Off-campus
distributed learning mode
This course is intended for graduate engineers and scientists and consists of a
selection of units making up 48 credit points.
The
course structure is highly flexible, with opportunities in many units to work
on projects of personal or professional interest. Materials engineering is a
very broad discipline, incorporating elements of the physical sciences and the
traditional fields of metallurgical, ceramic and polymer engineering. With the
choice of units available, the course taken by a particular student will
encompass generic skills applicable to a range of materials, as well as
specialised knowledge in his/her area of need.
While the course will be offered flexibly in terms of study location, the units
will be scheduled during the normal teaching semesters to take advantage of the
university's off-campus distributed learning (distance education)
infrastructure. High-demand units may be additionally run as short, intensive
courses. While the normal progress through the course could be a minimum of two
years (part-time), the duration of the course is unrestricted, allowing gradual
accumulation of credit towards the award.
Students undertaking this course will be able to make an alternative exit from the course with a Postgraduate Diploma in Materials Engineering, provided the requisite credit (24 credit points including at most 6 credit points of electives) has been achieved.
Normal
admission will require a four-year degree in an engineering discipline, a
four-year (honours) science/applied science degree, or a three-year degree and
an appropriate postgraduate qualification.
SUBJECT TO UNIVERSITY APPROVAL
Suitably
qualified graduates in engineering or science may undertake studies in the
School of Physics and Materials Engineering towards the degrees of Master of
Engineering Science (Research) and Doctor of Philosophy in one of six research
programs: ceramics engineering, metal forming, corrosion engineering, physical
metallurgy, polymer engineering and surface engineering.
Candidates for the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy or Master of Engineering
Science (Research) undertake full-time supervised research work.
The major current research activities in the school include properties of
engineering plastics, rubbers and adhesives; polymer alloys and blends; polymer
viscoelasticity; solvent and gas permeability in polymers; ageing of polymers;
thermosets; liquid crystalline and hyperbranched polymers; conducting polymers
and blends; polymer composites; elastomers; sol-gel, polymer-ceramic
nanocomposites; corrosion and corrosion protection; damage and remanent life in
engineering materials; electrical and magnetic properties of alloys;
ultra-high-strength aluminium alloys; cast light alloys; light alloy design;
thermo-mechanical processing of steels; metals and metal forming; morphology
and deformation modelling and simulation; stress analysis; wear, erosion and
lifetime assessment of metals and ceramics; metal-matrix composites;
solidification processing; biomaterials; refractories; structural ceramics;
ceramic processing; ceramic powder processing; thermal sprayed coatings;
properties of surface coatings and films; mechanical properties of ceramics;
solid electrolyte materials; fuel cell materials; analytical and high
resolution electron microscopy; and atom probe field ion microscopy.
Further details of the school's excellent research facilities and ongoing
research projects are available on request from the school.
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