UWA Handbook 2027

Unit Overview

Description

This project unit is a capstone experience in which students integrate and apply knowledge and skills acquired in earlier units to a substantial real-world design challenge relevant to their discipline, mainly focusing on geotechnical design and mine planning of underground operations at pre-feasibility level. Students work in teams when required and are supervised by academic and industry mentors. Teams are responsible for managing their projects as well as reporting against milestones and preparing the necessary design and study documentation. The academic objectives of this unit are to lead students through a number engineering workshops, case studies, and group projects and to better prepare them for professional practice as engineers by application and integration of all aspects of mining engineering knowledge. The focus of the unit is to challenge students to really understand what they have learnt Some of the industry-recognized software for geotechnical underground mine design will be utilized.

Credit

6 points

Offering
(see Timetable)

Availability	Location	Mode
Semester 1	UWA (Perth)	On-campus

The timetable for this teaching period is not currently available. Please see the Important Dates page for the timetable release date and other key date information.

Outcomes

Students are able to (1) apply engineering synthesis and design processes relevant to mining engineering; (2) seek out the requirements and associated resources to assess the scope, dimensions, scale of effort and indicative costs of a complex engineering project; (3) apply technical knowledge, appropriate tools and problem-solving skills to achieve a desired outcome to satisfy user requirements; (4) apply project management tools and processes to the planning and execution of a design project; (5) conduct oneself in a professional manner; (6) critically analyse design inputs, processes and outputs; (7) locate and evaluate relevant standards and technical literature; (8) utilize discourse conventions relevant to the discipline; (9) communicate clearly, effectively and appropriately using written, oral and visual means; and (10) contribute to and/or manage a complex engineering project activity, as a member and/or leader of an engineering team.

Assessment

Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) mine design project 1 and (2) mine design project 2. Further information is available in the unit outline.

Student may be offered supplementary assessment in this unit if they meet the eligibility criteria.

Unit Coordinator(s)

Richard Butcher

Unit rules

Prerequisites

Enrolment in

62550 Master of Professional Engineering (Mining Engineering specialisation)

and Successful completion of

( MINE4401 Underground Mining
and MINE4404 Rock Mechanics

)
or
Enrolment in

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) or an associated Combined Degree and a WAM of at least 50

and Successful completion of

( GENG3000 Engineering Practice 3
and MINE3401 Underground Mining
and MINE3404 Rock Mechanics

)

Contact hours

Workshop 1: 4 hours per week
Workshop 2: 4 hours per week