ENG5106 Integrated design project
Faculty of Engineering
ENG5106 Integrated design project is a level 5, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering, offered in 2026 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 12
- Offered in 2026
- Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 5 tasks
- Workload
- 288 hours
- per semester
This is the 2026 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ENG5106
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After ENG5106
No unit lists ENG5106 as a prerequisite in the 2026 handbook.
Enrolment rules
This unit is available only to students enrolled in the E6011 Chemical engineering specialisation (Engineering design stream):
Admitted to Entry level 1 - Prerequisite: Completion of 96 credit points
Admitted to Entry level 2 - Prerequisite: Completion of 48 credit points
You must be currently enrolled in a master’s course in engineering or related STEM and in a related discipline. The unit assumes that you have the necessary foundational knowledge.
Overview
This unit provides you with an opportunity to work on a real-world, engineering design problem in a professional team environment. The project will integrate your previous sub-disciplines of study, providing you with a holistic capstone experience to prepare you for a career utilising your broad engineering skillset and specialist domain knowledge.
Offerings in 2026
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- Skills training activitiesDemonstration10%
- Workshop activitiesWritten10%
- Preliminary project reportWritten20%
- Final project submissionWritten50%
- Project presentationPresentation10%
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Appraise an engineering project brief as part of a design team to define the problem, identify stakeholders and set project requirements and specifications.
- 2
Generate creative solutions using engineering design processes, whilst considering societal, health, safety, legal, cultural, ethical and environmental factors.
- 3
Synthesise technical knowledge to generate detailed engineering designs for selected equipment systems, including the chemical, operational and mechanical aspects, to meet performance requirements.
- 4
Demonstrate the ability to work effectively as a team, negotiating strategies to enable effective collaboration and task management.
- 5
Plan and timeline tasks, allocate resources and monitor progress towards the achievement of project goals by applying industry-standard project management tools and techniques.
- 6
Demonstrate effective oral, written and visual communication skills suitable for professional practice.
- 7
Reflect critically upon the solutions to an engineering design problem and on the processes involved in successful teamwork.
- 8
Synthesise a chemical process which reflects on efficiency, values inherent safety and mitigates environmental impacts, demonstrates conservation of mass and energy, and demonstrates attention to the sustainability of the process.
- 9
Design a plant layout that mitigates any risks associated with the process that has been proposed and assess the environmental impacts of the process at the plant level and over the whole product lifecycle.
- 10
Generate detailed Process Diagrams for a specific design area and reflect on these drawings by assessing the safety of the process individually and as a part of a HAZOP team.
- 11
Justify capital and operating cost estimates, as well as the financial viability of the project, and determine the sensitivity to various engineering and commercial factors, and appraise the project viability.
Workload and teaching
- Workshops24 hours
- Practical activities24 hours
- Teaching approachIndustry-based learning
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachProblem-based learning
The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 hours per semester, typically comprising a mixture of 3 - 6 hours per week of scheduled learning activities and 18 - 21 hours of project work per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher-directed learning, peer-directed learning and online engagement. Project work is determined by your specific project requirements. Examples include design work, prototyping and testing, team meetings, readings, assessments, and preparation for scheduled activities.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Joanne Tanner
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Joanne Tanner
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ENG5106?
ENG5106 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ENG5106 offered?
In 2026, ENG5106 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.
How much work is ENG5106?
The handbook expects about 288 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ENG5106 have an exam?
No. ENG5106 has 5 assessment tasks and no exam.