Found 211 study abroad units
EGH473 Advanced Geotechnical Engineering
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- School/discipline
- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Geotechnical engineers use knowledge and skills bases that you will learn about in this advanced unit to undertake site investigation, evaluate slope stability, design retaining walls, design shallow foundations and deep foundations, and analyse and design rock systems. You will continue to develop your knowledge of geotechnical engineering in the context of technical, practical, and stakeholder perspectives. You will also continue to develop your personal and professional attributes, especially teamwork, time and resource management, communication, and reflective practice. This unit draws upon your learning in EGB270 Civil Engineering Materials and EGB373 Geotechnical Engineering. EGH479 Advances in Civil Engineering Practice will build upon this unit.
EGH472 Advanced Highway and Pavement Engineering
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Road planning and design and pavement design are prominent civil engineering activities for the safe, efficient and sustainable movement of people and goods. Civil engineers use knowledge and skills bases that you will learn in this unit to meet stakeholders' needs. You will learn road design, road safety, alignment and coordination, road drainage, basic intersection design, and road pavement design. You will further develop your personal and professional attributes, especially independent and collaborative strategies in team working, including reflective practice, to manage a civil infrastructure planning and design project in a timely manner with a focus on delivering outcomes. Emphasis is placed on your awareness of risk, ethics and socio-cultural perspectives in civil engineering practice.This unit draws upon your learning in EGB272 Traffic and Transport Engineering. EGH479 Advances in Civil Engineering Practice will build upon this unit.
EGH471 Advanced Water Engineering
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- School/discipline
- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Water engineers use knowledge and skills bases that you will learn in this advanced unit to analyse surface water systems including rivers, creeks and reservoirs, and to undertake design of related hydraulic structures including bridges, culverts and dams. You will continue to develop your knowledge of water engineering in the context of technical, practical and stakeholder perspectives. You will learn the hydrologic cycle and its applications in runoff estimations, probability and risk based flood analysis, estimating design floods, hydrologic and hydraulic modelling and water sensitive urban design concepts. You will work together with peers on assessing catchments for their hydrologic and hydraulic characteristics, modelling floods using software tools and designing simple hydraulic structures. This unit draws upon your learning in EGB123 Civil Engineering Systems, EGB124 Engineering for the Environment, and EGB371 Engineering Hydraulics.
EGH465 Decarbonisation for Sustainable Production
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- School/discipline
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This is an advanced unit for chemical, mechanical and process engineering in the context of a manufacturing environment. Industry has become increasingly mindful of the need to reduce carbon emissions, in a world with an expanding global population. This unit introduces decarbonisation concepts and technologies as a means for more sustainable production for existing production facilities, comparing competing approaches. You will be able to conduct research, review and develop decarbonisation solutions for existing industry, demonstrate advanced knowledge in fossil fuel replacement options, and manage the intermittent availability of many current renewable energy options. You will work on a decarbonisation project.
EGH464 Sustainable Minerals Processing
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- School/discipline
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Professional engineers need to have a sound understanding of how science and engineering fundamental concepts inform sustainable practices and designs. In this unit, you will apply inorganic, physical, organic and analytical chemistry concepts in the operation and design of mineral processing circuits used for extracting metals and minerals required for clean energy technologies. You will build professional and personal attributes around ethics, risks and sustainability, and understand key aspects of health, safety and environment on mineral processing plants. This unit builds on chemistry from EGB264 Engineering Chemistry.
EGH463 Process Design
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- School/discipline
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Professional engineers have a "comprehensive, theory based understanding of the underpinning natural and physical sciences and the engineering fundamentals applicable to the engineering discipline" (Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer). This process engineering unit uses advanced concepts of chemistry, design, economics and physics in a real engineering context. You will develop the ability to recognise and apply methods to design plant to solve real world problems utilising chemical, thermodynamic, fluids and kinetics with subsequent evaluation of the techno economics, sustainability and environmental impacts. You will undertake site visits and laboratory working in groups to plan, design and evaluate plant design. You will use this to demonstrate the culmination of knowledge and appreciation across a number of technical areas.
EGH462 Process Control
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Modern plants are composed of numerous processes that have strict performance and safety requirements. To meet these demands, engineers need to ensure properly designed process control systems that maintain suitable operation in the presence of changing set points and fluctuations in process conditions. In this advanced level unit, you will learn the concepts and techniques that underpin control systems, bringing together content learnt in the process design and process operations streams. You will learn the theory underpinning control of dynamic process systems, and use this to model and predict the response of these systems. This will cumulate designing process control systems which meet various meet engineering requirements of performance and safety. This unit brings together previous learning in the process operations stream. An embedded mathematics module, constituting 20% of the unit, provides advanced methods that support student learning in the engineering context.
CAB420 Machine Learning
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Machine learning is the science of getting computers to act without being explicitly programmed. This unit provides you with a broad introduction to machine learning and its statistical foundations. Topics include: definition of machine learning tasks; classification principles and methods; dimensionality reduction/subspace methods; and deep learning methods such as convolutional neural networks and transformers. The unit makes use of python, jupyterlab, git and state of the art machine learning libraries. In addition to addressing specific machine learning methods, we will consider the ethical implications of machine learning in applications where individuals or groups could be marginalised, and the computational cost of machine learning methods and ways to reduce the compute burden. Application examples are taken from areas such as computer vision, finance, market prediction and information retrieval.
EGB319 Medical Device Design
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Professional medical engineers work with medical devices at different stages of their life-cycle. Doing so requires specialist understanding of the regulatory requirements for medical devices. In this unit, you will work together with peers to propose and evaluate designs to address an unmet clinical need. In assuming a team role you will be exposed to the various duties that medical engineers may fulfill in professional practice. The impacts of the regulatory environment on medical device design will be explored as well as the importance of quality and risk management. EGB319 Medical Device Design builds on EGB210 Fundamentals of Mechanical Design to develop your engineering design skills, with particular emphasis on medical device concept development, EGH435 Modelling and Simulation for Medical Engineers will add quantitative design skills to enable refinement of medical device designs.
EGB316 Design of Machine Elements
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Mechanical design within professional engineering practice requires that graduates bring together the various analytical techniques they know in a systematic way to develop confidence in a design or analysis. In this unit students will learn advanced theories of mechanical design analysis, and will apply this in the design and analysis of a variety of machine elements. Methodical design process is emphasized, as is the application of relevant design standards, and advanced simulation using the Finite Element Analysis package ANSYS. A key focus of the unit is the repeated application of a practice based design analysis workflow to real machine components. Weekly application of the design skills being developed, make you comfortable with both mechanical systems as a whole, and the determination, estimation, or selection of open ended quantities within the design process.
EGB314 Solid Mechanics
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
As a mechanical/medical engineer, you must have the expertise to analyse components and systems of components to produce safe and efficient designs. Strength of Materials is an intermediate level unit which investigates how external loading produces internal stresses and strains in a solid body, and the implications of these stresses and strains for components’ strength, stiffness and robustness. Understanding this subject is an essential part of the design process that ensures the structural integrity of various structures, electromechanical devices and mechanisms. When used effectively and this process can result in lightweight, reliable and robust structures. This unit builds on the concepts from the introductory EGB121 - Engineering Mechanics unit. Future units, such as EGB210 - Fundamentals of Mechanical Design, EGB316 - Design of Machine elements and EGH414 - Stress Analysis use the knowledge and techniques developed in this subject extensively.
EGB321 Dynamics of Machines
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Professional engineers have a "comprehensive, theory-based understanding of the underpinning natural and physical sciences and the engineering fundamentals applicable to the engineering discipline" (Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineers). This engineering core unit introduces fundamental concepts of dynamics & vibration of machines in an engineering context. You will develop the ability to recognise and apply the developed theories and formulas to solve fundamental engineering problems involving position, velocity, acceleration and force and to solve more complex problems involving nonlinear equation of motion, free body diagram as an introduction to predicting the vibration behaviours of engineering systems. You will undertake laboratory work in groups to plan and conduct experiments to predict and analyze the behavior of physical systems and apply this theoretical dynamics knowledge into practice to design walkable robots.
EGB322 Thermodynamics
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
As a professional engineer you will be competent to practice as outlined in the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineers, including discipline specific knowledge and skills in engineering thermodynamics.This unit introduces the fundamental principles of thermodynamics, together with the use of state diagrams to describe thermodynamic systems and processes. In this unit you will apply these principles and analysis methods to real world engineering problems involving air compressors, internal combustion engines, steam power plant and refrigeration systems. This unit relies on a prior understanding of mathematics and mechanics studied in your first year or equivalent units. You will build from this unit in subsequent engineering units in advanced thermodynamics and fluid dynamics.
EGB323 Fluid Mechanics
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Professional engineers have a "comprehensive, theory based understanding of the underpinning natural and physical sciences and the engineering fundamentals applicable to the engineering discipline" (Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer). This 2nd-year unit introduces the fundamentals of fluid mechanics applied by engineers to understand and characterize fluid flows. The concepts, principles and equations of fluid mechanics are presented in the context of real engineering systems. The unit will provide you with the ability to apply and solve problems related to hydrostatics, explain and report how basic fluid mechanics is used in hydraulic structures and fluid systems, and apply the energy and momentum equations.
EGB220 Mechatronics Design 1
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Mechatronics Design 1 is a project unit with a hands-on introduction to mechatronics. You will be introduced to the basic concepts in mechatronics, focusing on the mechanics, electronics, and embedded software principles. The unit focuses on the research, design, and implementation of a mechatronic product to conform to a customer's needs. This is the first in a series of design units specifically for Mechatronics, building on your Introduction to Design unit in first year.
EGB242 Signal Analysis
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Signal processing engineers have knowledge of engineering methodologies, and possess problem solving, communication, leadership and project management skills. They design, model, and analyze systems, and use a wide range of technologies and applications, including household appliances, communications systems, modern control, circuit design, biomedical engineering, and speech processing. They help transform society and enhance the quality of life. This unit will introduce you to the foundations of signal and system analysis in the time and frequency domains. You will learn and work individually and with peers to apply engineering and mathematical concepts and use programming techniques, to solve contextualized practical problems employing Fourier and Laplace analysis, LTI systems, filtering, and System modelling. This unit will draw on your knowledge and skills from EGB120 and MZB127, and prepare you for units in telecommunications, signal processing and control.
EGB243 Aircraft Systems and Flight
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- School/discipline
- School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This is a foundational aerospace engineering unit addressing the aerodynamic principles of flight, aircraft systems and the airspace environment in which aircraft operate. The unit covers basic aerostatics, aerodynamics and equations of motion to gain a technical appreciation for how aircraft fly. Core aircraft systems including navigation, surveillance, guidance and control system are covered, linking their functionality and importance to air traffic management and air safety aspects of the airspace. These topics are delivered in conjunction with multiple problem solving tasks, providing you with both the technical knowledge and high level picture of how aircraft are able to operate in the world today.This is second year engineering unit and the knowledge and problem solving skills developed in this unit are relevant to aerospace and electrical, electrical and mechatronics majors.
EGB241 Electromagnetics and Machines
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Power engineering is a sub-field of electrical engineering that deals with the generation, transmission, distribution, and utilization of electric power. Electromagnetics involves the study electric fields, magnetic fields, their sources, waves and the behavior these waves. Applications include electrical generators and motors, antennas, printed circuit board layout, data storage, fiber optics and wireless systems. This unit will introduce you to the foundations of power engineering, including magnetic circuits, electric machines, transformers and 3-phase power. You will also learn about static electric fields, electromagnetic wave propagation and transmission line theory. You will work individually and with peers to solve practical problems and to carry out simple designs. This unit will draw on your knowledge of Mathematics and EGB120 Foundations in Electrical Engineering, and prepares you for more advanced studies in Microwave and Power Engineering.
ABB206 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
The development of conflict management and negotiation skills is essential for those tasked with shaping the built environment. In this unit, you will acquire skills in effective communication, analysis of disputes and creative problem-solving through active participation in role-playing and reflective activities and intense investigation of real-world conflicts that arise through the development of land. You will learn to manage conflicting stakeholder perspectives, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' perspectives. Learning to think about and respond to conflict in a rational manner will prepare you for group work within your studies and into professional practice. Stakeholder Engagement and Planning Law units build on this unit.
EGB275 Structural Mechanics
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Structural engineering focuses on analysis and design of safe, economical and sustainable structures to meet stakeholders' needs. In this intermediate unit, you will learn moment distribution, introduction to structural analysis software, principle of virtual work for deflections, transformation of stresses and Mohr's Circle, torsion, shear flow, shear centre, unsymmetrical bending, principle of compatibility, and combined axial loading and bending of structural elements and systems. Strong emphasis is given on digital practices and technologies in structural engineering. With embedded support for learning, you will further develop your mathematical skills in structural engineering applications, and professional skills in engineering communication. This unit draws upon your learning in EGB121 Engineering Mechanics and MZB127 Engineering Mathematics and Statistics, and provides foundation for all structural engineering units in the Civil Engineering major.
EGB270 Civil Engineering Materials
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Civil engineers in the fields of structural, geotechnical and construction engineering use knowledge and skills bases in civil engineering materials that you will learn in this unit to meet stakeholders' needs for safe, economical and sustainable infrastructure. You will learn core concepts of civil engineering materials science, and acquisition, manufacturing and testing of materials such as concrete, steel, timber and soils, and factors that influence their properties and application in real-world infrastructure projects at introduced level. You will be introduced to common and advanced civil engineering materials used in the Australian and global contexts. You will further develop your professional skills, in particular communication and reflection towards developing your professional engineering competency. This unit draws upon your learning in EGB121 Engineering Mechanics. Structural, geotechnical, and construction engineering units will build upon this unit.
EGB273 Principles of Construction
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Construction engineering is a prominent field of civil engineering that focuses on turning civil engineering infrastructure designs into reality. Construction engineers use knowledge and skills bases that you will learn in this second year unit to select and implement methods of civil construction. You will learn about site investigation, environmental management, construction planning and project management techniques, earthworks, equipment selection for various civil infrastructure types. You will further develop your professional skills in communication and engineering teamwork. This intermediate unit draws upon your learning in EGB123 Civil Engineering Systems. EGH479 Advances in Civil Engineering Practice will build upon this unit.
EGB274 Environmentally Sustainable Design
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
The knowledge and skills associated with site investigation, analysis and planning for sustainable development are essential for civil and environmental engineers, as is the ability to work within multidisciplinary teams to achieve balanced solutions on social, economic, cultural and environmental outcomes. This sustainable development design project requires you to undertake typical site investigations, site analyses and conceptual designs for a selected site covering sustainability issues in the following areas: Sustainable Transport, Land Planning including assessment of the surrounding areas, Water & Wastewater Management and Environmental Impact Assessment. This unit extends and applies the knowledge developed in design based engineering units to important issues such as site analysis, site investigation, site planning, development assessment, environmental management, water quality, pollution prevention and control, and resource and waste management.
EGB272 Traffic and Transport Engineering
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- School/discipline
- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Transport engineering is a prominent field of civil engineering that focuses upon safe, efficient and environmentally sustainable mobility of people and goods. Its activities include the analysis, design, planning, operation, management and control of multimodal transport systems. Transport engineers use knowledge and skills bases that you will learn in this unit to meet stakeholders' needs. You will learn the fundamentals of road traffic and transport engineering, which includes traffic flow theory, unsignalised intersection analysis, signalised intersection analysis and design, and travel demand modelling. You will further develop your professional skills in communication and engineering teamwork. This unit draws upon your learning in EGB123 Civil Engineering Systems and EGB103 Computing and Data for Engineers. EGH472 Advanced Highway and Pavement Engineering, and EGH479 Advances in Civil Engineering Practice, will build upon this unit.
UXH431 Urban Planning Practice
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- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Urban planners collaborate within project teams to find and implement solutions to complex contemporary issues. In this unit, we will simulate a planning consultancy with a local government client to provide strategic directions to guide the future development of a specific geographic area. You will work in small groups as a strategic planning consultancy and develop a strategic plan to meet the requirements of the local government. As final year urban and regional planning students, you have developed the technical and communicative skills required to undertake this work throughout your course and professional practice placements but will need to invest significant time and collaborate effectively to produce high-quality deliverables.
ABB214 Environmental Principles of Architectural Design
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- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit familiarises you with the basic design principles and passive strategies for heating, cooling and daylighting necessary for architectural designs that respond to human needs (human comfort), are climate-responsive and energy efficient. Understanding the importance of climate-responsive design provides you with the tools to integrate environmental design principals in buildings that reduces carbon emissions for building operations. In a world of finite resources, understanding the physical phenomenon we have to deal with in design is essential for responsible professionals. Technical and scientific issues are an integral part of design projects. It is a fundamental task of architectural design to achieve maximum comfort requirements of the building occupants while minimising energy consumption and operational carbon emissions.
ABB211 Architecture Design 3
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- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit introduces you to architectural design through residential projects at the scale of the house and small multi-residential development. Building on foundational design learning from first year, you will explore architectural principles, processes, and problem-solving approaches through precedent research and iterative design work. You will investigate the relationships between dwellings, their inhabitants, and the surrounding landscape, and develop coherent design responses to problems of moderate complexity. The unit emphasises clear communication of architectural ideas through drawings, physical models, and presentations, preparing you for more advanced architectural design studios.
ABB212 Architecture Design 4
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit provides you with an ability to develop architectural designs of reasonable complexity with particular focus on urban space, planning and form through an understanding of site specificities, topography, urban infrastructure and the natural landscape. In this unit you will undertake a small commercial and larger cultural design project. This builds on prior knowledge gained in the first year design studios. You will also be introduced to urban design expanding your previous knowledge of site planning. You will gain new skills in architectural design, urban analysis, and architectural drawing, modelling and visualisation toward the formal synthesis of buildings in urban settings.
ABB213 Modern Architecture
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit introduces you to modern architecture and its continuing impact on architectural practice today. You will explore key architectural ideas, movements, and project from the late nineteenth century through to the present and examine how architecture has responded to changes in society, technology and culture. Through lectures, readings and tutorial discussions, you will learn how architects have understood and debated modernity, and how these debates continue to shape contemporary architectural thinking. The unit builds on the historical and spatial knowledge developed in ABB105 Spatial Materiality and ABB108 Spatial Histories, and supports your learning in design studios by strengthening your ability to describe, analyse and discuss architecture.
EGB264 Engineering Chemistry
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
As a Chemical Process Engineer, you will encounter practical implications of analytical concepts in both inorganic and organic branches of chemical processing. Collaboration and consultation with technical partners will require a working knowledge of these concepts as a professional chemical process engineer. This unit introduces theoretical and practical concepts of analytical and organic chemistry that are relevant within chemical processing. You will learn about common analytical concepts, instrumentation, and application, as well as learn about fundamental organic chemistry functional groups, interactions and reactions. This is an introductory unit and you will draw on knowledge gained from EGB161.