Space Engineering (Mechatronic)
For a standard enrolment plan for Mechatronic Engineering visit CUSP.
Unit outlines will be available through Find a unit outline two weeks before the first day of teaching for 1000-level and 5000-level units, or one week before the first day of teaching for all other units.
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Mechatronic (Space) Engineering Stream |
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| Completion of a stream is a requirement of the Bachelor of Engineering Honours. | |||
| Students complete 192 credit points comprising: | |||
| (a) 48 credit points from the Engineering Core Table, consisting of: | |||
| (i) 18 credit points of Foundation units | |||
| (ii) 30 credit points of Project units | |||
| (iii) The requirements of the Professional Engagement Program | |||
| (b) 120 credit points of Mechatronic (Space) Stream Core units | |||
| (c) A maximum of 12 credit points of Mechatronic Stream Elective units, which may include not more than 6 credit points of Mechatronic Stream Machine Learning Elective units | |||
| (d) 6 credit points of Space Elective units | |||
| (e) 6 credit points of electives from 3000+ level units offered by the Faculty of Engineering, or from Table S | |||
Mechatronic (Space) Stream Core units |
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| AERO2705 Space Engineering 1 |
6 | A ENGG1801. First Year Maths and basic MATLAB programming skills. P (AERO1560 OR MECH1560 OR MTRX1701 OR ENGG1800) AND (MATH1001 OR MATH1021 OR MATH1901 OR MATH1921 OR MATH1906 OR MATH1931) AND (MATH1002 OR MATH1902) AND (MATH1003 OR MATH1023 OR MATH1903 OR MATH1923). Entry to this unit requires that students are eligible for the Space Engineering Major. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| AERO3760 Space Engineering 2 |
6 | P Students must have a 65% average in [(AMME2500 AND AMME2261 AND AMME2301 AND AERO2705) OR (AMME2500 AND AMME2301 AND MTRX2700 AND AERO2705) OR (AMME2500 AND AMME2200 AND AMME2301 AND AERO2705)]. Note: MUST have passed AERO2705 |
Semester 2 |
| AERO4701 Space Engineering 3 |
6 | P [65% average in (AERO3460 AND AERO3360 AND AERO3560 AND AERO3760) OR (MECH3660 AND MECH3261 AND MECH3361 AND AERO3760) OR (MECH3660 AND AMME3500 AND MTRX3700 AND AERO3760)] AND [Must have passed AERO3760]. Students must have achieved a 65% average mark in 3rd year for enrolment in this unit. |
Semester 1 |
| AMME1802 Engineering Mechanics |
6 | N CIVL1802 or ENGG1802 |
Semester 2 |
| AMME2000 Engineering Analysis |
6 | P (MATH1001 OR MATH1021 OR MATH1901 OR MATH1921 OR MATH1906 OR MATH1931) AND (MATH1002 OR MATH1902) AND (MATH1003 OR MATH1023 OR MATH1903 OR MATH1923 OR MATH1907 OR MATH1933) AND (ENGG1801 OR ENGG1810 OR INFO1103 OR INFO1903 OR INFO1110 OR INFO1910 OR DATA1002 OR DATA1902) |
Semester 1 |
| AMME2200 Introductory Thermofluids |
6 | A (MATH1001 OR MATH1021 OR MATH1901 OR MATH1921 OR MATH1906 OR MATH1931) AND (MATH1002 OR MATH1902) AND (MATH1003 OR MATH1023 OR MATH1903 OR MATH1923 OR MATH1907 OR MATH1933). Students are expected to be familiar with basic, first year, integral calculus, differential calculus and linear algebra. N AMME2261 OR AMME2262 |
Semester 2 |
| AMME2301 Mechanics of Solids |
6 | P (AMME1802 OR ENGG1802) AND (MATH1001 OR MATH1021 OR MATH1901 OR MATH1921 OR MATH1906 OR MATH1931) AND (MATH1002 OR MATH1902) AND (MATH1003 OR MATH1023 OR MATH1903 OR MATH1923 OR MATH1907 OR MATH1933) N CIVL2201 |
Semester 2 |
| AMME2500 Engineering Dynamics |
6 | A Familiarity with the MATLAB programming environment P (MATH1001 OR MATH1021 OR MATH1901 OR MATH1921 OR MATH1906 OR MATH1931) AND (MATH1002 OR MATH1902) AND (MATH1003 OR MATH1023 OR MATH1903 OR MATH1923 OR MATH1907 OR MATH1933) AND (AMME1802 OR ENGG1802) |
Semester 1 |
| AMME3500 System Dynamics and Control |
6 | P AMME2500 |
Semester 1 |
| ELEC1103 Fundamentals of Elec and Electronic Eng |
6 | A Basic knowledge of differentiation and integration, and PHYS1003 |
Semester 1 |
| ELEC2104 Electronic Devices and Circuits |
6 | A ELEC1103. Ohm's Law and Kirchoff's Laws; action of Current and Voltage sources; network analysis and the superposition theorem; Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits; inductors and capacitors, transient response of RL, RC and RLC circuits; the ability to use power supplies, oscilloscopes, function generators, meters, etc. |
Semester 2 |
| ELEC3204 Power Electronics and Applications |
6 | A 1. Differential equations, linear algebra, complex variables, analysis of linear circuits. 2. Fourier theory applied to periodic and non-periodic signals. 3. Software such as MATLAB to perform signal analysis and filter design. 4. Familiarity with the use of basic laboratory equipment such as oscilloscope, function generator, power supply, etc. 5. Basic electric circuit theory and analysis P ELEC2104 |
Semester 1 |
| ELEC3404 Electronic Circuit Design |
6 | A A background in basic electronics and circuit theory is assumed. |
Semester 1 |
| MECH2400 Mechanical Design 1 |
6 | A (ENGG1801 OR ENGG1810) and (AMME1802 OR ENGG1802); HSC Maths and Physics N BMET2400 |
Semester 2 |
| MECH3660 Manufacturing Engineering |
6 | P MECH2400 OR ENGG1960 OR AMME1960 OR BMET1960 OR MECH1560 OR ENGG1800 |
Semester 1 |
| MTRX1702 Mechatronics 1 |
6 | A MTRX1701 N ELEC1101 or ELEC2602 or COSC1902 or COSC1002 |
Semester 2 |
| MTRX1705 Introduction to Mechatronic Design |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MTRX2700 Mechatronics 2 |
6 | A MTRX1701 P MTRX1702 AND MTRX1705 N ELEC2601 or ELEC3607 |
Semester 1 |
| MTRX3700 Mechatronics 3 |
6 | A Completion of a first course in microprocessor systems, including assembly and C language programming, interfacing, introductory digital and analogue electronics. P MTRX2700 N MECH4710 |
Semester 2 |
| MTRX3760 Mechatronic Systems Design |
6 | P MTRX2700 |
Semester 2 |
Mechatronic Stream Elective units |
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| Students must complete 6 or 12 credit points from the following units of study: | |||
| AMME4010 Major Industrial Project |
24 | P 36 credits of at least 3rd year units of study with 65% average N AMME4111 OR AMME4112 OR AMME4121 OR AMME4122 OR ENGG4000 OR MECH4601 or BMET4111 or BMET4112 OR BMET4010 Note: Department permission required for enrolment For students whose degree includes ENGG4000, AMME4010 counts in place of this unit. Students whose degree includes the Professional Engagement Program must enrol in all PEP units. AMME4010 will count toward the Engineering Work requirement. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AMME4710 Computer Vision and Image Processing |
6 | A The unit assumes that students have strong skills in either MATLAB or Python. P 30cp of any 3000 or higher level Engineering units of study AND (ENGG1801 OR ENGG1810 OR INFO1110 OR INFO1910) |
Semester 2 |
| AMME5520 Advanced Control and Optimisation |
6 | A Strong understanding of feedback control systems, specifically in the area of system modelling and control design in the frequency domain. P AMME3500 OR AMME9501 or AMME8501 |
Semester 1 |
| BMET5790 Introduction to Biomechatronics |
6 | A Knowledge in mechanical and electronic engineering; adequate maths and applied maths skills; background knowledge of physics, chemistry and biology; Some programming capability: MATLAB, C, C++, software tools used by engineers including CAD and EDA packages. P (MECH3921 or BMET3921) or MTRX3700 or MTRX3760 or (AMME5921 or BMET5921 or BMET9921) N AMME4790 or AMME5790 |
Semester 2 |
| MECH5720 Sensors and Signals |
6 | A Strong MATLAB skills P MTRX3700 or MTRX3760 N MECH4720 |
Semester 2 |
| MTRX5700 Experimental Robotics |
6 | A Knowledge of statics and dynamics, rotation matrices, programming and some electronic and mechanical design experience is assumed. P (AMME3500 OR AMME9501 OR AMME8501) AND (MTRX3700 OR MTRX3760) |
Semester 1 |
Mechatronic Stream Machine Learning Elective units |
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| Students may complete 0 or 6 credit points from the following units of study: | |||
| COMP3308 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence |
6 | A Algorithms. Programming skills (e.g. Java, Python, C, C++, Matlab) N COMP3608 |
Semester 1 |
| COMP5318 Machine Learning and Data Mining |
6 | A INFO2110 OR ISYS2110 OR COMP9120 OR COMP5138 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Space Elective units |
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| Students must complete 6 credit points from the following units of study: | |||
| AERO5700 Space Engineering (Advanced) |
6 | P (AERO3760 AND AERO4701) OR AERO9760 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AMME3060 Engineering Methods |
6 | P AMME2000 OR MATH2067 OR (MATH2061 AND MATH2065) OR MATH2021 |
Semester 2 |
| AMME4710 Computer Vision and Image Processing |
6 | A The unit assumes that students have strong skills in either MATLAB or Python. P 30cp of any 3000 or higher level Engineering units of study AND (ENGG1801 OR ENGG1810 OR INFO1110 OR INFO1910) |
Semester 2 |
| AMME5202 Computational Fluid Dynamics |
6 | A Partial differential equations; Finite difference methods; Taylor series; Basic fluid mechanics including pressure, velocity, boundary layers, separated and recirculating flows. Basic computer programming skills. P [(MECH3261 AND AMME2000) OR (AERO3260 AND AMME2000)] OR ENGG5202 OR MECH8261 |
Semester 1 |
| AMME5292 Advanced Fluid Dynamics |
6 | A MECH3261 OR MECH9261 OR CIVL3612 OR CIVL9612 OR AERO3260 OR AERO9260 |
Semester 1 |
| AMME5510 Vibration and Acoustics |
6 | P (AMME2301 OR AMME9301) AND (AMME2200 OR AMME2261 OR AMME9261) AND (AMME2500 OR AMME9500) |
Semester 2 |
| AMME5520 Advanced Control and Optimisation |
6 | A Strong understanding of feedback control systems, specifically in the area of system modelling and control design in the frequency domain. P AMME3500 OR AMME9501 or AMME8501 |
Semester 1 |
| AMME5902 Computer Aided Manufacturing |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| AMME5912 Crash Analysis and Design |
6 | A Computer Aided Drafting, Basic FEA principles and Solid Mechanics |
Semester 1 |
| MECH5311 Microscopy and Microanalysis of Materials |
6 | A AMME1362 or AMME9302 or CIVL2110. |
Semester 1 |
| MECH5720 Sensors and Signals |
6 | A Strong MATLAB skills P MTRX3700 or MTRX3760 N MECH4720 |
Semester 2 |
| MTRX5700 Experimental Robotics |
6 | A Knowledge of statics and dynamics, rotation matrices, programming and some electronic and mechanical design experience is assumed. P (AMME3500 OR AMME9501 OR AMME8501) AND (MTRX3700 OR MTRX3760) |
Semester 1 |