UWA Handbook 2025

Unit Overview

Description

The project 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 the civil infrastructure, such as pavement, transportation and drainage designs. Students work in teams, typically with four to six members, and are supervised by an academic and/or industry mentor. Teams are responsible for managing their project as well as reporting against milestones and preparing the necessary design documentation. The academic objectives of the project are to lead students through a systematic engineering design and synthesis process and to better prepare them for professional practice as engineers. The focus of the unit is the delivery of outcomes to a professional standard.

Credit

6 points

Offering
(see Timetable)

Availability	Location	Mode
Semester 1	UWA (Perth)	Face to face

Outcomes

Students are able to (1) apply technical knowledge, engineering synthesis and design processes, appropriate tools and problem-solving skills relevant to civil engineering to achieve a desired outcome to satisfy user requirements

; (2) seek out the requirements and associated resources to assess the scope, dimensions, scale of effort and indicative costs of a complex engineering project in civil infrastructure design; (3) apply relevant standards, regulations, technical literature and safety requirements to a complex engineering project; (4) apply project management tools and processes to the planning and execution of a design project; (5) demonstrate ethical conduct and professional accountability; (6) communicate clearly, effectively and professionally using written, oral and visual means; and (7) contribute to 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) online quizzes; (2) group presentation; and (3) reports. 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)

Professor Yuxia Hu

Unit rules

Prerequisites

Enrolment in

62550 Master of Professional Engineering (Civil Engineering specialisation)

and Successful completion of

CIVL4430 Transportation and Pavement Engineering

or
Enrolment in

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

and Successful completion of

( 120 points
and GENG3000 Engineering Practice 3
and CIVL4430 Transportation and Pavement Engineering

)

Advisable prior study

GENG2009 Principles of Geomechanics
or ENSC3009 Geomechanics

Contact hours

lectures: 2 hours per week
practical classes: 2 hours per week