ENCI475-20S1 (C) Semester One 2020

Independent Course of Study

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2020
End Date: Sunday, 21 June 2020
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 28 February 2020
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 29 May 2020

Description

Independent Course of Study

ENCI475 is an independent course of study allowing students to research a mutually agreed topic. The aim of this course is to advance the student(s) knowledge of green roofs by following the programme set out below.  Concurrently, it will help extended the student’s research and experimental design skills. There are a number of assessments throughout the semester which will determine the final grade awarded for this course.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Course Coordinators

Aisling O'Sullivan and Tonny de Vries

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Draft outline for review paper 35%
Excel spreadsheet of annotated literature review 15%
Experimental review for new experiments 25%
Literature review 15%
Presentation to research group 10%


Overview

1. Review International and New Zealand literature and provide an accompanying annotated EXCEL spreadsheet and draft review of the literature for:

a. Green roof technology
b. Case studies of engineered substrates
c. Case studies of green roofs in different climates
d. Review of experimental designs
e. Develop a dedicated Endnote database for the literature

2. Develop a laboratory experimental design that could be developed to test some of the new research questions

a. Experimental Design aligned to new research question(s) for testing the effects of new (engineered, waste) substrates on green roof performance.
b. Materials and methods required to run the outlined experiments and a concomitant budget (based on known analytical costs)

3. Presentation

a. Oral presentation to the Hydrological and Ecological Engineering Research Group, which will be peer reviewed based on communication skills
b. Draft outline of a conference (or journal article) as guided by the supervisors based on the critical review of green roofs undertake in this course.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,102.00

International fee $5,500.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Civil and Natural Resources Engineering .

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