Course code: 1016 + Course abbreviation: BE(Mat) + Total credit points required: 192 (48 credit points at Bachelor of Engineering level 1, plus 144 credit points from the relevant engineering branch) + 4 years full-time, 8 years part-time (1 year full-time Bachelor of Engineering, 3 years full-time in the engineering branches)
On-campus (Clayton)
This course will equip the graduate with the skills and attributes necessary to commence a career in areas as varied as the development of a new process or product, fundamental research, and work in production facilities. At the core of the course is the process-property-product linkage. On successful completion of the course, the graduate will be better able to specify a materials processing operation in order to optimise the structure of a material which, in turn, enhances the properties of a particular product. The graduate will know the factors which control a material's structure, will know how aspects of a material structure influence the properties, and will be able to analyse the relationships among process, structure, and properties.
Students
enter this branch of engineering after completion of the common first year
(refer to the entry for the Bachelor of Engineering earlier in this section).
Following completion of the common first level, students are introduced at
level 2 to fundamental aspects of the structure of materials and its
relationship to engineering properties, along with further training in
mathematics and other essential skills.
In the third and fourth levels, the units involve aspects of both materials
science and materials engineering in which a wide treatment is given to the
properties of metals, plastics, rubber and ceramics. In the final two
semesters, special attention is given to topics such as materials design and
selection, optimisation of properties, mechanical behaviour including shaping
and fabrication, and the performance of materials in service. Practical work
forms an essential part of most units and a substantial research project in a
field of materials (metals, plastics, rubber or ceramics) of their own choosing
is carried out by students in their final two semesters.
Students should refer to 'Course map 6 - Bachelor of Engineering (Materials)' at the back of this section for an outline of the course requirements for this program.
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