Engineering maintenance management and reliability engineering have tremendous scope for improving profitability. Since 1985, hundreds of engineers, managers and senior technical people have increased their capability by completing Monash University courses in maintenance management or reliability engineering. Organisations from many industries have gained by improved asset performance, and individuals have equipped themselves for career advancement.
Coordinator:
Ray Beebe
These one-year, part-time offerings at the Gippsland campus enable professional
engineers to complete a specialist selection of subjects at postgraduate level
and, on completion, to obtain the formal award of the graduate certificate in
the following streams:
The programs are designed to allow
engineers in full-time employment to refresh some aspect of their academic
training, or to embark on a new aspect of training related to changed
employment expectations. Coursework is offered by distance education only.
It is possible for graduate certificate candidates to articulate to the
Graduate Diploma in Engineering Maintenance Management and then to the Master
of Engineering Maintenance Management. An average of 70 per cent or
more is required for those wishing to articulate between courses. The maximum
credit allowable for those transferring to the masters program is 36 credit
points.
The normal entry requirement is a degree or diploma in an appropriate
discipline from an approved Australian tertiary institution. In many cases,
this will be an engineering degree, but applicants working in an engineering
environment with degrees in areas such as science, business and architecture
would be considered. Equivalent overseas qualifications will be acceptable for
candidates competent in the use of English written language. Such other
academic, industry-based training or management responsibility level that may
be judged by the head of school to give the candidate a good chance of success
in the course may also be taken into account. In such cases, specific
documentation of industrial experience and responsibility must be supplied.
In some circumstances, candidates may be required to undertake preliminary
studies before embarking on a graduate certificate program. There may be a
restriction on the maximum number of non-graduate enrolments in any year. For
the maintenance management program, attendance is required at a residential
school of one week in July.
Coordinator:
Ray Beebe
This part-time course is offered only by distance education by the Gippsland
School of Engineering. It consists of eight two-semester subjects and normally
takes two years of distance education study to complete. Attendance is required
at a residential school in each year.
Candidates for the Graduate Diploma in Engineering Maintenance Management are
able to articulate to the Master of Engineering Maintenance Management provided
they have maintained an average of 70 per cent or more. The maximum
credit allowable for those transferring to the masters program is 36 credit
points.
Coordinator:
Ray Beebe * Gippsland campus * Normally completed in three years of part-time
study by distance education * Each six credit point full-year subject requires
four hours of study per week, which corresponds to about 24 hours per week for
the year for a normal part-time load * Students are required to attend one
four or five-day residential school each of the first two years.
This course will be of greatest benefit to graduate engineers who are involved
with the operation and maintenance of industrial, public sector or defence
systems. The MEngMaintMgt course articulates from each of the following
existing courses: Graduate Certificate in Maintenance Management; Graduate
Certificate in Reliability Engineering; Graduate Diploma in Engineering
Maintenance Management.
Admission to the Master of Engineering Maintenance Management requires
(a) a university honours degree in engineering; or (b) in
circumstances considered special by the faculty board, a university pass degree
in engineering; or (c) a university pass degree plus honours-equivalent
experience appropriate to the field of study; or (d) completion of the
Graduate Diploma in Engineering Maintenance Management with an average not less
than 70 per cent (distinction).
Candidates who have completed the Monash graduate certificates and have
articulated to the graduate diploma, or who have completed similar work in
other universities or institutions recognised for this purpose by the faculty
board, may be granted credit for up to 50 per cent (36 credit points)
of the requirements for the masters degree.
The degree comprises 54 credit points of course work followed by an 18 credit
point minor thesis. Depending on the manner of entry to the program, the first
two years of part-time study cover coursework required for one or other of the
graduate certificates in maintenance management or reliability engineering
and/or the Graduate Diploma in Engineering Maintenance Management. This enables
articulation from the graduate certificates or graduate diploma to the masters
program, with a maximum of 36 points of credit, for those who have performed at
the requisite distinction standard, while providing alternative pathways for
those who perform less well.
The following subjects are available in the maintenance management/reliability engineering graduate programs:
Coordinator:
Professor J. R. Jarvis
The Gippsland school offers to suitably qualified candidates the opportunity to
undertake postgraduate study for the degrees Master of Engineering Science
(Research) and Doctor of Philosophy. The Master of Engineering Science program
by research is individually tailored to suit the needs of applicants.
Encouragement is given to programs which are industry based. Candidates must
demonstrate that they have the necessary background to succeed: approval to
undertake a program will only be given where appropriate supervisors and
adequate resources are available. Anyone contemplating a masters degree program
should contact the head of school to discuss its suitability.
At Gippsland, research is currently being conducted in the following areas:
machine condition monitoring (especially vibration analysis and performance
monitoring); strain gauge applications and dynamic response of robots; energy
auditing; engineering applications of geographic information systems
(especially flood predictions); road pavement construction; traffic management
and transport planning; engineering applications of digital imaging; artificial
intelligence and expert systems; engineering management (especially maintenance
management and reliability engineering); interaction between energy
utilisation, economics, politics and the environment; time dependent
deformations of high-strength concrete and constitutive behaviours of
high-strength/high-performance concrete.
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