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Unit of study table

Master of Engineering (Advanced Manufacturing)

To qualify for the award of the Master of Engineering in this stream, a candidate must complete 72 credit points, including:
1. 42 credit points of Stream units, consisting of:

i. 12 credit points of Stream Specialist units, and

ii. 30 credit points of Stream Elective units

2. A minimum of 12 credit points of Research units
3. 12 credit points of Engineering Management & Leadership units
4. A maximum of 6 credit points of Breadth Elective units
Candidates who have been granted 24 credit points of Reduced Volume Learning (RVL), must complete 48 credit points including:
1. 30 credit points of Stream units, consisting of:

i. 12 credit points of Stream Specialist units, and

ii. 18 credit points of Stream Elective units

2. A minimum of 12 credit points of Research units
3. 6 credit points of Engineering Management & Leadership units
– Breadth Elective units are not available for candidates with RVL
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Stream Specialist units

Students complete 12 credit points of Stream Specialist units.
AMME5902
Computer Aided Manufacturing
6 P (MECH2400 or MECH9400) and (MECH3660 or MECH8660 or MECH9660)
MECH5461
Design for Advanced Manufacturing
6 A Background knowledge of mechanical design, manufacturing, and engineering materials
MECH5310
Advanced Engineering Materials
6 P MECH3362 or MECH8362 or MECH9362 or equivalent study at another institution
N MECH4310
MECH5304
Materials Failure
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 (MECH3361 or MECH8361 or MECH9361) and (MECH3362 or MECH8362 or MECH9362) or equivalent study at another institution

Stream Elective units

Students complete 30 credit points of Stream Elective units. Students with RVL complete 18 credit points.
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 [(AERO3260 or AERO8260 or AERO9260) and (AERO3460 or AERO8460 or AERO9460) and (AERO3560 or AERO8560 or AERO9560)] or equivalent study at another institution
AMME5310
Engineering Tribology
6 A (AMME1362 or AMME2302 or AMME9302) and (AMME2301 or AMME9301) and (MECH3261 or MECH9261 or MECH8261)
AMME5510
Vibration and Acoustics
6 P (AMME2301 or AMME9301) and (AMME2200 or AMME2261 or AMME9261) and (AMME2500 or AMME9500)
N AMME8510
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
N AMME8520
AMME5710
Computer Vision and Image Processing
6 A The unit assumes that students have strong skills in either MATLAB or Python
P 30 credit points of any 3000- or higher level Engineering units of study and (ENGG1801 or ENGG1810 or INFO1110 or INFO1910)
N AMME4710
AMME5902
Computer Aided Manufacturing
6 P (MECH2400 or MECH9400) and (MECH3660 or MECH8660 or MECH9660)
AMME5912
Crash Analysis and Design
6 P (MECH2400 or MECH9400) and (AMME2301 or AMME9301) and MECH3460 and MECH3361. Computer Aided Drafting, Basic FEA principles and Solid Mechanics.
AMME9401
Industrial and Product Design Engineering
6 A Engineering design and fundamental knowledge from previous years engineering study
N AMME4401
MECH5304
Materials Failure
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 (MECH3361 or MECH8361 or MECH9361) and (MECH3362 or MECH8362 or MECH9362) or equivalent study at another institution
MECH5310
Advanced Engineering Materials
6 P MECH3362 or MECH8362 or MECH9362 or equivalent study at another institution
N MECH4310
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) or equivalent study at another institution
MECH5311
Microscopy and Microanalysis of Materials
6 P AMME1362 or AMME2302 or AMME9302 or CIVL1110 or CIVL2110 or equivalent study at another institution
MECH5416
Design of Micro- and Nanosystems
6 A ENGG1802 or AMME1802 - Eng Mechanics; balance of forces and moments; AMME2301 - Mechanics of Solids; 2 and 3 dimensional stress and strain; AMME2500 - Engineering Dynamics - dynamic forces and moments; MECH2400 - Mechanical Design 1; approach to design problems and report writing; and preparation of engineering drawing; MECH3460 - Mechanical design 2; means of applying fatigue analysis to a wide range of machine components
P (AMME2301 or AMME9301) and (AMME2500 or AMME9500) and (MECH2400 or MECH9400) or equivalent study at another institution
N MECH4460
MECH5461
Design for Advanced Manufacturing
6 A Background knowledge of mechanical design, manufacturing, and engineering materials
MECH5720
Sensors and Signals
6 A Strong MATLAB skills and some Electromagnetics
P MTRX3700 or MTRX3760 or equivalent study at another institution
N MECH4720 or MECH8720
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 AMME8501 or AMME9501) and (MTRX3700 or MTRX3760) or equivalent study at another institution
COMP5318
Machine Learning and Data Mining
6 A Experience with programming and data structures as covered in COMP2123 or COMP2823 or COMP9123 (or equivalent unit of study from different institutions). Discrete mathematics and probability (e.g. MATH1064 or equivalent); linear algebra and calculus (e.g. MATH1061 or equivalent)
N COMP4318 or OCMP5318
COMP5328
Advanced Machine Learning
6 C COMP5318 or COMP4318 or COMP3308 or COMP3608
N COMP4328 or OCMP5328

Research units

AMME5020
Capstone Project A
6 P 96 credit points from MPE degree program or 48 credit points from the MPE(Accel) program or 24 credit points 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
AMME5021
Capstone Project B
6 P 96 credit points from the MPE degree program or 48 credit points 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
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 (48 credit points 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
AMME5222
Dissertation A
12 N AMME5020 or AMME5021 or AMME5022 or BMET5020 or BMET5021 or BMET5022 or BMET5222 or BMET5223 or BMET5010
AMME5223
Dissertation B
12 P AMME5222
N AMME5020 or AMME5021 or AMME5022 or BMET5020 or BMET5021 or BMET5022 or BMET5222 or BMET5223 or BMET5010
With permission from the Program Director students progressing with distinction (75%) average or higher results may replace AMME5020, AMME5021 and 12 credit points of electives with AMME5222 & AMME5223, Dissertation A & B.
A candidate who has been granted RVL and who is eligible to undertake the extended capstone project or dissertation may be granted exemption of up to 12 credit points of specialist units.

Major Industrial Project

Candidates undertaking the Major Industrial Project take AMME5010 in place of AMME5020/AMME5021 Capstone Project A and B and 12 credit points of Specialist or Elective units of study.
AMME5010
Major Industrial Project
24 P WAM >= 70 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