Course Title: Geological Design Project

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Geological Design Project

Credit Points: 12.00


Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

CIVE1126

City Campus

Undergraduate

120H Civil, Environmental & Chemical Engineering

Face-to-Face

Sem 1 2006,
Sem 2 2006

Course Coordinator: Dr John V. Smith

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 99252184

Course Coordinator Email: johnv.smith@rmit.edu.au


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

CIVE1118 Geological Engineering 2


Course Description

This course is designed to give you the opportunity to apply the principles of geological engineering to project work as typically required of a professional geological engineer. This course will draw upon your previous studies and allows you to develop a project-based approach to geological engineering investigation and design. You choose either semester for your design or investigation project. You will be encouraged to select your own project topics, with assistance and advice from academic staff if necessary. Although preference will be for the two project topics to be in unrelated areas, they may be in a related field if clearly distinct objectives are defined.

Design Project

The design will involve a substantial project in one or more specific areas of geological engineering, such as rock mechanics, mining, groundwater, or petroleum reservoir engineering. Preliminary work for the design project may include areas such as surveying, setting out, drilling, recovery and testing of soil and/or rock samples. Most design projects will involve calculations and/or computer program listings and output, and the report will include final versions of these. Some design projects may require costings and/or contract documents. The key result for the Design Project is a design specification.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

  • Ability to interact with industry practitioners
  • Ability to conduct research independently
  • Ability to provide spoken and written technical reports
  • Demonstrate the ability to perform work and report on a geological engineering topic meeting industry standards of accuracy and relevance.





Overview of Learning Activities

This course is structured to provide you with an environment which is conducive to your development as an adult learner. The course essentially consists of self-paced learning activities. The semester commences with an introductory briefing and discussion, and several progress report submissions and meetings are required to ensure satisfactory timelines are being maintained. You will be required to submit a detailed scope report to the Course Coordinator for approval of each project within two weeks of the start of the semester.

For each project, a primary supervisor will be selected from industry or departmental staff. You will be expected to actively seek help from your supervisor and from others, particularly people working in the relevant industry. You will communicate with your supervisor regularly. You will also meet with the Course Coordinator at intervals not exceeding two weeks, and will present a written progress report for discussion.

For each project, you will be required to present your findings in a seminar that will be held during the last six weeks of each semester. Seminar presentation will be at a professional level, using appropriate visual aids and other technology, and with handouts that summarise the content. All students taking the course will attend all seminars, and will actively participate in questioning and discussion.

Your submission for the project will be a properly bound and presented engineering report, one copy for the primary supervisor and one copy for the RMIT Course Coordinator. In assessment of these reports, quality and clarity will be considered more important than quantity. It is acknowledged that projects in different topic areas will require more or less data content within appendices.


Overview of Learning Resources

Resources required will vary according to selected project topic.


Overview of Assessment

Will submit a written report and present a seminar based on your work.  Both items are assessed.