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42003 Engineering Graduate Project

Learning objective 1: Independently or as a part of the team identify and apply relevant research methodologies to an engineering project.

Learning objective 2: Design and conduct appropriate research activities e.g experiments, data collection and analysis as part of project implementation.

Learning objective 3: Apply engineering project management skills e.g time management, risk control in a real life problem-solving context.

Socially Responsible: FEIT graduates identify, engage, and influence stakeholders, and apply expert judgment establishing and managing constraints, conflicts and uncertainties within a hazards and risk framework to define system requirements and interactivity. (B.1)

Design Oriented: FEIT graduates apply problem solving, design thinking and decision-making methodologies in new contexts or to novel problems, to explore, test, analyse and synthesise complex ideas, theories or concepts. (C.1)

Teaching and learning strategies

In collaboration with an academic advisor, students will implement their research plans to the Engineering Graduate Project. Students are expected to develop their learning approaches and deliverables with guidance from their academic advisor. Regular project meetings should be scheduled throughout the duration.

Assessment task 1: Final Project Report
Intent: To document, to academic standard, a professional engineering project to demonstrate competencies expected of an experienced professional engineer.

Task: Students write a professional report documenting their academic research projects. The report will include introduction, literature review, findings, discussions, conclusions and recommendations. The report should be formatted as suitable to submit to an academic journal, including references as per APA style.

Task - Project Report

Report Components
• An introductory section about the background of the engineering problem addressed
• A literature review section addressing the state-of-the-art of research relating to the research question and establishing the relevance and significance of the project
• A methodology section defining the research design and the methods of data collection and processing
• An analysis section presenting the result of data processing leading to the major findings of research
• A discussion section justifying validity of research findings (this is only one function of a discussion section, not the only function )
• A concluding section which outlines how the project results have addressed the research question and provides recommendations for future research and/or professional practice.

Knowledge
• Appropriate research methodology
• Robustness of research design
• Systems thinking
• Validity and value of research findings within domain

Content
• Literature review
• Data collection
• Data analysis
• Synthesis of data into relevant results/findings

Written communication features
• Clear definition and focus of the research question
• Clear analysis and synthesis
• Critical perspective on research
• Clear justification of research methodologies
• Convincing arguments for the significance of the research
• Appropriate academic language
• Well structured (presentation and organisation) and correct referencing as per Harvard-UTS style
• Length of the final report should have a body of at least 7000 words

An outstanding 42003 Final Project Report provides the reader a comprehensive and insightful understanding of each of the components.
The report resembles a highly professional publishable work. The report presents clearly focused research work justified by scholarly acknowledged research methodology. The report demonstrates highly proficient engineering problem-solving competencies and systems thinking. The report presents original knowledge that has the potential to be applied to real engineering contexts. Language use is highly appropriate and professional. The report communicates its intentions with clarity. The report is extremely well presented and organised. Accurately referenced throughout.

Attachment:- Engineering Graduate Project.rar