Principles of Engineering Design
Semester 2, 2018
Staff
Teaching schedule
Lectures:
Monday, 9:00-10:00AM, FPAA/260-115
Tuesday, 11:00-12:00, FPAA/260-115
Tutorial (2h per week):
Days:Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
Rooms: 303.G13, 303.G14, 303.G15, 303.G16
Calendar notes
An introduction to the principles of design as a fundamental part of engineering practice and a foundation for subsequent design courses. Students are also introduced to essential drawing skills and CAD, and complete group-based design projects. Topics include systems life cycle, design, and introductions to professional issues such as health and safety, ethics, sustainability, cultural diversity, communication, leadership, and teamwork. .
Intended learning outcomes |
Related graduate attributes |
Related assessments |
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1. To develop skills in engineering sketching, drawing, and graphical representation so that students are able to: a. Interpret elevation, plan and section views of 3D objects b. Create graphical projections of 3D objects onto 2D images c. Interpret and use engineering notation and symbols on working drawings d. Use CAD packages to generate working drawings for simple mechanisms |
ENGA01: engineering knowledge (1) ENGA03: design and solution development (4) ENGA05: modern tool usage (2) ENGA10: communication (2) ENGK05: engineering design (4) |
Quiz Homework 1 Test - Drawing Homework 2 Design Project 1 Design Project 2 Design Project 3 Design Project 2: Presentation |
2. To develop understanding of the engineering design process through a. Understand and incorporate stakeholder requirements and conceptual design situations b. Create, hypothesise, brainstorm a set of solutions c. Analyse, compare and critique the solutions against the design brief, prioritising key features d. Incorporate knowledge of safety, risk, sustainability, ethics, environmental and cultural aspects into the constraints of the design brief and analysis e. Create a physical prototype or model, test and evaluate performance and failure mechanisms. f. Complete feedback loop incorporating testing into redesign, where required. |
ENGA01: engineering knowledge (1) ENGA02: problem analysis (1) ENGA03: design and solution development (4) ENGA09: individual and team work (4) ENGA10: communication (2) ENGK05: engineering design (4) ENGP03: depth of analysis required (1) ENGP06: conflicting stakeholder requirements (2) |
Design Project 1 Design Project 2 Design Project 3 Design Project 2: Presentation |
3. To develop professional engineering work practices and principles a. Keep detailed and tidy workbooks which clearly communicate design ideas, calculations, and instructions to others, b. Work efficiently in a small team of students, behaving courteously to team members and fulfilling individual responsibilities. |
ENGA08: ethics (1) ENGA09: individual and team work (4) ENGA10: communication (2) ENGK06: engineering practice (1) ENGK07: societal roles and obligations (2) |
Design Project 1 Design Project 2 Design Project 3 Design Project 2: Presentation |
Coursework
Coursework is 60% of the assessment, which consists of
Online quiz 1% (due 25 July 2018 11:00 AM)
Homework 1 2% (due 1 August 2018 11:00 AM)
Test 10% (on 6 August 2018 6:30 - 7:30 PM)
Homework 2 2% (due 15 August 2018 11:00 AM)
Design Project 1 10% (due 10 September 2018 9:00 AM)
Design Project 2 15% (due 24 September 2018 9:00 AM; oral presentation during Week 9 tutorial)
Design Project 3 20% (due 72hours before Week 12 tutorial)
Exam rules
Exam 40% (Closed book. 2 hours. Restricted calculators.)
Inclusive learning
Students are urged to discuss privately any impairment-related requirements face-to-face and/or in written form with the course convenor/lecturer and/or tutor.
Other assessment rules
To pass the course, you must get at least 45% in the exam. If your exam mark is less than
45%, your grade will capped at 45% i.e. D+.
Coursework may be scaled to ensure uniform marking in all tutorial streams.
Academic integrity
The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting his or her learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the world-wide web. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against electronic source material using computerised detection mechanisms. Upon reasonable request, students may be required to provide an electronic version of their work for computerised review.
All students enrolled at the University of Auckland are required to complete a compulsory Academic Integrity course, usually in their first semester/year of enrolment. The University of Auckland’s full guidelines on procedures and penalties for academic dishonesty are available here.
Actions shared/based on previous feedback
All feedback of the students were read and discussed by the teaching team. Most of them are positive, but there are several things that can still be improved to facilitate the learning of the students. Most of the actions to be taken this semester will be in improving the tutorials and better timeframe of requirements in the course.
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