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ENEG11009 - Fundamentals of Energy and Electricity

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General Information

Overview

In this unit, you will learn how to apply fundamental laws of physics related to energy and electricity using authentic engineering problems. You will be introduced to the concepts of heat, energy, work, energy conversion and laws of thermodynamics. You will apply energy principles of rotational motion, simple harmonic motion and oscillations. You will learn the concepts of voltage and current and use Kirchhoff’s laws to analyse simple direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) electrical circuits. You will also learn the operation of electrical machines such as motors and generators and how to select a machine for a given application. Throughout this unit, you will be using experimental and measurement techniques to investigate relevant physical phenomena and learn how they can be used in practice to solve engineering problems. This unit will also provide you with opportunities to develop communication skills through collaborative teamwork and opportunities to create professional documentation through laboratory reports. Mixed-mode students are required to attend the compulsory Residential School.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate

Unit Level: Level 1

Credit Points: 6

Student Contribution Band: 8

Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

There are no requisites for this unit.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

Offerings For Term 2 - 2020

Bundaberg

Cairns

Gladstone

Mackay

Online

Rockhampton

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Website

This unit has a website, within the Moodle system, which is available two weeks before the start of term. It is important that you visit your Moodle site throughout the term. Please visit Moodle for more information.

Class and Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Class Timetable

Regional Campuses

Bundaberg, Cairns, Emerald, Gladstone, Mackay, Rockhampton, Townsville

Metropolitan Campuses

Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney

Assessment Overview

1. Online Quiz(zes)

Weighting: 10%

2. Online Test

Weighting: 25%

3. Practical and Written Assessment

Weighting: 25%

4. Take Home Exam

Weighting: 40%

Assessment Grading

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.

CQUniversity Policies

All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.

You may wish to view these policies:

Grades and Results Policy
Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
Review of Grade Procedure
Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure

Feedback

Improve the clarity of assessment requirements.

Recommendation

A separate paragraph will be added to the assignment to further clarify the assessment requirements describing the expectations in detail.

Unit Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

Solve well defined engineering problems in work, energy and heat transfer
Apply physical and circuit laws to find electric fields, electric potentials and currents in Direct Current (DC) circuits
Calculate simple capacitor and inductor dimensions and transient behaviour of Resistor-Capacitor (RC) and Resistor-Inductor (RL) circuits
Analyse simple Alternating Current (AC) circuits
Solve problems related to rotational motion and electrical machines
Conduct scientific experiments to investigate physical phenomena using safe work practices
Work individually and collaboratively in a team to produce professional laboratory documentation including error analyses.

The learning outcomes are linked to Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies and also discipline capabilities. You can find the mapping for this on the Engineering Undergraduate Course Website.

Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes

N/A Level

Introductory Level

Intermediate Level

Graduate Level

Professional Level

Advanced Level

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes

Assessment Tasks	Learning Outcomes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1 - Online Test - 25%
2 - Practical and Written Assessment - 25%
3 - Online Quiz(zes) - 10%
4 - Take Home Exam - 40%

Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes

Graduate Attributes	Learning Outcomes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1 - Communication
2 - Problem Solving
3 - Critical Thinking
4 - Information Literacy
5 - Team Work
6 - Information Technology Competence
7 - Cross Cultural Competence
8 - Ethical practice
9 - Social Innovation
10 - First Nations Knowledges
11 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes

Assessment Tasks	Graduate Attributes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1 - Online Test - 25%
2 - Practical and Written Assessment - 25%
3 - Online Quiz(zes) - 10%
4 - Take Home Exam - 40%

Textbooks and Resources

Textbooks

Prescribed

Fundamentals of Energy and Electricity

1st Edition (2016)
Authors: R. Knight
Pearson Education Australia
ISBN: 9781488616006
Binding: eBook

Additional Textbook Information

This is a custom design eBook especially for this unit. This textbook include material from the following 3 Physics text books. "College Physics: A Strategic Approach" by Knight, Jones and Field. "Physics: Principles with Applications", by Giancoli, and "Principles and Practice of Physics" by Mazur. This book only available in eBook format and you need to purchase this directly through Pearson Education online. More information about purchasing the book will be available in the unit Moodle site.

IT Resources

You will need access to the following IT resources:

CQUniversity Student Email
Internet
Unit Website (Moodle)

Referencing Style

All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)

For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.

Teaching Contacts

Shaminda De Silva Unit Coordinator
s.desilva@cqu.edu.au

Schedule

Week 1

Begin Date: 13 Jul 2020

Module/Topic

Events and Submissions/Topic

Progressive Test 2 opens Monday 6:00 am AEST

Online Laboratory Quiz 2 opens Monday 6:00 am AEST

Week 5

Begin Date: 10 Aug 2020

Capacitors and RC circuits

Chapter

Part 1 - Chapter 21 & 23

Events and Submissions/Topic

Online Laboratory Quiz 3 opens Monday 6:00 am AEST

Week 7

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Take Home Examination

Term Specific Information

This unit is being offered fully online during this term due to prevailing Covid-19 situation.

Assessment Tasks

1 Online Quiz(zes)

Assessment Title

Online Progressive Tests

Task Description

The assessment is accessible via the unit Moodle site and comprises of a set of online multiple choice questions on the

topics covered each week. These progressive tests are an important activity to check and enhance your comprehension.

The progressive tests are an integrated part of the study to test on the key aspects of each topic. Accurately completing

the Progressive tests are vital for proper preparation for In-class test and end of term examination.

Each online progressive test quiz weights (2%) of your final mark (10% in total). Each progressive test will be available

up to 1 week after the relevant fortnight to allow some study flexibility. For example progressive test on topics covered

in Week 1 and 2 will close at the end of Week 3. Each attempt will include questions randomly selected from a set of

related problems. Correct answers will be available immediately after you complete the test. Further details of the assessment

will be available on the unit Moodle site at the beginning of the term.

Each progressive test has set time to complete and once a student start a test, it will close after the set time.

Once started, a test cannot be paused in the middle. Students are strongly advised to sufficiently cover the

material related to each test before starting the test.

You can attempt each test 2 times, within the given time frame as specified in the schedule.

Final mark will be the highest of all the attempts

If you encounter any difficulty with network access during tests, contact the unit coordinator at your earliest convenience.

Number of Quizzes

Frequency of Quizzes

Other

Assessment Due Date

Suggested date and time will be notified and confirmed via the unit Moodle site.

Return Date to Students

Results are available immediately after the completion of each progressive test

Weighting

10%

Assessment Criteria

No Assessment Criteria

Referencing Style

Harvard (author-date)

Submission

Online

Learning Outcomes Assessed

Solve well defined engineering problems in work, energy and heat transfer
Apply physical and circuit laws to find electric fields, electric potentials and currents in Direct Current (DC) circuits
Calculate simple capacitor and inductor dimensions and transient behaviour of Resistor-Capacitor (RC) and Resistor-Inductor (RL) circuits
Analyse simple Alternating Current (AC) circuits
Solve problems related to rotational motion and electrical machines

Graduate Attributes

Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Information Technology Competence

2 Online Test

Assessment Title

Mid-term Examination: Online Moodle Quiz

Task Description

The assessment is accessible via the unit Moodle site and comprises of a set of online multiple choice questions on the

topics covered from Week 1 to Week 5. Students are required to answer analytical and numerical

questions to demonstrate their theoretical knowledge and analytical and problem solving skills.

This test is an important activity to check and enhance your comprehension.

This test is an integrated part of the study to test on the key aspects of each topic.

This test weights 25% your final mark. This test will be available for a limited time in Week 7 and students need to attend this Moodle based Online quiz in real time. (For example this test will be available ONLY on Week 7 Monday from 9 AM to 11 AM). Further specific details (including day and time) of the assessment will be available on the unit Moodle site at the beginning of the term.

Test will include questions randomly selected from a set of related problems.

Test has a set start time and end time. It will close after the set end time.

Students are strongly advised to sufficiently cover the material related to test before the test.

If you encounter any difficulty with network access during tests, contact the unit coordinator at your earliest convenience.

Assessment Due Date

In Week 7. Suggested date and time will be notified and confirmed via the unit Moodle site.

Return Date to Students

We strive to release the assessment marks in 2 weeks after due date

Weighting

25%

Minimum mark or grade

25%

Assessment Criteria

Correct answers

Correct format

Application of correct methods and procedure.

All questions must be attempted and each question in the test will be assessed separately.

Need to score more than 25% to PASS this assessment

Referencing Style

Harvard (author-date)

Submission

Online

Learning Outcomes Assessed

Solve well defined engineering problems in work, energy and heat transfer
Apply physical and circuit laws to find electric fields, electric potentials and currents in Direct Current (DC) circuits

Graduate Attributes

Communication
Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Information Literacy
Information Technology Competence

3 Practical and Written Assessment

Assessment Title

Laboratory Activities, and Laboratory Report

Task Description

This assessment item covers topics from 1 to 10.

Online (Zoom based) laboratory sessions will be held at various times, as directed by the unit Moodle site, through the term. In case of online students online (zoom based) laboratory sessions will be conducted during Week 7 (Residential school period) All the information regarding the laboratories will be provided to the students via the unit Moodle site. Attendance to Online sessions (Zoom based) for Laboratory exercises and activities are compulsory for both Online students and On campus students.

Laboratory reports of students who did not attend the Online laboratory sessions will not be accepted for marking and will be awarded zero marks.

Students will be working in teams during the laboratory sessions.
Attendance for Online laboratory sessions are compulsory and marks will be given for attendance.
Students also need to complete a set of laboratory exercise based online quizzes to complete this assessment task. This is an individual assessment. Each student needs to complete four online laboratory quizzes before due date and marks will be given for completing the quizzes correctly.
Students need to submit a Team laboratory report (one report per lab group) for this assessment by the due date and marks will be given for this report as well.
Marks scored from attending online laboratory sessions, completing online quizzes, completing and submitting team laboratory report will be used to calculate individual student's marks for this assessment.
Students need to score equal or more than 50% for this assessment to PASS this unit.
This assessment weights 25% of your final marks.

Further details of the laboratory exercises will be posted on the unit Moodle site.

If you encounter any difficulty with network access during online quizzes, contact the unit coordinator at your earliest convenience.

Assessment Due Date

Week 12 Wednesday (7 Oct 2020) 11:45 pm AEST

Return Date to Students

Two weeks after submission

Weighting

25%

Minimum mark or grade

Combined marks from attendance, laboratory exercise based online quizzes and laboratory report need to be more than 50% to PASS this unit

Assessment Criteria

Laboratory exercises will be graded using the following criteria:

Proper formatting and structuring of reports.
Have neat, legible and tidy work and presentation in the laboratory work.
Correct workings, answers, and solutions.
Correct description of laboratory procedures.
Where appropriate show the calculated values based on theory and compare them against the measured values.
Appropriate discussion of laboratory results.
Proper use of references.
All laboratory exercises must be attempted.

Combined marks from attendance, Laboratory Exercise based Online Quizzes and Laboratory Report need to be more than 50% to PASS this unit.

Referencing Style

Harvard (author-date)

Submission

Online Group

Submission Instructions

As a single PDF document

Learning Outcomes Assessed

Conduct scientific experiments to investigate physical phenomena using safe work practices
Work individually and collaboratively in a team to produce professional laboratory documentation including error analyses.

Graduate Attributes

Communication
Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Information Technology Competence
Ethical practice

4 Take Home Exam

Assessment Title

Take Home Examination

Task Description

This is an individual assessment accessible via the unit Moodle site and comprises of a set of questions on the topics covered from Week 6 to Week 12. Students are required to answer analytical and numerical questions to demonstrate their theoretical knowledge and analytical and problem solving skills.This test is an important activity to check and enhance your comprehension. This test is an integrated part of the study to test on the key aspects of each topic.

This take home exam weights 40% your final mark. This exam will be available for a limited time during Exam week and students need to attend this examination during that time. (For example this examination questions will be released on exam week either Monday or Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday of Friday at 9 AM. Exam answers should be submitted to Moodle within the specified examination time period. In addition, students should submit their scanned detailed solution and workings within the allowed time period to Moodle). Further specific details (including days and times) related to this assessment will be published on the unit Moodle site.

Take home examination will have essay type questions.
Students are supposed to answer all the questions through the unit Moodle site.

Students need to copy the questions to your workbook (or blank papers) and solve the problems in your workbook.

Students need to include all steps of your workings and final answers.

Students should scan the workings and answers to a single PDF file and upload it.

Take home examination has a set start time and answer/workings submission link will be closed after the end time.

Students are strongly advised to sufficiently cover the material related to test before the test.

If you encounter any difficulty with network access during tests, contact the unit coordinator at your earliest convenience.

Assessment Due Date

During the University examination period

Return Date to Students

Two weeks after submission

Weighting

40%

Minimum mark or grade

50%

Assessment Criteria

Take home examination will be graded using the following criteria:

Proper formatting and structuring.
Have neat, legible and tidy work and presentation.
On time submission.
Correct workings, answers and solutions.
Correct description of procedures.
Appropriate discussion of results.
Proper use of references.
All questions must be attempted.

Referencing Style

Harvard (author-date)

Submission

Online

Submission Instructions

As a single PDF file

Learning Outcomes Assessed

Calculate simple capacitor and inductor dimensions and transient behaviour of Resistor-Capacitor (RC) and Resistor-Inductor (RL) circuits
Analyse simple Alternating Current (AC) circuits
Solve problems related to rotational motion and electrical machines

Graduate Attributes

Communication
Problem Solving
Critical Thinking

Academic Integrity Statement

As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.

Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.

When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.

Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.

As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.

What is a breach of academic integrity?

A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.

Why is academic integrity important?

A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.

Where can I get assistance?

For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.