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Engineers Australia accreditation guidelines require Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Engineering Technology students to show that they are capable of ‘personally conducting and managing an engineering project to achieve a substantial outcome to professional standards'. At CQUniversity the Final Year Engineering Project (FYEP) is an individual project. To complete the project, students must successfully complete the project planning course, then complete the implementation course.
To enroll in the project planning course a student must first:
Course codes and course names are:
| Bachelor of Engineering Technology | Bachelor of Engineering (including Co-op) |
| ENTG13002 Technology Project Planning | ENEG14003 Engineering Project Planning |
| ENTG13001 Technology Project Implementation | ENEG14005 Engineering Project Implementation |
NOTE: You cannot enroll in these courses directly through CQUcentral because you need to have both a viable project and a supervisor from the beginning of term or it will be difficult to complete work on time. You should send your project outline and supervisor(s) name to the Course Coordinator (Step 6 above) by the end of Week 1 of term. If you are enrolled and you find that your project or supervisor cannot continue you must withdraw from the course before census date to avoid academic penalty.
When you choose a project, keep in mind its main purpose is to SHOW that you are capable of "personally conducting and managing an engineering project to achieve a SUBSTANTIAL outcome to professional standards". This means that you need a project that satisfies two main criteria:
If the project you choose involves a ‘routine' design or involves unproblematic testing and analysis, you will most likely not receive a high grade, so think about how the scope of your project can be enhanced to allow you to best demonstrate your capabilities. Discuss this with your academic supervisor.
Past project titles: This link lists titles of projects completed in the past, it may help you develop some ideas for your own project.
How should I find my supervisor?
It is your responsibility to find an academic supervisor for your project. You should first approach academic staff who have taught you in areas related to your project. You can email them and arrange a meeting or phone call to discuss your topic. You should ask for an email from the staff member indicating that they will supervise your project. It will be easier to find a supervisor if you begin your search early, there are limits on the numbers of project students a supervisor can take on. If after some email requests you can't find a supervisor, compile evidence of your attempts and sent an email to the course coordinator asking for assistance.
You will need an academic supervisor for your project. If you have arranged an industry project or a project with your employer, you may also ask for an industry supervisor to advise you and help you obtain resources.
What is required in my project outline?
The project outline can be written as a email showing the title of your project and a description of 150 to 200 words. It is important to get the description on paper so that you can work with your academic supervisor (and industry supervisor) to discuss the project, clarify any questions they may have and make an initial assessment of the project to work out whether it will be suitable. Note that your planning course will give you time to investigate scope the project and that during the planning phase you may find that you need to change or expand the scope or reduce the scope significantly to give you a project that both allows you to adequately demonstrate your capabilities and can be completed with the time and resources available. On your completed outline, include your name, the course code, the course name, the term for enrolment and the name(s) of your supervisors and send it to the Projects Course Coordinator.
Who is the course coordinator: Final Year Engineering Projects?
The Projects Course Coordinator is Mr Ian Devenish
Email: i.devenish@cqu.edu.au
What is the extent of my responsibility for the project?
You will need to show that you are "personally conducting and managing an engineering project". This means that you must be proactive and take control of your project. This will be easier if the project is something you are really interested in, so start thinking about finding a good project topic some time before you enroll in the planning course. The project is not like other courses where you have a teacher leading you through the work week by week. You will need to work out your own schedule, and make adjustments as problems arise to show your professional capacity to deliver a project on time. You can call on your supervisor for advice, but you have to make the decisions. A supervisor is likely to have basic knowledge of the project area and will understand how to investigate and develop projects in general, but the student will develop more detailed technical knowledge of the project.
The Course Profiles show assessment requirements in detail.
Keep in mind that the course is about assessment of what you have learned; it is about assessment of the professional capabilities you have developed, not just about the result of the project or what you did. Your final project assessment will be done by your supervisor and at least three moderators. The moderators will not know about all the discussions what went on between you and your supervisor, their assessment will be based on your thesis and the evidence you provide to the moderators of what you did in your project and why you did it. And while it is important to describe clearly what you did and the outcomes of your work, what they will really be looking for is evidence of the thinking processes behind your project choices and decisions. They will want to know WHY you did what you did, and you will need to present this clearly.
NOTE: In engineering workplace practice, the focus of a project is on the outcome, the design or the results of a test or an investigation. The thinking behind workplace project decisions may be discussed by the project team and may be recorded informally in notes and sketches but this educational assessment project is different. The way you think about your project is the richest indicator we can have of what you have learned, so it is important that you record and explain your thinking about the project.
What are the course requirements?
The Course Profile for each course shows the basic requirements and deadlines for submission for each project course. This link will take you to CQUniversity course profiles, then find the relevant courses for your program:
What is involved in industry-based projects?
An industry-based project can be a project sponsored by your employer. Alternatively it can be a project sponsored by a client who wants some work done. In each case, you will have an industry liaison person who will assist you to obtain resources and information. Such liaison persons who are also engineers may also assist you as an industry supervisor.
The role of the industry supervisor is to provide technical advice and support. The role of the academic supervisor is to provide teaching assistance and to assess students work. Every project student must have an academic supervisor appointed by the University.
If you have a prospective industry project and your industry liaison person or industry supervisor have concerns or questions about what is expected of them, email the projects course coordinator to arrange for them to discuss requirements.
Some industry projects may require confidentiality agreements to protect intellectual property and/or manage political consequences of possible findings. If your industry supervisor is concerned, the University can offer confidentiality agreements to cover the different circumstances that may occur.
In the workplace, engineers undertake many different kinds of projects. Typical patterns of project activity can be:
These patterns of project activities can be suitable for final year projects. These titles may stimulate some ideas for your projects
Recent Civil Project Titles
Recent Electrical Project Titles
Recent Mechanical Project Titles
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