Master of Engineering – Professional (Renewable Energy)

This course will prepare you as practising engineer to project manage the development of solutions in the workplace. You will be introduced to engineering project management theory, considering issues and challenges throughout a project life cycle. You will consider the project responsibilities of engineering managers and organisations, from the definition phase of a project to its conclusion. The emphasis is interdisciplinary and relevant to all fields of engineering practice.

This course covers the preparation of engineering contracts to deliver and procure engineering outcomes. Students will develop a knowledge of market analysis, tenders and work breakdown structure. Engineers in every field will have to work with engineering contracts in their career thus the content of this course will be directly applicable to everyone.

Students must obtain suitable professional practice, inclusive of associated activities such as specified professional development activities. Professional practice is typically conducted offsite. Professional Practice duration: 60 days (12 weeks). Students will engage in industry work placements and activities to meet the course objectives and learning outcomes.

This course explores the creation and commercialisation of new engineering concepts. Students will start practicing the theories of creative and idea generation, as applied to a project. Students will then practice the business skills and tools required to lead and launch an engineering venture. Teams will work as small startups, but the course will also examine the role of innovation in large organisations.

This course is designed to enable you to develop and demonstrate advanced teamwork, design and analysis skills. A topical and challenging project will be selected from a larger pool of proposals by each of the teams of multi-disciplinary engineers. The course will simulate an engineering working environment with teams reporting progress at regular intervals to the course coordinator, who will assume the role of project manager.

This course is the first course of a larger capstone engineering project. It will develop your knowledge and skills to undertake an engineering research project. You will apply advanced knowledge of an area of engineering relevant to your discipline and of relevance to external stakeholders. It may include computational engineering, laboratory work, design, analysis and site visits. It will equip you with highly developed research and analytical skills relevant to engineering problems and will ensure you have the basic skills needed to undertake a higher research degree.

This course is the second part of a larger capstone engineering project. It will develop your knowledge and skills to undertake an engineering research project. You will apply advanced knowledge of an area of engineering relevant to your discipline and of relevance to external stakeholders. It may include computational engineering, laboratory work, design, analysis and site visits. It will equip you with highly developed research and analytical skills relevant to engineering problems and will ensure you have the basic skills needed to undertake a higher research degree.

This course explores the concept of risk, how it is assessed and managed with a particular emphasis on how to mitigate risks in a project management setting.