Undergraduate - UnitENG3206 - Civil and environmental engineering design

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Engineering
Organisational Unit	Department of Civil Engineering
Offered	Gippsland Second semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Zhigang Xiao

Synopsis

This unit is designed to build upon the earlier units in the Bachelor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Program to enhance students' professional capabilities in design as expected of a graduate civil/environmental engineer. Students are expected to apply the knowledge and experience gained in the various sub-discipline areas of civil and environmental engineering units to a specific project. This unit will also help develop a range of more generic skills including teamwork and communication. Students will work in small groups to plan and develop designs relevant to the various sub-disciplinary areas of the course. Designs will typically involve analysis, calculations and preparation of engineering drawings plus communication of the process via written and oral reports.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit, students are expected to be able to:

Design a civil/environmental engineering project;
Generate practical designs in the sub-disciplines of structural, geotechnical, transport, water and environmental engineering;
Produce design calculations and drawings to the requirements of the profession and Australian standards;
Appreciate and be responsive to client requirements in a project environment;
Function effectively as a team member to achieve specified objectives within time and resource constraints;
Apply analysis and design knowledge gained over previous years in the course; and
Communicate effectively with specialists and non-specialists by way of written and oral reports and drawings.