Course Title: Engineering Sustainability in Aviation
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Engineering Sustainability in Aviation
Credit Points: 12.00
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
AERO2461 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
115H Aerospace, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2013, Sem 2 2015, Sem 2 2016 |
AERO2461 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
172H School of Engineering |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 2 2017, Sem 2 2018, Sem 2 2019, Sem 2 2020, Sem 2 2021, Sem 2 2022, Sem 2 2023 |
Course Coordinator: Dr Annie Liang
Course Coordinator Phone: -
Course Coordinator Email: man.liang@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: B251.03.021
Course Coordinator Availability: Email for appointment
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None.
Course Description
The aviation industry is growing rapidly in the global economy with the emergence of new Low-Cost Carriers and the increasing strength of major airlines growing their fleets to meet the current demands of travel. This has implications on the environment and climate change. The future of the aviation industry depends on aircraft and engine manufactures, airlines, airports, their respective suppliers and policy makers being able to make this growth sustainable and address the issues of climate change and other environmental impacts of the aviation industry. The aviation and the aerospace industry have taken positive steps towards minimising the effects of environmental impact. This course discusses the current steps being taken to address environmental issues in the aviation and the aerospace industry, the technological advancements being made towards a sustainable future and the effect of policies like a carbon tax on industry.
This course also aims to teach important skills that will enable you to operate effectively as a professional within the aviation work environment both nationally and internationally. All professionals are technically competent in a particular specialist area; however, technical skills are only part of the range of skills that aviation professionals use every day. They are also required to work in teams to solve complex problems and communicate their solutions effectively. This course emphasises analytical, communication and team-working skills necessary for a successful accomplishment of aviation/aerospace projects in industrial, scientific and regulatory organisations.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes
1 Needs, Context and Systems
- Describe, investigate and analyse complex engineering systems and associated issues (using systems thinking and modelling techniques)
- Exposit legal, social, economic, ethical and environmental interests, values, requirements and expectations of key stakeholders.
- Identify and assess risks (including OH&S) as well as the economic, social and environmental impacts of engineering activities
2 Problem Solving and Design
- Develop creative and innovative solutions to engineering problems
- Anticipate the consequences of intended action or inaction and understand how the consequences are managed by aviation organisations.
- Develop and operate within a hazard and risk framework appropriate to engineering activities
3 Analysis
- Comprehend and apply advanced theory-based understanding of engineering fundamentals and specialist bodies of knowledge in the selected discipline area to predict the effect of engineering activities
- Apply underpinning natural, physical and engineering sciences, mathematics, statistics, computer and information sciences.
- Demonstrate effective team membership and team leadership
4 Professional Practice
- Initiate, plan, lead or manage engineering activities
- Understand the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds of contemporary engineering practice in the specific discipline
- Apply systematic approaches to the conduct and management of engineering projects
- Demonstrate effective team membership and team leadership
- Communicate in a variety of different ways to collaborate with other people, including accurate listening, reading and comprehension, based on dialogue when appropriate, taking into account the knowledge, expectations, requirements, interests, terminology.
- Display a personal sense of responsibility for your work
- Demonstrate orderly management of self, and professional conduct.
5 Research
- Plan and execute a substantial research-based project, with creativity and initiative in new situations in professional practice and with a high level of personal autonomy and accountability
- Be aware of knowledge development and research directions within the engineering discipline.
- Develop creative and innovative solutions to engineering challenges
- Assess, acquire and apply the competencies and resources appropriate to engineering activities
- Demonstrate professional use and management of information.
- Acknowledge (clearly) your own contributions and the contributions from others and distinguish contributions you may have made as a result of discussions or collaboration with other people
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Collect and elaborate information relevant to the aerospace and aviation community with focus on engineering sustainability aspects.
- Conduct detailed analysis and surveys to assess technology trends and identify potential solutions to key contemporary issues in aviation/aerospace.
- Communicate effectively and confidently (both orally and in writing) with the aerospace and aviation industries, national/international organisations (e.g., scientific, technical and regulatory) and also with other communities at large.
- Examine, identify and formulate problem statement, assessment and solutions.
- Outline a systems approach appropriate to aerospace and aviation industries operational practices.
- Synthesise information from various resources to identify solutions to problems within the aerospace and aviation community.
- Develop knowledge, methodologies and principles to various tasks within aerospace and aviation industries operational practices.
Overview of Learning Activities
You will learn this course through pre-recorded lectures, directed reading, live lectorials, flipped classrooms and discussion, and an investigative research assignment. The learning process is reinforced through problem-based learning using case studies.
Overview of Learning Resources
Course-related resources will be provided on the course Canvas. These will include course notes, and other learning materials generated by the course lecturer(s), references, and approved links to useful material on external web-sites.
Overview of Assessment
This course has no hurdle requirements.
Assessment tasks
Assessment Task 1: Quizzes.
Weighting: 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs: 3, 6, 7.
Assessment Task 2: Assignment.
Weighting: 50%
This assessment task supports CLOs: 1 - 7.
Assessment Task 3: Questionnaire.
Weighting: 30%
This assessment task supports CLOs: 2, 4 - 7.