To pass this unit, students must:

• Complete all assessment tasks. Failure to complete all assessment tasks will result in a maximum final result of 45 FA.

• Pass the threshold quiz.

• Attend and actively participate in a minimum of 10 out of 12 tutorial classes. Each class involves a significant component of collaborative work, peer review, and team decision making. Absence from the class impacts your team and prevents you from demonstrating learning outcomes 4 and 5 throughout the project. Failure to meet the attendance requirement will result in a maximum of 45% of the available marks in the group component of assessment.

Self and peer review of team contribution: All group assessments require you to review your performance and that of your team members using Sparkplus. Individual marks for group assessments will be adjusted based on these reviews.

Stage 1: Context and precedents (individual) - An individual report detailing your interpretation of the project brief, key contextual factors and a review of previous engineering solutions to similar challenges.

Stage 2: Engineering requirements and evaluation of options (group) - In Stage 2 you will form a team, collectively review the skills base that your team has and determine how this can be leveraged to address your selected project focus. You will present a revised problem definition, a list of preliminary engineering requirements, and an evaluation matrix of initial ideas to your tutor in class during week 5.

Stage 3: System/concept design (group, trade show) - Developing further the initial ideas generated by your team, you will put forward a concept design, system design, or policy/practice recommendation for external review in an online trade show event. Your design or recommendation will be reviewed by peers, staff and external contributors during the trade show. It should be supported by suitable short-form documentation (drawings, annotated diagrams, flow charts, presentation slides etc.), initial feasibility analysis, and preparedness among team members to address questions posed by staff and peers.

Stage 3 Peer Review: As part of the Stage 3 submission, you must peer review the concept designs of two other teams. Your peer reviews will be marked by the tutor.

Stage 4: Implementation plan (group + individual) - Following feedback on your stage 3 submission you will have identified many of the limitations of your current ideas and have a better sense of what needs to be done next. In stage 4 you will develop a detailed written submission outlining a plan to take your proposal from concept to reality. This will involve timelines for work to be done, a detailed risk analysis, stakeholder management plans, and financial requirements.

Stage 5: Critical comparative review (individual) - A structured report critiquing your own team’s stage 4 submission by comparing it with those produced by other teams. The report will also include a personal reflection on how key concepts in the unit and skills you have learned elsewhere in your degree were implemented within your project.

Threshold quiz: A short in-class quiz on basic concepts required for the stage 4 submission. All students must achieve a pass mark, multiple attempts are allowed.