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ENG5881

Faculty of Engineering

18 September 2017 27 April 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 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.

Monash University

12 points, SCA Band 2, 0.250 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Engineering

Coordinator(s)

Professor Joshua Le-Wei Li

Offered

Malaysia

  • Second semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

Students undertake a self-guided learning task in the form of a project in this unit. Projects will consist of either a design, theoretical or experimental investigation in the broad area of energy and sustainability. The project may be undertaken within the School or externally with a company or research organization.

Outcomes

At the end of this unit, students should be able to:

  • conduct an independent, scientifically based research project by extending their current specialization to the energy and sustainability area
  • undertake an extensive review of relevant scientific literature and critically analyze its relevance to the project work
  • apply sound scientific method and research practices to undertake project work
  • manage a research project effectively within technical, budgetary, risk and time constraints
  • communicate ideas and results of their work to a professional audience

Assessment

Continuous Assessments: 100 %

Workload requirements

12 hours of independent study per week.

See also Unit timetable information

Chief examiner(s)

Prof Tom Drummond

Prerequisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Prohibitions

None