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Please note that this Unit Profile is still in progress. The content below is subject to change.Overview
This unit aims to develop extensive skills and knowledge in mechanical engineering design. You will learn mechanical design principles in a professional context, including requirements analysis, concept development, detailed design, fabrication, testing, evaluation, and reporting. You will develop skills in 2D drafting, 3D solid modelling, rendering, and producing detailed assembly drawings of mechanical components. Additionally, you will be introduced to machine elements such as gears, bearings, cams, couplings, flywheels, mechanical seals, and their applications in various engineering contexts. You will undertake a team-based design and build project, applying sustainable mechanical design principles learned in this unit using advanced manufacturing methods such as 3D printing. Lectures and workshop sessions will provide the necessary material and support for the successful completion of the project.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisites: ENEG11005: Fundamentals of Professional Engineering, ENEG11008: Materials for Engineers, and ENEM12009: Structural Mechanics.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2025
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Unit evaluation
Students praised the unit's practical aspects, noting that the skills they acquired were valuable and directly applicable to their work placements.
The unit coordinator should enhance the practical side of the unit.
Feedback from Email and verbal feedback
Students complimented the format of lectures by combining drawing and modelling instructions where relevant and applicable.
The unit coordinator should follow the same teaching philosophy for the new unit development.
- Apply the formal principles of mechanical engineering design to translate user needs to design specifications
- Conceptualise and produce drawings of mechanical components and assemblies according to Australian Standards
- Use common Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software to model and render engineering components
- Analyse machine elements and explain the physical basis of their design, usage and safe operational limits
- Apply engineering design principles including limits, fits and tolerances to design, manufacture and assemble a machine component
- Work effectively in teams to professionally generate and communicate design concepts using suitable engineering terminology, symbols, and diagrams.
The Learning Outcomes for this unit are linked with the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standards for Professional Engineers in the areas of 1. Knowledge and Skill Base, 2. Engineering Application Ability and 3. Professional and Personal Attributes at the following levels:
Intermediate
2.4 Application of systematic approaches to the conduct and management of engineering projects. (LO: 3I 5I )
3.3 Creative, innovative and pro-active demeanour. (LO: 5I )
Advanced
1.1 Comprehensive, theory-based understanding of the underpinning natural and physical sciences and the engineering fundamentals applicable to the engineering discipline. (LO: 1A )
1.2 Conceptual understanding of the mathematics, numerical analysis, statistics, and computer and information sciences which underpin the engineering discipline. (LO: 1A 3A 4A )
1.3 In-depth understanding of specialist bodies of knowledge within the engineering discipline. (LO: 1A 2I 3A 4A 5A )
1.4 Discernment of knowledge development and research directions within the engineering discipline. (LO: 1A 2I 3I 4A )
1.5 Knowledge of engineering design practice and contextual factors impacting the engineering discipline. (LO: 1A 2A 3I 4A )
1.6 Understanding of the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds of sustainable engineering practice in the specific discipline. (LO: 1I 2A 3I 4A 5I )
2.1 Application of established engineering methods to complex engineering problem solving. (LO: 3A 4A 5A )
2.2 Fluent application of engineering techniques, tools and resources. (LO: 2A 4I 5I )
2.3 Application of systematic engineering synthesis and design processes. (LO: 1I 2I 3A 4A 5I )
3.2 Effective oral and written communication in professional and lay domains. (LO: 5A )
3.4 Professional use and management of information. (LO: 5A )
Note: LO refers to the Learning Outcome number(s) which link to the competency and the levels: N – Introductory, I – Intermediate and A - Advanced.
Refer to the Engineering Undergraduate Course Moodle site for further information on the Engineers Australia's Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineers and course level mapping information https://moodle.cqu.edu.au/course/view.php?id=1511
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||
| 3 - Project (applied) - 50% | ||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||||