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Bachelor of Engineering Honours

Mechanical Engineering with Space stream

Materials Science and Engineering specialisation

This page was first published on 13 November 2025 and was last amended on 19 February 2026. View details of the changes below.

Materials Science and Engineering specialisation
Students in the Mechanical or Mechanical with Space stream must complete 18 credit points to achieve this specialisation.

Unit of study	Credit points	A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition
Students complete 18 credit points from the following:
AMME5271 Computational Nanotechnology	6	A Understanding of basic principles of Newtonian mechanics, physics and chemistry, fluid mechanics and solid mechanics
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) N MECH6304
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 (AMME2301 or AMME9301) and (AMME1362 or AMME2302 or AMME9302) N MECH6305
MECH5310 Advanced Engineering Materials	6	P MECH3362 or MECH8362 or MECH9362 N MECH4310 or MECH6310
MECH5311 Microscopy and Microanalysis of Materials	6	P AMME1362 or AMME2302 or AMME9302 or CIVL1110 or CIVL2110 N MECH6311
Units taken for the specialisation will also count toward requirements of the Mechanical or Mechanical with Space stream.

Post-publication amendments

Date	Original publication	Post-publication amendment
19/2/2026	Assumed Knowledge (A) for MECH5311 published as: A AMME1362 or AMME2302 or AMME9302 or CIVL1110 or CIVL2110 or equivalent study at another institution	Assumed Knowledge (A) for MECH5311 removed.
19/2/2026	Assumed Knowledge (A) for MECH5310 published as: A MECH3362 or MECH8362 or MECH9362 or equivalent study at another institution	Assumed Knowledge (A) for MECH5310 removed.