| Semester 1, 2023 Springfield On-campus | |
| Units : | 1 |
| School or Department : | School of Engineering |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
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Overview
The rationale for this course is to motivate students by fostering creativity and introducing conceptual design, sustainable design in engineering, industrial design, computer aided design and drafting early in the course. Early training and practice in the engineering design method, the introduction to engineering handbooks and commercial catalogues is necessary for a foundation to which students can relate future studies in the more advanced courses of the program. Engineers need skills in graphical communication and spatial vision in the practice of their profession.
This fundamental engineering course introduces the principles and methods of engineering design. Students will be given the opportunity to experience engineering design methods in a multi-disciplinary environment. This course involves students in a number of hands-on design and engineering projects through individual and team activities. Design/project work will be complemented with the development of the student's drafting skills and CAD expertise. In this course, students acquire skills in areas of engineering design, drafting/CAD, report writing, decision-making and problem solving.
Course learning outcomes
The course objectives define the student learning outcomes for a course. On completion of this course, students should be able to:
- design solutions to simple conceptual design problems using creativity and structured design approaches considering human centred design, sustainability and industrial design aspects
- demonstrate basic drafting skills using free hand sketching and computer aided drafting software
- prepare and read drawings in orthographic projection, construct auxiliary views and produce drawings of simple objects in pictorial views
- accurately interpret standard engineering drawings including Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams
- communicate proposed solutions to engineering problems in oral and/or written reports
- demonstrate effective team participation
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Basic skills of drafting including hand sketching | 5.00 |
| 2. | Orthographic projection | 10.00 |
| 3. | Pictorial and auxiliary views | 10.00 |
| 4. | Assembly drawings | 10.00 |
| 5. | Standard Engineering Drawings | 10.00 |
| 6. | The design process | 30.00 |
| 7. | The creative process | 5.00 |
| 8. | Human factors in design | 10.00 |
| 9. | Sustainable design in engineering | 5.00 |
| 10. | Industrial design | 5.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
The course content related to CAD is based on the specific software. The computing and internet capability required to download and use the software is available on the UniSQ website by searching 'Hardware and Software'. The use of alternative software will require compliance with specifications in the assessments and approval of the examiner. Training in the use of alternative software will be the responsibility of the student.
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tech and/or scntific artefact 1 | No | 10 | 2,3 |
| Tech and/or scntific artefact 2 | No | 15 | 2,3 |
| Design A1 of 2 | Yes | 25 | 1,2,3,5,6 |
| Design A2 of 2 | Yes | 25 | 1,2,3,5,6 |
| Tech and/or scntific artefact 3 | No | 25 | 2,3,4 |