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ENEX13003 - Mechanical Design Practice

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit aims to develop extensive skills and knowledge in mechanical engineering design. You will learn mechanical design principles in a professional context, including requirements analysis, concept development, detailed design, fabrication, testing, evaluation, and reporting. You will develop skills in 2D drafting, 3D solid modelling, rendering, and producing detailed assembly drawings of mechanical components. Additionally, you will be introduced to machine elements such as gears, bearings, cams, couplings, flywheels, mechanical seals, and their applications in various engineering contexts. You will undertake a team-based design and build project, applying sustainable mechanical design principles learned in this unit using advanced manufacturing methods such as 3D printing. Lectures and workshop sessions will provide the necessary material and support for the successful completion of the project.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisites: ENEG11005: Fundamentals of Professional Engineering, ENEG11008: Materials for Engineers, and ENEM12009: Structural Mechanics.

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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2025

Term 2 - 2025 Profile
Mackay
Online

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).

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.

Assessment Tasks

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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%).

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Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 50.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 26.67% response rate.

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.

Source: Student Unit and Teaching Evaluation & personal communications
Feedback
Students praised that the unit contents were very practical and closely related to their potential job requirements.
Recommendation
The unit coordinator should further endeavour to identify practical skills and knowledge required from the industry and include these identified aspects in the unit for continued improvements.
Action Taken
The assessment item was updated for students to work on the state-of-the-art project in an emerging area of mechatronics.
Source: Student Unit and Teaching Evaluation
Feedback
Students liked the resourceful content and hands-on tutorial activities for nourishing skills in 3D modeling and simulations.
Recommendation
More case studies will be introduced in the lectures and more hands-on step-by-step tutorial activities will be provided to enhance students' learning experience.
Action Taken
Non-linear FEA analysis was introduced and included in the assessment. A step-by-step tutorial was provided for students to replicate the process.
Source: Student Unit and Teaching Evaluation & personal communications
Feedback
Students who did not take ENEM12009 felt disadvantaged.
Recommendation
ENEM12009 should be added as a prerequisite unit.
Action Taken
ENEM12009 was added as a prerequisite unit.
Source: Student Unit and Teaching Evaluation & personal communications
Feedback
Some of the students pointed out that some of the assessment tasks and expectations were not clear.
Recommendation
Assessment items should be reviewed and revised to clarify tasks and expectations. Furthermore, each assessment item should have a marking rubric.
Action Taken
A marking rubric for each assessment was provided to clarify what was required.
Source: Private emails and formal unit feedback.
Feedback
Students appreciated learning new numerical modeling methods, including non-linear FEA analysis.
Recommendation
The unit coordinator should strive to improve the quality of the instructions and further relate more practical applications to these analyses.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Formal unit feedback and self-reflection.
Feedback
The deployment of the final assessment item could have been earlier and its tasks could be more clear.
Recommendation
The unit coordinator should make sure the final assessment item is available for students before the census date and the detailed marking rubric can be accessible at the same time.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Private emails and formal unit feedback.
Feedback
Students pointed out the difficulty level of the assessment items.
Recommendation
The unit coordinator should inform students of the expected time commitment to completing each assessment and should organise a separate session to explain tasks and expectations for the assessment items.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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