Course description

This course will focus on exploring the implications of being a professional engineer in the 21st century through actively engaging with the technical, socio-economic and political stakeholders to the National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges. Students will elect to focus on one of the 14 grand challenges both individually and as part of a small multidisciplinary team in an enquiry based approach requiring an in-depth framing of the problem and the identification of innovative opportunities and the necessary conditions for developing a sustainable solution that is scalable and can be applied at a global level. The students will act as consultants and advisors to the newly formed UQ Engineering Global Innovations Centre* and be required to demonstrate their leadership skills in developing a network of collaborators from the relevant disciplines within the UQ research community, as well as industry and the community. Key lectures will provide the students with supporting technical/social/political/cultural/economic issues around the challenges, developing networks within communities, leadership, planning and persuasive communication. In addition, each student will be required to produce a video of their proposal, demonstrating their understanding of the issues in a persuasive argument to the relevant stakeholders. * A fictitious organisation

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