Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Sustainable Energy Fundamentals
Credit Points: 12.00
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
MIET2371 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
115H Aerospace, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2011, Sem 2 2011, Sem 2 2012, Sem 1 2013, Sem 2 2013, Sem 1 2014, Sem 2 2014, Sem 1 2015, Sem 2 2015, Sem 1 2016, Sem 2 2016 |
MIET2371 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
172H School of Engineering |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2017, Sem 2 2017, Sem 2 2018, Sem 1 2019, Sem 1 2020, Sem 1 2021, Sem 1 2022, Sem 1 2023, Sem 1 2024, Sem 1 2025 |
Course Coordinator: Prof. Bahman Shabani
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 4353
Course Coordinator Email: bahman.shabani@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: 251.02.028
Course Coordinator Availability: by appointment
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
Course Description
This course will cover the ‘physics of energy’, including thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, chemistry of energy, and electrical energy, up to a master’s level. The emphasis will be on theory and practical methods that are particularly relevant to sustainable energy technologies and systems. The course will also be of value as a refresher and extension course for students who have been away from full-time study for some period, and/or who did their bachelor degree in an engineering or applied science discipline that did not deal with the physics of energy in a lot of detail.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes:
1. Needs, Context and Systems
- Describe, investigate and analyse complex engineering systems and associated issues (using systems thinking and modelling techniques)
2. Problem Solving and Design
- Develop creative and innovative solutions to engineering problems
Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)
On completion of this course you should be able to:
- Describe, and investigate sustainable energy systems and associated issues.
- Use physics of energy fundamentals to analyse sustainable energy systems.
- Develop creative and innovative solutions to sustainable energy problems.
Overview of Learning Activities
The course will be delivered in blended mode that includes online and / or face to face lectures and tutorials as required. The main learning activities of this course include:
- Attending the lectures
- Participating in class discussions
- Solving problems set in the class
- Following worked examples provided after the class
Overview of Learning Resources
Guidance on resource material will be available online through the MyRMIT Canvas. These resources include, prescribed text books, journal papers, and internet resources, as well as lecture notes and other material provided through learning hub and mainly available through the RMIT website/library
Overview of Assessment
X This course has no hurdle requirements.
☐ All hurdle requirements for this course are indicated clearly in the assessment regime that follows, against the relevant assessment task(s) and all have been approved by the College Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning & Teaching).
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Assessment tasks Assessment Task 1 (Online quizzes) Assessment Task 2 (Authentic assignment 1: covering weeks 1-6) Assessment Task 3 (Authentic Assignment 2: covering weeks 7-12) Assessment Tasks 4 and 5 (Online test: covering weeks 1-12) |