Course Title: MicroNanoEngineering Major Project
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: MicroNanoEngineering Major Project
Credit Points: 48.00
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
EEET2435 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
172H School of Engineering |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 2 2018, Sem 1 2019, Sem 2 2019, Sem 1 2020 |
Course Coordinator: Dr Taimur Ahmed
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 3206
Course Coordinator Email: taimur.ahmed@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Availability: E-mail for an appointment.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
To be eligible to enrol in this course:
1. You must have completed a minimum of 144 Credit Points as a full-time student or 120 Credit Points as a part-time student of the MC206 program,
2. You must have selected MicroNanoEngineering as a project area during EEET1142 Thesis Preparation and Problem Solving and passed the course.
It is also desirable to have engaged in conversation with a potential research project supervisor in the previous semester, and undertaken courses they have recommend as optional pre-requisites.
Course Description
The MicroNanoEngineering major project enables the focused pursuit of a research topic with impact in the fields of micro/nanoscale science and technology. The project is conceptualised in consultation with a research project supervisor, and can be a standalone project or part of a larger research effort. The course will enable skills development in areas of micro/nanoscale science and technology through literature review, formulation of research questions, experimental or simulation based research, critical analysis of results, and scientific presentation in written and oral forms.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
This course and its assessment develop the following Program Learning Outcomes:
- High levels of technical competence in the field
- Be able to apply problem solving approaches to work challenges and make decisions using sound engineering methodologies
- Be able to apply a systematic design approach to engineering projects and have strong design skills in the chosen discipline specialisation.
- Communicate effectively across all modes: listen, speak, write and draw
- Apply the principles of lifelong learning to any new challenge
- Balance the technical, economic, social and ethical demands of a problem in sustainable and culturally sensitive ways.
On completion of this course you would be able to
- Formulate a research question or problem
- Perform literature review
- Identify possible solutions and their trade-offs
- Plan experiments or tasks to evaluate the solutions
- Design and/or implement the final solution
- Test and critically evaluate the final solution
- Maintain detailed records and logs of all activities
- Perform research independently
Overview of Learning Activities
You will undertake the following learning activities:
• Literature review,
• Research question formulation,
• Research methodology implementation,
• Results analysis and discussion,
• Reporting of results and outcomes in written form, and
• Presentation of project outcomes
Overview of Learning Resources
The learning resources available to you include:
• Research project supervisor
• Technical staff
• Laboratory facilities
• Computer software and hardware facilities
• Research literature through the library
Overview of Assessment
Assessment of the project is based on:
- Project report/thesis and/or related publications
- Project presentations
- Performance rating from research project supervisor
- Outcomes rating from independent academic assessor