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National Centre for Maritime Engineering & Hydrodynamics

Australian Maritime College

JEE418/419 RESEARCH PROJECT

Semester 2, 2020 & Semester 1, 2021

Unit Outline

Professor Shuhong Chai

© The University of Tasmania 2020

CONTACT DETAILS

Unit coordinator

Unit coordinator: Shuhong Chai

Campus: Newnham

Email: Shuhong.Chai@utas.edu.au

Phone: 03 6324 9656

Room location and number: Swanson Building, F12

Consultation hours: Appointment by email

Other teaching staff

Supervisor: Each student will be allocated a primary supervisor who is the primary point of contact for project administration. The student will be expected to consult frequently with the project supervisor at times mutually agreed. Where appropriate the primary supervisor may choose to combine meetings of students with related topics.

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CONTENTS

WHAT IS THE UNIT ABOUT? 2

UNIT DESCRIPTION 2

INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES 2

GRADUATE STATEMENT 3

ALTERATIONS TO THE UNIT AS A RESULT OF STUDENT FEEDBACK 3

PRIOR KNOWLEDGE &/OR SKILLS 3

HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED? 4

ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE 4

ASSESSMENT DETAILS 5

HOW YOUR FINAL RESULT IS DETERMINED 10

SUBMISSION OF ASSIGNMENTS 11

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY 12

WHAT LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES ARE THERE? 14

MYLO 14

RESOURCES 14

ACTIVITIES 17

UNIT SCHEDULE 17

COMMUNICATION 18

CONCERNS AND COMPLAINTS 19

LEARNING SUPPORT 19

FURTHER INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE 19

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WHAT IS THE UNIT ABOUT? Unit description

Students develop, implement and carry out a research project under the supervision of a UTAS academic staff member (permanent or casual). The progress and outcomes of the research are assessed in the form of a project plan, interim report, executive summary, oral presentation, written thesis in journal article format and supporting documents.

Intended Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:

1. Apply original thinking and develop a research plan to an open-ended problem.

2. Develop and research a solution to the given problem by using an experiment, and/or a computer program/simulation, and/or any other methodology approved by the supervisor.

3. Summarise and document the problem, the applied methodology and the conclusions obtained from the developed research plan to professional written and oral standards.

4. Explain, discuss and defend the investigation process and outcome of the Research Project to a group of peers with an oral presentation.

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Graduate Statement

Successful completion of this unit supports your development of course learning outcomes, which describe what a graduate of a course knows, understands and is able to do. Course learning outcomes are published in the Bachelor of Engineering (Specialisation) with Honours Course Rules. This document is available at http://www.amc.edu.au/ncmeh-course-information.

Course learning outcomes are developed with reference to national discipline standards, Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF), any professional accreditation requirements and the University of Tasmania’s Graduate Statement.

The University of Tasmania experience unlocks the potential of individuals. Our graduates are equipped and inspired to shape and respond to the opportunities and challenges of the future as accomplished communicators, highly regarded professionals and culturally competent citizens in local, national, and global society. University of Tasmania graduates acquire subject and multidisciplinary knowledge and skills, and develop critical and creative literacies and numeracies and skills of inquiry. They demonstrate the ability to apply this knowledge in changing circumstances. Our graduates recognise and critically evaluate issues of social responsibility, ethical conduct and sustainability, are entrepreneurial and creative, and are mindful of their own wellbeing and that of the community. Through respect for diversity and by working in collaborative ways, our graduates reflect the values of the University of Tasmania.

Alterations to the unit as a result of student feedback

Based on based student feedback, the submission dates and times have been modified based student feedback.

The first workshop session has been changed to a morning intensive session on Friday in Week 1. There may be more workshop sessions to be scheduled in Semester 1, 2021.

Prior knowledge &/or skills

Students are required to have successfully completed all year 1-3 units to undertake JEE418/419. Permission may only be granted to enrol otherwise by the course coordinators.

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HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED? Assessment schedule

Assessment task Date due Percent weighting

Links to Intended Learning Outcomes

Project Plan 21 August 2020, 04:00pm (Friday, Week 6, S2)

Pass/Fail ILO1, ILO2, ILO3

Interim Report1 21 October 2020, 04:00pm (Wednesday, Week 14, S2)

Pass/Fail ILO1, ILO2, ILO3

Thesis (Journal article format)

17 May 2021, 04:00pm (Monday, Week 12, S1)

70%

ILO1, ILO2, ILO3

Executive Summary2

21 May 2021, 04:00pm (Friday, Week 12, S1)

Fraction (20%) of oral presentation grade below.

ILO3, ILO4

Project Planning, Documentation and Execution

31 May 2021, 04:00pm (Monday, Week 14, S1)

20% ILO4

Oral Presentation 04 June 2021, 04:00pm (Friday, Week 14, S1)

10% ILO1, ILO2, ILO3

1 Assessment of the project plan and interim report is on a pass/fail basis and is required to continue onto JEE419. Contact your supervisor directly for feedback on your project plan and interim report.

2 The assessment grade for the Executive Summary is combined with the Oral Presentation grade, which is graded by assessors and external assessors at the time of the Oral Presentation. It is due in advance so that it may be provided to external assessors who may read your executive summary prior to the oral presentation.

IMPORTANT NOTE: due to the ongoing changes in restrictions brought about by COVID-19, please be aware that the assessment tasks and requirements for this unit may change. Students will be notified in writing at the earliest opportunity should changes be necessary; please check your emails and/or the MyLO site regularly.

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Assessment details

Project Plan Task description A Project Plan outlining the research project must be developed through

consultation with your supervisor(s). The Project Plan primarily focuses on the aims, scope of work, preliminary literature survey and other aspects to each individual project. In addition, a risk assessment must be included.

Each student, through consultation with their supervisor(s), must develop a project plan which should include the following details as appropriate: 1. Agreed project title 2. Aim(s) of the research project (one or two sentences) 3. Supervisor(s) – AMC and any collaborators from industry or other

institutions 4. Description of the proposed scope of work 5. Review of the capability of the student 6. Broad scoping review of literature 7. Detailed timeline/project planning identifying tasks, activities,

milestones, contingency plans and schedule of meetings 8. Possible use of any numerical tools 9. Possible use of any AMC physical test facilities, and if so, include a

preliminary test program and an explanation of how the proposed experiments will be used to achieve the aim(s) of the project

10. Preliminary budget and source of funds for any items to be acquired 11. Any other resource requirement deemed necessary by supervisor

and/or student

If any physical experiments are required to be conducted within the Towing Tank/Model Test Basin/Cavitation Tunnel/Build Studio/Workshop and/or if there is to be any use of the High Performance Computing Cluster, then students must have the project plan reviewed and approved by the appropriate facility contact(s) prior to any facility time being booked. Relevant documents including marking rubrics and templates can be located on the MyLO site as files attachments at the path:

Assessments Assignments Project Plan Attached Files Criterion Measures Intended

Learning Outcome: Criterion 1 Project planning (pass/fail) ILO1&2 Criterion 2 Project resource preparation (pass/fail) ILO2 Criterion 3 Written communication skills (pass/fail) ILO3 Criterion 4 Referencing (pass/fail) ILO3 Criterion 5 Grammar and spelling (pass/fail) ILO3 Task length Approx. 10 ~20 pages (template provided, no limit) Due date 21 August 2020, 04:00pm (Friday, Week 6, S2)

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Interim Report Task description An Interim Report is required to provide your supervisor(s) and the Unit

Coordinator/s with a summary of progress at the end of the first semester. The Interim Report is a suitable point to start forming the primary deliverables of your Research Project, particularly the Thesis (journal article) and project documentation.

It is recommended that the format of a large part of the Interim Report approximately resemble that of a Thesis. At this stage it is good practice to be thinking of what you will include in each of the following sections (for example, it does not hurt to consider what the possible conclusions may be, even before you have finished your research):

1. Introduction. The end of your first semester is a good time to review your research questions and aims. Your introduction should answer questions like: Why is your research important? What is known about the topic? (this is your literature review) What are your hypotheses? What are your objectives?

2. Methodology and Materials. What equipment/facilities will/did you use? What is your experimental plan? How will/did you perform your research? What procedures did you follow?

3. Results and Discussion. What are your most significant results? What are your supporting results?

4. Conclusions. What are the studies major findings? What is the significance/implication of the results?

5. References. Ensure you properly reference key published articles in your introduction that are relevant to your research, and that the details are provided in your list of references.

Progress Report. What aspects/milestones of your project have you completed? What tasks still need to be completed? How are you tracking timewise? (update your detailed timeline and project plan). What changes have ensued since your Project Plan? Are there any unresolved issues?

Criterion Measures Intended Learning Outcome:

Criterion 1 Student's discussion of relevant theory and methodology applied to research problem (pass/fail)

ILO1,2&3

Criterion 2 Quality & Methodology (pass/fail) ILO2 Criterion 3 Discussion of works/results/findings (expected

work, results and findings) (pass/fail) ILO3

Criterion 4 Conclusions (pass/fail) ILO2&3 Criterion 5 Quality of presentation of report (pass/fail) ILO3 Task length Approx. 10~20 pages (no template provided but recommend use of the

Thesis template as required, no length limit) Due date 21 October 2020, 04:00pm (Wednesday, Week 14, S2)

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Thesis Task description Key research findings are to be presented in a thesis that must be

written in the template provided, noting a strict limit on document length of 15 pages, no exceptions. Writing in the format of a Journal Article is an important exercise for the student to learn how to write and communicate concisely. The thesis should follow the standard structure of a Journal Article and include at least the following sections:

• Abstract

• Introduction

• Methodology

• Results

• Discussion (may be combined with results)

• Conclusions

• References

The template and marking rubric are provided on the MyLO site as files attachments at the path:

Assessments Assignments Thesis Attached Files

Criterion Measures Intended

Learning Outcome: Criterion 1 Quality of presentation (15%) ILO3 Criterion 2 Discussion of relevant theory and methods

(20%) ILO3

Criterion 3 Methodology (20%) ILO1,2&3 Criterion 4 Discussion of works/results/findings (30%) ILO2&3 Criterion 5 Conclusions (15%) ILO3 Task length Maximum page count of 15 pages total (including references and

appendices) Due date 17 May 2021, 04:00pm (Monday, Week 12, S1)

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Oral Presentation and Executive Summary (10%)

Task Description An Oral Presentation of the project shall be delivered to students, staff and invited guests as part of a “Thesis conference” on the date as outlined in the assessment schedule. The presentation is to be of 15 minutes duration, followed by approximately 5 minutes for questions. The presentation should utilise available audio visual equipment (Powerpoint or similar). The Executive Summary is provided to assessors and external assessors which will be marked during the oral presentation.

The marking rubric can be located on the MyLO site as files attachments at the path:

Assessments Assignments Oral Presentation and Executive Summary Attached Files

Criterion Measures Intended

Learning Outcome: Criterion 1 Content and structure (30%) ILO4

Criterion 2 Organisation of content, use of time and delivery (30%)

ILO4

Criterion 3 Interaction with audience (20%) ILO4

Criterion 4 Executive summary (20%) ILO3&4

Duration

Task length A timetable for the presentation day will be finalised (dependent on final student numbers) and provided to you in advance. However, it is likely that you will be given 15 minutes to present followed by approximately 5 minutes of questions.

Executive summary has one-page limit. The template must be used.

The executive summary is marked as part of the oral presentation Due date Executive summary: 21 May 2021, 04:00pm (Friday, Week 12, S1)

Oral presentation: 04 June 2021, 04:00pm (Friday, Week 14, S1)

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Project Planning, Documentation and Execution (20%) Task Description

All supporting documents are to be directly submitted to your supervisor ONLY. Do NOT upload this submission to MyLO. This assessment is a measure of how you conducted your research, managed yourself, archived your work and interacted with your supervisor.

It is recommended you develop a strategy to archive your work from the beginning so that it is easy to compile the supporting documents for this assessment.

The Project Documents summarising the research project undertaken in the Research should be developed in consultation with your supervisor.

The aim of producing the project documentation is to archive your work, therefore it should be stored in a structured and logical format.

As a minimum, project documentation must include the following: 1. Enough information so that the source of data presented in the thesis is

reproducible/identifiable (especially figures);

2. Date referenced log including: a. Notes from meetings & interviews; b. Experiment records and findings; c. Evidence of assumptions made and decision making.

3. A thorough literature survey and list of relevant references;

4. Project data plus explanation of data folder contents and use;

5. A table of contents for the document folder.

Relevant documents are located on the MyLO at the path:

Assessments Assignments Project Planning, Documentation and Execution Attached Files

Criterion Measures Intended Learning Outcome:

Criterion 1 Written communication skills (20%) ILO1,2&3

Criterion 2 Replicability (30%) ILO2

Criterion 3 Project planning and execution (30%) ILO3

Criterion 4 Originality and creativity of thought (20%) ILO2&3

Task length No limit. Supporting documents should be compiled throughout the year.

Due date 31 May 2021, 04:00pm (Monday, Week 14, S1)

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How your final result is determined

Your final result in this unit is determined according to Academic Senate Rule 6 – Admission, Assessment and Student Progress and the College of Sciences and Engineering Procedure for Processing of Results.

To achieve a full pass in this unit, you must meet all the following:

1. Attain all the Intended Learning Outcomes.

2. Achieve an overall mark of 50%.

3. Satisfy all threshold criteria, including submitting Research Plan, Interim Report, Executive Summary and all the support document to your supervisor; participating the Oral Presentation for this unit.

4. Your mark for your thesis component must be at or above 40%.

You will Fail (NN) the unit if your overall mark is less than 45%.

If you do not meet the threshold criteria (3, above), your final result will be recorded as Absent Deemed Fail (AN) with no mark recorded.

Thesis grade (70%)

Your thesis will be marked by your supervisor and a moderator (the moderator’s identity will not be shared with you). Your supervisor and moderator read and mark your thesis independently. Once it has been done, they will meet and discuss the outcome and then finalise the grade by providing it to the unit coordinator. The grade for the thesis is then taken as the average of the supervisor and moderator grade. In the event of excessive disagreement in grade then a third moderation will be organised. The final grade will then be taken as the average of the two closest grades with the remainder discarded.

Project planning, documentation and execution grade (20%)

This assessment is a measure of how you conducted your research and communicated with you supervisor. As such the grade is awarded at the discretion of your supervisor in accordance with the marking rubric. The project closure document is a useful exercise for you to reflect on how you conducted your research and interacted with your supervisor.

Oral presentation grade and executive summary (10%)

Your oral presentation will be the average of the grades provided by two or more of the following presentation attendees: external examiners, AMC staff, AMC post-graduate by research students. Marking is in accordance with the oral presentation marking sheet.

Research Project raw final grade exceeding 80%

Any student’s project whose proposed final grade is 80 % or higher (HD) will have the thesis further moderated by the National Centre Director, who must either confirm the grade, or recommend to the exam committee that a different grade be awarded.

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Submission of assignments

All assignments, reports, etc. must be completed using the template provided on the AMC website, unless otherwise specified by the lecturer. All coursework must have the AMC-NCMEH Assignment Cover Sheet attached which can be downloaded here: http://amc.edu.au/ncmeh-course-information

All assignments and reports must be typed and completed using Word, Excel, approved Engineering drawing software and include the relevant theory, illustrations, results, analysis, and conclusion.

Please remember that you are responsible for lodging your coursework on or before the due date. We strongly recommend that you keep a copy; even in the most ‘perfect’ of systems, items sometimes go astray.

Project Plan & Interim Report

The Project Plan & Interim Report must be submitted electronically on MyLO in pdf format by the due date. The same pdf document must also be provided directly to your supervisor at the time of submission.

Thesis

1. The thesis must be prepared using the template from MyLO (go to: Assessments Assignments Thesis Attached Files Thesis Template 2020.docx;

2. The thesis must be submitted to MyLO in pdf format prior to the due date and time; 3. The thesis page count must not exceed 15 pages, including references and

appendices. Executive Summary

The executive summary must be submitted on MyLO in pdf format prior to the due date and time. The executive summary must use the template provided on MyLO and not exceed one page in length.

Supporting Documents

Supporting documents are to be in a structured electronic folder format and delivered directly to your supervisor only.

Requests for extensions Extensions will only be granted on medical or compassionate grounds. Requests for extensions should be made via email to the lecturer prior to the due date. Medical certificates or other evidence must be included (electronically or the hard copy mailed) and must contain information which justifies the extension sought.

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Penalties The following penalties related to thesis submission will be enforced to the mark of the thesis component:

• Thesis submitted on MyLO is between 1 day ~ 5 days late, the mark will be deducted 10% for each day overdue.

• Thesis submitted on MyLO is not in pdf format, the penalty will be 15 %. • Thesis format is clearly inconsistent with prescribed layout, the penalty will be 15 %. • Thesis page count exceeds 15 pages limit, the penalty will be 10 % per page.

These penalties will be applied to the thesis component before the final thesis grade has been determined. Failure to adhere with the WH&S standards whilst taking part in any assessed activity that involves field trips and/or that requires the use of UTAS or AMC facilities will result in the following penalties:

• first offense: 5% penalty (applicable to the whole team in team projects);

• second offense by student (or another member of the same team in team projects): 20% penalty (applicable to the whole team in team projects); and

• third offense: a fail grade in the assessment.

Review of results and appeals If you have questions about, or problems with, your assessment you should discuss this with the following people:

(1) The person who marked the assessment.

(2) Unit Coordinator.

(3) Course Coordinator.

(4) Director, NCMEH.

If this does not resolve the issue, you may file a formal review of assessment. The procedure is given at: http://www.utas.edu.au/exams/results

Academic integrity

What is academic integrity? The University community is committed to upholding the Statement on Academic Integrity.

A breach of academic integrity is defined as being when a student:

a) fails to meet the expectations of academic integrity; or b) seeks to gain, for themselves or for any other person, any academic advantage

or advancement to which they or that other person is not entitled; or c) improperly disadvantages any other member of the University community.

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Breaches of academic integrity such as plagiarism, contract cheating, collusion and so on are counter to the fundamental values of the University and can result in a range of penalties. These penalties are outlined in Ordinance 9: Student Academic Integrity.

More information is available from the Academic Integrity for Students webpage.

The University and any persons authorised by the University may submit your assessable works to a text matching service, to obtain a report on possible instances of plagiarism or contract cheating.

Academic Integrity Training Module As part of the University’s educative approach to academic integrity, there is a short Academic Integrity Training Module that all students are required to complete.

Completion of the module allows you to demonstrate your understanding of what constitutes academic misconduct.

The Academic Integrity Training Module is available for all students through MyLO.

If you do not complete this module your final unit results will be withheld.

You should aim to complete the module within the first few weeks of commencing study at the University.

Academic referencing In your written work you will need to support your ideas by referring to scholarly literature, works of art and/or inventions. It is important that you understand how to correctly refer to the work of others and maintain academic integrity.

Failure to appropriately acknowledge the ideas of others constitutes a breach of academic integrity, a matter considered by the University of Tasmania as a serious offence.

The appropriate referencing style for this unit is [Referencing Style Name]

The University library provides information on presentation of assignments, including referencing styles and should be referred to when completing tasks in this unit.

For further information, see the Academic Integrity for Students webpage.

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WHAT LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES ARE THERE? MyLO

MyLO is the online learning environment at the University of Tasmania. This is the system that will host the online learning materials and activities for this unit.

Getting help with MyLO It is important that you are able to access and use MyLO as part of your study in this unit. To find out more about the features and functions of MyLO, and to practice using them, visit the Getting Started in MyLO unit.

For access to information about MyLO and a range of step-by-step guides in pdf, word and video format, visit the MyLO Student Support page on the University website.

If something is not working as it should, contact the Service Desk (Service.Desk@utas.edu.au, phone 6226 1818), or Request IT Help Online.

Resources

Recommended readings Robert, D. and Gastel, B., How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper, 7th Ed, Cambridge, 2012. Dwyer, J, 2016, Communication for business and the professions: Strategies and skills, 6th Edn, Pearson Australia, Melbourne, Australia.

Equipment, materials, software, accounts Materials to be provided by the student

• USB storage and hard-drive.

• Experimental work: lab coats, overalls, safety boots or any other project specific equipment as advised by supervisor.

Materials to be provided by AMC

Consumables and hardware directly related to the project not exceeding a total cost of $300 (not including GST) shall first be approved by your Primary Supervisor, who will recommend who to contact to make the purchase (likely to be the Technical Support Officer, Michael Underhill). First contact regarding purchase should be established using email as per “How to make contact?” below.

Reimbursement will only be considered if the purchase has been preauthorised by your supervisor and the Technical Support Officer.

3D Printing of components directly related to the project is available and will be billed per student against the $300 budget.

Computer hardware & software

• As advised by supervisor.

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Use of AMC and UTAS facilities

If any physical experiments are required to be conducted within the Towing Tank / Model Test Basin / Cavitation Tunnel / AUV Lab / Build Studio / Workshop and/or if there is to be any use of the High Performance Computing Cluster, then students must have the project plan reviewed and approved by the appropriate facility manager(s) or coordinator(s) prior to any facility time being booked. Bookings are made on a first-come, first-served basis, so students are encouraged to complete their project plan as soon as possible. The points of contact (POC) for Research Project facilities are as follows:

Build Studio/Workshop: Michael Underhill Cavitation Research Laboratory: Bryce Pearce Computer Cluster: Zhi Leong Model Test Basin: Gregor Macfarlane Towing Tank: Gregor Macfarlane Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Lab: Peter King Underwater Collision Research Facility: Roberto Ojeda 3D Printers: Jock Ferguson Control Lab: Hung Nguyen Electrical Lab: Hung Nguyen Materials/Mechanics Lab: Vikram Garaniya

3D Printer costs

There are 2 different printers that can be used:

The 1st option is the more expensive, (with better finishes and accuracies) and uses ABS material. Usually a faster build time. There is only one of these printers.

The 2nd option has a multiple array of settings from - 0% to 100% density options, print layer heights from .06mm to 0.6mm (for better finishes) to name only a few. Depending on these settings build times can vary considerably. There are 3 of these printers available and they use a PLA material (not as strong and durable as ABS).

3D printing of components is possible with AMC facilities, current details (as at 6/02/2020):

1st Option

Feature Model Material

uPrint SE Specification ABS Thermoplastic

Support material SR-30 soluble

Maximum part size 203 x 152 x 152 mm

Layer thickness

Layer resolution

0.254 mm

0.0100

• $12 base material cost for 100% footprint, other footprints charged based on fraction of the total available footprint;

• $0.25 / gram with three different density options (sparse – high density, sparse – low density, solid)

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2nd Option

Feature Model Material

Creality CR-10S

PLA Thermoplastic

Support material PLA Thermoplastic

Maximum part size 300 x 300 x 400 mm

Addition notes from 3D printer technician (Jock Ferguson): An STL file is the preferable format making sure the dimensions are in mm. It is also preferable to email the file to me.

As far as lead times, it would be good to have as much time as possible, but 2weeks out from an item being completed and of desired quality etc. should be okay. This obviously depends on what might be already on the go and how large/many an item may be required.

How to make contact?

You should be aware that the staff you are contacting will probably have no prior knowledge about your project and will also have multiple tasks so may not know why you are contacting them. Therefore, you should give details about why you are contacting them, and what you are doing. Your first contact should probably be via an introductory email (with an appropriate subject line and your supervisor ccd). Below is a template which you can use. To: [Resource Manager] CC: [Your supervisor] Subject: Research Project Body: Dear [Resource Manager], I am a Research Project engineering student under the supervision of [THE SUPERVISOR] and my project is [DESCRIBE THE PROJECT IN ONE PARAGRAPH]. I am contacting you because I would like to organise the following resources for my research: [THE RESOURCES] Currently I am planning to …[THE TIMELINE]. I would like to schedule a meeting to discuss my requirements further. My availability is [YOUR AVAILABILITY]. Kind Regards, [THE STUDENT] [STUDENT NUMBER]

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Activities

Learning expectations

The University is committed to high standards of professional conduct in all activities, and holds its commitment and responsibilities to its students as being of paramount importance. Likewise, it holds expectations about the responsibilities students have as they pursue their studies within the special environment the University offers.

Students are expected to participate actively and positively in the teaching/learning environment. They must attend classes when and as required, strive to maintain steady progress within the subject or unit framework, comply with workload expectations, and submit required work on time.

Unit schedule

A workshop is scheduled for week one of the first semester. The schedule will be advertised via MyLO.

Topics covered

• Introduction to the Research Project;

• What is research;

• Library resources;

• Risk assessments;

• Conducting a literature survey.

Specific attendance/performance requirements Attendance at all assigned workshops is compulsory. Students must also organise regular meetings (weekly is recommended) with their supervisor.

In this unit, your active engagement will be monitored in the following way:

1. By your supervisor through the regular meetings;

2. By your project plan.

If you do not demonstrate evidence of having engaged actively with this unit by completing these two activities by Week 4 of semester, your enrolment may be cancelled or you may be withdrawn from the unit.

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Teaching and learning strategies Each student is entitled to and allocated one supervisor, who is a member of staff at UTAS. Students shall organise and attend regular meetings with their supervisor (weekly is suggested, but at least fortnightly). Students are also required to attend special lectures and workshops, details of which will be distributed by email and published on MyLO. No other attendance of regular lectures or tutorials is required.

Supervisors1

The role of a supervisor is to:

• Meet with students regularly so that they can report progress; • Verify that students are appropriately following the design process; • Ask questions on how and why the students made their decisions; • Review with students their plan and how well they are following it; • Detect problems in time and suggest a course of action; • Provide feedback on the way students work; • Provide specific constructive feedback on draft manuscripts in a timely, but not

instantaneous, manner. The role of supervisors is NOT to:

• Solve students’ problems; • Explain a paper or an equation to their students; • Tell students what to do every step of the way; • Give students technical advice, unless the supervisor has information only available

to them; • Chase students around to organise meetings; • Correct grammatical errors in draft manuscripts; • Provide feedback on excessive iterations of draft manuscripts.

Students’ solutions should be theirs. Otherwise students just become the supervisor’s technicians.

Work Health and Safety (WHS) The University is committed to providing a safe and secure teaching and learning environment. In addition to specific requirements of this unit you should refer to the University’s Safety and Wellbeing webpage and policy.

Communication

News and announcements may be posted to MyLO News, and students will be expected to be aware of the content of such posts within 48 hours of them being posted.

Students are also expected to check their UTAS email very regularly (once a day) for important announcements.

1 Ideas on the role of a supervisor, with permission, from Dr Cesar Ortega-Sanchez, Curtin University.

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Concerns and complaints

The University is committed to providing an environment in which any concerns and complaints will be treated seriously, impartially and resolved as quickly as possible. We are also committed to ensuring that a student may lodge a complaint without fear of disadvantage. If you have a concern, information about who to contact for assistance is available on the ‘How to resolve a student complaint’ page.

Learning support

The University provides a range of face-to-face and online services to help equip students with the academic and literacy skills that they need to undertake their study. These services are in addition to the support you receive in each unit from unit coordinators, lecturers and tutors. For details of these additional services such as workshops, individual consultation for learning advice, and peer assisted learning opportunities, please visit https://www.utas.edu.au/students/learning.

The University also provides free access to Studiosity, 24/7 online study help for all UTAS students, enabling them to get feedback on written work within 24 hours or chat live with a subject specialist anywhere and anytime.

All direct assessment-based feedback is provided only from the staff teaching you the unit.

Further information and assistance

More information with regard to content, assessments, grading, GPA etc. is found in the Course Rules Document, available on the AMC website: http://amc.edu.au/ncmeh-course-information

If you are experiencing difficulties with your studies or assignments, have personal or life-planning issues, disability or illness which may affect your course of study, you are advised to raise these with the unit coordinator in the first instance.

In addition to Learning Support, there is a range of University-wide support services available to you including Student Advisers, Disability Services, and more which can be found on the Study Support and Resources and Safety, Health and Wellbeing pages from the Current Students portal of the University website.

Should you require assistance in accessing the Library, visit their website for more information.

Thesis publication and Non-disclosure Unless specified by your supervisor or project stakeholders, your thesis will be made available for electronic download by current students and staff of the University of Tasmania.

If your research is of a commercially or otherwise sensitive nature then you, and/or your supervisor may be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement. UTAS Legal Services should be consulted and the unit coordinator should be notified of any confidentiality or non-disclosure requirements. Publication of your thesis will then be suppressed in accordance with the terms stipulated in the specific non-disclosure agreement.