ENGG3800- Team Project II
Teaching Staff
|
Dr Aleksandar Rakic (Course
Coordinator) |
Team
List
Tutors: Donald Cook (head
tutor) s4059481@student.uq.edu.au
David
Belvedere s4076728@student.uq.edu.au
Chris Garber s4034617@student.uq.edu.au
Aaron Tighe s4076986@student.uq.edu.au
The
Product
ENGG3800 is a
learning-by-doing class that endeavours to teach issues in management,
teamwork, communication and design by giving teams of four students the
opportunity to design and build a complete product in a loosely structured team
environment. It follows the same course structure as ENGG2800, but with a
product design challenge that is more difficult. The increase in complexity of
the product design reflects not only your improved technical knowledge from
your studies, but also your improved ability in design, teamwork and time
management gained from your ENGG2800 experience. ENGG3800 is an opportunity to
learn from the mistakes that you may have made in ENGG2800.
Team Project courses
address a wide range of goals for the learner from personal development to
technical experience. Working in a team you may be only lightly exposed to some
technical skill areas, while deeply developing your abilities in other
technical areas. You will be responsible for your learning - choose your areas
of expertise and interest in conjunction with your team. The goals related to
personal development, on the other hand, are the core learning goals for the
course that will relate to every member of the team. During this course you
will:
·
Experience
working in a small but diverse team.
·
Practice
informal team building skills.
·
Resolve
conflicts and negotiate solutions.
·
Develop
formal meeting skills.
·
Write
formal technical reports.
·
Plan
a complex project to a fixed timeline and budget.
Assumed Background
Prerequisite: 3E220 or 3E291
or ELEC2800 or ENGG2800 or COMP2800
Incompatible: COMP3800 or ELEC3800 or METR3800 or
3E391
Recommended Prerequisite: COMP1300 or COMP2300 or
CSSE1000
Resources
Consultation
Tutors are available for
consultation in the P timetable slot from 8-10am on Tuesday mornings. Outside
this time contact the head tutor by email. The lecturer is generally available
before and after the appointed lecture time for quick questions, or during the
Question and Answer sessions.
Web
This course web site
contains all of the information required to complete the course. You should
investigate it thoroughly. Use the tabs under "In This Section" to
the left of the screen to drill down to all of the essential information for
this course.
Newsgroup
The course newsgroup is
uq.itee.engg3800. This group is available on both the University and School
news servers (news.uq.edu.au and news.itee.uq.edu.au). Students are free to
post questions (and answers!) to the newsgroup. Copies of important
announcements that are posted to the newsgroup will be archived on the course
web page (below). The teaching staff will monitor the newsgroup. Students are
encouraged to collectively solve problems using the newsgroup - staff will only
intervene when necessary.
Lectures
·
The
lectures will be used to provide material to assist in teamwork, report
preparation and various technical skills. The lectures will also be used as
Question and Answer sessions where the students can ask the lecturer for
technical assistance in areas where they are lacking background necessary for
the project. Lectures are run in conjunction with METR3800.
·
The lectures are held on Tuesdays in Room 07-222 from 10 am to 12 noon.
Lab
You can use the facilities
in the lab 47-104 and 47-103. To gain access you will have to go
through the Occupational Health and Safety procedures detailed at http://studenthelp.itee.uq.edu.au/ohs/
.
Team Meetings
They are held on Thursdays
in room 78-411 or 78-420. A
meeting schedule
is available.
Support for Students with
a Disability
Any student with a
disability who may require alternative academic arrangements in the course is
encouraged to seek advice at the commencement of the semester from a Disability
Adviser at Student Support Services.