ENGGEN 115 : Principles of Engineering Design
Engineering
2025 Semester Two (1255) (15 POINTS)
Course Prescription
Course Overview
- careful research of ALL aspects of the problem, including technical, social, economic, and environmental;
- creative idea generation and documented selection of the best ideas to carry forward;
- detailed design using theoretical analysis, prototyping, and testing;
- clear communication of your design using engineering and business tools.
- Spatial visualisation: fundamental drawing systems, interpreting and sketching isometric drawings, interpreting orthographic drawings and views.
- 3-D Solid Modelling, CAD: the modelling, assembly, and rendering capability of advanced 3-D computer-aided design software.
- Detailed Drawings: generating orthographic and isometric drawings from a 3-D solid model, line styles and dimensioning, and analysis of detailed drawings.
- Engineering Analysis: choosing and applying a technical analysis to better understand and make design decisions.
- Presentations: communicating ideas and concepts through visual materials and spoken presentations.
- Engineering Design in Industry: how engineering design is applied in different engineering specializations and industries.
- Professional engineering work practices: working in teams, identifying constraints, and clear communications.
- Lectures (1 hour each) will start out at three per week, but reduce over the semester to two per week then one per week to allow students to concentrate on project work.
- Tutorials (2 hours each), once per week during the entire semester, will provide hands-on practice in design tasks and time and space to work on design projects.
- Drop-in Clinics (1-2 hours each) will provide support for drawing and 3-D CAD modules.
Capabilities Developed in this Course
| Capability 3: | Knowledge and Practice |
| Capability 5: | Solution Seeking |
| Capability 6: | Communication |
| Capability 7: | Collaboration |
| Capability 8: | Ethics and Professionalism |
Learning Outcomes
- Understand and apply the engineering design process to form creative approaches to novel problems. (Capability 3.1, 5.1 and 7.1)
- Utilise sketching, drawing, and graphical representation to clearly communicate engineering ideas. (Capability 6.1)
- Understand and apply professional engineering work practices and principles. (Capability 7.1 and 8.1)
Assessments
| Assessment Type | Percentage | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Quizzes | 5% | Individual Coursework |
| Test | 15% | Individual Test |
| Design Project | 45% | Group & Individual Coursework |
| Final Exam | 35% | Individual Examination |
| 4 types | 100% |
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcome Addressed | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
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- A passing mark is 50% or higher, according to University policy.
- To pass the course, you must get at least 50% in the exam. If your exam mark is less than 50%, your grade will be capped at D+.
- Students must sit the exam to pass the course. Otherwise, a DNS (did not sit) result will be returned.
- All mark queries in each coursework must be lodged within two weeks after the grades are released on Canvas or BEFORE the final examination day, whichever is earlier.
- Coursework may be moderated to ensure uniform marking in all tutorial streams.
- Hours late -> Penalty (penalty will be multiplied by your total score for the assessment)
- > 0 hours to ≤ 2 hours -> 10%
- > 2 hours to ≤ 24 hours -> 20%
- > 24 hours to ≤ 48 hours -> 50%
- > 48 hours -> 100%
Workload Expectations
This course is a standard 15 point course and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week involved in each 15 point course that they are enrolled in.
For this course, you can expect 24 hours of lectures, 24 hours of tutorial, 26 hours of reading and thinking about the content and 76 hours of work on assignments and/or test preparation.
Delivery Mode
Campus Experience
Attendance is expected at scheduled activities including tutorials to complete components of the course.
Lectures will be available as recordings. Other learning activities including tutorials will not be available as recordings.
The course will not include live online events including group discussions and tutorials.
The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable.
Learning Resources
Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).
Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.
Course lecture notes will be provided for each lecture and will be the primary reference material for the course.
Health & Safety
Students must ensure they are familiar with their Health and Safety responsibilities, as described in the university's Health and Safety policy.
Student Feedback
At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.
Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.
Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.
- Course organisation will be improved.
- Marking will be more consistent, and verbal and written feedback will be improved.
- More examples from industry and of good design practice will be provided.
Other Information
- Two pencils: thick (2B) and thin (HB). Mechanical pencils can be used instead. For drawing thick lines we recommend the 0.7mm pencil with 2B leads. For thin lines, use 0.5mm pencil with HB leads.
- Ruler; preferably 30cm long. Avoid using flexible rulers.
- Eraser and erasing shield. The erasing shield can help you erase lines precisely without aecting other parts of your drawing.
- At least one 1J5 quad book.
Academic Integrity
The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework, tests and examinations as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against electronic source material using computerised detection mechanisms. Upon reasonable request, students may be required to provide an electronic version of their work for computerised review.
Class Representatives
Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.
Inclusive Learning
All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.
Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz
Special Circumstances
If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.
If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.
This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.
Learning Continuity
In the event of an unexpected disruption we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and your assessment is fair, and not compromised. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the University Website for information about how to proceed.
Student Charter and Responsibilities
The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.
Disclaimer
Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.
In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.