This project introduces a formal approach to systems engineering and provides the opportunity to apply this to the design and implementation of an aerospace system. It gives teams of students the opportunity to design an autonomous flight vehicle, bringing together topics taught in lecture courses on aerospace systems and instilling a capability to solve problems over the wide range of activities that go to make up a total design.

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ENG4013 Aerospace Design Project 4

ENG4014 Aerospace Design Project 4M

SIT4010 Aerospace Design Project 4S

SIT4019 Aerospace Systems Design Project 4S

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75% group final report

25% technical performance of team, weighted by contribution of each student based on SOFT reports from regular meetings

Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. For non Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below. 

The aim of this course is to:

■ enable students to understand the difficulties of integrating complex subsystem designs;

■ give the students experience of the design process;

■ reinforce the importance of coordinated teamwork.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ describe the concepts of systems engineering

■ apply a systems engineering approach to an aerospace systems design project

■ explain how subsystems are integrated into a complete design

■ create and validate a simulation model of specific unmanned aerial vehicle

■ design and implement a simple flight control system

■ design and implement a simple navigation system

■ formulate the design of a simple communication system of suitable bandwidth

■ integrate a simple image-based surveillance system with appropriate image processing algorithms

■ write a technical report that demonstrates a systems engineering approach to the project

■ evaluate their own strengths and weaknesses, and those of their colleagues

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components of the course's summative assessment.

Students must attend the timetabled laboratory classes.

Students should attend at least 75% of the timetabled classes of the course.

Note that these are minimum requirements: good students will achieve far higher participation/submission rates.  Any student who misses an assessment or a significant number of classes because of illness or other good cause should report this by completing a MyCampus absence report.