Found 198 study abroad units
ENN530 Asset and Facility Management
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- School/discipline
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Professionals are often involved in the management of processes and infrastructure including transportation, water, energy, buildings and telecommunications. In today's business environment, the safe and efficient maintenance and management of these assets and associated risks is critical. The professionals need to know how to manage the whole of life cycle of assets; organise maintenance based on condition and reliability assessments; and create as well as implement effective safety and environmental systems, asset management and maintenance plans so as to meet the business objectives of the organisation.
ENN515 Total Quality Management
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- School/discipline
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
To grow in the highly competitive global marketplace, organizations must maximize customer value and product quality. Total Quality Management (TQM) advocates the enterprise make optimum use of resources, technology, equipment, and the skills and knowledge of employees, suppliers and customers. Total Quality Management unit provides students with an understanding of the underlying philosophy, theory and practice of modern day quality management process. Quality Management has evolved beyond its roots in statistics and the quality control functions. Many consider TQM to be a framework for "excellent" management. The main themes of TQM are: a data-based approach to problem solving; an emphasis on organisational and behavioural considerations; a customer-oriented market-sensitive approach to designing and delivering both products and services; and finally, a desire and system approach for continual improvement.
ENN519 Entrepreneurship and Applications
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- School/discipline
- School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit introduces you to fundamental entrepreneurial concepts and advanced design practice. The unit combines skills in engineering with entrepreneurship. You will apply your new knowledge in entrepreneurship to devise an idea for an artefact, a system that solves a customer’s problem or satisfies a demand in the market. You will learn to think about a business case for your idea, identify potential customers, and analyse the market situation. Working in teams, you will apply advanced design methods to evaluate your product or service idea based on its technology feasibility, desirability, and commercial viability. You will heavily draw on project management and team skills learned as an engineer.
ENN510 Engineering Knowledge Management
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- School/discipline
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit acknowledges knowledge as a key asset of an organisation, and introduces Knowledge Management (KM) as an innovative process that needs to be closely aligned to organisational goals. The unit introduces critical building blocks of a KM system. All engineering managers must have the fundamental skills and knowledge to understand, design, develop, and manage KM systems in an organization. This unit provides the basic knowledge and skills to understand the complex issues of KM that are essential to the career advancement of engineering managers. In addition, the unit also introduces: a. organizational culture and organizational behavioral changes that are needed to transform a traditional organization into a knowledge-oriented enterprise. b. digital technologies to deliver efficient access to and utilisation of knowledge.
ABN513 Contemporary Architectural Theory
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- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit explores the contemporary landscape of architectural thought from the late 1960s until the present. It will consider how architecture has been located in interdisciplinary terms as well as through its own disciplinary problems. It will locate the world of ideas in conversation with concrete architectural production, as an active agent through which the discipline of architecture responds to the world in which architecture is practiced, debated and defended. The unit serves as a platform for developing a critical vocabulary and a suite of ideas through which to advance your own design practice and your positions as an architect. It enhances your experience in design studio by fostering the intellectual skills needed to participate in global architectural debate and to make your own design projects theoretically rigorous.
ABN511 Master Studio Two
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- School/discipline
- School of Architecture and Built Environment
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This is a studio-based design unit, in which you will develop a complex project for a research community through a process of design-led research, brief development and detailed design. Your skills in designing highly resolved design propositions that address critical real-world scenarios will be developed via intensive collaborative and individual work within the design studio. With a focus on designing for the communities that form around research and knowledge transfer activities, you will conduct your own design-led research to create new conceptual, theoretical, methodological, and translational propositions that move beyond conventional architectural approaches.
IFN680 Advanced Machine Learning and Applications
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- School/discipline
- School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This is a specialisation unit in the area of computer science and data analytic. The aim of this unit is to provide you with the knowledge and skills required to design and implement machine learning solutions that can effectively and efficiently solve complex problems. The main advantage of intelligent systems is that they can combine the traditional computer's capacity to remember millions of facts with the human being's cognitive skills, including learning and refining the existing body of knowledge, solving problems with reasoning, helping businesses with strategic planning, diagnosing mechanical faults or human diseases, playing games, and so on. This unit will provide you with an understanding and implementation of the principles and limitations of machine learning techniques that underpins modern Artificial Intelligence.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
ENN670 Specialist Design for Smart Transport
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- School/discipline
- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Specialist professional engineers use a depth of knowledge and skills bases to develop solutions to complex systems design problems that meet stakeholders' needs. In this specialist postgraduate unit you will pursue a complex Transport system problem and in developing a design solution you will hone your specialist skills in critical appraisal, analysis, synthesis, and creativity. You will demonstrate your ability to communicate specialist discipline knowledge and concepts in written, modelled, and graphical forms to technical and non-technical audiences. You will demonstrate your specialist abilities to work pro-actively and productively in a design team, reflective practice, and time and resource management. Emphasis is placed on your demonstrated professional responses to risk, ethics, and stakeholder perspectives. This unit requires you to draw upon your Smart Transport learning throughout your previous postgraduate study.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
ENN671 Net Zero Water Treatment and Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD)
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- School/discipline
- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Water engineers use specialised knowledge and skills to develop more sustainable and energy efficient water and wastewater treatment solutions. In this specialist postgraduate unit, you will learn the innovative concept of Net Zero Energy wastewater and principles of WSUD for sustainable urban stormwater management. You will also learn to address the complex challenges of integrating sustainable water management practices with urban design, making a significant contribution to more resilient and environmentally responsible urban environments. You will demonstrate your learning through comprehensive review of related technologies and presenting your findings in written, verbal and graphical forms to technical and non-technical audiences. Emphasis is placed on your demonstrated professional responses to risk, ethics and stakeholder perspectives. This unit requires you to draw upon your Sustainable Water Management learning throughout your postgraduate study.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
ENN596 Industry Project
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
The aim of this unit is to provide you with an opportunity to apply skills and knowledge developed in your postgraduate engineering study area in an advanced problem domain and to enable you to conduct a well-defined project with specific outcomes, while demonstrating a capabilities focus towards culturally responsible professional engineering practice. The project addresses an industry problem through application of engineering theories, tools, and techniques. You will develop project management skills, culturally responsible professional engineering practice capabilities, and exercise leadership in a team in a complex and changing environment. This unit introduces a range of contemporary project management approaches.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
ENN577 Integrated Water Modelling
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) provides strategies for designing, planning and managing the components of urban water cycle while accounting for their mutual interdependence, as well as their interactions with the wider environmental and human systems. This unit contains two modules: the first six weeks focuses on learning modelling of complex water systems. It includes model conceptualisation, construction, evaluation, and application. You will explore the relationship between theoretical and empirical understanding to conceptualise and construct integrated water models. In the second 6 week module, you will work on a group project to solve real-world problems using the modelling skills developed during first 6 weeks. You will develop professional judgement skills to critically assess models and their outcomes to design strategies for integrated water management problems.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
ENN571 Transport Safety Analysis and Evaluation
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- School/discipline
- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Road traffic crashes represent a huge burden to society, and transport agencies have committed to zero road fatalities. Road safety decision needs appropriate modelling tools and techniques for safe infrastructure design and evidence-based and effective road safety interventions. This unit with has two modules, where the first module will introduce you to the fundamentals of transport safety analysis using crash and injury data sources, and the second module focuses on state-of-the-art safety evaluation techniques.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
ENN572 Artificial Intelligence in Transport
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- School/discipline
- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
The goal of smart transport systems is to increase safety, reduce traffic congestion, and its detrimental socio-economic and environmental impacts, and support to decarbonise the transport sector. Recent advancements in artificial intelligence and technology provide new avenues to smartly achieve the above-mentioned goals. This unit will introduce you to fundamentals of artificial intelligence, AI, in a transport context, and how it enables the future of mobility. You will also grow your skills in techniques for advanced transport data analytics that can be applied to develop predictive models for transport operations and control in line with contemporary engineering practice.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
ENN575 Artificial Intelligence in Water Modelling
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- School/discipline
- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
The goal of modelling water systems (flood and water quality) is to understand their behaviour and predict future changes, investigate their environmental and socio-economic impacts, and support policy development in the water sector. Recent advancements in AI and technology provide new avenues to smartly achieve the above-mentioned goals. This unit will introduce you to fundamentals of AI and how AI enables the future of flood and water quality prediction. You will also grow your skills in techniques for advanced flood and water quality data analytics that can be applied to develop predictive models for water systems in line with contemporary engineering practice.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
ENN573 Econometrics of People and Freight Transport
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- School/discipline
- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Econometric modelling provides tools to study consumer choice behaviours and is needed in various fields of transport, economics, psychology, and sociology. Econometric models are essential components for transport planning and demand analysis, including route choice, mode choice, freight demand and safety analysis. This unit incorporates two modules, where the first module will introduce you to the fundamentals of econometric modelling and the second module focuses on its applications in transport and recent developments in passenger and freight transport analysis.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
ENN574 Catchment Hydrology and Flood Modelling
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- School/discipline
- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Specialist professional engineers use a depth of knowledge and skills bases to develop solutions to complex systems design problems that meet stakeholders' needs. In this specialist postgraduate unit, you will address complex problems related to modelling of rainfall/runoff in both non-urbanised and urbanised catchments. You will learn the processes that govern catchment hydrology, as well as how they can be modelled. The focus will be on state-of-the-art models and tools used in the cutting edge engineering practice. You will also hone your specialist skills in critical appraisal, analysis, synthesis and creativity, focusing on current regulations. You will demonstrate your ability to communicate specialist discipline knowledge and concepts in written, modelled and graphical forms to technical and non-technical audiences including responding to risk, ethics and stakeholder perspectives.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
ENN544 Sustainable Practice in Engineering
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- School/discipline
- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Sustainable development has become a global agenda that impacts on our work and everyday life. Sustainability principles and practices are rapidly becoming embedded in all phases of engineering projects from planning, design, construction and maintenance of buildings and infrastructure, through to mining and manufacturing, energy and water utilities. Engineers need to ensure that their decision making is guided by the fundamental principles of sustainable development.The unit will introduce you to principles, challenges and skills for dealing with a diversity of trans-disciplinary issues in engineering sustainable development. By introducing critical sustainability theory and challenging best practices, this unit will prepare you for the impending changes that are necessary in all built environment and engineering disciplines.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
ENN554 Design of Renewable Energy Production Systems
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- School/discipline
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Engineers are facing increasing need to understand the fundamental technologies for producing and storing renewable energy so they can make informed choices about projects involving renewable energy. This unit will provide you with the knowledge to understand the characteristics of these technologies, and the skills to evaluate the implementation of these technologies into real-world applications. This unit focuses on the design of renewable energy technologies and the tools used to analyse these systems.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
ENN535 Robotic Manufacturing
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- School/discipline
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Since the 1960s and throughout the 3rd industrial revolution (Industry 3.0), the implementation of robotics in manufacturing has resulted in major advances in precision, safety, reliability, productivity and a minimisation of cost and downtime. Now with Industry 4.0 and beyond seeing unprecedented levels of system connectivity, virtualisation, and ever advancing technological development including the emergence of collaborative robotics, practical engineering skills and expertise in modern robotics are more important than ever. This unit provides you with an introduction to robotics in Advanced Manufacturing and will allow you to develop your knowledge of robotic automation of manufacturing processes and the design of such systems in practice. You will learn about the range of robotics employed in industry, be exposed to the engineering fundamentals of robotic design, vision, and control, and use simulation tools in the design and optimisation of robotic manufacturing processes.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
ENN539 Foundations of Industrial Biotechnology
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- School/discipline
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Industrial biotechnology employs microorganisms as cell factories for synthesis of a wide variety of bioproducts. This unit overviews the foundations of industrial biotechnology and explains how they are used for producing food, feed, biofuels, biochemicals, and pharmaceuticals. It covers the key concepts of biochemistry and microbiology that are fundamental to all aspects of industrial biotechnology, and introduces fundamentals of genetic engineering, metabolic engineering, and synthetic biology and their applications for manufacturing bioproducts. Moreover, technical and non-technical aspects of commercialisation of bioproducts including research and development, intellectual property, quality management systems, regulations, ethics and safety will be discussed. This enables students to gain skills required for employment in a broader area of biomanufacturing sectors.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
ENN537 Bioproduct Separation and Purification
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- School/discipline
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Separation and purification technologies are critical for recovery and commercialisation of bioproducts from industrial fermentation processes. This unit introduces key industrial separation and purification technologies, such as extraction, adsorption, membrane filtration, and chromatography technologies, briefs recent advances in new materials and designs to improve separation efficiency. This unit also explains the principles of design and selection of separation and purification technologies for specific bioproducts, including alcohols, organic acids, protein/enzymes and pharmaceuticals. Product storage and stabilisation strategies for some specific bioproducts such as protein and enzymes are also introduced.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
ENN538 Industrial Fermentation
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- School/discipline
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
The transition to a low-carbon economy needs the production of food, beverage, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, polymers and many other products using more sustainable approaches. Fermentation technologies that employ microorganisms to convert renewable carbon sources into bioproducts play a significant role in low-carbon economy and circular bioeconomy. This unit introduces different types of fermentation, the relationship between chemical reactors and bioreactors, design principles of fermenters, key parameters in bioprocess control and optimisation, and key factors in bioprocess scale-up. Several existing and emerging industrial fermentation processes will be introduced as examples to explain how the biological and engineering knowledge is integrated for manufacturing bioproducts.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
ENN482 Advanced Transport Modelling
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- School/discipline
- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This is an advance transport engineering unit that develops theoretical insights with their practical applications of transport modelling and simulation. The unit covers various levels of modelling (micro and macro) techniques. The theory is supported by its real world practical applications. It provides hand-ons use of state-of-the-art modelling tools through an authentic assessment. Modelling of transport networks is an inevitable part of the planning, design and operation of complex transport systems. For instance, strategic models are exploited for the planning of new transport infrastructure and traffic flow models are utilised for evaluating the efficiency and reliability of existing networks. A transport engineer should understand the suitability of various modelling and simulation techniques for particular tasks and assess their strength and weakness.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
ENN479 Public Transport Capacity and Quality
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- School/discipline
- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Transport engineers undertake investigations and assessments as part of public transport infrastructure planning, design and management activities that meet stakeholders' needs. This unit introduces you to knowledge and skills bases that are used in these activities. You will learn about public transport applications in the Australian context, infrastructure planning, capacity analysis, quality of service analysis, advanced control and intelligent transport systems, and project review and evaluation. You will continue to learn about ethics, cultural awareness, sustainable development practices and how they underpin your professional work. You will further develop your professional skills in communication and teamwork. This advanced unit draws upon your learning in EGB123 Civil Engineering Systems and EGB272 Traffic and Transport Engineering (or similar units from other institutions).
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
ENN470 Integrated Urban Water Management
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- School/discipline
- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
The water systems in our cities are increasingly challenged by climate change, growing population and scarce resources. Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) provides solutions for designing, planning and managing the components of urban water cycle while accounting for their interactions with the environmental and human systems, for the challenging futures. Building on international and our own research, this Master of Sustainable Infrastructure unit provides a depth of knowledge and skills bases to develop solutions to complex systems design problems that meet stakeholders' needs. You will learn and apply engineering knowledge in integrated water solutions spanning over water supply, wastewater, and stormwater components of urban water systems. You will also learn and be able to understand the social and economic aspects of urban water management to contribute to planning guidelines, policies and regulations.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
ENN471 Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment
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- School/discipline
- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Specialist professional engineers use a depth of knowledge and skills bases to develop solutions to complex systems design problems that meet stakeholders' needs. In this specialist Master of Sustainable Infrastructure unit, you will address complex problems related to Sustainable Water Treatment systems. The unit delves into the intricacies of designing and optimizing cutting-edge treatment technologies for both water and wastewater. You will also hone your specialist skills in critical appraisal, analysis, synthesis and creativity. You will demonstrate your ability to communicate specialist discipline knowledge and concepts in written, modelled and graphical forms to technical and non-technical audiences. Emphasis is placed on your demonstrated professional responses to risk, ethics and stakeholder perspectives.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
ENN435 Advanced Manufacturing
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- School/discipline
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Modern industries use innovative Advanced Manufacturing technologies in their process and design to enhance productivity and maximise manufacturing and process operations. This unit focuses on advanced manufacturing technique including both additive and subtractive manufacturing processes. The unit will provide you with practical experience in the design for, and use of, 3D printing and various CNC machining techniques such as turning, milling, shaping, drilling and grinding and various other super finishing techniques. In addition, you will develop knowledge on mechanics of metal cutting (orthogonal), tooling considerations and economics of tooling. This unit introduces various non-traditional manufacturing processes such as Electrochemical Machining (ECM) and Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) and Laser Cutting. In a broad sense this unit will provide you the necessary knowledge about manufacturing a product/assembly/machine including process capability and sequencing.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
ENN414 Advanced Materials
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- School/discipline
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Study level
- Postgraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
With a rapidly growing and ageing global population, the demand for novel materials with advanced properties to address critical challenges in structures, energy, environment, and healthcare is increasing. In this units, you will be introduced to advanced materials such as light metals, ceramic, polymers, composites, biomaterials (including metallic glasses), smart materials, thin film materials, and recycled materials. These will be examined in greater depth in the context of their properties, processing, performance, and failure mechanisms (fracture, fatigue, creep, corrosion) to support robust designs. Further, relevant engineering case studies, research papers outlining the latest developments, and laboratory experiments will be provided to support an in-depth understanding of selected materials and their applications. This advanced engineering unit builds upon the knowledge and skills you have previously acquired in the study of engineering materials and their applications.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this postgraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
EGB101 Engineering Design and Professional Practice
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
As a professional engineer you will be competent to practise as outlined in the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer. One of the main activities that professional engineers undertake is design, which involves using knowledge and skill bases to apply engineering methods to create systems that meet stakeholders' needs, while maintaining professional and personal attributes. This unit introduces engineering design and begins your development as a trusted and ethical professional. To develop your capability in design, you will learn about introductory analysis, building and testing of engineering systems, and develop your engineering ethics, professional skills in communication, engineering teamwork, research, cultural awareness and sustainable development practices. Future units, particularly those focused on design will build from this introduction.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
EGB121 Engineering Mechanics
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- School/discipline
- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Professional engineers have a "comprehensive, theory based understanding of the the engineering fundamentals applicable to the engineering discipline" (Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer). This introductory unit provides the basic knowledge and skills in statics and mechanics of materials. It is a foundation engineering unit that will develop your skills in analysing mechanical and civil engineering systems including cranes, buildings, bridges and mechanical equipment. You will learn the importance of accurate design and analysis of mechanical components and structures. You will draw on the skills and knowledge learn in this unit in more advanced units such as Stress Analysis, Structural Analysis and Mechanical Design.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.