations
- Reflection and self-review practices
Study resources
- Reading materials.