Course Title: Management of Vehicle Design

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Management of Vehicle Design

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

AUTO1019

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

115H Aerospace, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2006,
Sem 2 2007,
Sem 2 2008,
Sem 2 2009,
Sem 1 2010,
Sem 1 2011,
Sem 1 2012,
Sem 1 2013,
Sem 2 2014,
Sem 2 2015,
Sem 2 2016

AUTO1019

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

172H School of Engineering

Face-to-Face

 Sem 1 2018,
Sem 1 2019,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 2 2021,
Sem 2 2022,
Sem 2 2023

Course Coordinator: Prof. Xu Wang

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 99256028

Course Coordinator Email: xu.wang@rmit.edu.au


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Required Prior Study
You should have satisfactorily completed MIET2420 Mechanical Design 1 and MIET2093 Computer Aided Design before you commence this course.

Alternatively, you may be able to demonstrate the required skills and knowledge before you start this course.

Contact your course coordinator if you think you may be eligible for recognition of prior learning.


Course Description

The Management of Vehicle Design course is centred on a series of lectures and associated tutorials based on contemporary vehicle design and development practices. The lectorials will concentrate on the theory attached to the design and development of motor vehicles. The tutorials in turn will convert the theory to practice.

You will design and develop a typical motor vehicle system in this course. You will take part in the design and development of your nominated component(s) and assembly throughout the course. The design will be developed from concept to a scaled production model as the course progresses. The various stages of your design and documentation will be brought together to form an integrated whole.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following program learning outcomes:

1 Needs, Context and Systems
1.1 Exposit legal, social, economic, ethical and environmental interests, values, requirements and expectations of key stakeholders

2 Problem Solving and Design
2.1 Anticipate the consequences of intended action or inaction and understand how the consequences are managed collectively by your organisation, project or team

3 Analysis
3.1 Apply underpinning natural, physical and engineering sciences, mathematics, statistics, computer and information sciences.

4 Professional Practice
4.1 Initiate, plan, lead or manage engineering activities
4.2 Communicate in a variety of different ways to collaborate with other people, including accurate listening, reading and comprehension, based on dialogue when appropriate, taking into account the knowledge, expectations, requirements, interests, terminology

5 Research
5.1 Demonstrate professional use and management of information.

This course contributes to the Program Learning Outcomes of BH074 Bachelor of Engineering (Automotive Engineering) (Honours), BH084 Bachelor of Engineering (Automotive Engineering) (Honours)/Bachelor of Business (Management) and BH118 Bachelor of Engineering (Automotive Engineering)(Honours)/Bachelor Industrial Design (Honours).

For more information on the program learning outcomes for your program, please see the program guide.  


Upon successful completion of this course, you willbe able to:

  1. have in-depth understanding of specialist bodies of knowledge within the engineering discipline.
  2. develop discernment of knowledge and research directions within the engineering discipline.
  3. fluently apply engineering techniques, tools and resources.
  4. apply systematic engineering synthesis and design processes.
  5. effectively conduct oral and written communication in professional and lay domains.
  6. demonstrate creative, innovative and pro-active demeanour.
  7. demonstrate effective team membership and team leadership.


Overview of Learning Activities

This course is largely design problem based, with exercises and staged assignment related to the design of vehicle components and systems. You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as lectorials, tutorials, practicals, laboratories, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. Delivery may be face to face, online or a mix of both.

Lectorials, and associated reading, will be used to teach you how to design and manage the project – Management of Vehicle Design, employing appropriate research and design tools and processes used in industry.

Tutorials will be used to assist you to apply those management tools and processes into practice by designing a motor vehicle system.

The tutorial exercises and staged assignments aim to:

  • Develop your analytical skills, in particular your ability to identify modes of failure and so be able to design against them;
  • Give practice in applying knowledge drawn from several subject areas;
  • Provide practice in engineering drafting;
  • Involve designing to comply with Australian Standards, where appropriate.

Staged assignments will also require that you:

  • Draw together formally delivered materials and information gleaned from your own research;
  • Work in groups on some aspects of the assignments, and independently on other aspects, as directed in the assignment questions;
  • Discuss your designs with the lecturer and tutors as the designs evolve.

You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, andthrough links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course. 


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course. 

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal. 


Overview of Assessment

☒ This course has no hurdle requirements.

Assessment tasks

Assessment 1: Knowledge Check
Weighting 20%
This individual assessment task supports CLOs 1-3

Assessment 2: Design Calculation and Documentation
Weighting 30%
This individual task supports CLOs 4, 5, 7

Assessment 3: Final Assessment Test 
Weighting 30%
Timed test (online) – completing online final assessment test questions. This is an online assessment of less than 2 hours duration that may be taken at any time within a minimum 24-hour period.
This individual assessment supports CLOs 1-4

Assessment 4: Lab Prac
Weighting 20%
This assessment supports CLOS 4, 5, 7