Capstone Design Project A unit (JEE667)

Introduction

You will work as part of an engineering team on a complex railway control systems challenge set by an industry partner. You will negotiate project scope with the industry host, elicit stakeholder requirements, and define the technical constraints and interfaces, taking into account the interfaces with adjacent engineering disciplines. You will develop and evaluate concept options against safety, regulatory, operational, lifecycle cost, environmental and community criteria. You will then produce a preliminary design and a plan for delivery, supported by scheduled technical and design reviews.

Through this work you will apply systems engineering methodology, safety-critical design principles, and regulatory compliance frameworks to the early phases of a railway project. The unit culminates in a justified project proposal and preliminary design. The detailed design, verification and validation, and the industry showcase are completed in Capstone Design Project B.

Summary

Unit name	Capstone Design Project A
Unit code	JEE667
Credit points	12.5
College/School	Sciences and Engineering Australian Maritime College
Discipline	National Centre for Maritime Engineering and Hydrodynamics
Coordinator	Mr Martin Crees-Morris
Delivered By
Level	Postgraduate

Learning Outcomes

• Analyse stakeholder requirements, technical constraints and system interfaces to identify project requirements, integration challenges and critical dependencies.
• Evaluate alternative railway control system design approaches using systems engineering, safety and regulatory frameworks.
• Formulate a project solution and implementation strategy that addresses operational, technical, compliance, environmental and community requirements.
• Manage a railway control systems project, exercising professional autonomy and technical judgement.

Fee Information

Field of Education	Commencing Student Contribution 1,3	Grandfathered Student Contribution 1,3	Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution 2,3	Domestic Full Fee 4
			not applicable

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Requisites

Prerequisites

50 credit points of core units

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	Delivery mode This unit is delivered online. It is project-based and team-delivered, supported by scheduled synchronous weekly supervision and design reviews rather than recorded lectures. It is offered part-time, one unit per study period, in Semester 1. Volume of learning The unit carries 12.5 credit points, equivalent to 150 hours of total student learning, consistent with UTAS workload requirements. The majority is supervised and independent project work, with the balance in review activities and assessment preparation.
Assessment	Initial Concept Proposal (30%)|Project Review meeting (30%)|Concept Report (40%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	Required readings will be listed in the unit outline prior to the start of classes.

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