Units

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Sample subject outline - Semester 2 2013

Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.

Rationale

Engineers are often involved in the management of substantial amounts of infrastructure, plant equipment, building facilities and similar assets. In today's capital intensive industries, maintenance and management of assets is a major cost element, and the efficiency of asset management is heavily influenced by equipment reliability and maintenance effectiveness. The engineer needs to know how to manage the asset life cycle, organise maintenance based on integrated assessment, including health condition, reliability, value and safety, as well as the advanced methodologies on how to create and implement effective asset management and maintenance plans.

Aims

The aim of this unit is to equip you with the basic concepts, theories, skills and techniques that will be needed to undertake engineering asset management, reliability analysis and maintenance management activities as well as whole life cycle management.

Objectives

Unit Specific Objectives:
On completion of this unit you should:
1. Understand and appreciate whole life cycle management for engineering assets and infrastructure
2. Understand and appreciate various types of maintenance strategies and management techniques
3. Have an awarness of reliability theory, practical reliability engineering, condition monitoring techniques and their applications
4. Be able to assess causes of failure and undertake FMECA
5. Understand techniques for maintenance management, planning and logistics

Content

This unit will cover the following topics:

1. Overview of advanced engineering asset management concepts; Overview of maintenance
engineering, procedures responsibilities and tasks
2. Maintenance Organisation & control
3. Reliability Statistics and reliability engineering;
4. Component Reliability; Data collection and analysis; Probability Plotting
5. System Reliability and Availability
6. Failure Mode & Effect Analysis (FMEA) and FMECA
7. Condition monitoring and assessment technology
8. Reliability Centered Engineering - Industry perspectives
9. Quantitative techniques for maintenance planning
10. Maintenance simulation and Network Planning
11. Fault tree and Event tree Analysis
12. Risk Analysis and management
13. Strategic Asset Management and decision support

Approaches to Teaching and Learning

Teaching Mode:

This unit will involve lectures, delivered by both academic and industry experts, and tutorials. Normal lectures will cover the unit content throughout the semester while the tutorials will supplement the lecture materials and reinforce your understanding with the assistance of examples and problem solving exercises. One written report on a major assignment/project on FMECA or reliability will form the component of continuous assessment.

Hours per week: 3 (2 hour Lecture, 1 hour Tutorial)
Alternatively, a Block mode of teaching may apply, in which the main lectures are conducted in two weeks.

Assessment

QUT's Assessment Policy is located at MOPP c/5.1You will receive feedback from your lecturer during various stages of your project and also after assessment of your finished project and your presentations. Feedback will also come from your team members.

Assessment name: Project (research)
Description: A group research project with individual sections due at the date specified in the study guide.
Relates to objectives: 1. An understanding and appreciation of whole life cycle management for engineering assets and infrastructur; 6. An understanding of techniques for maintenance management, planning and logistics
Weight: 50%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Group with Individual Component
Due date: Per Study Guide

Assessment name: Presentation (Oral or Group)
Description: Oral Presentation
Relates to objectives: 1. An understanding and appreciation of whole life cycle management for engineering assets and infrastructure; 2. An understanding and appreciation of various types of maintenance strategies and management techniques; 3. An awareness of reliability theory, practical reliability engineering, condition monitoring techniques and their applications; 4. Ability to assess cause of failure and to undertake FMECA; 5.An understanding of risk management; and 6. An understanding of techniques for maintenance management, planning and logistics.
Weight: 20%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: TBA

Assessment name: Research Paper
Description: Individual Research Assignment on a selected topic that is given by the lecturer. You are asked to investigate a research problem in asset management.
Relates to objectives: 1. An understanding and appreciation of whole life cycle management for engineering assets and infrastructure; 2. An understanding and appreciation of various types of maintenance strategies and management techniques; 3. An awareness of reliability theory, practical reliability engineering, condition monitoring techniques and their applications; 4. Ability to assess cause of failure and to undertake FMECA; 5.An understanding of risk management; and 6. An understanding of techniques for maintenance management, planning and logistics.
Weight: 30%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: TBA

Academic Honesty

QUT is committed to maintaining high academic standards to protect the value of its qualifications. To assist you in assuring the academic integrity of your assessment you are encouraged to make use of the support materials and services available to help you consider and check your assessment items. Important information about the university's approach to academic integrity of assessment is on your unit Blackboard site.

A breach of academic integrity is regarded as Student Misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties.

Resource materials

Beasley, M. "Reliability for Engineers", Macmillan Press, London, 1991, ISBN 0-333-54238-X

Kelly, A & M J Harris, Management of Industrial Maintenance, Butterworths 1983, ISBN0-408-01377-X

Kelly, A. Maintenance Strategy and Maintenance Organisation and Systems. Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997.

B Render & R M Stair Jr, Quantitative Analysis for Management, Allyn & Bacon, 1982, ISBN 0-205-07619-X

Wang, J. & Roush Marvin, What Every Engineer should know about Risk Engineering and Management", Marcel Dekker, 2000, ISBN 0-8247-9301-3

Davies, A, Handbook of Condition Monitoring - Techniques and Methodology, Chapman & Hall, 1998, ISBN 0-412-61320-4

Risk assessment statement

There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit. You will be informed of any requirements pertaining to a safe workplace. In lectures, tutorials and such, the information will include location of fire exits and meeting points in case of fire. If you do not follow legitimate instructions or who endanger the safety of others or do not act in accordance with the requirements of the Workplace Health and Safety Act, will be required to leave the session.

Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.

Last modified: 14-Jun-2012