EG4013 - Asset Management, Maintenance and Reliability

Credit points:	03
Year:	2010
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	School of Engineering

Asset management: describe the concepts, theory and methods of infrastructure management; identify asset performance requirements and manage asset management data; develop life cycle models for assets. Maintenance: provide an overview and introduction to the essential elements of an effective asset maintenance strategy. Reliability: introduce basic reliability concepts and methodologies.

Learning Outcomes

• to develop a general understanding of reliability engineering;
• appreciation of asset management techniques;
• development of an overall understanding of an effective asset maintenance strategy in an industrial organisation.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to generate, calculate, interpret and communicate numerical information in ways appropriate to a given discipline or discourse;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies.

Prerequisites:	60 credit points
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	ME4527 EE4306

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 26-Aug-2010
Coord/Lect:	Dr Ling Yin.
Contact hours:	65 hours - Lectures, tutorials, demonstrations, practicals, site visits and/or seminars. Refer to Subject Outline for details.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50% - 70%); on-course assessment, some of which may be invigilated (30% - 50%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.