Overview
The rapid development of technology continually influences and challenges how engineers practice. In this unit, you will learn about cutting-edge engineering projects incorporating multi-disciplinary teams, innovative methods to advance the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals, and the application of big data, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things. The unit will also present future expectations for practicing engineers such as becoming a Registered Professional Engineer, understanding risk management in a changing world, complying with legislation, and promoting safety in engineering design and workplace operations.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: ENEG11007 Industry Project Investigation OR ENEG12007 Creative Engineering.
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 - 2026
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).
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
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student Evaluation
Students valued the exposure to industry perspectives and practical examples during lectures and the team project assessment.
Recommend continuing to use industry guest speakers and applied project activities while ensuring their content remains clearly aligned with weekly learning outcomes.
Feedback from Student Evaluation
Students indicated that learning materials and weekly topics were sometimes difficult to prioritise or did not clearly link to the group project or their specific discipline.
Recommend reorganising Moodle resources into clearly prioritised core and supplementary sections and strengthening explicit links between weekly topics, project tasks, and discipline-specific examples to improve perceived usefulness and relevance.
Feedback from Student Evaluation
Students reported limited learning value from assessments and requested clearer and more timely feedback.
Recommend enhancing assessment feedback clarity by refining marking rubrics, providing brief in-class review of common assessment outcomes, and improving quiz and discussion forum feedback explanations to support learning from assessment tasks.