Aerospace Engineering
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| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Master of Professional Engineering (Accelerated) (Aerospace) |
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| To qualify for the award of the Master of Professional Engineering (Accelerated) in this specialisation, a candidate must complete 96 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) 60 credit points of Core units as listed below | |||
| (b) ENGG5217 Practical Experience | |||
| (c) 24 credit points of Elective units | |||
| (d) A minimum of 12 credit points of Project or Research Pathway units as detailed below | |||
| (e) Candidates undertaking the Research Pathway, replace 12 credit points of elective units with Research Pathway units | |||
Core units |
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| AERO8261 Propulsion |
6 | A Mathematics and Physics to a level of Bachelor of Science or equivalent. Good knowledge of fluid dynamics and thermodynamics. N AERO9261 |
Semester 1 |
| AERO8360 Aerospace Structures 1 |
6 | A AMME9301 Mechanics of Solids N AERO9360 |
Semester 1 |
| AERO8460 Aerospace Design 1 |
6 | A Mathematics, Physics and Solid Mechanics at the level of Bachelor of Engineering, Science or equivalent N AERO9460 |
Semester 1 |
| AMME8501 System Dynamics and Control |
6 | A AMME5500 or AMME9500. Students are assumed to have a good background knowledge in ordinary differential equations, Laplace transform methods, linear algebra and mathematical modeling of mechanical systems. N AMME9501 |
Semester 1 |
| AERO8260 Aerodynamics 1 |
6 | A Mathematics and Physics to the level of Bachelor of Science or equivalent. Linear Mathematics and Vector Calculus, Partial Differential Equations (Intro). N AERO9260 |
Semester 2 |
| AERO8560 Flight Mechanics 1 |
6 | A Mathematics, Physics and Dynamics assumed knowledge at the level of Bachelor of Science or equivalent. N AERO9560 |
Semester 2 |
| AERO9301 Applied Finite Element Analysis |
6 | A AERO9360 or AERO8360 or MECH9361 or MECH8361. Linear algebra, calculus and partial differential equations, basic knowledge in solid mechanics 1 (AERO2301), basic knowledge in elasticity. |
Semester 1 |
| AMME9601 Professional Engineering |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| AERO5400 Advanced Aircraft Design Analysis |
6 | A Undergraduate level 1, 2 and 3 or Foundation Masters units in Aerospace Design are expected to have been completed before undertaking this unit. P AERO3460 or AERO9460 or AERO8460 N AERO4491 |
Semester 2 |
| ENGG5103 Safety Systems and Risk Analysis |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ENGG5217 Practical Experience |
N ENGP1000 OR ENGP2000 OR ENGP3000 OR ENGG4000 OR CHNG5205 OR AMME5010 Students should have completed one year of their MPE program before enrolling in this unit. |
Intensive April Intensive August Intensive December Intensive February Intensive January Intensive July Intensive June Intensive March Intensive May Intensive November Intensive October Intensive September |
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Elective units |
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| Candidates must complete 24 credit points from the following Aerospace elective units. | |||
| AERO5200 Advanced Aerodynamics |
6 | A BE in the area of Aerospace Engineering or related Engineering field. P AERO9260 or AERO8260 or AERO3260 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| AERO5206 Rotary Wing Aircraft |
6 | A Prior Learning: concepts from 3000 level Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics will be applied to Rotary Wing Vehicles in this unit. P (AERO3260 OR AERO9260 or AERO8260) AND (AERO3560 OR AERO9560 or AERO8560) |
Semester 2 |
| AERO5700 Space Engineering (Advanced) |
6 | P (AERO3760 AND AERO4701) OR AERO9760 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AERO5750 Unmanned Air Vehicle Systems |
6 | A AERO1560, AERO1400, AMME2700, AERO3460, AERO3560, AERO3260, AERO3261 and AERO4460. P (AERO3260 OR AERO9260) AND (AERO3460 OR AERO9460) AND (AERO3360 OR AERO9360) AND (AERO3560 OR AERO9560) |
Semester 2 |
| AERO9262 Aerodynamics 2 |
6 | P AMME9261 or AERO8261 |
Semester 1 |
| AERO9760 Spacecraft and Satellite Design |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| AMME5060 Advanced Computational Engineering |
6 | A Linear algebra, calculus and partial differential equations, Taylor series, the finite difference and finite element methods, numerical stability, accuracy, direct and iterative linear solvers and be able to write Matlab Scripts to solve problems using these methods. P UG students are required to complete AMME3060 before enrolling in this unit. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
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 |
| 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 |
| AMME8510 Vibration and Acoustics |
6 | A BE with background knowledge in Mechanics of Solids, Fluids, Dynamics and Control N AMME5510 |
Semester 2 |
| AMME9450 Design and Production |
6 | N AMME2450 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| ENGG5011 Engineering Foundation Studies A |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive February Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENGG5202 Sustainable Design, Eng and Mgt |
6 | A General knowledge in science and calculus and understanding of basic principles of chemistry, physics and mechanics |
Semester 1 |
| ENGG5203 Quality Engineering and Management |
6 | A First degree in Engineering or a related discipline |
Semester 2 |
| MECH5275 Renewable Energy |
6 | A The student will need a sound background in advanced level fluid mechanics, thermodynamics and heat transfer. In particular, students should be able to analyse fluid flow in turbomachinery; perform first and second law thermodynamic analysis of energy conversion systems, including chemically reacting systems; and perform advanced level calculations of conductive and convective and radiative heat transfer, including radiative spectral analysis. P (MECH3260 AND MECH3261) OR (AERO3260 AND AERO3261) OR (MECH9260 AND MECH9261) OR (MECH8260 and MECH8261) OR (AERO9260 AND AERO9261) OR (AERO8260 and AERO8261). Students claiming to have prerequisite knowledge based on study at other institutions must contact the unit of study coordinator before enrolling in this unit and may be required to sit a pre-exam to demonstrate that they have the necessary knowledge and skills to undertake this advanced level unit. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| MECH5305 Smart Materials |
6 | A Fundamental knowledge in materials science and engineering: 1) atomic and crystal structures 2) metallurgy 3) structure-property relationship 4) mechanics of engineering materials 5) solid mechanics P (AMME9301 OR AMME2301) AND (AMME9302 OR AMME2302 OR AMME1362) |
Semester 2 |
| MECH5310 Advanced Engineering Materials |
6 | P MECH3362 OR MECH9362 or MECH8362 N MECH4310 |
Semester 1 |
Project units |
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| All candidates are required to complete a minimum of 12 credit points of Project or Research units during the final year of study. | |||
| Candidates achieving an average mark of 70% or higher are eligible for the Extended Capstone Project. | |||
| Extended Capstone Project candidates take Capstone Project units AMME5020 and AMME5022 (total 18 CP) in place of Capstone Project AMME5021 and 6 credit points of elective units. | |||
| AMME5020 Capstone Project A |
6 | P 96 cp from MPE degree program or 48 cp from the MPE(Accel) program or 24 cp from the ME program (including any credit for previous study). N AMME5222 OR AMME5223 OR AMME5010 OR BMET5020 OR BMET5021 OR BMET5022 OR BMET5222 OR BMET5223 OR BMET5010 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AMME5021 Capstone Project B |
6 | P 96 credit points from the MPE degree program or 48 cp from the MPE(Accel) program or 24 credit points from the ME degree program (including any credit for prior study) N AMME5022 OR AMME5222 OR AMME5223 OR AMME5010 OR BMET5020 OR BMET5021 OR BMET5022 OR BMET5222 OR BMET5223 OR BMET5010 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AMME5022 Capstone Project B Extended |
12 | P 24 credit points in the Master of Engineering and WAM >=70 or 96 credit points in the Master of Professional Engineering and WAM >=70 or 48cp from MPE(Accel) program and WAM >=70 N AMME5021 OR AMME5222 OR AMME5223 OR BMET5020 OR BMET5021 OR BMET5022 OR BMET5222 OR BMET5223 OR BMET5010 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Research Pathway |
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| Candidates achieving an average mark of 75% or higher are eligible for the Research Pathway. | |||
| Research pathway candidates take Dissertation units AMME5222 and AMME5223 (total 24 CP) in place of Capstone Project units and 12 credit points of elective units. | |||
| AMME5222 Dissertation A |
12 | N AMME5020 OR AMME5021 OR AMME5022 OR BMET5020 OR BMET5021 OR BMET5022 OR BMET5222 OR BMET5223 OR BMET5010 Note: Department permission required for enrolment In order to enrol in a dissertation project, students must first secure an academic supervisor in an area that they are interested. Students must have acieved a WAM of 75% or greater in their prior year of study. The topic of your project must be determined in discussion with the supervisor. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AMME5223 Dissertation B |
12 | N AMME5020 OR AMME5021 OR AMME5022 OR BMET5020 OR BMET5021 OR BMET5022 OR BMET5222 OR BMET5223 OR BMET5010 Note: Department permission required for enrolment In order to enrol in a dissertation project, students must first secure an academic supervisor in an area that they are interested. Students must have acieved a WAM of 75% or greater in their prior year of study. The topic of your project must be determined in discussion with the supervisor. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Major Industrial Project |
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| Candidates undertaking the Major Industrial Project take AMME5010 in place of ENGG5217 Practical Experience, AMME5020/5021 Capstone Project A & B and 12 credit points of Specialist Elective units of study. | |||
| AMME5010 Major Industrial Project |
24 | A Students must have a credit (>65%) average in prior semester enrolment N AMME5020 OR AMME5021 OR AMME5022 OR AMME5222 OR AMME5223 OR ENGG5217 OR BMET5020 OR BMET5021 OR BMET5022 OR BMET5222 OR BMET5223 OR BMET5010 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Exchange units |
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| With approval of the Program Director, up to 12 credit points of Exchange units may be taken in place of other units, towards the requirements of the degree. | |||