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These 'and computing' degrees are being progressively phased out, with 2000 being the last year in which these courses will be offered (level 4 only). These BE degrees at Caulfield place particular emphasis on the practice of engineering and each course provides for broad training in the chosen discipline. About 20 per cent of the course content directly relates to computers, computer application and computing skills. This means that students are awarded a degree of Bachelor of Engineering in one of four areas: civil and computing, electrical and computing (Clayton only), industrial and computing, or mechanical and computing. All students undertaking the electrical and computing degree are required to complete their studies at the Clayton campus and details of the course can be found in the Clayton section. The new Bachelor of Engineering degree is being offered progressively from 1998.
The
new first year, which is common to all the branches of engineering, is offered
on the Caulfield, Clayton and Gippsland campuses (from 1998). This means that
students may delay the decision about the choice of an engineering branch until
the end of the first year. Students are assisted in making their choice of
branch by their experience of first-level engineering subjects and by a series
of career lectures in second semester which review the branches of engineering
available.
At the end of first-level BE, students at any of the three campuses may proceed
to any one of the later-year engineering branches, irrespective of the campus
on which it is taught, provided that they have done well enough in their
first-year subjects to secure a place in any quota which may exist for the
branch of engineering. Quotas are imposed in some engineering branches because
there are limited places available in second-level classes. Where demand
exceeds the number of places, the only fair way to select is on academic merit,
determined by first-year results. Second, third and fourth-level students who
entered first year from 1998 onwards will proceed to the new Bachelor of
Engineering program.
In 2000, level 1 and level 2 in the branches of civil and mechanical
engineering will be offered on the Caulfield campus and students will transfer
to the Clayton campus to complete levels three and four. The entire course of
industrial engineering and engineering management (IE&EM) will be offered
on the Caulfield campus.
This
course is being phased out, with level 4 only being offered in 2000. From 1999,
new students enrol in the Bachelor of Engineering (Civil).
Civil engineers work in branches such as structural, soil, rock, dam,
hydraulic, highway, traffic, sanitary, water resources, town planning and
coastal engineering. Within any of these branches, a civil engineer may work in
the functional areas of research, investigation, design, construction or
operation, and the undergraduate course in the Department of Civil Engineering
prepares a student accordingly.
Level 3 subjects further extend the studies in engineering science, but with an
increasing emphasis on their integration with applied civil engineering.
Studies in structural engineering, computer applications and engineering
management are continued. Geology and soil mechanics, geotechnical engineering,
timber engineering, and hydrology, hydraulics and public health engineering are
introduced; an industrial project is also undertaken. Students are also
introduced to infrastructure systems engineering.
Level 4 further expands on earlier studies in computing, engineering management
and construction, structural engineering and the industrial project. Students
are exposed to civil engineering design which draws together much of the
material covered in earlier studies. Traffic engineering and planning and
municipal and highway engineering are covered. Students also elect to study
either project management, geotechnics or computer applications.
The second level of this program will be offered at Caulfield campus in 2000. Refer to the course outline and details of subjects in the Clayton section. The overall aim of the course is to prepare a well-rounded professional poised for employment in any of a wide range of civil engineering occupations and eager for continuing education to remain abreast of latest developments in the student's discipline.
This course is being phased out, with the last year being 2000. From 1999, new students enrol in the Bachelor of Engineering (Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management).
Students
will be required to complete level 1 (the common engineering first year) before
they may select the industrial engineering and engineering management branch.
In level 2 of the core subjects (48 credit points), four are specialist
industrial engineering and engineering management subjects and the rest are
mechanical engineering subjects. The majority of industrial engineering
subjects will be offered in levels three and four, where each subject will
contribute six credit points.
Industrial engineers design productive systems comprising people, machines,
materials and money. They are people with creative and innovative skills and a
knowledge of engineering, computing and business principles. Their main aims
are to create an efficient and effective workplace to achieve a high
productivity and high performance - the maximum output from an
organisation for the same input of effort and resources and the meeting of
important objectives. These aims involve industrial engineers paying due regard
to all production aspects, as well as product quality and human factors. Only
in this way can a company compete in today's world and fulfil the needs of its
customers, employees and owners.
Monash industrial engineering training covers the basic applied sciences and
engineering to provide skills in dealing with complex engineering equipment.
This includes computer-based equipment, so skills in both electronics and
computing are developed. But every company depends on its finance and on the
skill of its employees, hence studies in both business and social subjects are
also undertaken. Safety in the work place and a knowledge of new materials are
also included. Industrial engineering draws on a broader range of skills than
perhaps any other engineering course at Caulfield. The degree course at
Caulfield is strongly vocation-oriented in order to train industrial engineers
who can quickly assimilate into professional employment.
The course is structured to provide a thorough understanding of the principles
and applications of the various disciplines. In addition, it is designed to
develop personal qualities that are essential for a professional engineer, such
as personal communication skills, ethics, creativity and sound judgement to
design and establish systems for the benefit of society.
Students will be expected to complete a 12-credit-point project thesis unit in
level 4 in which each student, or a small group of two or three, must undertake
a research, design or authentic involvement (industry-based) work. Students are
expected to prepare a final-year thesis which will be assessed by two examiners
for in-house projects and three examiners, including the company supervisor,
for industry-based projects. The department plans to mount seven electives in
level 4, of which normally only six need to be selected. Appropriate mechanical
engineering electives from the Clayton campus will also be available to
students in the industrial engineering and engineering management stream
(subject to timetable restrictions).
This
course is being phased out, with the last year being 2000. From 1999, new
students enrol in the Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical). Mechanical
engineering is the practice that has arisen from the need to generate, transmit
and control mechanical energy. This practice brings with it the need to study
methods of generation, transmission and control and increasingly to employ
scientifically based tools. Today, mechanical engineering has as its core the
interaction of people and machines and the control of that interaction.
Mechanical engineers will be found designing, manufacturing and commissioning
nuclear power plants, controlling physical environments, aerospace development,
exploring forms of transportation, devising new machines and ways of
controlling new machines and concerning themselves with all aspects of
mechanical handling systems and methods of production of anything manufactured
in material form. They will be found not only in factories, research
establishments, or in a consulting practice, but also in the mineral resource,
chemical process and agricultural industries. They will regard their function
as one of design, production, operation, consulting, technical management,
general management, research and development and maintenance of complex
plants.
The undergraduate course is designed to provide a fundamental and broad
training to allow graduates to steer their course into any of these areas as
they now exist or as they might develop in future. The course offers a sound
training in engineering experimentation and in the physical and engineering
sciences. It includes comprehensive studies in design in which the analytical
tools are brought to bear in a synthesis which accounts satisfactorily for
economic, organisational and human factors. The use of computers in data
reduction and in system modelling is studied. Third and fourth years include an
industrial project while, during the final year, either a major experimental
project or substantial participation with a design team actively engaged with
practising engineers is arranged. The results are presented by thesis and
orally.
The design of the course attempts also to acknowledge the interdisciplinary
nature of modern engineering and to provide the graduate with a facility for
expanding his or her own development into related fields. It provides a working
knowledge of the elements of control, stress systems, electronics
instrumentation, microcomputers and managerial procedures.
The second level of this program will be offered at Caulfield campus in 2000. Refer to the course outline and details of subjects in the Clayton section.
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