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Project 2 and Seminar in Aerospace Eng

AERO5902

A student enrolled in AERO5901 Project 1 & Seminar in Aerospace Engineering in his/her first semester should continue with the smae project in the second semester. Projects 1 & 2 and seminar in Aerospace Engineering aim to develop an understanding of carrying out aerospace engineering projects, enhance students' ability in handling complex engineering cases and in technical organisation and communication, and to provide students an opportunity to understand project research. Engineering skills to be developed include the capacity to define a research question, showing how it relates to existing knowledge, identifying the tools needed to investigate the question, carrying out the research in a systematic way, analysing the results obtained and presenting the outcomes in a report that is clear, coherent and logically structured. The project is undertaken across two semesters of enrolment, in two successive Units of Study of 6 credits points each. Project 1 and seminar in Aerospace Engineering covers first steps of thesis research starting with development of research proposal. Project 2 and seminar in Aerospace Engineering covers the second of stage writing up and presenting the research results. Students are required to write a thesis based on a research project in aerospace engineering. Some projects will be experimental in nature, others may involve computer-based simulation, feasibility studies or the design, construction and testing of equipment. Direction of project work may be determined by the supervisor or be of an original nature, but in either case the student is responsible for the execution of the practical work and the general layout and content of the thesis itself. The final thesis must be the student's individual work, although research is sometimes conducted in the framework of a group project shared with others. Students undertaking research on this basis will need to take care in ensuring the individual quality of their own research work and the final thesis submission. The thesis will be judged on the extent and quality of the student's original work and particularly how critical, perceptive and constructive he or she has been in assessing his/her work and that of others. Students will also be required to present the results of their findings to their peers and supervisors. It is not expected that a thesis at this level will represent a significant contribution to new knowledge; nor is it expected that theses will resolve great intellectual problems. The timeframe available for the thesis is simply too short to permit students to tackle complex or difficult problems. Indeed, a key aim of the project is to specify a research topic that arouses sufficient intellectual curiosity, and presents an appropriate range and diversity of technical and conceptual challenges, while remaining manageable and allowing achievable outcomes within the time and resources available. It is important that the topic be of sufficient scope and complexity to allow a student to learn their craft and demonstrate their research skills. Equally imperative is that the task not be so demanding as to elude completion.

Unit of study details

Unit of study level: Postgraduate

Credit points: 6

Commencing semesters: 1, 2

Further unit of study information

Unit of study handbook: AERO5902

Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships

Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates

Available for study abroad and exchange: Yes

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