Course overview
In the two-semester M.Eng Research Project, students undertake an AQF9 research project and demonstrate deep discipline understanding in their field of study. Students work directly under the supervision of world-leading research academics, with potential for industry collaboration. These courses strengthen and apply the project management and research skills of the students with a focus on engineering communication and the integration of advanced technical methodologies.
Course learning outcomes
- Explain the research methodology that should be employed when undertaking a technical research project
- Critically review current literature relevant to a proposed research project
- Define and scope a research project from vague descriptions of problems that the research needs to address
- Design numerical or physical experiments to verify any theory or hypotheses developed as part of the project
- Apply the appropriate software tools or instrumentation necessary to obtain sensible results from the physical or numerical experimental work
- Use error analysis on the experimental or numerical results and identify the major contributing factors to any errors
- Write up and summarise the results of a research project in the form of a technical paper
- Write a properly laid out and formatted technical report detailing the research project and all aspects of the work undertaken to achieve the results
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate the results of the project verbally in the form of a seminar to colleagues
- Recognise the need to undertake lifelong learning