This course provides a framework for the interdisciplinary systems engineering program. It outlines the design process for an engineering product or service. The systems approach is used to give students an understanding of how to integrate the technical engineering disciplines required to solve complex problems. This approach is traditionally applied to highly technical engineering problems. However, students will also see how sustainable design principles can be introduced to the design process in order to accommodate environmental considerations.
Specific topics include:
- Systems engineering life-cycle and scoping
- Requirements engineering
- Functional definition and analysis
- Subsystem integration and attributes
- Verification and evaluation
- Design communication
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
1. Synthesise technical knowledge and whole-of-system methods to improve outcomes in design problems.2. Identify, generalise and adapt methodologies for describing designs and systems.
3. Review, analyse and construct arguments for design decisions and trade-offs, supported by evidence.
4. Research and become a topic expert within a project team to meet given deadlines.
5. Generate concise and coherent documentation for both a technical and general audience.
6. Design, research and defend an analysis of a complex contemporary engineering problem or system.
Professional Skills Mapping:
Mapping of Learning Outcomes to Assessment and Professional Competencies
Indicative Assessment
- Group project for a real-world client (25%)
- Individual design portfolio and oral defence (30%)
- Peer-learning Jigsaw Tasks (45%) including an Individual research paper, Peer-review, and Tutorial Facilitation
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Workload
Approximately 3 hours face-to-face, 4 hours of group work and 3 hours of independent study and preparation per weekRequisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Suggested Reading:- Blanchard, Benjamin S. & Fabrycky, Wolter J. Systems Engineering and Analysis (5th Edition), Prentice Hall International, 2011
- Hitchens, D.K., 2007, ‘Systems Engineering - A 21st Century Systems Methodology’, John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey.
- Stasinopoulos, P., Smith, M., Hargroves, K. and Desha, C., 2008. Whole System Design - An Integrated Approach to Sustainable Engineering, The Natural Edge Project, Earthscan, London.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 2
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $4410 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $5880 |
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