0033 - Graduate Diploma in Materials Engineering

This course entry should be read in conjunction with information provided in the Faculty information section of this Handbook by the managing faculty for this course

Abbreviated title	GradDipMatEng
CRICOS Code	031499M
Managing faculty	Engineering
Intake restrictions	This course is not available to graduates in materials engineering from the Clayton campus.
Study location and mode	On-campus (Clayton)
Total credit points required	48
Duration (years)	1 year FT, 2 years PT
Contact details	Visit http://www.eng.monash.edu.au/materials/graduate/index.html

Description

This course is primarily aimed at graduates in science, applied science, metallurgy, or in branches of engineering other than materials engineering who, having been in employment for some time, are interested in further training in the materials area.

Objectives

This course gives those people employed in professional or middle management positions within materials technology to acquire training in the fundamentals of metallurgical, ceramic and polymer engineering.

Structure

Students complete units to the value of at least 48 points (some students may need to undertake more than the required 48 points in order to establish a suitable knowledge base) taken from third and fourth years of the undergraduate Bachelor of Engineering in the field of materials engineering as listed below.

Students will normally include the following in their unit choices:

MTE4525 Project I
MTE4526 Project II

In addition, it is expected that some candidates may need to undertake preliminary units, particularly relating to materials in which they may have had little previous experience.

A course prescription will be arranged in consultation with each student and must be approved by the head of department. The selection of units will be such as to emphasise the interdisciplinary nature of materials engineering and to provide basic training in the three major classes of materials, ie metals, polymers, and ceramics. Students will then be required to develop a major interest in a chosen class of material.

Requirements

Students select eight approved units from:

MTE3541 Materials durability
MTE3542 Microstructural design
MTE3543 Microstructure to applications: the mechanics of materials
MTE3544 Management and practice in materials engineering
MTE3545 Functional materials
MTE3546 Polymers and ceramics II
MTE3547 Materials characterisation and modelling
MTE4525 Project I
MTE4526 Project II
MTE4571 Materials engineering design and practice
MTE4572 Polymer and composite processing and engineering
MTE4573 Processing and engineering of metals and ceramics
MTE4590 Materials modelling
MTE4592 Advanced ceramics and applications
MTE4593 Materials and the environment
MTE4594 Engineering alloys processing, design and selection
MTE4595 Corrosion - mechanisms and protection methods
MTE4596 Biomaterials II

Total: 48 points

Award(s) received on completion ^*

Graduate Diploma in Materials Engineering

* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.