FACULTY OF ENGINEERING SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL AND MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING

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COURSE OUTLINE SESSION 2, 2011

CONTENTS
Page Course staff Course Information Assessment Academic honesty and plagiarism Course schedule Resources for students Continual course improvement Administrative matters 1 1 4 8 9 11 13 13

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MMAN4000 PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING COURSE OUTLINE

COURSE STAFF Course Convenor Dr. S. Seng Leong (Lecturer for Module A: Lectures) Room: ME109C Tel: (02) 9385 4138 Fax: (02) 9663 1222 Email: s.leong@unsw.edu.au Consultation hours are: To be advised

Lecturer: Ass. Prof. Richard Willgoss (Lecturer for Module B: Lectures) Room: ME219 Phone: (02) 9385 4122 Email: r.willgoss@unsw.edu.au Consultation hours are: To be advised
Tutors To be advised

COURSE INFORMATION Units of credit This is a 6 unit-of-credit (UoC) course, and involves 6 hours per week (h/w) of face-toface contact.

Parallel teaching There is no parallel teaching in this course.

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How the course relates to other course offerings in the discipline This course is a corequisite for MMAN4010/MMAN4020/BIOM5001 and is required for the completion of all requirements for the award of the degree. This course focuses on several non-technical areas of professional practice that are of importance to engineers working in a professional capacity in the discipline areas which are associated with this School. Despite their non-technical nature, the concepts involved in these issues are just as challenging as those that are involved in the terse technical analysis with which most engineering students are more familiar.

Course Aims The objectives of the course are to: Develop confidence and skills in oral communication using audio-visual aids. Improve skills in design and presentation of complex professional documents: papers, contracts, specifications and theses. Practice in organising conferences. Introduce students to the importance of ethical considerations in professional engineering, Familiarise students with a number of elements of an ethical framework from which to reason with when confronted with ethical dilemmas. Provide the students with practical experience in developing and presenting an expert witness testimony.

The teaching strategies that will be used and their rationale The teaching strategies that will be used include: Presentation of the material in weekly lectures so that the students know the underlying concepts that will be needed to perform their assignments and exercises. Tutorials to help students develop the confidence and skills to give oral presentations. Preparation of documents, posters, papers and theses. Preparation for oral presentation at a conference. Provision of supervised tutorials where students can develop their expert witness cases and obtain assistance in completing exercises to reinforce these skills. Provision of assignments that provide feedback on the students ability to perform the expected skills.

Suggested approaches to learning in the course

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Suggested approaches to learning in this course include: Careful reading and understanding of the material presented in lectures. Careful reading and understanding of the tasks/assignments. Meet deadlines for the various tasks. Participation in the various tasks. Additional reading on and about the material presented in lectures to broaden the knowledge base. Paying attention throughout the tutorials, and asking questions when anything is not understood. Regular attendance and participation in lectures. Diligence in working through the set exercises and assignments. Effectively utilising the tutors. Additional reading on, and about the material presented in lectures to broaden the students understanding. Practicing example test problems in preparation for examinations. Working effectively with other students within and outside of tutorials.

Expected learning outcomes; their association with the teaching strategies and with the suggested approaches to learning On completion of the course, it is expected that you will: Be familiar with the requirements for oral presentations; Have the confidence and skills in oral communications; Be familiar with the various aspects required for writing theses; Have the skills in design and presentation of complex professional documents, contracts, specifications. Be familiar with the moral values relevant to professional engineering life, Understand the importance and relevance of ethical and moral considerations in professional engineering life. Be able to undertake a reasoned decision making process in order to resolve ethical dilemmas. Be familiar with the various aspects of representing the engineering profession as an expert witness.

Student-centred and self-directed learning (expectations of the students) This course involves six hours per week of face to face contact. It is expected that you will put in, at least, an additional four hours per week of your own time. This time should be spent in revising the lecture material, further reading and completing the set tasks. Various factors, such as ability, target grade, etc., will influence the time needed in your case. The time available is based on a total of 40 hours per week spent on 24 units of credit (including both in-class and out-of-class time) for an effective 16 weeks (twelve weeks of session, plus stuvac and exam weeks). Some students spend much more, but you should aim to spend not less than 40 h/w on coursework for 24 UoC.

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ASSESSMENT
Overall rationale for assessment components and their association with course objectives

The marks allocated for each module is 100. In order to pass this course, a satisfactory performance in both modules is essential.

MODULE A: You are assessed by way of various tasks, group assignment, participation and presentation at the Thesis Conference. Details of each assessment component, the marks assigned to it, the criteria by which marks will be assigned, and the dates of submission The assessment of this course will be based on various tasks listed below. Task T1 Description Thesis abstract* Week 2 Week Due 3(hardcopy) 4(email)* T2 T3 TWW T4 GA T5 Poster preparation 4-minute thesis progress presentation Thesis Writing Workshop 7-minute practice presentation Group Assignment 15-minute conference presentation and Conference dinner 3, 4 5 6, 7, 8 7, 8, 9, 10 September 22-23 September 23 Total = 100 Details of each tasks/assignments will be posted on UNSW Blackboard Learn. 10 4 10 10 5 10 10 50 Mark 5

MODULE B: This module is divided into two components. A description of these components and the assessments associated with each follows. PART 1: Professional Responsibilities Part 1 will address the first two course objectives by providing lectures on various topics as shown in the schedule below. Guest lecturers who are current practitioners in relevant areas have been arranged to treat some of the specialist topics in a detailed and up-to-date manner.

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The guest lecturers are interesting, top people in their areas. They are also invariably very busy people, who are giving up time in other activities in order to lecture in this subject. Accordingly, the date of each such lecture cannot be firmly fixed in advance. Actual dates of particular topic lectures may vary without notice. It is imperative, however, that these visitors find themselves in front of a class that is well attended and appreciative. It will therefore be necessary to attend all classes for the full scheduled period, both for the sake of the guest lecturers, and to gain the full benefit of the subject and full recognition for participation in it. Assessment for this part of the module will be by a final examination worth 60% of the final mark. The final examination will be a multiple-choice exam of 2 hours duration. Spot checks will be made on attendance in Part 1. Explanation of penalties for unexplained absence will be given in class. PART 2: The Expert Witness Activity The necessity to become a witness in a court procedure is likely to happen to most professional people at some time in their careers. That will probably include you. This can be quite a stressful experience. It is best to be prepared and to pay significant attention to this matter now. The occasion will creep up on you without warning. Part 2 addresses the third course objective through involvement in a few lectures on various aspects of being an expert witness followed by group participation in an ongoing sequence of activities tracing the course of a typical legal involvement. This will culminate in trials where representatives from each group of students are crossexamined by barristers masquerading from our law faculty or maybe staff members. It is mandatory for each group to produce reports during this activity. As in real life, it is imperative that these are produced on time. Groups will not be driven externally but survive on their own initiative. Your group members will sink or swim together. The formal activities are shown in the Tutorial schedule below. Part 2 of the module will be assessed by means of the group report and by means of attendance. This part of the assessment accounts for the remaining 40% of the final marks. In order to pass this module, a satisfactory performance in both parts of the module is essential. Details of each assessment component, the marks assigned to it, the criteria by which marks will be assigned, and the dates of submission will be repeated in the lectures and tutorial periods. Each and every attendance in Part 2 will be recorded.

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Module B practicalities: This blurb below is purposely written in a long form with plenty of specific points to make. That is what it is like reading legal and official documents. Get used to it, understand the contents and get it right. There are two series of instruction happening in Module B and they are connected in various ways. There are the standard lectures for which you need to be present all the time. There are a series of expert witness lectures and tutorials where your presence is essential at specific times. On one occasion, I will be posting some specific instructions on BB9 and expect you, the students, to observe them WITHOUT FURTHER COMMENT FROM ME (yes this is me shouting). It is a simple test to see if you are acting professionally. During the course of lectures, we will be reading through a case study that I post on BB9 for you to download. It has three episodes at present be warned, there may be more. The case study is to get you to firstly read it and try to understand ethical and professional issues raised. I will know if this is so because each of you have to submit three separate write-ups of opinion on an issue you personally raised in class. The procedure is you attend lectures and the case study and pick ethical and professional issues from both you see present. You then ask questions or make statements in class to all present and we discuss them. This then becomes the basis of a submission only from the person who raised the issue. The write-up then has to be done in class on A4 in manuscript and be finished to hand to me at the end of the lecture. The document must contain student name and number, date, the question or statement made noting who said what AND a further 100 words on the issue(s) as a considered opinion from you as you reflect in class. No crossings out will be accepted. Student submissions are collected and marked each week for return the next. An acceptable write-up will be neatly laid out, clear and concise to read and will be marked Acceptable with my signature and date. All other submissions are rejected and cannot be used as one of your three to gain the 10 marks. So it will be either hand in three acceptable submissions at the end of the session in week 12 and get 10, or get 0. Students are advised I only accept one submission per week to mark from any one student. Others are returned unmarked to the student. So start submitting as soon as you can. Students are also advised that when submissions are returned the following week, they must be collected in person by the student in class and kept safe by them. If any returned submissions are not picked up, they will not be kept for later retrieval and do not count even if marked as acceptable. The expert witness series culminates in a full court case being enacted in circumstances that create the realness of a judicial court. It makes even the strong quake a bit. On the day of the court case, every student should be ready as if they were to be called as an expert witness, suitably dressed, because that might just happen. I do not announce the students who will take part in the court case until the moment they are required with the proceedings already underway. It could be you.

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Class attendance is checked all the time. I have instructed tutors to record every period of attendance and note who is there, late or absent. Irrespective of any other marks awarded, you will lose 5 marks for any unexplained absence and 2 marks for any lateness, deducted from your total Module B mark.

Task Description Expert Witness Report Attend on specific instructions (10 or 0) Submission of 3 acceptable class write-ups (10 or 0) Final Exam Loss of marks irrespective: Any absence not properly accounted for Any lateness Total

Mark 20 10 10 60

-5 -2 100

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ACADEMIC HONESTY AND PLAGIARISM

What is Plagiarism? Plagiarism is the presentation of the thoughts or work of another as ones own.* Examples include:

direct duplication of the thoughts or work of another, including by copying material, ideas or concepts from a book, article, report or other written document (whether published or unpublished), composition, artwork, design, drawing, circuitry, computer program or software, web site, Internet, other electronic resource, or another persons assignment without appropriate acknowledgement; paraphrasing another persons work with very minor changes keeping the meaning, form and/or progression of ideas of the original; piecing together sections of the work of others into a new whole; presenting an assessment item as independent work when it has been produced in whole or part in collusion with other people, for example, another student or a tutor; and claiming credit for a proportion a work contributed to a group assessment item that is greater than that actually contributed.

For the purposes of this policy, submitting an assessment item that has already been submitted for academic credit elsewhere may be considered plagiarism. Knowingly permitting your work to be copied by another student may also be considered to be plagiarism. Note that an assessment item produced in oral, not written, form, or involving live presentation, may similarly contain plagiarised material. The inclusion of the thoughts or work of another with attribution appropriate to the academic discipline does not amount to plagiarism. The Learning Centre website is main repository for resources for staff and students on plagiarism and academic honesty. These resources can be located via: www.lc.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism The Learning Centre also provides substantial educational written materials, workshops, and tutorials to aid students, for example, in:

correct referencing practices; paraphrasing, summarising, essay writing, and time management; appropriate use of, and attribution for, a range of materials including text, images, formulae and concepts.

Individual assistance is available on request from The Learning Centre. Students are also reminded that careful time management is an important part of study and one of the identified causes of plagiarism is poor time management. Students should allow sufficient time for research, drafting, and the proper referencing of sources in preparing all assessment items.

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* Based on that proposed to the University of Newcastle by the St James Ethics Centre.
University of Newcastle Adapted with kind permission from the University of Melbourne.

Used with kind permission from the

COURSE SCHEDULE
A table of lecture and tutorial or practical class topics for each week, indicating the name of lecturer involved (where multiple lecturers teaching in course), online activities, such as discussion forums, and relevant readings from textbook and other reference material identified for the course MODULE A: Tuesday 0900am to 1200 The timetable for the lectures, tasks, assignment, and thesis conference is listed below: WEEK ONE 0900-1200 SCIENCE THEATRE WEEK TWO 0900-1030 Tutorial Rooms 1030-1200 SCIENCE THEATRE WEEK THREE 0900-1200 Tutorial Rooms WEEK FOUR 0900-1100 Tutorial Rooms 1100-1200 SCIENCE THEATRE WEEK FIVE 0900-1200 SCIENCE THEATRE

Lecture: Module A Course outline ABSTRACT DUE (in tutorial) Tutorial: Abstract Revision (T1) Lecture: Careers presentation ABSTRACT DUE (hardcopy) Tutorial: Thesis Progress Talk (T3) POSTER DUE ABSTRACT DUE (email: c.rolfe@unsw.edu.au) Tutorial: Thesis Progress Talk (T3) Lecture: Update, question, etc

Lecture: Thesis Writing Workshop & Group Assignment (GA)

WEEK SIX 0900-1200 Tutorial Rooms WEEK SEVEN 0900-1200 Tutorial Rooms WEEK EIGHT 0900-1200 Tutorial Rooms WEEK NINE 1100-1200 SCIENCE THEATRE

Tutorial: Short Talk (T4)

Tutorial: Short Talk (T4) & Group Assignment (GA)

Tutorial: Short Talk (T4) & Group Assignment (GA)

Lecture: Thesis Conference update

THESIS CONFERENCE THESIS CONFERENCE THESIS CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 22-23 (THURSDAY & FRIDAY) CONFERENCE DINNER - SEPTEMBER 23

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WEEK TEN 0900-1200 SCIENCE THEATRE

GROUP ASSIGNMENT DUE Lecture: Group Presentation &. Final info.

WEEK ELEVEN, TWELVE 0900-1200 SCIENCE THEATRE

Lecture:

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MODULE B: PART 1 LECTURE SCHEDULE

(Chemical Science M17: Monday 3 pm to 5 pm)

Week
1 2 3 4 5 6

Date
18.7.11 25.7.11 1.8.11 8.8.11 15.8.11 22.8.11

Topic and Speakers

Introduction and Overview Richard Willgoss, UNSW Ethical Concepts Richard Willgoss, UNSW Ethical thinking Richard Willgoss UNSW Introduction to Intellectual Property Richard Willgoss, UNSW Ethics and Engineers Australia Richard Hanna, Engineers Australia Patents John Fairburn, Clayton Utz The Law of Designs TBA, Clayton Utz Professional Employment Issues Stephen Chippendall, APESMA Recess Confidential Information Katrina Groshinski, Clayton Utz Copyright and Trademarks Mary Still, Clayton Utz Occupational Health and Safety Joe Catanzariti, Clayton Utz Professional Indemnity Insurance Richard Shankland, Clayton Utz Revision and Review Richard Willgoss, UNSW

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29.8.11 5.9.11 12.9.11 19.9.11 26.9.11 3.10.11 10.10.11

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PART 2 TUTORIAL SCHEDULE (Chemical Science M17: Monday 5 pm to 6 pm) Week 1 2 3 Date 18.7.11 25.7.11 1.8.11 Lecture / ACTIVITY Overview of this part of the course. The role of the expert. The general process of submitting opinion. The expert report. A common ethical dilemma facing experts. Group formation. The case Groups prepare reports for PLAINTIFF. Groups prepare reports for PLAINTIFF. FIRST REPORT EXCHANGE The "opposing" expert's report. Another common ethical dilemma facing experts. Recess Groups prepare responses to reports for DEFENDANT Groups prepare responses to reports for DEFENDANT. SECOND REPORT EXCHANGE A comparison of opinions. TRIALS in court!! No tutorial.

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8.8.11 15.8.11 22.8.11 29.8.11

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5.9.11 12.9.11 19.9.11 26.9.11 3.10.11 10.10.11

RELEVANT RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE COURSE Required Texts There are no mandatory texts for this course, however students are encouraged to obtain a copy of the following text as plenty of the lecture material will be related to it: Ethics in Engineering, 4th Edition. Mike W. Martin, Roland Schinzinger. McGraw-Hill. ISBN: 0-07-283115-4

List of required and suggested additional readings and availability (in bookshop, UNSW library, Open Reserve) Eisenberg, A., 1992, Effective Technical Communication, 2nd Ed., McGraw-Hill, New York. Dykes, 1992 (at about $15) is especially recommended for students who have difficulty in writing correct English. AGPS ,1994, Style Manual for Authors, Editors and Printers, 5th ed., Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra. Anderson, J. and Poole, M., 1995, Thesis and Assignment Writing, 2nd ed., Jacaranda Wiley, Brisbane.

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AS1000-1979, The International System of Units (SI) and its Application, Standards Australia, Sydney. AS1376-1973, Conversion Factors, Standards Australia, Sydney. Bernard, J.R.L., 1986, The Macquarie Thesaurus, revised ed., Macquarie Library, Sydney. Delbridge, A., 1991, The Macquarie Dictionary, 2nd revision, Macquarie Library, Sydney. Dykes, B., 1992, Grammar Made Easy, Hale & Iremonger, Sydney. Eagleson, R.D., 1990, Writing in Plain English, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra. Hardie, R. G., 1990, English Grammar, Harper Collins Publishers, Glasgow. Knuth, D.E., 1984, The TEXbook, Addison-Wesley, Reading MA. Lamport, L., 1994, LATEX: A Document Preparation System, 2nd ed., Addison-Wesley, Reading MA. Mohan, T., McGregor, H. Saunders, S. and Archee, R., 1997, Communicating! Theory and Practice, Harcourt Brace and Co., Sydney. Peters, P., 1995, The Cambridge Australian English Style Guide, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Rathbone, R.R., 1985, Communicating Technical Information, Addison-Wesley, Reading MA. Roth, R.N. and van Haeringen, I.A., 1988, Australian Engineering Drawing Handbook Part 1, 1988 ed., The Institution of Engineers, Australia, Canberra. Additional materials provided in UNSW Blackboard Learn Lecturer and tutorial teaching staff. Detailed information on the various tasks. Tutorial room allocation. Speaking order for Tasks 3 and 4. Group Assignment Topics. Thesis Conference Program. Recommended Internet sites National Institute for Engineering Ethics http://www.niee.org The Institution of Engineers, Australia http://www.ieaust.org.au The Online Ethics Centre for Engineering and Science http://www.onlineethics.org

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CONTINUAL COURSE IMPROVEMENT

Periodically, student evaluative feedback on the course is gathered using, among other means, UNSW's Course and Teaching Evaluation and Improvement (CATEI) process. Student feedback is taken seriously, and continual improvements are made to the course based, in part, on such feedback.

ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
Forms and Documents for administrative matters are located at http://www.mech.unsw.edu.au/information-for/current-students/currentundergrad-students/resources/forms-documents A copy of the School handout, Administrative Matters for All Courses, is available from the School website http://www.mech.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/AdminMatters.pdf It is essential that you obtain a copy, read it carefully and become familiar with the information, as it applies to this course and to each of the other courses in which you are enrolled. Expectations of students (including attendance at lectures and tutorials/laboratory classes/seminars; and computer use, for example, in the use of email and online discussion forums) Procedures for submission of assignments and the Schools policy concerning late submission Information on expectations: relevant Occupational Health and Safety policies and

http://www.ohs.unsw.edu.au Examination procedures and advice concerning illness or misadventure Equity and diversity Students who have a disability that requires some adjustment in their teaching or learning environment are encouraged to discuss their study needs with the course convenor prior to, or at the commencement of, their course, or with the Equity Officer (Disability) in the Student Equity and Disability Unit (SEADU) by phone on on 9385 4734, email seadu@unsw.edu.au or via the website http://www.studentequity.unsw.edu.au/content/default.cfm?ss=0 The office is located on the Ground Floor of the Goodsell building (F20).

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Issues to be discussed may include access to materials, signers or note-takers, the provision of services and additional exam and assessment arrangements. Early notification is essential to enable any necessary adjustments to be made. S. S. Leong and R. Willgoss July 2011