ENEL400-24W (C) Whole Year 2024

Electrical and Computer Engineering Research Project

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2024
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 17 March 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 25 August 2024

Description

This course is the capstone final year honours project. It involves research and design and develops skills in life-time learning.

The course is a team-based capstone research and development project, in which students develop applied professional problem-solving skills. There are no pre-existing solutions, paths, no standard recipes to follow.  Students apply research and design techniques in conjunction with the tools they have learned throughout their degree to find a solution to an industrial problem.

Students will work in teams with an academic supervisor and an external mentor, to solve an engineering problem set by an end-user.  This end-user is usually an outside company which sponsors the project.  The student team will use the knowledge from a number of the courses taken previously in the degree.

During the project, students will follow problem-solving processes used in industry.  They will research the problem, study existing solutions, develop a list of requirements and design a new, better solution.  They will also report back using progress reports, inspections and presentations on the design process.  Most projects build and test a prototype, and then verify and validate their design before writing a final report.

This course meets the criteria for Community and Work-Integrated Learning (CWIL) Courses.

Learning Outcomes

  • This course builds on the previous design courses at 200 and 300 level and is designed to form one integrated continuum.

    At the conclusion of this course you should be able to:

  • LO1: Conduct research and apply acquired knowledge to identify, address and define a complex, open-ended problem in engineering design. Consider the impact on society and the environment.  (WA1,WA2,WA5,WA6,WA7)

  • LO2: Ideate, develop and iterate to an innovative solution for the engineering design problem, employing various tools and strategies. Verify, test and validate the design against the project definition and include sustainability aspects. (WA3,WA4,WA5,WA6,WA7)

  • LO3: Effectively communicate within the team, acknowledging gender, cultural, skillset, and motivational differences, while professionally exchanging information through spoken, written and graphical means with external stakeholders.  (WA9,WA10)

  • LO4: Apply project management techniques that include tasks of coordinating meetings, managing documents including confidentiality, Intellectual Property (IP), time tracking, overseeing budgets, and cultivating a profound understanding of sustainable engineering. (WA7, WA10, WA11
    • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

      Employable, innovative and enterprising

      Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

      Engaged with the community

      Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.

      Globally aware

      Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

Final Year of Study and ENEL301

Restrictions

ENEL427, ENCE427

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 09:00 - 10:00 E8 Lecture Theatre
19 Feb - 24 Mar
Lab A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 10:00 - 17:00 Elec 204 ESL Lab (23/2-22/3, 26/4-31/5)
Elec 209 CAE Lab (23/2-22/3, 26/4-31/5)
Elec 110 Electrical Machines Lab (23/2-22/3, 26/4-31/5)
Elec 104 Power Electronics Lab (23/2-22/3, 26/4-31/5)
Elec 109 Automation Lab (23/2-22/3, 26/4-31/5)
19 Feb - 24 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun
Lab B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 10:00 - 17:00 Elec 204 ESL Lab (19/7-23/8, 13/9-27/9, 11/10-18/10)
Elec 209 CAE Lab (19/7-23/8, 13/9-27/9, 11/10-18/10)
Elec 210 Electronics Lab (19/7-23/8, 13/9-27/9, 11/10-18/10)
Elec 104 Power Electronics Lab (19/7-23/8, 13/9-27/9, 11/10-18/10)
Elec 109 Automation Lab (19/7-23/8, 13/9-27/9, 11/10-18/10)
Elec 110 Electrical Machines Lab (19/7-23/8, 13/9-27/9, 11/10-18/10)
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 29 Sep
7 Oct - 20 Oct
Presentation A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 17:00 - 18:00 K1 Lecture Theatre
19 Feb - 25 Feb
Presentation B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 07:30 - 17:30 Wheki 105 (4/10)
Wheki 106 (4/10)
Wheki 104 (4/10)
Wheki 102 (4/10)
Wheki 103 (4/10)
30 Sep - 6 Oct
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 08:00 - 09:00 Wheki 451
30 Sep - 6 Oct
Tutorial B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 15:00 - 16:00 E5 Lecture Theatre
13 May - 19 May
02 Friday 09:00 - 10:00 E5 Lecture Theatre
13 May - 19 May
Tutorial C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 11:00 - 12:00 E16 Lecture Theatre
15 Jul - 21 Jul
02 Friday 09:00 - 10:00 E6 Lecture Theatre
15 Jul - 21 Jul

Course Coordinator

Shayne Crimp

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Project Proposal 10%
Progress Report 15%
Progress Inspection 10%
Final Inspections 10%
Oral Presentations 10%
Formal Meetings 5%
Final Report 40%

Notes

A student may not attempt the Fourth Year project unless they will be completing their degree within 3 semesters or less.

Additional Course Outline Information

Mahi ā-Ākonga | Workload (expected distribution of student hours, note 30 points = 300 hours):

Contact Hours

Lectures: 10 hours
Tutorials: 8 hours
Research: 40 hours
Proposal: 8 hours
Progress Report: 20 hours

Project Inspections x 2: 20 hours
Final Report: 30 hours
Project management: 30 hours
Engineering Time: ≈150 hours

Total ≈316

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $2,393.00

International fee $12,000.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Electrical and Computer Engineering .

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