Mechanical Engineering
Unit of study table
Master of Engineering (Mechanical) |
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| 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 Specialisation units |
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 Specialisation units |
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 |
| Specialisations |
Candidates in the Master of Engineering (Mechanical) complete a compulsory specialisation. A specialisation requires the completion of 12 credit points from a specialisation area. The available specialisations are:
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| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Specialisations |
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| Students complete 12 credit points from a specialisation area. | ||
Computational Engineering Specialisation units |
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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 |
| AMME5271 Computational Nanotechnology |
6 | A Understanding of basic principles of Newtonian mechanics, physics and chemistry, fluid mechanics and solid mechanics |
| AMME6292 Applied Fluid Dynamics and Turbulence |
6 | N AMME5292 |
| AMME8202 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 N AMME5202 |
Energy and the Environment Specialisation units |
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| AMME5101 Energy and the Environment |
6 | A Students are expected to be familiar with the basic laws of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer; P MECH3260 or MECH8260 or MECH9260 or AERO3261 or AERO8261 or AERO9261 or CHNG2803 N AMME8101 |
| AMME5510 Vibration and Acoustics |
6 | P (AMME2301 or AMME9301) and (AMME2200 or AMME2261 or AMME9261) and (AMME2500 or AMME9500) N AMME8510 |
| MECH5255 Air Conditioning and Refrigeration |
6 | A Students are expected to be familiar with the basic laws of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer P MECH3260 or MECH8260 or MECH9260 N MECH4255 or MECH6255 |
| 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 (AMME2262 and CHNG2803 and MECH3261) or (MECH8260 and MECH8261) or (MECH9260 and MECH9261) or (AERO3260 and AERO3261) or (AERO8260 and AERO8261) or (AERO9260 and AERO9261) N MECH6275 |
Materials Science and Engineering Specialisation units |
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| MECH6304 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 N MECH5304 |
| MECH6305 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 N MECH5305 |
| MECH6310 Advanced Engineering Materials |
6 | N MECH4310 or MECH5310 |
| MECH6311 Microscopy and Microanalysis of Materials |
6 | N MECH5311 |
Thermofluids Engineering Specialisation units |
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| AMME5310 Engineering Tribology |
6 | A (AMME1362 or AMME2302 or AMME9302) and (AMME2301 or AMME9301) and (MECH3261 or MECH9261 or MECH8261) |
| AMME6292 Applied Fluid Dynamics and Turbulence |
6 | N AMME5292 |
| AMME8202 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 N AMME5202 |
| MECH5265 Combustion |
6 | A Students are expected to be familiar with the basic laws of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer P (MECH3260 or MECH8260 or MECH9260) and (MECH3261 or MECH8261 or MECH9261) N MECH4265 or MECH8265 |
Stream Elective units |
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| Students complete 30 credit points of Stream Elective units. Students with RVL complete 18 credit points. | ||
| AERO5200 Advanced Aerodynamics |
6 | A BE in the area of Aerospace Engineering or related Engineering field. AERO3260 or AERO8260 or AERO9260 or equivalent study at another institution P AERO3260 or AERO8260 or AERO9260 or equivalent study at another institution |
| 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 (AERO2460 or AERO3460 or AERO8460 or AERO9460) and (AERO3560 or AERO8560 or AERO9560) |
| AERO9760 Spacecraft and Satellite Design |
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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 N AMME4060 |
| AMME5101 Energy and the Environment |
6 | A Students are expected to be familiar with the basic laws of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer; P MECH3260 or MECH8260 or MECH9260 or AERO3261 or AERO8261 or AERO9261 or CHNG2803 N AMME8101 |
| AMME5271 Computational Nanotechnology |
6 | A Understanding of basic principles of Newtonian mechanics, physics and chemistry, fluid mechanics and solid mechanics |
| AMME5292 Applied Fluid Dynamics and Turbulence |
6 | A MECH3261 or MECH8261 or MECH9261 or CIVL3612 or CIVL9612 or AERO3260 or AERO8260 or AERO9260 P MECH3261 or MECH8261 or MECH9261 or AERO3260 or AERO8260 or AERO9260 or CIVL3612 or CIVL9612 N AMME6292 |
| 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 | P AMME3500 or AMME9501 or AMME8501 A Strong understanding of feedback control systems, specifically in the area of system modelling and control design in the frequency domain; N AMME8520 |
| AMME6902 Computer Aided Manufacturing |
6 | N AMME5902 |
| AMME5912 Crash Analysis and Design |
6 | A Computer Aided Drafting, Basic FEA principles and Solid Mechanics. N AMME4912 |
| AMME8202 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 N AMME5202 |
| AMME9401 Industrial and Product Design Engineering |
6 | A Engineering design and fundamental knowledge from previous years engineering study N AMME4401 |
| BMET9981 Applied Biomedical Engineering |
6 | A AMME9301 and AMME9302 and AMME9500 and MECH9361 N AMME4981 or BMET4981 or AMME5981 or AMME9981 |
| MECH5265 Combustion |
6 | A Students are expected to be familiar with the basic laws of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer P (MECH3260 or MECH8260 or MECH9260) and (MECH3261 or MECH8261 or MECH9261) N MECH4265 or MECH8265 |
| MECH5310 Advanced Engineering Materials |
6 | A MECH3362 or MECH8362 or MECH9362 or equivalent study at another institution P MECH3362 or MECH8362 or MECH9362 N MECH4310 or MECH6310 |
| MECH5311 Microscopy and Microanalysis of Materials |
6 | A AMME1362 or AMME2302 or AMME9302 or CIVL1110 or CIVL2110 or equivalent study at another institution P AMME1362 or AMME2302 or AMME9302 or CIVL1110 or CIVL2110 N MECH6311 |
| MECH5416 Mechanical Systems Design 3 |
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 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 N MECH8720 |
| MECH6255 Air Conditioning and Refrigeration |
6 | A Students are expected to be familiar with the basic laws of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer N MECH4255 or MECH5255 |
| MECH6275 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 N MECH5275 |
| MECH6304 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 N MECH5304 |
| MECH6305 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 N MECH5305 |
| MECH6360 Applied Finite Element Analysis |
6 | N AERO4360 or AERO5360 or AERO9301 or MECH5360 |
| 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) N MTRX4701 |
Research units |
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| 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 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 achieved 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. |
| AMME5223 Dissertation B |
12 | P AMME5222 N AMME5020 or AMME5021 or AMME5022 or BMET5020 or BMET5021 or BMET5022 or BMET5222 or BMET5223 or BMET5010 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 achieved 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. |
| 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 |
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| Candidates undertaking the Major Industrial Project take AMME5010 in place of AMME5020/AMME5021 Capstone Project A and B and 12 credit points of elective units. | ||
| AMME5010 Major Industrial Project |
24 | A 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 |
