Area: | Department of First Year Engineering Studies |
Credits: | 12.5 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Other: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | An examination of the works and contributions of engineers throughout history, and allied trades like mathematicians and scientists, and how their work has contributed to present day practice. It will look at how engineers have combined knowledge-of-the-day, contemporary engineering practice and engineering 'nous' to meet their engineering challenges. Examples will be taken from ancient Roman and Chinese engineers through to examples of modern practice across a range of engineering disciplines in Europe, America, North, Central and South, and Australia. Examples of failures and successes from each discipline. It will analyse the technological, engineering and other - human, economic and legal for example, reasons for the failures and why the successes did not fail. It will then examine how current practice has learnt and built on these features. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On completion of this unit, students should be able to - Appreciate the development of engineering and its component parts, how and why engineering practice evolved to be what it is today. Have a better appreciation of engineering fundamentals. Understand the factors and circumstances that lead to engineering success or failure. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Lancaster J. (1997). Engineering Catastrophes; Causes and Effects of Major Accidents. Cambridge, Abington Publishing. |
Unit Texts: | Rae J. and Volti R. (2001).The Engineer in History. New York. Peter Lang publishing. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | TBA |
Field of Education: | 30000 Engineering and Related Technologies (Broad Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Supplemental | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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