You will undertake an advanced environmental engineering design project that initially requires you to define a Project Brief that identifies project requirements including ecological, environmental, societal, cultural and legal constraints. This initial design step is followed by development of several conceptual designs. Based on these conceptual designs, you will individually develop elements of the preferred solution using specialist engineering knowledge to undertake a robust detail design supported by a package of calculations, simulations and drawings.

The learning outcomes for this paper are linked to Washington Accord graduate attributes WA1-WA11. Explanation of the graduate attributes can be found at: https://www.ieagreements.org/

This paper will be taught through a combination of design studio sessions and lectures. Working in design teams, you will select a 2 hr weekly design studio session where you will be given hands on advice from staff on how to progress your design projects by balancing often conflicting needs to develop a preferred solution. These 2 hour design studio session will be held in the Engineering Design Studio and accompanied by a weekly lecture that offers specific knowledge and information on different aspects of the design project such as design thinking, design safety, build-ability, sustainability, effective presentations, keeping a design journal etc. Attendance is highly recommended at all workshops and lectures.

If needed due to COVID restrictions, lectures and workshops will move to online formats to allow for remote learning.

The design project for this paper has group and individual components. Most of the assessment will be on the student's individual contributions to reports and design plus contributions to the group. Each component of the design contributes to the larger group project and group designs should be cohesive.

Samples of your work may be required as part of the Engineering New Zealand accreditation process for BE(Hons) degrees. Any samples taken will have the student name and ID redacted. If you do not want samples of your work collected then please email the engineering administrator, Natalie Shaw (natalie.shaw@waikato.ac.nz), to opt out.

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