SEE210 - Power Engineering Design

Unit details

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Last updated: 4 March 2022

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Credit point(s):2
EFTSL value:0.250
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Shama Islam
Prerequisite:

SEB101 and SIT194 and one unit from SEJ102 or SEE103

Corequisite:

SEE010 or SEJ010

Incompatible with:

SEE207

Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 300 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

2 x 2 hour seminars per week, 1 x 2 hour studio per week.

Scheduled learning activities - cloud:

Online independent and collaborative learning including 1 x 2 hour seminar per week.  Students must attend and participate in project-based activities at the Waurn Ponds (Geelong) Campus for the scheduled sessions during the trimester intensive activities as detailed in the unit site.

Content

SEE210 is a project/design-based unit. Students have the opportunity to engage in a Power Engineering Design Project. Students will investigate from power sources, transformers, transmission and distribution through to the final consumer.

Students are required to work in a team of 3-5 students facilitated by an academic staff member. Students will be learning in teams and will be assessed both individually and as a team.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Apply specialised knowledge and technical competence in proposing engineering solutions to a range of electrical engineering problem scenarios.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO2

Collaborate as a member of a team to learn
researchevaluateand use information effectively to propose solutions to problem scenarios.

GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO7: Teamwork

ULO3

Communicate project details through the use of oral and written communication to a professional audience.

GLO2: Communication

ULO4

Integrate Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) and work responsibly and safely in engineering environments to demonstrate professionalism. (practical)

GLO6: Self-management

ULO5

Develop, implement and complete a project management strategy for evaluating stakeholders needs using an engineering project team based approach.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO7: Teamwork

These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Project design plan (group) Collaborative written project plan, 6-page maximum 15% Week 5
Design problem solving tasks Two 2-hour online written problem solving tasks 30% (2 x 15%) Weeks 6 and 12
Project validation presentation Oral presentation 30% Week 10
Final report (group) Written report, 2,500-word maximum 25% Week 12

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Hurdle requirement

To be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit, students must achieve a minimum of 50% in the project validation presentation assessment task.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SEE210 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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