Course overview
This course offers students the opportunity to carry out a research project. Students are strongly encouraged to develop their own proposals in line with current or expected professional interests. The final project title and outline must be approved by the Academic Director of the program. It shall be conducted under the supervision of one of the academic staff and may be undertaken outside the University (for example, with an industrial host or sponsor) as long as adequate contact is maintained with the academic supervisor. Evaluation of the project will be conducted jointly by the relevant academic staff and industry practitioners.
Course learning outcomes
- Complete a research/development project using graduate-level engineering skills
- Apply an advanced level of theoretical and technical knowledge to devise systematic solutions to complex engineering problems
- Demonstrate autonomy, well-developed judgement, adaptability, and responsibility as a professional engineer
- Demonstrate autonomy, well-developed judgement, adaptability, and responsibility as a professional engineer
- Demonstrate the ability to work cooperatively and flexibly as a member of a team, contributing to team leadership as the situation requires
- Demonstrate the ability to formally communicate, in both oral and written formats, advanced concepts of the engineering discipline to both technical and nontechnical audiences
- Apply project management techniques to devise and synthesise engineering solutions to complex, open ended problems