ENGG4103 - Sem 1 2015 - St Lucia - Internal

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1. General Course Information

1.1 Course Details

Course Code: ENGG4103 Course Title: Engineering Asset Management
Coordinating Unit: School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
Semester: Semester 1, 2015 Mode: Internal
Level: Undergraduate
Location: St Lucia
Number of Units: 2 Contact Hours Per Week: 4L<2P or <2T
Course Description: Fundamentals of Reliability Engineering: failure intensity functions; system reliability;
exploratory data analysis; the Weibull function; design for reliability; HAZOP; FMECA. Maintenance Management;
preventive, predictive, proactive and corrective methods and their place in maintenance strategy; maintenance
performance indices; workforce estimation and organisational structure; spare parts administration; maintenance
contracts and contract administration; reliability centred maintenance; total productive maintenance. Preventive
component replacement and capital equipment replacement decisions.
Assumed Background:
3rd and 4th year engineering students of all disciplines. Some understanding of project evaluation fundamentals
and physics and material properties is desirable.

1.2 Course Introduction

This course will be run in parallel with the elective course "Mine Asset Management and Services" developed
for Mining Education Australia, a cooperative initiative between The University of Queensland, The University of
New South Wales, Curtin University and The University of Adelaide to provide a common mining engineering
curriculum to 3rd and 4th year students. To achieve this, the course has been divided into three parts A, B and C.
Part A (weeks 1 to 8 inclusive) is common to all engineering students and deals with physical asset management
fundamentals. Part B (weeks 9 to 12 inclusive) is for students enrolled in Mining Engineering, and focuses on Mine
Services. Part C (weeks 9 to 12 inclusive) is for non-mining engineering students and will be run as a series of
computer laboratory practicals dealing with advanced asset management issues.

Most engineers will have to make decisions concerning the design, acquisition, maintenance and renewal of
engineering assets throughout their professional careers. This course aims to provide 3rd and 4th year
engineering students of all disciplines with a sound background relating to:

- Reliability engineering and maintenance management (Part A),

- Mine Services including mine pump dewatering systesm, electrical motor fundamentals and distribution
systems, mine winder selection, and conveyor belt selection (Part B - Mining engineering students only)

- Optimisation of component and capital equipment replacement decisions (Part C).

The course coordinator is Dr Peter Knights, BMA Chair and Professor of Mining Engineering.
 Course Changes in Response to Previous Student Feedback

Several students have commented that this course contains material that is immediately applicable to problems
likely to be encountered in future professional life. One student commented that it was the most interesting
course that he had undertaken in four years of engineering.

In 2012 the mining service lectures were completely revised with the assistance of SKM (now Jacobs
Engineering). These lectures will be delivered by guest lecturers Rob Krek (Jacobs) and Ed Northcote during 2015.

Based on student feedback the number of tutors for this course have been increased from 2 to 3 to facilitate
faster feedback on items submitted for assessment.

1.3 Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Professor Peter Knights Email: p.knights@uq.edu.au

1.4 Timetable
Timetables are available on mySI-net.
Timetables are subject to change during the beginning of semester. For up to date timetable information please
check mySI-net.

You can find information on how to read your timetable (http://www.uq.edu.au/myadvisor/about-class-timetables)

and class sign-on (http://www.uq.edu.au/myadvisor/electronic-sign-on) on the myAdvisor website.

Additional Timetable Information

Please read the mySI-net timetable carefully - Classes start in week 1!

A course schedule, containing dates and times of all lecture, workshop, mentor meeting and seminar sessions as
well as due dates for deliverables, is available on the course Blackboard site.

Students do not need to Sign on via mySI-net for IT classes, these will be scheduled according to project teams.
Scheduling of teams will be done in class and a roster will be available on Blackboard.

# (Field trip) A field trip is planned to visit the QR workshops in Goodna. Date Friday tba.

2. Aims, Objectives & Graduate Attributes

2.1 Course Aims

The course aims to impart the fundamentals of: (i) reliability engineering, (ii) maintenance management and (iii)
optimisation of component and capital equipment replacement decisions to 3rd and 4th year engineering students
of all disciplines.

This course will be run in parallel with the elective course "Mine Asset Management and Services" developed
for Mining Education Australia, a cooperative initiative between The University of Queensland, The University of
New South Wales, Curtin University and The University of Adelaide to provide a common mining engineering
curriculum to 3rd and 4th year students. To achieve this, the course has been divided into three parts A, B and C.
Part A (weeks 1 to 7 inclusive) is common to all engineering students and deals with physical asset management
fundamentals. Part B (weeks 8 to 12 inclusive) is for students enrolled in Mining Engineering, and focuses on Mine
Services. Part C (weeks 8 to 12 inclusive) is for non-mining engineering students and will be run as a series of
tutorials and computer laborator practicals dealing with advanced asset management issues.

2.2 Learning Objectives

After successfully completing this course you should be able to:
 1 (Reliability engineering) Distinguish between functions, functional failures and failure modes. Be familiar
with basic reliability analysis, equipment performance indices and improvement methods.
2 (Maintenance management) Ability to design and implement maintenance support systems for
engineering assets, including specifying preventive, predictive, proactive and corrective tasks within an
overall maintenance strategy.
3 (Component and capital equipment replacement) Undertake quantified risk assessments for optimising
maintenance decisions and apply life cycle costing and equivalent annual cost (EAC) methods for
optimizing capital equipment replacement.
4 Mine Services - Be familiar with mine winder, materials handling, electrical distribution fundamentals,
and mine dewatering principles.

2.3. Graduate Attributes

Successfully completing this course will contribute to the recognition of your attainment of the following UQ
(Undergrad Pass) graduate attributes:

GRADUATE ATTRIBUTE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

A. IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF THE FIELD OF STUDY
A1. A comprehensive and well-founded knowledge in the field of study. 1, 2, 3, 4
A4. An understanding of how other disciplines relate to the field of study. 1, 3
A5. An international perspective on the field of study. 1
B. EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
B1. The ability to collect, analyse and organise information and ideas and to
2, 3
convey those ideas clearly and fluently, in both written and spoken forms.
B2. The ability to interact effectively with others in order to work towards a
1
common outcome.
B3. The ability to select and use the appropriate level, style and means of
2
communication.
B4. The ability to engage effectively and appropriately with information and
1, 2, 3, 4
communication technologies.
C. INDEPENDENCE AND CREATIVITY
C1. The ability to work and learn independently. 1, 2, 3, 4
C3. The ability to generate ideas and adapt innovatively to changing
1, 2, 3
environments.
C4. The ability to identify problems, create solutions, innovate and improve
1, 2, 3
current practices.
D. CRITICAL JUDGEMENT
D1. The ability to define and analyse problems. 1, 2, 3, 4
D2. The ability to apply critical reasoning to issues through independent
1, 2, 3
thought and informed judgement.
D3. The ability to evaluate opinions, make decisions and to reflect critically on
1, 2, 3
the justifications for decisions.
E. ETHICAL AND SOCIAL UNDERSTANDING
E1. An understanding of social and civic responsibility. 1, 2, 4
E2. An appreciation of the philosophical and social contexts of a discipline. 1, 2
E4. A knowledge and respect of ethics and ethical standards in relation to a 2
major area of study.
E5. A knowledge of other cultures and times and an appreciation of cultural
diversity.

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