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Electrical Engineering Capstone ProjectA (ELEN90070)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 1
Robert Schmid
Email: rschmid@unimelb.edu.au
Elaine Wong
Email: ewon@unimelb.edu.au
Robert Warfield
Email: rewarf@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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AIMS
This subject provides students with the opportunity to integrate technical knowledge and generic skills gained in earlier years. This is to be achieved within the context of an engineering project conducted in a small team (typically two or three students) under the supervision of either a member of academic staff and where appropriate an industry partner. The project component of this subject is supplemented by a lecture course dealing with project management tools and practices, organisational structures, engineering standards and the social and environmental responsibility of professional engineers.
INDICATIVE CONTENT
Topics include: Technical report writing, engineering design planning and conducting experiments and test, data acquisition and analysis, public speaking, project presentation skills.
This subject has been integrated with the Skills Towards Employment Program (STEP) and contains activities that can assist in the completion of the Engineering Practice Hurdle (EPH).
ELEN90070 Electrical Engineering Capstone Project A is of year-long duration; students commence this subject in Semester 2 and continue in the consecutive semester (Semester 1 in the following year). Upon successful completion of this project, students will receive 25 points credit. Students wishing to undertake this subject should also complete the lecture component of the subject in Semester 1 in the following year.
Intended learning outcomes
INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES (ILOs)
Having completed this subject it is expected that the student be able to:
- Conduct an electrical engineering project
- Effectively communicate the outcomes of various stages of an engineering project
- Apply standard engineering project management tools
- Identify standard organisational structures and the relative merits of different approaches
- Describe the role of standards in engineering projects
Generic skills
Upon completion of this subject, students will have developed the following skills:
- Ability to communicate effectively, not only with engineers but also with the community at large;
- In-depth technical competence in at least one engineering discipline;
- Ability to undertake problem identification, formulation and solution;
- Ability to utilise a systems approach to design and operational performance;
- Ability to function effectively as an individual and in multidisciplinary and multi-cultural teams, with the capacity to be a leader or manager as well as an effective team member;
- Understanding of the social, cultural, global and environmental responsibilities of the professional engineer, and the need for sustainable development;
- Capacity for independent critical thought, rational inquiry and self-directed learning;
- Intellectual curiosity and creativity, including understanding of the philosophical and methodological bases of research activity;
- Openness to new ideas and unconventional critiques of received wisdom.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Prerequisites for students admitted into the B-ENG Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) are:
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ELEN30013 | Electronic System Implementation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PLUS
ANY three other study-level 3 Electrical Engineering subjects
PLUS
At most 112.5 points remaining to complete the degree and the student can be graduated on completion of Capstone Project.
Prerequisites for students admitted into the MC-ENG Master of Engineering (Electrical) or (Electrical with Business) are:
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ELEN90066 | Embedded System Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
(ELEN90066 can be taken concurrently)
PLUS
ANY three other study-level 9 Electrical Engineering subjects
PLUS
At most 112.5 points remaining to complete the degree.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ELEN90067 | Electrical Engineering Capstone Project | Year Long (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- Individual continuous assessment of the lecture component of the subject, comprising submitted work not exceeding 25 pages over Semester 1 (approximately 45-50 hours of work per student), worth 20%;
- Individual oral assessment of duration at most 15 minutes per student, towards the end of Semester 1 (approximately 35-40 hours of work per student), worth 10%;
- A group oral presentation of duration at most 30 minutes, towards the end of Semester 1 (approximately 35-40 hours of work per student), worth 15%;
- A group preliminary report not exceeding the sum of 10 pages per student plus 20 pages (excluding appendices), due two weeks before the oral presentation, worth 10%;
- A final group report not exceeding the sum of 15 pages per student plus 30 pages (excluding appendices) due at the beginning of the Semester 1 examination period, worth 45% (The preliminary report and final report require approximately 180-200 hours of work per student).
Hurdle requirement: In order to pass the subject, students must receive a mark of at least 40 out of 80 for the components related to the project (i.e. the individual oral assessment, the group oral presentation and public display, the preliminary report and the final report).
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) 1, 2, and 3 are assessed in all assessment components. ILOs 4 and 5 are primarily assessed in the continuous assessment of the project management component of the course.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Elaine Wong Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 12 x one-hour lectures in Semester 1 Total time commitment 400 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
Robert Schmid
Email: rschmid@unimelb.edu.auElaine Wong
Email: ewon@unimelb.edu.auRobert Warfield
Email: rewarf@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
400 hours
Additional delivery details
ELEN90070 Electrical Engineering Capstone Project A is only available for students who enrol in ELEN90070 prior to 2017.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Subject notes
LEARNING AND TEACHING METHODS
The subject is delivered through one-hour lectures in Semester 1, and meetings with academic project supervisors.
INDICATIVE KEY LEARNING RESOURCES
Students are provided with laboratory manuals and data sheets as appropriate to experiments, and access to textbooks and journal papers through the library system.
CAREERS / INDUSTRY LINKS
Exposure to electrical engineering in industry, and research laboratories through collaborative projects with external co-supervision arrangements. Students are encouraged to take industry based projects.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Informal specialisation Master of Engineering (Electrical) Specialisation (formal) Electrical with Business Informal specialisation Master of Engineering (Electrical with Business) Specialisation (formal) Electrical
Last updated: 3 November 2022