Mechanical engineering focuses on turning energy into motion and power - any practical device that moves has required a mechanical engineer to design it. The discipline covers the generation, conversion, transmission and use of mechanical and thermal energy, and includes the design, construction and operation of devices and systems. You will acquire skills, knowledge and experience in structural mechanics, fluid mechanics and thermodynamics while developing novel solutions through engineering design and systems and control.
Undergraduate
Commencement year
This area of study entry applies to students commencing this course in 2018 and should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook.
Any units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the component of any bachelors double degrees.
Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Managing faculty
Offered by
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Contact details
EngineeringEngineering (http://www.monash.edu/engineering/about-us/contact-us)
Units
Levels 2, 3 and 4
Parts C, D. Mechanical engineering knowledge, application and practice (108 points)
Students complete:
- ENG2005 Advanced engineering mathematics
- MEC2401 Dynamics I
- MEC2402 Engineering design I
- MEC2403 Mechanics of materials
- MEC2404 Mechanics of fluids
- MEC2405 Thermodynamics
- MEC3416 Engineering design II
- MEC3451 Fluid mechanics II
- MEC3453 Dynamics II
- MEC3455 Solid mechanics
- MEC3456 Engineering computational analysis
- MEC3457 Systems and control
- MEC4401 Final year project
- MEC4402 Final year project - Thesis
- MEC4404 Professional practice
- MEC4407 Engineering design III
- MEC4408 Thermodynamics and heat transfer
- MEC4426 Computer-aided design
Part E. Elective study (36 points)
Single degree students complete a. and b. below:
- 12 points of electives at level 2 or 3 from one of the following options:
- the remaining two units required to complete an engineering-approved minorengineering-approved minor (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/undergrad/eng-beng-approved-minors.html) from another faculty (if the first two units in the minor were completed at level 1)
- level 2 or 3 units from the list of technical electives below
- other electives chosen in consultation the course adviser
- 24 points of level 3 and 4 units from the list of technical electives below
For students completing a double degree, some units required for the partner degree are credited as electives towards this degree.
Mechanical engineering technical electives
Clayton only
- MAE2405 Aircraft performance
- ENG4700 Engineering technology for biomedical imaging and sensing
- MEC4425 Micro/nano solid and fluid mechanics
- MEC4428 Advanced dynamics
- MEC4446 Composite structures
- MEC4447 Computers in fluids and energy
- MEC4456 Robotics
- MEC4459 Wind engineering
- MEC5881 Engineering systems performance analysis*
- MEC5882 Instrumentation, sensing and monitoring*
- MEC5883 Mechanical systems design*
- MEC5884 Sustainable engineering systems*
- MEC5888 Renewable energy systems*
Malaysia only
- ECE2131 Electrical circuits
- ECE5885 Energy efficient lighting*
- ENG2801 Leadership and innovation
- MEC4416 Momentum, energy and mass transport in engineering systems
- MEC4417 Refrigeration and air-conditioning
- MEC4801 Non-destructive testing and inspection
- MEC4802 Sustainable engineering and design with nanomaterials
- MEC4804 Clean energy materials
- MEC5886 Sustainable energy technologies*
- MEC5887 Environmental and air pollution control*
Clayton and Malaysia
- MEC2407 Electromechanics
- MEC3458 Experimental project
- MEC3459 Materials selection for engineering design
- MEC4418 Control systems
- MEC4444 Industrial noise and control
- MEC5885 Energy conservation and management*
- TRC2001 Introduction to systems engineering
- TRC3500 Sensors and artificial perception
- TRC4800 Robotics
* Students must obtain an honours weighted average (HWA) of 70 per cent or above at the conclusion of level 3 and be in their final year to enrol in these units.
Relevant courses
Bachelors
Single degrees
Successful completion of this undergraduate specialisation can be counted towards meeting the requirements for the following single degree:
- E3001 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
Students in other single bachelor's degrees are not eligible to complete this specialisation.
Double degrees
Successful completion of this undergraduate specialisation can be counted towards meeting the requirements for the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) component in the following double degrees:
- E3002 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts
- E3004 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Biomedical Science
- E3005 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Commerce
- E3003 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Commerce Specialist
- E3006 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Design
- E3007 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Science
- L3002 Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)