This unit develops the students' physical understanding of fluid statics and fluid flow and the interaction of fluid forces with solids.

Topics include hydrostatics, Reynolds transport theorem, continuity and momentum equations, control volume analysis, the Bernoulli equation, viscous pipe flow, pumps, dimensional analysis, boundary layers, flow measurement techniques and applications of fluid forces in flow - lift and drag.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Determine and solve fluid flow problems by employing Bernoulli's equation and control volumes to predict fluid behaviour with particular regard to the principles of continuity and momentum.
2. Use dimensional analysis and modelling to plan experiments, present results meaningfully and predict prototype performance.
3. Determine lift and drag forces for bodies including vehicles subjected to fluid motion.
4. Analyse and discern between laminar and turbulent flows, demonstrate an understanding of boundary layers and flow separation, and explain how these concepts impact on drag and fluid energy loss.
5. Determine the appropriate sizes and operating parameters for turbo machines by employing knowledge of the typical operation, limitations, and applications of these devices.

Continuous assessment: 50%

Examination (2 hours): 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 3 hours of laboratory/problem solving classes and 6 hours of private study per week

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Chemical Engineering

This unit will introduce students to the fundamentals of material and energy balances through a systematic treatment of: single and multiple unit operations, reactive and non-reactive processes, recycle and bypass, extent of reactions, equations of state, vapour-liquid phase equilibrium, solid-liquid phase equilibrium, internal energy and enthalpy changes for process fluids undergoing specified changes in temperature, pressure, phase, reactions and chemical compositions and computer aided simulation of process flow diagrams. A process simulation software will be used to aid in the solution of more complex systems.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Apply the basic concepts of conservation of mass and energy, including phase equilibrium, reaction equilibrium and non-ideal gas behaviour to mass and energy balances.
2. Apply the concepts of unit operations to combine them into a block flow diagram and process flow diagram of a chemical process.
3. Interpret physical property charts and diagrams to solve problems based on phase equilibrium, refrigeration and heat pump cycles.
4. Analyse the mass and energy balances of any chemical process, for both steady and unsteady state situations.
5. Simulate processes using a process simulation software to analyse the mass and energy balance of complex chemical processes and report the results in a technical report.
6. Interpret experimental measurements of mass, energy and chemical composition and report the results in a lab report.

Laboratory/Assignments/Test: 40% + Examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

6 hours of contact time per week, which includes lectures, practical classes and computer labs; 6 hours of private study per week and one 4-hour lab during semester.

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Chemical Engineering

Environmental Engineering

• Introduce fundamentals and applications of heat and mass transfer.
• Develop an understanding of the mechanisms and mathematical representation of conduction, convection and radiation heat transfer and convective mass transfer.
• Gain an appreciation for the analogies between heat and mass transfer using dimensional analysis.
• Understand and apply concepts of local and overall heat and mass transfer coefficients.
• Calculation of overall heat transfer coefficient and heat transfer area using Log Mean Temperature Difference (LMTD) and Number of Transfer Unit (NTU) method.
• Gain an understanding of molecular diffusion in gases, solids, and liquids, and convective mass transfer between two fluids in contact, and develop methods to use these concepts in problem solving.
• Perform experiments to illustrate the concepts of heat and mass transfer.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Determine which modes of heat transfer (conduction, convection and radiation) and/or mass transfer (diffusive and convective) are occurring in a given problem
2. Identify key assumptions (e.g. steady state vs transient) that lead to a solution procedure.
3. Formulate solutions for common engineering problem using a combination of analytical equations, dimensional analysis, and empirical correlations
4. Critically analyse the solution with respect to clarity (communicating the solution to engineers and managers), effects of errors, validity of assumptions, and how the solution(s) can be used to provide operational advice.
5. Conduct self-directed learning using common textbooks, online tools and reference texts, in order to prepare for laboratory sessions and assignments (including preparation for self-directed life-long learning beyond tertiary education).

Continuous internal assessment: 50%

Examination (2 hours): 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 2 hours tutorial sessions and 7 hours private study per week (plus 4 hours of laboratory classes during the semester).

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Chemical Engineering

Introduce fundamentals and applications of classical thermodynamics. Understand the concepts of heat, work, energy, and entropy, the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics and their application. Introduction to the Carnot cycle and the concept of irreversibility. Understand the use of property diagrams in solving heat engine and heat pump cycles. Understand the operation and analysis of the Brayton, Otto, Diesel and Rankine cycles. Introduction to the analysis of refrigeration and heat pump cycles. Perform experiments to illustrate the concepts of Thermodynamics. Simple combustion processes. Renewable energy and its use in heating and electricity generation and environmental benefits.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Identify concepts of thermodynamic equilibrium and energy transfer.
2. Determine the transfer of energy in ideal engineering devices using the First Law of Thermodynamics.
3. Determine the performance and efficiency of ideal and practical engineering devices using the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
4. Apply thermodynamics concepts to evaluate the performance of heat engines and refrigeration systems.
5. Discern measurements required to evaluate the thermodynamic performance of real engineering systems.

Assignments/Tests/Laboratory: 40% + Examination (3 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lectures, 3 hours practice sessions and/or laboratories and 6 hours of private study per week

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Chemical Engineering

Environmental Engineering

This unit will introduce the role and use of simulation tools in process design and develop knowledge of process simulation methods and approaches that can be used in a variety of chemical engineering design problems in a wide range of industries. The unit will also introduce concepts associated to utility systems, electricity generation and principles of sustainability including environmental, economic and social impact. The students will develop knowledge and skills through open-ended projects.

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Develop block flow diagrams and expand them into process flow diagrams via integration of open-ended design problem concepts to propose solutions for chemical engineering design problems.
2. Solve problems using the computer simulation package for chemical processes.
3. Integrate concepts of material and energy balances, unit operations and simulation methods and tools to solve complex design problems.
4. Demonstrate the application of sustainable development, resource and energy efficiency concepts and principles to solve problems in existing and new process designs.
5. Analyse the sustainability of chemical processes using the life cycle assessment methodology.
6. Work in teams and communicate their work effectively.

Continuous assessment: 50%

Examination (2 hours): 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

5 hours of contact time, which includes lectures and project work and 7 hours of private study per week.

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Chemical Engineering

This unit introduces the basic concepts of materials properties and their selection for use in both the natural environment where they will be installed and the operating and process environment.

The underlying philosophy of this unit will be used to compare different material selection options. The unit will include a fundamental understanding of static stress loading. It will include material degradation processes which may limit material life such as corrosion, embrittlement processes and oxidation processes. Through open-ended problems students will develop technical knowledge and professional skills.

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Use appropriate representation (one-dimensional beam theory) of structures and diagrams (Mohr circle) to describe forces and stresses acting in a system and perform analysis of such structures in relation to chemical engineering design.
2. Solve the forces on solid structures in chemical engineering design problems.
3. Describe properties of materials and the link between the properties and uses for different applications.
4. Apply stress-strain relationships to determine elasticity of materials.
5. Explain corrosion mechanisms that can occur in common materials of construction and describe measures to mitigate corrosion.
6. Select materials of construction that are fit for purpose in design problems based on appropriate failure theories for engineering materials.
7. Have an appreciation for the role of a chemical engineer in the safe design of structures and their link with other disciplines in the engineering profession (e.g. mechanical and materials).

Continuous assessment: 50%

Examination (2 hours): 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit

2 hours of lectures, 3 hours of project work and 7 hours of private study.

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Chemical Engineering

This unit focuses on the study of living cells and biological molecules with an emphasis on their applications in chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Topics to be covered include cell biology and structure, fundamental biochemistry of proteins and enzymes, metabolic pathways and biosynthesis of metabolites, molecular biology including central dogma, genetic code, protein synthesis and practical examples of industrial applications.

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able:

1. Relate the importance of biochemistry in industry.
2. Describe the role of basic cell components, the physical and biochemical properties of proteins especially in their roles as enzymes.
3. Relate the major metabolic pathway and the biosynthesis of economic importance of primary and secondary metabolites.
4. Relate the principles of storage and transmission of genetic information; the control mechanisms which operate at the level of gene expression; and their applications in industry.
5. Demonstrate laboratory skills, including basic cell culture technique; spectophotometric methods to assay proteins; gel electrophoresis analysis for proteins and DNA.

Laboratory work: 20%

Assignments/Tests: 20%

Examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lectures, 2 hours of tutorials, 2 hours of laboratories and 6 hours of private study per week.

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Chemical Engineering

This unit covers thermodynamics from a chemical engineering viewpoint. Content will cover basic concepts and the use of: thermodynamic functions such as free energy, enthalpy, and entropy; estimation of properties of pure compounds and mixtures; description of solution thermodynamics and its applications, equilibrium phase diagrams and chemical reaction equilibria.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Apply mass, energy and entropy balances to flow processes.
2. Determine the properties of ideal and real mixtures based on thermodynamic principles.
3. Assess changes in the properties of gases, fluids and solids undergoing changes in temperature and volume.
4. Interpret the underlying principles of phase equilibrium in binary and multi-component systems.
5. Analyse the extent to which chemical reactions proceed, and determine the composition attained at equilibrium.

Tests/Laboratory: 40% and Examination (3 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (tests and laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures and 2 hours tutorials per week, plus one 4 hour laboratory during the semester. Approximately 7 hours of private study per week.

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Chemical Engineering

This unit provides a thorough introduction to process control and simulation. The unit begins with understanding disturbances, why disturbances need to be controlled and possible responses of various systems to a disturbance. The selection of which variables to control, which variables to manipulate and approaches to interactions are covered, together with the most important types of control loops and computer control systems. Topics include common control scenarios - feed back, feed forward, and cascade systems; ratio control; tuning of PID controllers; single loop and multiple loop systems; interactions and decoupling; process simulation and advanced process control.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Discern the response to a set-point and disturbance change, including first order and second order responses.
2. Interpret common control scenarios including feedback, feed forward, ratio and cascade systems.
3. Interpret and model simple dynamic systems and understand the approach to modelling more complex systems.
4. Execute basic and advanced control strategies including tuning of controllers, and model-based control.
5. Discuss the issues associated with the use of computer control systems for the implementation of process control.
6. Design a suitable control strategy for a given situation and process.

Assignments/tests/laboratory: 40% + Examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 2 hours of practice sessions/laboratories and 7 hours of private study per week

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Chemical Engineering

Oil and Gas Engineering

This unit will explore cleaner production and sustainability concepts, the principles of process design and development and associated flow sheets, systematic approaches to waste minimisation in process and utility systems, the methodology of life cycle assessment and application of life cycle assessment to processes and products. These themes will be developed in lectures and supported by student project work related to selected industrial processes.

At the end of this unit, students should be able to:

1. Apply the principles of cleaner production and sustainability in the design and evaluation of processes and products
2. Design and evaluate processes with emphasis on resource and energy efficiency and waste minimisation
3. Develop and draw a detailed process flow sheet
4. Produce the life cycle block diagram of a product and determine the main environmental impacts of the life cycle
5. Analyse a process or product using life cycle assessment methodology
6. Analyse the benefits and burdens of materials recycling
7. Evaluate and apply the principles of greenhouse gas (GHG) measurement and reporting under national and international schemes
8. Examine and evaluate sustainable energy options

Projects: 40% + Examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 2 hours project work and 7 hours of private study per week

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Chemical Engineering

This unit aims to develop a fundamental understanding of chemical reaction kinetics and reactor design, including:

1. fundamentals of design of ideal reactors
2. rate laws, collection and analysis of rate data, stoichiometry
3. isothermal reactor design
4. multiple reactions, reaction mechanisms and pathways
5. an introduction to bio-reaction engineering
6. non-isothermal reactor design
7. catalysis and catalytic reactors.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Appreciate the importance of chemical kinetics and reactor design in chemical industry.
2. Apply the fundamentals of chemical kinetics for complicated reactions.
3. Apply the fundamentals of kinetics of catalytic reactions, including some biochemical reactions.
4. Describe the fundamentals of reactor design.
5. Apply advanced mathematics to complicated problems of reactor design.
6. Analyse the behaviour of complicated reactors.
7. Apply the fundamental principles of reaction engineering to a wide range of problems, e.g. in traditional petrochemical and chemical industry, in pharmaceutical industry, in energy industry, in environmental protection.
8. Analyse new reaction engineering problems and formulating original solutions.

Assignments/Tests/Laboratory: 40% + Final Examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours of lectures, 2 hours of tutorials and 6 hours of private study per week, plus two 4-hour laboratory experiments and associated reporting during the semester.

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Chemical Engineering

A comprehensive treatment of the fundamentals of separation processes of interest to the chemical industry is covered. The fundamental principles of mass transfer are introduced and extended to include principles of interfacial mass transfer and simultaneous heat and mass transfer. General mass and energy balances are derived for equilibrium staged processes. The applications of these principles are made to the unit operations of distillation (binary and multi-component), liquid-liquid extraction, gas-liquid absorption and stripping, adsorption and ion-exchange, and membrane separation processes.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Interpret the analysis of general equilibrium stage processes (co- and countercurrent).
2. Describe the principles underlying the operation of a range of separation processes.
3. Analyse the operation and performance of a range of separation processes and unit operations.
4. Demonstrate skills in solving engineering problems related to design and operation of separation processes and unit operations.
5. Demonstrate experimental skills in operating and analysing the performance of separation unit operations
6. Generate strategies for solving complex, open-ended separation process problems.

Assignments/tests/laboratory: 40% + Examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 2 hours practice sessions and 6 hours of private study per week, plus one 4-hour lab during the semester

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Chemical Engineering

This unit will develop four important inter-related themes associated with the detailed design of chemical equipment and processes. These themes are process safety, mechanical integrity, equipment selection, and process operability (including piping and instrumentation). These themes will be developed using a mixture of lectures and project-orientated learning activities, which will involve computer simulation and at least one plant visit.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Identify and measure the main hazards associated with chemical engineering; and understand the nature, the causes, the effects and the prevention or mitigation of these hazards through the design.
2. Select the appropriate materials of construction, including corrosion considerations (and corrosion mitigation) for a specific processing environment.
3. Design fully a process vessel, which includes the selection of the type of vessel, the ability to conduct simplified stress analysis on a thin-walled pressure vessel, to calculate the combined loading on the vessel (or vessel support) to provide a complete mechanical design specification including engineering drawings.
4. Design fully a heat exchanger, which includes the selection of the type of exchanger, sizing of the heat exchanger and to optimise the heat exchanger layout for a particular application.
5. Design a P&I diagram for a continuous process including details of the piping and control system and determine the instrumentation required for operating a continuous process, under normal and abnormal operations, including emergency shutdown and be able to communicate this on a P&I diagram.
6. Describe the role of the chemical engineer in the detailed design of a project and his/her relationship to other engineers and professions who might also be involved.
7. Appreciate through open-ended projects, an understanding of the design process involving creativity, scope for optimisation, the need for attention to detail. Through team activities develop positive attitudes to teamwork and leadership skills.

Assignments/Tests/Laboratory: 50% + Examination (2 hours): 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, and mid-semester exam) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 2 hours practice sessions and 6 hours of private study per week

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Chemical Engineering

Fundamental principles of transport phenomena, Newton's law of viscosity, Fourier's law of heat conduction and Fick's law of diffusion. Transfer coefficients (viscosity, thermal conductivity and diffusivity). Newtonian and Non-Newtonian fluids, conservation laws (mass, momentum and energy) and steady state shell mass, momentum and energy balances. Numerical solution of partial differential equations, classification of equations (finite differences and finite elements) and incorporation of boundary conditions into numerical solutions. Utilise computer packages to solve complex, realistic chemical engineering problems in fluid flow and transport phenomena.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Select and describe mechanisms of transport phenomena present in given processes
2. Design simple models relating the conservation of energy, species, or momentum to temperature, composition and velocity fields
3. Demonstrate the ability to solve selected partial differential equations (one-dimensional and two-dimensional transport problems) by applying numerical methods such as finite element and finite difference
4. Demonstrate the ability to develop approximate models of practical chemical engineering systems and solve problems based on them
5. Generate complex problems commonly encountered in practice utilising commercial numerical software packages (MATLAB and COMSOL Multiphysics)

Individual Tests and Assignments: 50%

Examination (3hours): 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lectures, 3 hours of practice sessions/laboratories and 7 hours of private study per week.

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Chemical Engineering

This unit explores how scalable, commercially viable process-unit operations are harnessed by the biotechnology industry for the production of valuable biomolecules (eg recombinant proteins, peptides, vaccines, enzymes, and nucleic acids). The design, operation and economic issues surrounding large-scale biomolecular process equipment including bioreactors, filtration systems, chromatographic columns, sterilisation and aseptic operation, auxiliary equipment and the associated control systems will be considered. The wider biotechnology environment will be considered especially with regards to GxP, national and international regulatory bodies, biosafety and commercialisation.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Describe biological systems and molecules and how these are harnessed in biotechnology.
2. Analyse the performance of unit operations involved in bioprocessing.
3. Generate a process flow diagram for a bioprocessing plant.

Assignments/Tests/Laboratory: 50% + Examination (2 hours): 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lectures, 3 hours tutorials/practice sessions and 7 hours of private study per week

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Chemical Engineering

This unit introduces the foundation concepts of nanotechnology and nanofabrication, the basic physics of the solid state, the unique properties of nanomaterials; characterisation techniques of materials. This unit also covers polymer synthesis and characterisation, polymer nanocrystals, functional polymers such as conductive polymers and block copolymers, supramolecular structures, and amphiphilic systems and their applications in nanofabrication.

On completion of this unit, students should understand the concepts of nanotechnology, and the important role of nanomaterials in the fabrication of nanodevices; appreciate the impact of emerging nanotechnology in society; be able to describe unique properties of nanomaterials based on the understanding of the basic physics of the solid state; have a thorough knowledge of structural characterisation techniques of materials; have an ability to carry out simple characterisations of nanostructures and materials; be able to describe the fabrication and application of typical functional polymer structures; understand the principles of self assembly of amphiphilic molecules in nanofabrication; have an ability to conduct literature review on a particular topic and complete tasks as part of a team; improve oral and written communication skills.

Projects/Tests/Laboratory: 50% + Examination (2 hours): 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lectures, 2 hours practice sessions, 2 hours laboratories and 6 hours of private study per week

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Chemical Engineering

An introduction to the role of engineers in the context of their employment in industry and their interaction with the wider community. Students will obtain an understanding of triple bottom line reporting as a driver for management, involving financial, environmental and the social impact of business. Financial management will include project management, project risk, market analysis, project costing and finance and financial indicators. Environmental management will look at the approval process for new projects and ongoing environmental improvement strategies. Social management will look at company organisation, the role of unions, occupational health and safety law and safety management.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Appraise the role of a professional engineer, Code of Conduct and Ethics.
2. Deliberate the factors affecting the market for specific products and an understanding of market risks to industries involved in manufacturing businesses.
3. Demonstrate teamwork skills for working in group projects.
4. Design the normal project timeline using a GANNT chart, including the hurdles required for financing a new project.
5. Appraise the approval process for government jurisdiction for environmental assessment and a plant safety case and have some understanding of the key points of environmental law, and occupational health and safety legislation.
6. Demonstrate the ability to carry out the risk assessment and formulate the risk management for a process plant.
7. Demonstrate the ability to produce an environmental improvement plan for a process and carry out a HAZOP of a part of a process and draw a fault-tree diagram.
8. Demonstrate the ability to estimate the equipment costs for a process, the plant capital and operating costs, including a cash flow analysis and calculate the net present value of a project using discounted cash flow and determine its financial viability.

Continuous assessment: 60%

Final examination (2 hours): 40%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 2 hours practice class and 7 hours of private study per week

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Chemical Engineering

This unit provides a thorough introduction to particle technology. The unit begins with understanding particle characterisation, the fluid mechanics of single and multi-particle systems and particulate fluidisation. The physics underlying powder flow will be covered to enable introductory hopper design. Common powder processing operations will be studied, selected from powder mixing/segregation, sedimentation, dewatering and size enlargement.

After completing this unit, the student will be able to understand particle characterisation techniques and how the motion and fluid mechanics of a single particle and multi-particle assemblies are affected by particle properties. The student will be able to select a suitable particle characterisation method; manipulate particle size distribution data; model particle flow in fluids and fluidised beds; and be able to use particle properties to design a suitable powder hopper to ensure powder flow. Finally, the student will understand the underlying principles of several powder processing operations, be able to design the key parameters for that unit operation and develop an appreciation for the complexities of powder handling and processing.

Assignments/tests/laboratory:40% + Final examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours of lectures, 2 hours of practice sessions, an average of 1 hour of laboratories per week and 7 hours of private study per week

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Chemical Engineering

This unit offers students the opportunity to work in-depth on a significant project, gain first-hand experience of professional practice in industry, applying skills and knowledge gained to date to a real life situation and study new topics in an industrial context. Projects are set up by the industrial partner and academic supervisor, and include tackling open-ended industrial problems, project management, process safety and process economics. A limited number of places are offered each year, and students are selected by the department on the basis of academic merit and leadership potential approximately 6 months in advance.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Appreciate the importance of professional industrial practice and the application of chemical engineering science in an industrial setting.
2. Analyse an open ended industrial problem and develop a practical approach.
3. Critically analyse data and develop a new theory or conclusion.
4. Demonstrate interpersonal, oral presentation and technical report writing skills
5. Function effectively and professionally in an industrial setting according to the principles of management, process economics and process safety

Assignments/Presentations: 50% + Final report: 50%

36 hours industrial training placement work and 12 hours of private study per week

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Chemical Engineering

Students work in teams on the design and evaluation of a process plant for a specified duty. This is a capstone design unit drawing together the skills and knowledge previously developed in the areas of detailed design of chemical equipment and processes, process safety, mechanical integrity, equipment selection, process operability (including piping and instrumentation), environmental impact and economic evaluation.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Appraise a design brief for a conceptual design study for a specific chemical product, feedstock and location and deliberate on the most appropriate technology for this brief.
2. Synthesise a chemical process which reflects on efficiency, values inherent safety and mitigates environmental impacts, and demonstrates conservation of mass and energy.
3. Design a specific area of the plant at a "detailed design level", by generating specification sheets of equipment and a detailed process design of a specific equipment item including detailed engineering drawings.
4. Generate Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams for a specific design area and reflect on these drawings by assessing the safety of the process individually and as a part of a HAZOP team.
5. Generate a plant layout that mitigates any risks associated with the process that has been designed and assesses the environmental impacts of the process at the plant level and over the whole product life cycle.
6. Generate capital and operating cost estimates, and assess the financial viability of the project, and determine the sensitivity to various engineering and commercial factors, and appraise the project viability.
7. Plan and prioritise the steps required in a conceptual design and monitor the performance of individuals and the team against these plans.
8. Generate three major written design reports and justify the preparatory work for these reports through three individual interviews.

Presentations/Interviews 20% + Report: 80%

Two practice classes of 3 hours each week and 18 hours of private study.

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Chemical Engineering

Quantitative and analytical skills required for biochemical and bioprocess engineering will be covered. The relationships between chemical engineering principles and approaches and biology will be explored. Knowledge about the operational considerations for suspended cultures, immobilised cultures, bioreactors, scaling, process selection, and operation of bioprocess unit operations will be discussed and worked on through calculations.

On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

1. Apply principles of fluid flow, mixing, heat transfer and mass transfer to analyse bioreactors
2. Assess the performance of bioreactors and troubleshoot operational problems
3. Solve engineering problems related to the design and operation of bioreactors and bioprocesses
4. Apply principles of biochemical engineering to analyse and assess special topics such as synthetic biology, animal and plant cell culture, and tissue engineering
5. Solve technical and practical issues in commercial bioprocessing

Continuous assessment: 50%

Final examination: 50% (2 hours)

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lectures, 2 hours of practice sessions/tutor mediated group work/laboratory work and 7 hours of private study per week

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Chemical Engineering

Understanding of synthetic methods, properties and applications of nanomaterials, including zero-dimensional nanoparticles, one-dimensional nanostructures (nanotubes, nanorods, nanowires and nanofibres), two-dimensional thin films, nanoporous materials and nanofabrication techniques such as lithography and self-assembly. Emphasis on advanced nanomaterials and the importance of nanostructured materials used in various chemical engineering applications. Examples of bionanotechnology-inspired nanostructures using biological building blocks in self-assembling processes.

On completion of this unit, students are expected to gain knowledge and understanding on:

1. The concepts of nanostructures and nanofabrication, including different synthesis methods
2. The unique properties and applications of nanomaterials with emphasis on chemical engineering applications, including separation, absorption and corrosion
3. New advances at the interface of engineering and biology
4. The use of nanomaterials in medicine with examples in drug and gene delivery
5. Bionanotechnology approaches to build nanostructures using self assembling peptides and DNA

   In addition, students will acquire skills in:

6. Critical literature review
7. Team work management
8. Oral and written communication in scientific context

Assignments/Tests/Laboratory: 50% + Examination (2 hours): 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lectures, 1 hour of practice sessions, 3 hours of laboratories and 6 hours of private study per week

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Chemical Engineering

This unit will explore heat integration, water integration and recycling of process streams to achieve improved resource efficiencies and waste reduction, the identification and minimisation of waste in reactors and separation processes, natural cycles, pollution mechanisms and effects, strategies for improved industrial ecology and the role of regulatory and economic drivers in cleaner production. These themes will be developed in lectures and be supported by student project work related to selected industrial processes.

1. Understand and apply heat integration, water integration and process stream recycling in chemical engineering processes to achieve increased raw materials and energy efficiencies and waste reduction
2. Understand the technologies for treatment and disposal of gaseous, liquid and solid wastes
3. Understand the mechanisms and effects of natural cycles for water and carbon
4. Understand the mechanisms and effects of various forms of pollution
5. Explore the benefits of improved industrial ecology through integrated manufacture and improved industrial planning.

Assignments: 50% + Examination (2 hours): 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

Five hours of contact time per week including 3 hours of lectures and 2 hours of project work. 7 hours of private study devoted to preparation of assignments and independent study.

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Chemical Engineering

Development and conduct of a specific research or other open-ended project, which may involve literature search, experimental design, equipment design, equipment commissioning, experimentation, troubleshooting, problem solving, data gathering, analysis and interpretation of data, oral and written reporting.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Synthesise outcomes from a literature review to identify specific research gaps.
2. Apply engineering knowledge and judgement in experimental design, including the design and commissioning of experimental equipment
3. Generate new knowledge based on the gathering, analysis and interpretation of experimental data.
4. Generate and deliver effective oral and written reporting of the research work.
5. Demonstrate the knowledge, skills and attitudes of a professional engineer.

Practical: 100%

6 hours lectures (first 3 weeks of semester) and 20 hours laboratory time and private study devoted to research and report writing per week

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Chemical Engineering

In this unit students will explore aspects of organic, inorganic and physical chemistry. The structures, properties and common reactions of classes of organic compounds will be investigated along with the structures and reactivities of coordination complexes. Aspects of physical chemistry including thermodynamics, kinetics and solution equilibria and electrochemistry will be studied in some detail. The interrelationship of these topics will be explored ultimately leading to the ability to predict reaction directionality in different reactions.

On completion of this unit students should be better able to: display insight into the bonding and structure of a variety of simple inorganic and organic molecules; classify the wide range of organic molecules into various groups, apply systematic naming procedures for a wide range of hydrocarbon species, state chemical properties and reaction for alkanes, alkenes and alkynes and demonstrate understanding of various aspects of isomerism and stereochemistry for such materials; describe the structure and properties of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, organic nitrogen compounds and aromatic compounds; understand the principal reactions of these compounds and be able to predict products of their reactions; show an appreciation of coordination compounds in terms of aspects of their formation, reactivities and stabilities and also their structures and bonding; explain the first and second laws of thermodynamics and describe and calculate energy changes that occur during reactions including enthalpy and entropy and free energy changes and use this information to predict reaction directionality and spontaneity; demonstrate an understanding of reaction kinetics at both the macroscopic and molecular level; discuss the concepts of dynamic solution equilibria and apply the principles of equilibrium to a number of situations which are important to chemical analysis and biological science; explain fundamental concepts of electrochemistry and their uses in voltaic and electrolytic processes; demonstrate skills and confidence in the laboratory with chemical techniques and measurements in the above areas; display a level of writing skills for laboratory practical reports which is appropriate to first year tertiary chemistry.

Two 2-hour examinations: 60% + Ten computer tests: 20% + Laboratory reports 20%

Three 1-hour lectures, three hours of laboratory/practice classes activity and six hours of individual study per week

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Solid mechanics is concerned with the stressing, deformation and failure of solid materials. This unit conveys some of this fundamental knowledge related to the analysis and design of engineering structures. It builds on aspects taught in the level 1 unit ENG1001. Topics covered include; bending moment diagrams of determinate and indeterminate beam/frame systems, the calculation of normal stresses due to combined bi-axial bending and axial forces (including those resulting from thermal loading); partial and fully plastic section moment capacities; torsion, shear stress and shear flow in beams; and the calculation of deflections in simple determinate beams. The theory of elasticity is then introduced covering; stress and strain at a point, the transformation of stresses and strains and the calculation of principal stresses and strains; the constitutive relationship between elastic stress-strain behaviour; Mohr's circle; and failure criterion with specific reference to pressure vessels.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Analyse structural behaviour (in the form of bending moment diagrams and deflected shapes) of simple determinate and indeterminate beam and frame systems using qualitative and quantitative methods.
2. Identify and determine elastic normal stresses, shearing stresses and shear flow in simple structures as a result of external (including thermal) loading producing internal actions of axial force, bending, torsion and shear.
3. Determine the partial plastic and fully plastic section moment capacities of both symmetrical and asymmetrical steel sections.
4. Determine the displacement of linearly elastic simple beam systems.
5. Determine stresses and strains (and their relationship) in two dimensions utilising the concepts of principal stress and Mohr's circle, and select and use appropriate failure theories for engineering materials.
6. Formulate technical reports and communicate effectively in team assignments, interpreting and analysing experimental data, utilising basic analysis software packages and relating results to the theory taught.

Continuous assessment: 50%

Examination (2 hours): 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 2 hours practice classes and 7 hours of private study per week

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Civil Engineering

Geological Engineering

Mining Engineering

Oil and Gas Engineering

Renewable Energy Engineering

This unit covers basic spreadsheet computing skills and includes particular training in: mathematical tools such as matrix operations (eg solving simultaneous equations), curve fitting and trend lines, and numerical search techniques; user defined functions; user interface elements such as dialog boxes (using elements such as labels, text boxes, drop-down list boxes, spinners, etc) and VBA programming to automate spreadsheet functions. It also covers the following topics in water engineering: estimation of design rainfall; runoff processes; streamflow data and analysis; flood frequency analysis; reservoir operation and a major assignment on hydrology using spreadsheets.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Describe fundamental mathematical formulations for solving problems in civil engineering.
2. Apply spreadsheet computing and VBA programming tools to assist their designs in structure engineering, geomechanics and hydrology following the Australian and New Zealand standard.
3. Formulate typed brief reports detailing how they address and solve problems that meets Australian and New Zealand standards.

Three projects: 45%

Examination (3 hours): 55%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 2 hours computer laboratories/practice classes and 7 hours of private study per week

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Civil Engineering

This unit introduces the design of steel and timber framed structures in accordance with the design codes. It enables the students to understand the process for the design of steel and timber structures and the background knowledge which leads to the development of the current steel and timber design codes. Students will understand the behaviour of steel and timber structural components under realistic design conditions and relate the knowledge of design to practical design problems in a project-based learning environment.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Determine dead and live loading on a building structure.
2. Construct a model steel structure and predict its capacity in a team environment.
3. Describe the properties of steel sections relevant to engineering design for strength.
4. Determine steel and timber members considering strength and serviceability needs.
5. Determine steel and timber joints for strength requirements.
6. Identify issues related to timber durability following industry practice.

Continuous assessment: 50%

Examination (2 hours): 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

Three hours of lectures, two hours of practice classes and seven hours of private study per week

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Civil Engineering

This unit introduces students to concrete technology, reinforced concrete and masonry design. Three major topics areas are basic concrete materials technology, reinforced concrete analysis and design, and masonry basics and design. The unit provides a balanced coverage of the practical construction aspects, analytical methods and design aspects.

At the completion of this unit students should have the following knowledge and skills:

1. Basic concepts in concrete technology
2. Types of cements, aggregates, and admixtures in concrete
3. Properties of fresh and hardened concrete
4. Concepts of strength and serviceability limit states, load and capacity reduction factors
5. Specifications for durability and fire resistance
6. Preparation and critical evaluation of concrete specifications
7. Concrete mix design and ability to assess concrete mix proportions for various applications
8. Estimation of loads and their representation on structures
9. Basic analysis of slabs in the floor system
10. Detailed computer analysis of frames
11. Design and detail reinforced concrete beams, slabs and columns for strength and serviceability limit states
12. Interpret and use concrete structures and loading codes of practice
13. Use available analysis and design computer packages and other design aids
14. Basic design of masonry walls
15. Preparation of design drawings

Continuous assessment: 50%

Examination (2 hours): 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 2 hours practice classes and 7 hours of private study per week

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Civil Engineering

The unit covers all aspects of geomechanics at an elementary level, as well as basic engineering geology, formation and weathering processes, sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks, soil and rock forming minerals, geological mapping and modelling, site investigations, in-situ testing, engineering classification of soil and rock, weight-volume relationship, and the two/three phase model. It also includes effective stress theory, stresses in a soil mass and shear strength. The unit includes elementary-level application of geomechanics knowledge in the analysis and design of shallow and deep foundations.

At the completion of this unit, students should be able to:

1. Use knowledge of basic engineering geology in designing civil infrastructure on soils/rocks
2. Plan and interpret results of geotechnical site investigations
3. Classify soils and rocks including mineralogical compositions
4. Identify different phases in soils and determine their densities, void ratios, porosities
5. Determine total, effective and pore water pressures in soils/rocks including implications of loading on drainage behaviour of soils/rocks
6. Identify and determine appropriate shear strength parameters of soils/rocks for engineering design
7. Estimate incremental stresses in soils/rocks due to applied loads
8. Use knowledge of soils/rocks in designing simple foundations

Continuous assessment: 50%

Examination (2 hours): 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

One 2 hour lecture plus one 1 hour lecture, one 2 hour practice class, one 1 hour laboratory and 7 hours of private study per week

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Civil Engineering

Geological Engineering

Mining Engineering

Oil and Gas Engineering

Renewable Energy Engineering

The unit focuses on fundamentals of hydraulics. Hydrostatics is first introduced with application to dam and gates. The basic equations of continuity, momentum and energy conservation are derived and applied to the design of pressurised pipelines. Flow in open channels is introduced with application to waterways, aqueducts and pipes flowing partly full; applications include design of spillways and culverts.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Apply fundamental principles to physical problems involving fluids in hydrostatic and dynamic conditions.
2. Analyse fluid flow in closed and open conduits.
3. Record and discuss findings from laboratory experiments.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 2 hours practice classes and 7 hours of private study per week

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Civil Engineering

Environmental Engineering

This unit introduces students to the field of transport and traffic engineering. The fundamental parameters used to describe deterministic traffic flow behaviour are introduced along with a simple traffic flow model. Stochastic traffic flow behaviour is described via random distributions. Fundamental queuing theory of traffic is briefly introduced. The procedures used to analyse the capacity and level of service are explored for both unsignalised and signalised intersections. The principle of traffic signal operation at isolated intersections is presented. Traffic surveys are discussed and students are introduced to contemporary road safety issues as well. Public transport is considered at the route level concerning the determination of fleet size and factors affecting operational capacity and reliability. Non-motorised transport including cyclists and pedestrians is also considered. In addition, the unit addresses Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). Consideration will also be given to the role of communications in the practice of transport and traffic engineers. To enhance students' understanding of the unit content from practical points of view, some experts will be invited to give lectures on their relevant work. Throughout the whole unit, the focus is primarily on surface transport systems and applications of advanced technologies therein.

1. Familiarity with the basic parameters and theories of traffic flow
2. Knowledge of the role that advanced technology is playing, and will play, in the transport/traffic area
3. Awareness of the importance of both safety and congestion reduction objectives as crucial design considerations in the transport/traffic field
4. Appreciation of the relationship of transport/traffic engineering to the profession of civil engineering
5. Ability to design, undertake and analyse traffic surveys
6. Ability to apply basic traffic flow theory to the analysis of unsignalised intersection capacity
7. Ability to design timing plans for isolated traffic signals
8. Ability to work effectively in a team as a leader and/or a member
9. Oral, written and drawing communication skills

Continuous assessment: 60%

Examination (2 hours): 40%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 2 hours of practice classes and 7 hours of private study per week

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Civil Engineering

Introduction to the nature of civil engineering construction projects. Construction technology including equipment performance, construction techniques, prefabrication, concrete, steel, timber, foundations, buildings, roads, formwork etc. Relevant OHS and site environmental management issues and requirements. Industry experience gained by working with a construction company.

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Evaluate OHS risks and apply relevant controls to particular project examples.
2. Acquire knowledge of Quality Assurance and Systems and Prepare inspection and test plans.
3. Evaluate environmental risks and apply relevant controls to a particular construction project.
4. Breakdown the tasks involved with a construction project and prepare a schedule.
5. Acquire knowledge of construction relationships and procurement type.

Individual assessments (8 topics): 20%

Major project assignment by project groups: 50%

Oral presentations of major project assignment by project groups: 30%

2 hours lecture, 2 hours practical class and 8 hours private study per week (including one single site visit during the semester).

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Civil Engineering

Systematic approaches to engineering data collection, analysis and interpretation. The Scope covers data description and presentation, randomness, discrete probability, continuous probability, conditional probability, Bayes' Theorem, normal distribution, sampling distributions, point estimation, interval estimation, hypothesis testing, linear regression.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Apply statistical theory to problems frequently encountered by civil engineers.
2. Analyse and interpret large data sets and present the summary.
3. Design and conduct experiments using statistical methods.
4. Formulate hypotheses and test them to come to a conclusion.
5. Predict random processes through time series analysis.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination: (2 hours) 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lecture, 2 hours practical and 8 hours private study per week.

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Civil Engineering

Need for project management; the project management context; fundamental project management processes and knowledge; tools and techniques for a structured application to project selection and planning including project brief/ideation/concept embodiment decision support tools, numeric profitability and scoring techniques, and EMV/decision tree risk quantification tools; analytical tool application to project scope, time, cost, risk, human resource, OHS and quality issues. Review of company financial management concepts.

To provide a framework and basic knowledge for understanding the processes of project management. The major themes covered in this unit are:

1. Project management: a perspective
2. Project selection
3. Project feasibility
4. Risk assessment and scope definition
5. Project time management
6. Project risk management
7. Project cost management
8. Project cost budgeting and control
9. Project quality management
10. Human resource management and strategic management.

    Students are expected to:

11. Acquire a basic knowledge of the principles and practice of project management
12. Understand the different components of a project, their interaction and applications;
13. Appreciate the role of a project manager as a member of a multi-disciplinary team and develop skills in the critical assessment of alternative solutions.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lecture, 2 hours practice and 8 hours of private study per week.

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Civil Engineering

Loads and load paths for multi-storey structures, including the action of core walls. Design of composite steel-concrete floor systems, beam columns and footings. Matrix structural analysis for the determination of forces and displacements in structures. Relationship between frame analysis software and the technique of matrix analysis. Emphasis on performance issues for buildings which are not related to strength and deflection.

1. Describe and apply the limit state design philosophy to calculate loads appropriate to each limit state.
2. Determine the global structural behaviour of building frames, identifying the role of each component.
3. Analyse structural behaviour using a combination of computer and hand analysis approaches.
4. Design the members and connections for composite floor steel-framed building structures.
5. Generate a high-quality technical report as part of a group to summarise the design of a building structure.

Continuous assessment: 50%

Examination (2 hours): 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lecture, 2 hours practice and 8 hours of private study per week.

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Civil Engineering

Essential aspects of highway bridge design, assessment and rehabilitation. Criteria for selection of bridge types which are most prevalent. Examine structure as a whole, and implement the analysis and design of the bridge deck and the supporting members. Relevant strength and serviceability limit states applied to the design of the bridge, life cycle performance and risk assessment, material degradation, corrosion, fatigue and time-dependent deformations of reinforced and prestressed concrete elements of the bridge, structural rehabilitation and repair techniques.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Formulate a conceptual design for a bridge considering various types of bridges, their components, and methods of construction.
2. Identify and calculate the loads to which a bridge is subjected according to first principles and relevant codes of practice.
3. Determine the structural behaviour various bridge types quantitatively and qualitatively using relevant hand- and computer-based methods.
4. Design prestressed concrete beams for service and strength requirements.
5. Describe the reliability basis for limit state design and its use in bridge assessment, including descriptions of the basic variables.
6. Discuss bridge inspection and management procedures, including levels of assessment and condition rating approaches.

Continuous assessment: 50%

Examination (2 hours): 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lecture, 2 hours practicals and 8 hours of private study per week.

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Civil Engineering

Consolidation theory of soils, estimation of consolidation and creep settlements for different types of soils, advanced topics on shear strength of soils and rocks for various drainage conditions, stress-paths and laboratory triaxial tests, determination of drained and undrained shear strength parameters, critical state mechanics and various failure criteria, soil and rock slope analysis, earth pressure theory and design of retaining walls.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Determine soil consolidation time and associated settlements.
2. Discern shear strength of soils and rocks.
3. Analyse advanced soil strength testing and stress paths results considering drained and undrained behaviour.
4. Apply various soil models to analyse soil/rock behaviour.
5. Analyse stability of soil and rock slopes.
6. Apply earth pressure theories to design basic retaining walls.

Continuous assessment: 50%

Examination (2 hours): 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

One 2 hour lecture, one 2 hour practical class and 8 hours private study per week.

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Civil Engineering

Overview of concepts relating to groundwater resources and seepage, with emphasis on seepage containment in reservoirs, ponds, soil pollution and its avoidance, focusing on soil behaviour and its effect on seepage, groundwater percolation and migration of contaminant in the nearfield of waste containment facilities. Focus will also be on the function, design and construction of engineered soil barriers to prevent leakage from water reservoirs, ponds or to isolate different types of waste.

At the conclusion of the unit, students will be able to:

1. Give an engineering classification of soils, and on this basis predict how it will perform as an engineering lining material for waste containment facilities
2. Calculate quantities of water flowing through the ground, and understand the effects that water flow has on the soil
3. Identify the common situations when the soil becomes a factor in an engineering problem
4. Explain the advantages and limitations of the different methods of seepage calculation
5. Characterise contaminant migration through porous media
6. Provide solutions to seepage problems based on the use of geosynthetics
7. Use numerical and analytical procedures to analyse a geoenvironmental design problem

Tests: 20%

Design assignment: 40%

Examination (2 hours): 40%.

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

One 2 hour lecture, one 2 hour practice class and 8 hours private study per week.

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Civil Engineering

Environmental Engineering

Introduce fundamentals and role of road engineering theory and practice. Examine a number of issues related to the planning, design and construction of roads, including: road planning, the road traffic environment, road design issues, road construction and road environmental safety.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Apply traffic engineering knowledge and prepare forecasts of future demand.
2. Design the geometry of roads that includes design of horizontal alignment, vertical alignment and cross sections.
3. Assess earthworks and associated costs in a road project.
4. Appraise different alternatives of a project that includes economic, social and environmental comparison.
5. Generate a detailed report including recommendations.

Continuous assessment: 60%

Examination (2 hours): 40%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lecture, 2 hours practical and 8 hours private study per week.

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Civil Engineering

This unit introduces students to concrete technology, reinforced concrete and masonry design. Three major topics areas are basic concrete materials technology, reinforced concrete analysis and design, and masonry basics and design. The unit provides a balanced coverage of the practical construction aspects, analytical methods and design aspects.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Identify types of cements, aggregates, and admixtures in concrete.
2. Describe the properties of fresh and hardened concrete.
3. Describe and decide concrete specifications.
4. Design concrete mix and assess concrete mix proportions for various applications.
5. Analyse loads and their representation on structures.
6. Design reinforced concrete and masonry structures using relevant Australian Standards.

Continuous assessment: 50%

Examination (2 hours): 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a Pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 2 hours practice classes and 7 hours of private study per week.

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Civil Engineering

The unit introduces students to the basic concepts of hydrology and their application in the engineering practice. The key features of the main components of the hydrologic cycle (i.e., rainfall, streamflow, and evapotranspiration) are presented along with methods to measure and model them in natural and urban environments. Particular emphasis is on flooding and designed floods. The unit also provides an overview of the various water systems in an urban environment, their functions and modes of operation, and the influence of climate variability on urban requirements in terms of management and discharge of stormwater. A final aspect is the activation and transport of contaminants within the urban water cycle.

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Undertake hydrological investigations of natural and urban catchments.
2. Estimate floods for engineering design and planning.
3. Conceptually design and estimate flows of a minor drainage network.
4. Design gutters, swales, and pits.
5. Produce technical reports developed by teams at the standard required by the engineering profession.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a Pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lectures, 2 hours of tutorial classes and 8 hours of private study per week (group projects and private learning).

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Civil Engineering

Environmental Engineering

In this unit, each student will be required to undertake a research project from a number of topics offered. These topics in general include one or a combination of design, theoretical, review and investigation works that will make a new contribution to the body of knowledge. Experimental work is only permitted when combining with CIV4211.

The student will be supervised by an academic member of staff. The project proposal will be presented as a poster, with the outcomes summarised in either a progress report or research paper and oral presentation.

On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

1. Conduct research on topics related to civil engineering within a given timeline
2. Develop a sound research plan based on available scientific tools relevant to the project
3. Undertake an extensive review of relevant literature
4. Communicate to a professional audience via poster medium
5. Analyse data and prepare i) a written progress report if taken with CIV4211 or ii) a written research paper and oral presentation if taken alone

Practical work: 100% (poster presentation, technical research paper and oral presentation)

Students must achieve a minimum of 50% marks to pass the unit. In the case of failure, a maximum mark of 45% will be returned.

12 hours per week

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Civil Engineering

Geological Engineering

Mining Engineering

Oil and Gas Engineering

Renewable Energy Engineering

This unit is an extension to Project A that allows the chosen project to be explored in more depth and to incorporate experimental or theoretical work. The project outcomes are to be summarised in a research paper and oral presentation.

On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

1. Conduct research on topics related to civil engineering within a given timeline
2. Develop a sound research plan based on available scientific tools relevant to the project
3. Undertake an extensive review of relevant literature
4. Analyse data and prepare a written research paper of high quality
5. Communicate findings to a professional audience via oral presentation

Practical work: 100% (poster presentation, progress report, technical research paper and oral presentation)

12 hours per week

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Civil Engineering

Geological Engineering

Mining Engineering

Oil and Gas Engineering

Renewable Energy Engineering

This is a capstone unit drawing together the material taught in previous units. The objective is to utilise this knowledge to undertake a multi-disciplinary open ended design task for a specified civil engineering development, in groups, mirroring the expectations of working in professional practice. The design project will vary from year to year but will include aspects of structural, water, geomechanics, environmental engineering and transport design with an emphasis on sustainable design.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Appraise a multidisciplinary engineering project brief as part of a design team.
2. Generate concept designs that meet multidisciplinary criteria as part of a team.
3. Design components of a multi-disciplinary engineering project.
4. Construct construction-standard details and drawings of the design.
5. Generate oral, written and visual communication skills suitable for professional practice.

Written and oral project submissions: 100%

4 hours of practical and 8 hours of private study per week.

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Civil Engineering

This unit covers advanced structural analysis techniques including matrix analysis for truss and beam structures and also the theoretical basis and application of the finite element method for truss, beam and plate elements. The unit will provide an opportunity for students to learn how to analyse a structure using computer packages such as ABAQUS that will be introduced to perform static analysis, dynamic and/or buckling analyses. Comparison between hand calculations and predictions from computer analyses are made wherever practicable.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Apply the stiffness method of matrix structural analysis.
2. Apply the coordinate transformation method for matrix structural analysis.
3. Identify the theoretical basis of finite element methods such as discretisation process, element formation, shape functions and Gaussian integration.
4. Discern simple elements in the finite element method.
5. Construct the framework of the finite element method.
6. Generate high quality reports for assessing the behaviour of a multi-storey building under static, thermal and dynamic loading using a finite element computer package.

Continuous assessment: 50%

Examination (2 hours): 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lecture, 2 hours practice including computer laboratories and 8 hours of private study per week.

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Civil Engineering

Advanced methods for the design of structures considering both loading and strength aspects of design. Strength and serviceability design of continuous post-tensioned concrete members. Design and detailing of anchorage zones. Introduction to the plastic design concept for engineering practice, with particular reference to steel structures design; methods of plastic analysis from simple beams to complex frames. Introduction to yield line theory for reinforced concrete slabs; yield line solutions based on work equations. Lower bound solutions for reinforced concrete slabs using Hillerborg strip method.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Generate team-work reports on the analysis/design of concrete slabs and steel frames using laboratory results and theoretical analysis.
2. Identify the collapse mechanisms of reinforced concrete slabs and steel frames.
3. Design and analyse plastically reinforced concrete slabs using Hillerborg method and yield line theory.
4. Design and analyse the steel reinforced concrete structures using the strut-and-tie model method.
5. Describe the ultimate behaviour of basic structures and materials with reference to the theorems of plasticity.
6. Determine the plastic collapse load of beams and simple frames using both hand- and computer-based methods.

Continuous assessment: 50%

Examination (2 hours): 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lecture, 2 hours practicals and laboratory and 8 hours private study per week.

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Civil Engineering

Geotechnical engineering concepts applied to solve or minimise geo-hazard problems specific to domestic and hazardous waste containment facilities (landfills), contaminated sites and tailings dams. The unit focuses on geotechnical aspects in the analysis, design and construction of waste containment facilities (landfills), ground improvement, redevelopment of old landfills, and contaminated site remediation.

At the conclusion of the unit, students will be able to:

1. Understand the concept of filtration and drainage
2. Perform basic analytical procedures related to stability,
3. Understand the importance of ethics and legal matters for Geotech. projects
4. Gain insight into the importance of minimising the likelihood of failures
5. Understand the concept of ground improvement
6. Provide solutions to ground improvement based on sound analytical methods

Mid-semester examination: 30%

Assignments and oral presentation: 70%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

One 2 hour lecture, one 2 hour practice class and 8 hours of site visits.

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Civil Engineering

Review of soil mechanics model; the geological context of a project; site investigation and laboratory testing techniques; conceptual design of foundations; elastic, consolidation and creep settlement of shallow footings; total and differential settlement; bearing capacity of shallow footings of layered soils; raft foundations; piling options; the relationship between construction techniques and pile performance; axial capacity of single piles in compression and tension; settlement of single piles; capacity and settlement of pile groups; piled rafts; lateral capacity of piles; rational methods for design of rock-socketed piles; static, dynamic, statnamic and integrity testing of piles.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Assess geotechnical investigation carried out for a civil infrastructure development project.
2. Generate geological models for a development site based on the geotechnical investigation data.
3. Predict design parameters for materials of interest from the geotechnical investigation results and existing correlations.
4. Design shallow foundations on complex ground profiles using site specific material properties and satisfying limit states requirements.
5. Design pile foundations for complex loads and ground conditions based on limit state and serviceability requirements.
6. Generate quality reports for geotechnical investigation and design outputs.

Continuous assessment: 60%

Examination (2 hours): 40%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component, and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lecture, 2 hours practical and 8 hours private study per week.

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Civil Engineering

This unit is designed to give a broad understanding of the integrated management of water resources within an urban context. This is a field of practice growing in importance in Australia and overseas, and will equip students well for careers in urban water management. The scope of the course will be multi-disciplinary, giving students an understanding of the range of perspectives required in integrated urban water management (IUWM) covering structural and non-structural techniques available. The social science and ecological perspectives will be emphasised to give an appreciation of the multi-disciplinary nature of IUWM. Software packages such as MUSIC and Aquacycle will be introduced.

1. Understand the components that make up the urban water cycle and urban water systems
2. Understand the interactions between urban water cycle components and appreciate the complexities and conflicts involved in integrated management of urban water systems
3. Understand the principles of, and methods for, integrated urban water management
4. Understand the basic ecological and social science perspectives of IUWM and the need for a multi-disciplinary perspective
5. Develop and design IUWM strategies at a conceptual level
6. Use software packages, such as MUSIC and Aquacycle, for IUWM design and assessment.

Continuous assessment: 60%

Examination (2 hours): 40%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lectures, 2 hours practice classes and 8 hours of private study per week

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Civil Engineering

This unit considers the quality and quantity aspects of water resources management. Tools and techniques appropriate for design and analysis of water resource systems are introduced, starting from a development of quantitative hydrologic modelling and extending to quantitative prediction of water quality transformations. The fundamental principles of water quantity and quality modelling are also applied within a framework that allows the assessment of water quality in various watercourses.

On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

1. Identify the major elements of the catchment water balance/cycle and explain their relationships with land-use and climate
2. Evaluate the demand for water, amount of water available and reliability of supply
3. Describe water quantity and quality management options
4. Apply the fundamental principles of water quantity and quality modelling to assess water quality
5. Assess the potential impacts of climate change on water resources management

Continuous Assessment: 40%

Examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lectures, 2 hours practicals and 8 hours of private study per week.

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Civil Engineering

This unit examines contemporary issues in urban transport planning. The concept of sustainable transport is introduced along with the steps in the transport planning process. Emphasis is placed on the interrelationship between transport and land use planning and on the range of supply and demand oriented approaches that can be used to enhance the sustainability of urban transport systems. Strategic transport network models are introduced with consideration given to the calibration and application of those models. Travel survey methods are considered and the relationship between survey design, survey administration and data quality is explored.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Assess the framework and techniques employed to appraise and evaluate options to enhance the sustainability of urban transport systems.
2. Assess supply and demand-oriented responses to contemporary urban transport challenges.
3. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of different travel survey methodologies and interpret travel survey data.
4. Apply an appropriate combination of models to predict travel demand.

Continuous assessment: 50%

Examination (2 hours): 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lecture, 2 hours practical and 8 hours private study per week.

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Civil Engineering

This unit examines issues in traffic management. The concepts of efficient and sustainable traffic systems are introduced along with the steps in the traffic impact analysis.

The traffic engineering profession, road hierarchy, design of road and street networks, traffic management, traffic impact analysis, treatment of hazardous road locations, parking, design, planning for pedestrians and cyclists, public transport, environmental and energy impacts of traffic systems and, intelligent transport systems are introduced and combined into a total system through transport planning, design and management.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Describe and critique the process of traffic management.
2. Design and conduct assessments of traffic networks as part of a team.
3. Appreciate the role of the community and stakeholders in contemporary traffic management.
4. Demonstrate skills in the critical assessment of alternative solutions and trade-offs in the traffic system.
5. Conduct traffic surveys and interpret collected and pre-existing data.

Continuous assessment: 50%

Examination (2 hours): 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lecture, 2 hours practice and site visit, 8 hours private study per week.

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Civil Engineering

This unit will cover continuous-time and discrete-time signals, including sampling, aliasing, and the sampling theorem. Complex exponentials, and their representation as phasors, lead to periodic waveforms, Fourier series and the signal frequency spectrum. Modification of spectra will be described, using FIR filters, discrete-time systems, unit-sample response, discrete convolution, frequency response of FIR filters, z-transforms, IIR filters, linear time-invariant systems, convolution integrals, continuous-time Fourier transform, windowing, DFT, FFT, time-frequency spectrum analysis, spectrogram. Connecting frequency response and time response completes the unit.

1. Apply the correct technique to analyse and manipulate continuous-time and discrete-time signals
2. Evaluate and analyse signal in frequency or time domain
3. Apply LTIV system concept to analyse engineering systems
4. Apply Fourier transform and the discrete Fourier transforms
5. Recognise sampling errors and aliasing phenomena

Laboratory and assignment work: 30% + Examinations (3 hours): 70%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory/practice classes and 6 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

The unit will provide a grounding in circuit theory leading to solution of electrical networks with node and mesh analysis, equivalent sources, two port representations and simulation. AC analysis with phasors, real and reactive power, first and second order transient responses will be included. Frequency and time response will be developed with Laplace transform techniques.

Feedback control systems are introduced using differential equations, Laplace transform, time, frequency and state space representations. the concepts of poles and zeros, forward transfer functions, and PID control will be developed. Stability of feedback systems, root locus diagrams, Nyquist and Bode techniques, gain/phase margin concepts, and disturbance rejection will be covered.

On successful completion of the unit students will be able to:

1. Analyse and understand DC and AC electrical circuits.
2. Perform and interpret circuit simulations
3. Solve for an interpret the transient response of first and second order electrical circuits
4. Model and analyse closed loop feedback systems
5. Design and understand the significance of PID control
6. Understand and analyse the stability of single input single output control systems.

Examination: (3 hrs), 70%. Laboratory and assignment work: 30%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory/practice classes, and 6 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

This unit provides an introduction to the important aspects of modern telecommunication systems. Particular emphasis is given to digital communication systems including the internet. The concept of layered architectures will be introduced. Topics will include modulation techniques, source and error coding, multiplexing, peer to peer protocols, LAN protocols, packet switching, TCP/IP architecture and network security.

This unit aims to provide the student with an insight into the basic principles of modern data communication and telecommunication networks, and relate this information to their wider use in the engineering environment, including networking, information representation and transmission.

Laboratory and assignment work: 30% + Examination (3 hours): 70%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory and practice classes and 6 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

This unit provides an introduction to computers and CPU organisation, assemblers and compilers, and algorithm design for engineering problems. It covers the language C and its implementation on a typical computer, including standard data types, arrays, control statements, functions, including ways of parameter passing, C library functions, pointers, strings, arrays of pointers, structures, linked lists and binary tree data structures, dynamic memory allocations, and calls to assembly language programs. Object-oriented programming is introduced. Software engineering is covered as the methodology of software development and lifecycle models. Operating system concepts are introduced. The unit also includes an introduction to programmable logic controllers (PLCs).

At the end of this unit, the students should be able to:

1. Evaluate the basic concepts of computer programming, CPU organization, assemblers and compilers, and algorithm design for engineering problems by using software engineering and operating systems concepts
2. Develop and evaluate programs in the C language through understanding of standard data types, arrays, control statements, functions, pointers, strings, arrays of pointers, structures, linked lists, binary tree data structures and dynamic memory allocations.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination: (2 hours) 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory and practice classes and 6 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

Mechatronics Engineering

This unit introduces the student to modern logic design techniques, hardware used and common representations. Topics include two and multi-level combinational logic, decoders, multiplexers, arithmetic circuits, programmable and steering logic, flip-flops, registers, counters, RAM and ROM. Using this hardware the design component will include finite state machine design and applications to computer data path control. This will incorporate simple analogue and digital I/O interfacing. Programmable logic devices will be covered, and the use of a hardware description language for describing, synthesising and testing digital logic. Laboratories cover logic design, implementation, and testing.

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Apply different techniques such as K-map and Quine McCluskey, to minimise logic expressions and implement them using primitive logical gates.
2. Analyse the operation of latches, flip-flops, multiplexors, decoders, counters, registers and use them in implementing complex digital systems.
3. Design and build complex digital systems using programmable logic devices such as PLAs, PALs and FPGAs.
4. Use a Hardware Description Language and Computer Aided Design Tools to synthesise and simulate logic circuits in a clear, consistent and efficient manner.
5. Analyse and design finite state sequential Mealy and Moore machines and implement them using different technologies.
6. Define time delays of digital logic elements and explain timing constraints necessary for correct operation of synchronous logic.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory and practice classes and 6 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

This unit provides foundations for the electrical engineering areas of control, signal processing and communications. The unit introduces concepts of continuous-time and discrete-time signals, their sampling and aliasing issues. Complex numbers, in particular, complex exponentials are introduced along with their representation as phasors, leading to periodic waveforms, Fourier series and the signal frequency spectrum. Modification of spectra will be described using FIR filters, discrete-time systems, the unit-sample response, discrete convolution, linear time-invariant systems, convolution integrals, the continuous-time Fourier transform, windowing, DFT, FFT, time-frequency spectrum analysis, spectrogram, and Laplace Transform. Connecting frequency response and time response completes the unit.

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Analyse and manipulate continuous-time and discrete-time signals using appropriate techniques.
2. Evaluate and analyse signals in frequency and time domains.
3. Analyse engineering systems by applying linear time invariant system concepts.
4. Apply the Fourier transform, Laplace Transform, and the discrete Fourier transforms to signals and system problems.
5. Recognise sampling errors and aliasing phenomena.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratories/tutorials and 6 hours of private study per week.

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

This unit provides foundation knowledge for analogue circuit analysis and design. Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of linear electronic circuit analysis and design. At the completion of the unit students will develop skills in using state of the art prototyping and measurement tools for linear electronic circuit analysis and design. The topics covered in this course include, sinusoidal steady-state analysis using phasors and complex impedances, feedback concepts, solid-state electronics, solid-state diodes and diode circuits, field-effect transistors, bipolar junction transistors and operational amplifiers.

The unit will provide a grounding in circuit theory leading to solution of electrical networks with node and mesh analysis, equivalent sources, two port representations and simulation. AC analysis with phasors, first and second order transient responses will be included. Frequency and time response will be developed with Laplace transform techniques.

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Separate and classify DC and AC electrical circuits, to generalise and solve problems in design by applying circuit analysis techniques and create appropriate circuit layouts.
2. Write and compute circuit simulations, reflecting upon simulation outputs to conclude upon appropriate designs.
3. Identify appropriate techniques to provide solutions for the transient response of first and second order electrical circuits, and make conclusions on circuit design based upon these results.
4. Generalise the behaviour of key semiconductor electronic components (diodes, transistors, operational amplifiers) in circuits and to summarise their uses.
5. Compute and generalise the behaviour of RLC circuits.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination: (2 hours) 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratories/tutorials and 6 hours of private study per week.

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

Mechatronics Engineering

This unit will introduce fundamental concepts of probability theory applied to engineering problems in a manner that combines intuition and mathematical precision. The treatment of probability includes elementary set operations, sample spaces and probability laws, conditional probability, independence, and notions of combinatorics. A discussion of discrete and continuous random variables, common distributions, functions, and expectations forms an important part of this unit. Transform methods, limit theorems, convergences, and bounding techniques are also covered. Special consideration is given to the law of large numbers and the central limit theorem. Markov chain, transition probabilities and steady state distribution will be discussed.

Application examples from engineering, science, and statistics will be provided: The Gaussian distribution in source and channel coding, the exponential, Chi-square, and Gamma distributions in wireless communications and Bayesian statistics, the Rayleigh distribution in wireless communications, the Cauchy distribution in detection theory, the Poisson and Erlang distributions in traffic engineering, queuing theory and networking, the Gaussian, Laplacian and generalised Gaussian distributions in image processing, the Weibull distribution in high voltage engineering and electrical insulation, Markov chain in queuing theory, and first-order Markov process in predictive speech/image compression.

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Describe random variables including probability mass functions, cumulative distribution functions and probability density functions including the commonly encountered Gaussian random variables.
2. Characterise the distributions of functions of random variables.
3. Examine the properties of multiple random variables using joint probability mass functions, joint probability density functions, correlation, covariance and the correlation coefficient.
4. Estimate the sample mean, standard deviation, cumulative distribution function of a random variable from a series of independent observations.
5. Describe the law of large numbers and the central limit theorem, and illustrate how these two theorems can be employed to model random phenomena.
6. Calculate confidence intervals and use this statistical tool to interpret engineering data.
7. Apply probability models to current engineering examples in reliability, communication networks, power distribution, traffic and signal processing.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratories/tutorials and 6 hours of private study per week.

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

In this unit, students will be introduced to the principles of electromagnetism and wave propagation of wireless and guided waves based on the use of Maxwell's equations. They will then analyse more complicated structures such as radio frequency (RF) and microwave transmission lines, rectangular metallic waveguides, optical fibers and antennas. Students will then apply these wave propagation principles to examine the practical issues of RF and microwave circuits in laboratory environments. Issues related to interference problems such as filtering, grounding and shielding in RF and microwave circuit layouts will also be covered. Finally, practical wireless communication systems will be introduced to students to give an understanding on how the theories learnt are used in real life applications.

At the end of this unit, students should be able to:

1. Evaluate basic principles of plane wave propagation in vacuum/air, transmission lines, waveguides and optical fibres
2. Compare and contrast different types of antennas in terms of parameters such as gain, beamwidth and bandwidth
3. Design optical fibers for given values of attenuation and dispersion
4. Explain the effect of electromagnetic interference and devise guidelines to achieve electromagnetic compatibility
5. Work independently and in multi-cultural teams

Continuous assessment: 30% + Examination: (3 hours): 70%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory and practice classes and 6 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

This unit introduces control systems and feedback and outlines their role in modern society. Initially tools for the modelling, analysis and design of continuous-time systems are briefly presented. Following this, the main focus is shifted to the analysis and design of modern discrete-time and hybrid sampled-data systems. For analysis, difference equations, z-transforms, transfer functions, frequency response, and state-space models are covered, as also is computer-based system identification. For design, pole-placement, and state feedback, state estimation, and linear quadratic optimal design are covered. Aspects of robust and non-linear control are also introduced.

An understanding of control theory. An appreciation of the diversity of control applications. An understanding of feedback and feed forward systems. An awareness of simplifying assumptions and their limitations. An understanding of digital controllers. The ability to model real systems in a variety of ways. The ability and confidence to effectively use feedback to improve the dynamic properties of a plant.

Examination: (3 hours): 70% + Continuous assessment: 30%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures and 3 hours laboratory and practice classes, and 6 hours of private study per week.

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

The unit begins by considering electrical machines, looking at DC machines, induction motors, synchronous motors and other types of motors under fixed and variable speed operation. Then thyristor rectifiers and switched power converters are presented, looking at their use for electrical energy conversion in general and variable speed motor control in particular. Finally, single and three phase AC networks, power factor correction, and electrical power generation, transmission and distribution networks are explored. Particular focus is given here to three phase transformers, transmission line modelling, quality of electrical supply, electrical protection systems, and power system control.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Analyse a 3 phase AC network.
2. Describe DC/AC and DC/DC power conversion techniques.
3. Apply power conversion techniques to a renewable energy system.
4. Describe electromechanical conversion systems.
5. Use power convertors to drive induction and synchronous machines.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory and practice classes and 6 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

The unit further explores the integration of multiple devices on a chip. MOS and BJT single ended as well as differential amplifier circuits, along with basic analogue circuit blocks like the current mirror, are introduced and developed using small signal models. Practical Operational Amplifiers are considered where properties deviate from ideal in terms of frequency response, CMMR, noise, stability and input/output impedance. The use of feedback in electronic circuits is studied, and ways to improve arising stability issues in operational amplifiers (eg using pole compensation) are discussed. Nyquist is presented and frequency domain analysis and design shall be explicitly explored via Bode plots. Concepts of State Space representation, transfer functions, canonical realisation, observability and controllability and discrete-time systems are presented.

1. To extend semiconductor theory to additional electronic devices and to integrated circuit structures.
2. To gain more detailed knowledge and understanding of electronic amplifier circuits, and to understand how transistors and electronics are used in higher frequency and oscillator applications.
3. Introduce feedback, stability and dominant pole compensation.
4. To understand SISO control systems, state space modelling and their relationship to transfer functional representation.
5. To introduce discrete-time/sampled-data control systems.

   To extend the ability and practical skills to:

6. design electronic circuits using simulation tools and construct, debug and verify the operation of electronic circuits in the laboratory.
7. design and experimentally verify the operation of SISO control systems.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory/practice classes and 7 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

This unit provides an introduction to computer architecture using a modern microprocessor as an example. Practical considerations involved in interconnecting logic element are explored, along with software and hardware techniques for interfacing computers to peripheral devices. An introduction to communication protocols used to connect local peripheral devices to a microprocessor, including RS232/RS422/RS485, CAN bus and i2C is provided. Real-time systems including concurrency, inter-process communications and scheduling are introduced.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Describe the organisation and operation of an embedded computer system consisting of components including a microprocessor, system bus, memory hierarchy, and peripherals.
2. Describe different analogue-to-digital conversion techniques and serial communication protocols.
3. Determine the performance of C and/or assembly programs when processing data from peripheral devices.
4. Analyse, design and test real time software employing concurrency and inter-process communication.
5. Analyse and compare behaviour of different real-time schedulers.
6. Appreciate how an optimising compiler can translate a high level language program into efficient assembly code.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination: (2 hours) 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

Two 1 hour lectures, one 3 hour laboratory/practice class and 7 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

This unit extends the level of complexity of electronic design by integrating and applying knowledge from a number of second year units. Students will use knowledge from linear and non-linear electronics, computer engineering and communications engineering, to tackle a group project, applying project management skills, and extending their experience of working in groups. The project will extend the design processes introduced in the earlier units to a larger, more complex, and less constrained situation. The project will be complemented by lectures in project management, including working with teams, project management tools and techniques, and written and verbal communication. Frameworks for analysing the life cycles of systems are introduced. Tools and techniques to aid decision-making are provided.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Apply in-depth electrical and computer systems engineering knowledge to compose and assess possible solutions for sub-problems in a complex engineering project, and select suitable solutions based on available data.
2. Analyse and identify possible causes for practical problems encountered in the complex engineering project, and solve these problems through appropriate research methods.
3. Design a sustainable prototype according to specified project constraints whilst complying with health and safety requirements.
4. Demonstrate commitment to carry out the design project as an individual and as a member of a team
5. Demonstrate effective project management skills to carry out a project in an organised manner.
6. Generate written reports and oral presentations to communicate the outcomes of the project.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Final project assessment: 60%

Students are required to achieve at least (i) 45% in the continuous assessment component (weekly progress reports, mid-semester project assessment and team presentation), (ii) 45% in the final project assessment component and (iii) an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory and practice classes and 6 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

This unit will introduce students to matrix decomposition methods including singular value decomposition with applications including data compression, image processing, noise filtering, and finding exact and approximate solutions of linear systems. Numerical methods for working efficiently with large matrices and handling ill-conditioned data will be discussed. Methods for unconstrained and constrained optimisation will be presented, with use of MATLAB. The second half of the unit will focus on stochastic processes in both discrete and continuous time, with applications to time series modelling, and circuit analysis.

On completing this unit, students will have learned advanced mathematical techniques for working efficiently and reliably with both deterministic and stochastic systems, and their use in solving problems frequently arising in engineering applications such as solving linear systems, solving systems of differential equations, handling noise, modelling control systems, time series analysis, and studying stability in dynamical systems. Students will develop a rich set of techniques: Eigen analysis greatly simplifies the calculations for many numerical tasks; singular value decomposition and principal component analysis provide powerful tools for data compression and noise filtering; curve fitting methods for estimation, and optimisation tools add to the toolkit of techniques students will learn to enable them to tackle a range of practical engineering problems. Students will also have learnt how to work with discrete and continuous random variables and some important distributions, random vectors and their covariance matrices, calculating best linear predictors, modelling using random sequences and stochastic processes in continuous time, autocovariance functions, transfer functions, spectral density and linear filters, ARMA models and finding best linear predictors for stationary processes.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination: (2 hours) 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 2 hours laboratory and practice classes and 7 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

This unit explores electrostatic, magnetostatic and electromagnetic fields, and their use to create devices and systems. Mathematical concepts are used to describe the fields, and examine the basic laws governing the generation of fields and their interactions with dielectric and magnetic materials. This study results in Maxwell's field equations, and related Laplace, Poisson and continuity equations. The real life applications of electromagnetic fields in radio communications and devices such as scanners, printers and mass spectrometers are also explored in this unit. Finally, plane wave propagation is analysed briefly as an extension of Maxwell's field equations.

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Apply knowledge of mathematics to examine the behaviour of electric and magnetic fields and relate them to suitable applications.
2. Interpret Maxwell's equations and associated Laplace, Poisson and continuity equations using mathematical principles.
3. Describe electric and magnetic properties of metals, dielectrics and semiconductors.
4. Select and use appropriate tools to complete electrical and magnetic fields related laboratory tasks.
5. Communicate their work effectively in teams.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratories/tutorials and 7 hours private study per week.

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

This unit provides an introduction to underlying technologies, major components and system-wide architectures of modern telecommunication systems. After introducing concepts of block and stream delivery, requirements of a telecommunications network and representation of analogue signals (e.g. voice and video) in digital form, the unit will cover all the major functions in layered architectures. Topics to be covered include multiplexing, basic line transmission and modulation, error protection and correction, packet switching, LAN protocols and the TCP/IP protocols on which the Internet is built. Particular emphasis is given to the major functions that combine to allow communication across key modern digital telecommunication systems such as the Internet, mobile telephony, digital TV and Digital Audio Broadcasting.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Identify major elements of telecommunication systems, including functions in layered architectures such as TCP/IP.
2. Appraise alternative medium sharing protocols used in networks such as Ethernet and Wi-Fi.
3. Analyse the error detection and correction capabilities of error control codes.
4. Evaluate the impact of channel bandwidth and the channel noise on the performance of telecommunication systems.
5. Analyse impairments experienced by a modulated signal transmitted through a communication channel.
6. Evaluate addressing and routing algorithms, and strategies used in the transport of data packets in the Internet.
7. Execute research on an assigned advanced telecommunications topic in a team for making a formal presentation.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination: (2 hours) 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 3 hours of laboratory and practice classes and 6 hours of private study per week.

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

Mechatronics Engineering

The unit consolidates MOS and BJT single ended amplifiers, and introduces the design of advanced analogue building blocks, such as differential amplifier circuits, current mirrors, reference voltage circuits, regulators and operational amplifiers. Opamp design and its corresponding frequency response, as well as ways to improve arising stability issues (e.g. using pole compensation) are discussed.

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Apply semiconductor theory to the design of analogue electronic circuit structures.
2. Apply detailed device knowledge and small signal modelling to the analysis of electronic circuits.
3. Reflect on how transistors and electronics are used in more complex circuits, and in higher frequency and oscillator applications.
4. Apply feedback, stability and dominant pole compensation to operational amplifier structures.
5. Design electronic circuits using hand calculations and simulation tools.
6. Appraise the operation of electronic circuits in the laboratory.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory/practice classes and 6 hours of private study per week.

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

Mechatronics Engineering

The practical application of DSP systems using industry standard platforms. The unit covers practical aspects including current industry standard integrated software development and debugger tools, assembler from C, code optimisation, memory management, cache, architecture, hardware pipelining, XDAIS (eXpressDSP Algorithm Standard), EDMA, HWI (hardware interrupts) , McBSP (multiple channel buffered serial port), channel sorting, DSP/BIOS (scalable real-time kernel), HPI (host port interface). Advanced topics include wavelets, adaptive filters, real-time digital filters.

1. To understand signals as fractal and non fractal and how they can be faithfully recorded, analysed and modified by systems
2. To understand the strengths and weakness of sampled and digitised representations of signals, including images, in both time, frequency and time-frequency / time-scale domains
3. To experience the strength of mathematics in describing these processes
4. To understand and implement adaptive filter and real time filter systems
5. To implement adaptive filters on an industry standard DSP development system
6. To implement real-time filters on an industry standard DSP development system
7. To implement wavelets on an industry standard DSP development system
8. To develop a working knowledge of a real time current industry standard integrated software development system
9. To develop a working knowledge of a real time hardware development system
10. To develop a working knowledge of a real time hardware peripherals and their interfacing

Continuous assessment: 30% + Examination: (3 hours): 70%.

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory and practice classes and 6 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

This unit is a study of passive and active electronic components and devices and how they perform at radio and microwave frequencies. Physical RF circuits are to be designed, built and tested in the laboratory and as design projects. Extensive use is made of modern RF simulation and design software.

1. To educate the student about the unique nature of working at RF and microwave frequencies
2. To give the student the necessary analytical skills to analyse RF and microwave electronic components, circuits and systems
3. To teach the student to design RF and microwave circuits and systems
4. To give the student the skills to utilise sophisticated RF and microwave EDA software and to use RF and microwave test equipment to develop RF and microwave electronics

Continuous assessment: 40% + Examination (2 hours): 60%.

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory and practice classes and 6 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

This unit is a study of the fundamentals of radio transmitters and receivers, the wireless radio channel and radio/wireless networks. An investigation into the configuration of wireless units to create communications systems and networks leads on to an appreciation of the diversity of wireless applications for personal and public use.

1. To understand the basics of radio transmission and reception in different frequency bands and different physical environments
2. To understand the limitations on radio communications imposed by the radio channel
3. To learn the wide range of applications of radio/wireless technology
4. To understand mobile radio communications and its networking capabilities.

Continuous assessment: 30% + Examination: (3 hours): 70%.

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory and practice classes and 6 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

This unit aims to firstly develop an understanding of key features of methods for mathematically modelling various categories of dynamical systems in terms of sets of dynamic and algebraic equations, ranging from engineering to biomedical systems. Secondly, students are shown how to write algorithms for efficient numerical solution of these equations. Computer-aided control systems design using optimal and robust control methods is then covered. Thirdly, students are introduced to Lyapunov and function analytic techniques for nonlinear systems stability analysis, and to nonlinear control design methods including feedback linearisation, sliding mode and passivity-based control techniques.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Generate dynamic models using various system identification techniques/tools such as (but not limited to) step response identification, least squares and the System Identification Toolbox.
2. Design optimal controllers and observers for both continuous-time and discrete-time dynamic systems.
3. Analyse robustness of uncertain systems and to suggest suitable controller structures.
4. Use various methods to design controllers and observers for nonlinear systems, such as (but not limited to) feedback linearisation, diffeomorphism, and Linear Matrix Inequalities.
5. Discern the need for life-long learning about advanced control technique.
6. Design and simulate controllers and observers using computer-aided tools.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory and practice classes and 7 hours private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

This unit will introduce students to modern instrumentation, measurement theory, control and systems testing. The unit will introduce virtual and modular software and hardware tools and data bus architectures. A brief overview of the relevant industrial standards and protocols as well as expected future development will be included, along with the issues of measurement uncertainties, calibration and statistical analysis of results. There will be an additional section within the unit that will equip students with basic knowledge of occupational health and safety issues related to instrumentation.

Upon successful completion of the unit, the students are expected:

1. To understand the importance of instrumentation in modern manufacturing systems and industrial processes.
2. To be capable of integrating different modular instrumentation, measurement, control, computing etc. equipment to form a new system for the given task relevant to the industrial manufacturing environment.
3. To be confident in handling commonly employed data communication standards (buses) between host computers and various on-line or semi-autonomous instrumental systems to perform a variety of tasks (data acquisition, control, signal processing, testing, etc.)
4. To become familiar with the issues that may cause inaccurate measurements and to be well-versed in the statistical methods in measurement error analysis. To know how to present results in a statistically sound manner and to be able to extract useful information out of raw data using sound statistical methodologies.
5. To be aware of the environmental, health and safety issues relevant to high-volume manufacturing in the industry as well as the ability to handle and prevent some common hazardous situations.

Laboratory and assignment work: 30%

Examination (3 hours): 70%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

Lecture: 3 hours per week

Tutorial/Laboratory: 3 hours per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

This unit will cover aspects of physical layer communications which are relevant to modern communication systems. Digital modulation techniques, including quadrature modulation and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) will be covered. The effects of noise on bit error rates will be covered, along with techniques to reduce them, including matched filtering and equalisation. Information theory covers questions of capacity, diversity, and error correction coding. Finally the use of multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication systems will be covered.

1. Knowledge of the fundamental limits of communication in noisy band limited channels
2. Knowledge of digital modulation techniques and the advantages and disadvantages of different techniques
3. Understanding of the properties of different communication channels and how channels can be modelled mathematically
4. Knowledge of the properties of modern error correcting codes
5. Understanding of how orthogonal frequency division multiplexing and multiple input multiple output (MIMO) multiple antenna systems can be used in modern communication systems and the advantages and limitations of their use
6. Understanding of the statistical nature of communication
7. Skills to design and simulate modern communication systems using industry standard simulation tools.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures and 3 hours laboratory and practice classes, and 6 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

Students will study the characteristics of key components that make up optical communications systems including: lasers and advanced lightwave sources and direct modulation, optical modulators, optical fibres, optical amplifiers, filters and multiplexers, optical receivers and associated electronics. Secondly, students will use this knowledge to analyse and design optical communications systems. Examples will include local-area networks, metropolitan area networks, long-haul links and transcontinental networks.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Describe the underlying physical principles of optical subsystems, and apply this understanding to predict and quantify the effect on optical fibre communication system performance.
2. Generate and analyse methods for increasing the data bandwidth of optical systems.
3. Quantify the performance of optical components within optical systems, and design systems to mitigate the effects of the performance constraints from components.
4. Simulate and predict the interactions of components, and both quantify and reflect upon their impact on performance metrics.
5. Research and appraise state-of-the-art optical technologies, and justify their incorporation into optical communications links for short-, medium- and long-haul applications.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory and practice classes and 6 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

In this unit, students study the fundamentals of telecommunication network protocols by having the Internet's software architecture as its primary focus. Many protocols used in the application, transport, and network layers are examined and analysed. Client-server and peer-to-peer application architectures and their features are compared and contrasted. Reliable communication over an unreliable network layer, connection establishment and teardown, and multiplexing issues are covered. Protocols for network security, techniques for providing confidentiality, authentication, non-repudiation and message integrity are also studied. Finally, protocols used for network management are analysed.

At the end of this unit, students should be able to:

1. Compare and contrast various protocols used in the Internet and contemporary applications
2. Evaluate network tools used to query parts of the Internet infrastructure including name servers, routers, individual hosts, and websites
3. Analyse techniques used for provision of security, confidentiality, authentication, non-repudiation and message integrity
4. Write client-server applications using the Internet protocols.

Continuous assessment: 40% + Examination (2 hours): 60%.

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory/practice classes and 7 hours private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

This unit addresses the fundamental concepts and analytical tools for modelling, predicting and improving the performance of telecommunication networks. It also introduces simulation methods. First, performance modelling of a packet switch is covered. Then, a comparative analysis of routing algorithms is covered from a graph theory perspective. Third, methods to provide an integrated service to a set of traffic demands with different qualities of service are studied. Then, congestion in telecommunication networks is covered, and effectiveness of various congestion and flow control algorithms and protocols are investigated. The focus then shifts to individual links and nodes, and queuing theory is introduced and its applications in networks are analysed. Then, recent advances are studied to show how the analytical and simulation knowledge learnt in this unit could be applied in real life.

At the end of this unit, students should be able to:

1. Evaluate network performance problems using node or link-based analysis, graph theory and queuing theory.
2. Compare and contrast different routing, traffic management, congestion control and flow control algorithms and protocols.
3. Simulate complex networks and analyse their performance using discrete-event modelling.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination: (2 hours) 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory and practice classes and 6 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

This unit aims to develop an understanding of the structure and operation of electrical power systems using different resources, and considering their environmental impacts. It covers current and future energy scenarios for the world and Australia. This requires an understanding of the basic concepts and modelling of electrical power systems, including techniques for power flow and fault analysis, control of voltage, frequency, harmonic distortion, and system stability. Methods are presented to identify and clear faults, maximise power system economy and estimate the capital cost as well as unit price of electricity ($/kWh) using various energy conversion technologies.

To understand energy conversion technologies, electric power system modelling, power flow analysis faults in power systems electrical grid power and frequency control power stability and quality of supply economy of electric power systems.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory and practice classes and 6 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

The unit looks at the use of power electronic converters in applications such as variable speed motor drives and electrical grid energy control. It analyses voltage and current source inverters operating under open and closed loop regulation, develops advanced models of AC motors, and then integrates these concepts into variable speed drives for AC motors. A similar approach is used for DC motor drive systems, first using multipulse SCR converters and then hard switched converters for more advanced systems based on brushless DC and stepper servo motors. Finally, topologies such as cycloconverters, matrix converters and multilevel converters are presented, together with typical applications.

To understand:

1. The way in which electrical motors can operate at variable speeds
2. The use of power electronic converters for variable speed motor control
3. How electrical energy can be controlled by power electronic converters for industrial processes and to improve power quality.

Continuous assessment: 40% + Examination (2 hours): 60%.

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory/practice classes and 7 hours private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

The unit presents a structured treatment of the design of switched mode power electronic converters. The course starts with passive diode rectifiers followed by thyristor rectifiers. Introducing various semiconductor active switches, commutation cells, and pulse width modulation technique, various active power electronics converters including DC/DC buck and boost converters, two-level DC/AC converters, and three-level DC/AC converters will be studied in details. Moreover, the procedure for designing various controllers for such converters will be discussed. Finally, several real-world applications such as variable speed drives, power filters, grid-tied power converters for renewable energy grid integration, and UPS systems are presented as examples.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Identify power semiconductor devices and use them to implement power electronic converters.
2. Analyse two-level/three-level DC/AC converters and isolated/non-isolated DC/DC converters.
3. Construct simulations of two-level/three-level DC/AC and isolated/non-isolated DC/DC power converters.
4. Implement two-level DC/AC and non-isolated DC/DC power converters.
5. Use power electronic converters in a wide range of applications.
6. Identify pulse width modulation techniques and use them in DC/AC and DC/DC power converters.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination: (2 hours) 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory and practice classes and 6 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

The unit introduces concepts of high voltage phenomena in the context of design and testing of electrical power plant. The unit describes sources of over voltage in power systems. It then presents fundamentals of high voltage insulation design and condition monitoring methods. It describes insulation performance characteristics and diagnostic methods in plant such as generators, transformers and high voltage cables. The notions of insulation co-ordination and over voltage protection are also established. Additionally, the unit introduces static electricity phenomena, hazards they pose and technology applications they bring.

To learn and understand the principles of high voltage technology as applied in the design and testing of power system equipment as well as in other industrial applications.

Continuous assessment: 40% + Examination (2 hours): 60%.

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory and practice classes and 6 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

The unit aims to develop a fundamental understanding of the performance, specification and fabrication of large scale digital circuits. Students will become experienced at the design, simulation, verification and debugging of complex large scale digital circuits using a Hardware Description Language (HDL) and current CAD tools with FPGA development boards. Two group design projects will be undertaken: one involving an HDL using FPGA devices and another involving custom VLSI CMOS design and simulation

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Describe the fabrication processes used for producing CMOS VLSI circuits.
2. Assess the performance of a VLSI layout in terms of speed, power and area.
3. Predict and manage the metastable failure rate of crossing clock domains.
4. Predict and optimise the delay in multiple paths of a VLSI design.
5. Apply pipelining and parallelism to digital designs to improve their performance.
6. Design, implement and debug a complex digital design using HDL as part of a team.
7. Generate professional documentation for a team design project.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination: (2 hours) 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory/practice classes and 7 hours private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

Electronic testing in IC fabrication cycle; the importance and organisation of testing within technological process; test equipment used in industry to verify the correct operation of digital integrated circuits (generic architecture and operation of a test system, main modules of a tester and their operation, computer-aided test engineering tools, test system programming, device interface board design), digital test methodologies (DC parametric, AC, functional and IDDQ tests), semiconductor memory testing, introduction to analogue and mixed-signal testing, design-for-testability and built-in self-test and their implication on test technology, test data collection and analysis.

Upon successful completion of the unit, students are expected to:

1. Develop and justify the requirements of different integrated circuit testing procedures such as parametric, functional, IDDQ, memory, design for test and built-in self test based on manufacturer's specifications and real-world production issues through thorough understanding of microelectronics evolution, fabrication and manufacturing processes, and the cost and roles of testing
2. Evaluate and select the optimal test for printed circuit boards through a deep comprehension of ATE architecture and familiarity with real-world test equipment.

Continuous assessment: 40% + Examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 1 hour tutorials, 2 hours laboratories and 6 hours private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

This unit builds upon earlier studies in computer organisation and engineering. The unit will explore the structures, techniques and trade-offs implicit in the study of high performance computer architectures. The focus will be on exploring all aspects of exploitable concurrency in computer systems and the applications they support. This will include considerations of data path design, memory structures, resource allocation and scheduling, threading, branch prediction; alternative application specific computer architectures; implementation using reconfigurable devices and high-level languages.

1. To design and construct application specific solutions in the field of computer architecture
2. To appreciate that the solution to any problem in computer architecture is likely to be quickly invalidated by time and to strive for solutions that minimise the effects of this reality
3. To develop confidence in specifying computational requirements and formulating original solutions in a timely manner.

Continuous assessment: 40% + Examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory and practice classes and 7 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

The unit enables students to understand, analyse, specify, design and test embedded systems in terms of the hardware architecture, distributed systems and the software development that deploys a real-time kernel and the migration of software to hardware. The design, analysis and implementation of a real-time kernel will be studied that includes scheduling policies, process creation and management, inter-process communication, efficient handling of I/O and distributed processor implementation issues. Students will be involved in a design project that involves the hardware and real-time system design of an embedded system with hard deadlines using an FPGA development system.

1. To understand the development process for embedded systems from specification, simulation, implementation and testing
2. To gain an appreciation of the effectiveness and properties of a real-time kernel in the software development process
3. To gain a knowledge and understanding of the properties of different scheduling policies and their implementation in a real-time system
4. To understand the process of migration of a software definition to a hardware implementation as a means to accelerate an embedded system design
5. To understand the complexities and design approaches necessary in a distributed real-time embedded system.

Continuous assessment: 40% + Examination: (2 hours) 60%.

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory and practice classes and 7 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

This unit aims to develop an understanding of methods for extracting useful information (eg 3-D structure; object size, motion, shape, location and identity, etc) from images. It will allow students to understand how to construct computer vision systems for robotics, surveillance, medical imaging, and related application areas.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Describe camera models.
2. Describe the elements of the human visual system and perception.
3. Apply geometry and photometry to image analysis.
4. Generate implementations for low level vision processes such as linear filtering, edge detection, texture, multi view geometry, stereopsis, structure from motion and optical flow and mid-level vision processes, such as segmentation and clustering, model fitting and tracking.
5. Design high-level vision processes such as model-based vision, surfaces and outlines, graphs, range data, templates and classifiers and learning methods.
6. Generate code to complete computer vision programming exercises in programming languages such as C and MatLab.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lectures, 4 hours laboratory and practice classes and 6 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

This unit will look at the applications of modern object oriented approaches to engineering computation. Numerical libraries based upon modern meta-programming techniques are introduced to show ways of constructing performance-critical software to solve engineering problems that are formulated as partial differential equations. Due to their widespread usage, special emphasis will be placed on constructing numerical solutions based on finite difference and finite element methods. Specifically, this unit will extensively use advanced C++ language features and numerical libraries such as Blitz++.

1. Familiarity with the use of software development tools
2. Knowledge of the features of C++ including OOP
3. Understanding of efficiency considerations in C++ including temporary generation, in-lining, virtual functions usage, floating point, bit-set calculations, reference, pointers and exception handling.
4. Competence in meta-programming.
5. Experience of Blitz++ as an example system to demonstrate scientific programming.
6. Use of comsol multiphysics as an example scripting platform for handling finite element programs.
7. Competence in finite difference and finite element methods.
8. The ability to design object oriented, maintainable numerical software for solving engineering problems.
9. An appreciation of computational methodologies and high performance computing techniques in electrical engineering.
10. Confidence in using state of the art numerical packages for solving engineering problems.

Continuous assessment: 30% + Examination: (3 hours) 70%.

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory and practice classes and 6 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

Intelligent robotics concerns the melding of artificial perception, strategic reasoning and robotic action in potentially unstructured and time-varying environments to fulfil useful physical tasks, whether in industry or for security, healthcare, search and rescue or civil defence etc. This unit covers topics underpinning the above requirements, including sensors, sensor fusion, machine perception, environmental mapping/monitoring, path planning, localisation, mechanisms, artificial intelligence methodologies and application domains.

Students will gain an understanding of the physical structure, sensing/actuation and programming required to develop an intelligent robot. They will be able to specify the robotic mechanism, its sensors and actuators and then be capable of programming and integrating these components into a functioning robot system. By considering case studies they will be able to critically appraise robot systems developed by others.

Continuous assessment: 40% + Examination (2 hours): 60%.

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lectures, 4 hours laboratory/practice classes and 6 hours private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

This unit shows how engineering principles are used in the design and construction of biomedical instrumentation. This includes application of electrochemistry to biological membranes, application of cable theory to nerve axons, application of electronic design principles to the recording of biological electrical signals, application of quantitative optics to spectrometry and fluoroscopy. In addition, the operating principles of a wide range of medical and laboratory instruments will be explored, ranging from pH meters to gene sequencers, pressure transducers to anaesthetic machines.

1. To understand the generation of electrical signals in the body
2. To apply engineering principles to recording and analysis of electrical signals in the body
3. To apply basic chemistry to sensors
4. To understand the principles and operation of optical instrumentation
5. To become familiar with a range of hospital equipment.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination: (2 hours) 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory/practice classes and 6 hours private study per week

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This unit will apply the basic mechanics included in the engineering course to the physiological background of the biomedical engineers. This will include characterisation of the principal body tissues as engineering materials, such as bone, cartilage and ligaments as structural materials, joints as mechanisms, muscles as motors and brakes, the heart as a pump, and the nervous system as sensor network and controller. Gait, the prime example of the interaction of all these elements, will be studied in its own right, and as a diagnostic tool in palsied, diseased and prosthetic patients. The technologies of the gait lab and of ambulatory monitoring will also be covered.

1. To understand the building blocks of human musculo-skeletal biomechanics.
2. To study human motor control with a particular focus on lower limb control and locomotion.
3. To compare gait of normal and disabled humans
4. To understand the principles and operation of gait measurement in the laboratory and in the field.
5. To become familiar with the biomechanics of prosthetics.

Continuous assessment: 40% + Examination: (2 hours) 60%.

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory and practice classes and 6 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

This unit will introduce a range of medical imaging technologies currently used in health care, covering aspects of technical design, medical image analysis, systems integration and emerging technologies. It introduces students to the wide range of imaging modalities with an emphasis on the design and technical development of each modality. Future needs on medical imaging in health care and emerging medical imaging technologies will be covered. Image analysis and visualisation in the context of image guided therapy, image guided surgery, and virtual reality based simulation will also be covered.

1. To provide an introduction to medical imaging equipment and systems.
2. To study medical imaging systems, including computational methods, analysis, design and performance requirements.
3. To be able to evaluate future medical imaging systems.
4. To become familiar with medical imaging equipment safety and regulation.

Continuous assessment: 40% + Examination: (2 hours) 60%.

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory and practice classes and 6 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

This unit provides an introduction to the process of design and innovation with particular reference to medical technology. The design, development and manufacture of medical technology are covered, taking into consideration safety and effectiveness issues, regulatory and legal issues, the patient equipment interface and the hospital or medical environment in which the equipment is to be used. This will be achieved through case studies and development of a business plan.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Describe the process of medical technology innovation in the context of Australian case studies.
2. Propose a conceptual design for a new device using medical technology considering a wide range of parameters including technical feasibility, patient/doctor acceptance, manufacturability, financial viability, and safety.
3. Formulate a business plan for new technology innovation.

Continuous assessment: 50%

Examination: (2 hours) 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory and practice classes and 6 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

Together with ECE4095 Project B, this unit is a challenging opportunity to pursue independently an individual project and is likely to require extended effort. The two units together normally include a preparatory literature survey and developmental work such as design, construction and programming. Students choose a project that interests them, and are assigned to a team of two supervising staff members.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Demonstrate a sound technical knowledge of their selected project topic.
2. Demonstrate problem identification, formulation and solution.
3. Design and evaluate engineering solutions to complex problems utilising a systems approach.
4. Plan, execute and assess an engineering project.
5. Generate professional written reports and oral presentations to communicate project outcomes to engineering colleagues and the community at large
6. Demonstrate the knowledge, skills and attitudes of a professional engineer.

Panel assessment of the achievement of the student in the project, as evidenced by a presentation, a poster and a written report (100%)

12 hours per week working on the project

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

Together with ECE4094 Project A this unit is a challenging opportunity to pursue independently an individual project and is likely to require extended effort. The two units together normally include a preparatory literature survey and developmental work such as design, construction and programming. Students choose a project that interests them, and are assigned to a team of two supervising staff members.

At the successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Demonstrate a sound technical knowledge of their selected project topic.
2. Demonstrate problem identification, formulation and solution.
3. Design and evaluate engineering solutions to complex problems utilising a systems approach.
4. Plan, execute and assess an engineering project.
5. Generate professional written reports and oral presentations to communicate project outcomes to engineering colleagues and the community at large
6. Demonstrate the knowledge, skills and attitudes of a professional engineer.

Panel assessment of the achievement of the student in the project, as evidenced by a presentation, a poster and a written report: 100%

12 hours per week working on the project

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

This unit will cover topics relevant to engineers working in a business environment, particularly in management, focusing on recent case studies. Areas covered include management of individuals, teams and organisations, management philosophy and practical techniques. Financial management will be discussed, including company objectives, accounting fundamentals, and financial planning and control. Marketing will follow, including business planning, quality and quality control. Relevant legal issues will be covered, including intellectual property, contract and negligence. This will be drawn together in discussing the role of the professional engineer, ethical behaviour and decision making.

1. Acquire and comprehend the fundamental knowledge of the role of an engineer as a manager - skills, roles, styles, techniques, in the context of an organisation.
2. Analyse and evaluate different project alternates by applying a range of techniques.
3. Comprehend and apply accounting fundamentals, prepare and analyse basic financial statements to enhance business decision making.
4. Comprehend and explain the basics of marketing principles and techniques of strategic business planning.
5. Analyse and explain important legal aspects of contract, negligence, and intellectual property.
6. Gain knowledge in the elements of professional behavior in particular the engineering code of ethics.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 2 hours laboratory and practice classes and 7 hours of private study per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

The unit evaluates the propagation of time-harmonic electromagnetic waves in wireless and guided media using Maxwell's equations. The media covered include vacuum/air, radio frequency (RF) and microwave transmission lines, metallic waveguides, planar optical waveguides and optical fibres.

The unit also explores different types of antennas that can be used to generate the electromagnetic waves. In addition to these, the unit covers concepts related to electromagnetic interference (EMI) and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). Using these concepts, the unit explores practical problems such as interference and coupling in RF/microwave circuits and discusses solutions such as grounding, shielding and filtering. In each section of this unit, the learned theory is related to real-world applications to expand the understanding of students.

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Apply knowledge of mathematics, physics and engineering fundamentals to solving complex problems involving plane wave propagation in various media, antennas and electromagnetic compatibility.
2. Interpret solutions to complex electromagnetic problems using mathematics, physics and Maxwell's equations.
3. Apply appropriate techniques to solve transmission line, antenna and optical fibre related practical problems.
4. Select and use appropriate software and hardware tools to complete transmission line, antenna and optical fibre related laboratory tasks.
5. Communicate technical contents related to electromagnetic theory effectively individually and in a group.

Continuous assessment: 50%

Examination (2 hours): 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratories/tutorials and 6 hours of private study per week.

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

This unit introduces core methods for the analysis and design of feedback controllers for dynamical systems. Linear time-invariant models of dynamical systems, and their representations based on differential equations, transfer functions, state space models, and time and frequency response are covered. The concepts of poles and zeros, forward transfer functions, and PID control will be developed. Stability of feedback systems, and classical root locus and frequency-response design approaches will be covered. Discrete-time/sampled data control systems are introduced, along with emulation design methods. The unit concludes with design methods based on state-space models, along with the concepts of canonical state-space representations, controllability and observability.

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Construct mathematical descriptions of single-input single-output (SISO) closed loop feedback systems using state-space, transfer function, and differential/difference equation models.
2. Assess the stability and dynamic performance of SISO control systems.
3. Generate PID and state-space controllers, meeting design specifications, using analytical and computer-based techniques.
4. Design discrete-time/sampled-data controllers for continuous-time systems
5. Verify, experimentally, SISO control designs generated using different design approaches

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

2 hours lectures, 3 hours of laboratory/practice classes and 7 hours of private study per week.

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

This unit provides an understanding of the nature and limits of processing of media (image, video, audio) for telecommunications, storage, interpretation and analysis. It includes compression of multimedia from basic information theoretic concepts through to advanced video (e.g. MPEG), image (JPEG, JPEG2000) and audio (CELP, MP3, AAC, Dolby Digital) coding. XML-based metadata systems are used to illustrate concepts of content characterisation and discovery. The ability of modern network protocols to support media streaming is related directly to service requirements such as error and delay tolerance. Where media is intended for human consumption, the characteristics of human perception of image and sound determine minimum quality requirements, but also reveal limitations that can be exploited when compressing media data. Machine interpretation and analysis of multimedia is also investigated. Case studies in media analysis (e.g. Shazam), delivery (video on demand) and consumption (digital cinema) are used to illustrate the technologies investigated.

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Identify the limits of human visual and aural perception, and how they can be exploited for bit rate reduction.
2. Describe the structure of modern multimedia compression systems, and how they exploit the characteristics of both the media itself and human consumers of the media.
3. Explain how media can be characterised and described, including methods that allow similarities to be automatically identified (e.g. music matching services).
4. Compute the end-to-end delay performance of modern Internet protocols supporting media streaming, and relate this to service requirements for on-demand and communicative multimedia services.
5. Explain the methods of digital rights managements systems, including the role of encryption and key management, and the importance of such systems to enable high-value digital content retrieval services such as movies-on-demand.
6. As part of a team, research and investigate an area of interest beyond lecture material, involving software simulations and analysis of results.

Continuous assessment: 40%

Examination (2 hours): 60%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

3 hours lectures, 3 hours of laboratory classes, a 1 hour tutorial and 5 hours of private study per week.

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

The unit introduces basic theory behind the organic electronics and micro technologies related to micro sensors, micro actuators and organic devices such as Organic LEDs (OLEDs). The topics include study of materials used in organic electronics and MEMS, study of their electrical and mechanical properties, basic structures in micro devices such as cantilever beams and comb structures, the fabrication techniques involved in manufacturing micro and nano structures, and measurement techniques suitable for characterising micro devices. Examples will include principles of physical sensors; piezoelectric effect based microsensors; chemical microsensors; OLED devices; MEMS and microsystems computer based simulations. An elementary part of the unit will be the laboratory exercises and project work to produce micro devices and construct suitable electronic circuits/simulate to demonstrate their applications.

At the completion of the unit, students will be able to:

1. Interpret and summarise the principles, instrumentation, theory, mathematical models, simulation techniques, fabrication and manufacturing techniques related to Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) and Organic electronics based devices
2. Design and develop simple MEMS devices, organic electronic devices (such as Organic Light Emitting Diode) and theoretical models involving multi physics
3. Select suitable electronic components and develop simple MEMS or Organic electronic device based systems, evaluate structural and material properties of Micro/Nano devices through simulation studies
4. Summarise fundamentals of nanotechnology and propose research opportunities in designing Micro technologies

Continuous assessment: 50%

Examination (2 hours): 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assignments, tests, mid-semester exams, laboratory reports) and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

Lectures: 3 hours per week

Tutorials: 1 hour per week

Laboratory: 2 hours per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

The unit introduces students to the basic element of Solid State Lighting technology, including it's role in energy consumption and in global climate change as well as possibilities in reduction of energy consumption. Topics include structure and working principle of Light Emitting Diode (LED), basics of optics and light-material interaction for lighting, lighting technology, radiometric and photometric measurements and units, effect of light in the built environment and for human well being, basics of color and human vision, measures for quality of light and lighting standards.

Laboratories cover light measurement, use of color standards and standard light sources, light spectrum measurements and defining the Color Rendering Index.

At the completion of the unit, students will be able to:

1. Describe the basic physical phenomena to produce light
2. Analyse how human vision system sees light
3. Devise an intelligently controlled LED light system
4. Design the predefined light spectrum by using different SSL techniques
5. Create a model and construct a lighting system for specific needs
6. Explain and evaluate the energy consumption of different lightings and formulate their relation to the climate change

Continuous assessment: 50% + Examination (2 hours): 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component (assessment (a) & (b)) and at least 45% in the examination component (assessment (c)) and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

Lectures: 3 hours per week

Tutorials: 1 hour per week

Laboratory: 2 hours per week

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Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering

This unit is used by the faculty to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students undertaking an outbound exchange program to ensure fees and credit are processed accurately.

This unit is used by the faculty to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students undertaking an outbound exchange program to ensure fees and credit are processed accurately.

This unit is used by the faculty to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students undertaking an outbound exchange program to ensure fees and credit are processed accurately.

This unit is used by the faculty to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students undertaking an outbound exchange program to ensure fees and credit are processed accurately.

This unit is used by the faculty to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students undertaking an outbound exchange program to ensure fees and credit are processed accurately.

This unit is used by the faculty to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students undertaking an outbound exchange program to ensure fees and credit are processed accurately.

This unit is used by the faculty to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students undertaking an outbound exchange program to ensure fees and credit are processed accurately.

This unit is used by the faculty to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students undertaking an outbound exchange program to ensure fees and credit are processed accurately.

This unit is used by the faculty to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students undertaking an outbound exchange program to ensure fees and credit are processed accurately.

This unit is used by the faculty to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students undertaking an outbound exchange program to ensure fees and credit are processed accurately.

This unit is used by the faculty to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students undertaking an outbound exchange program to ensure fees and credit are processed accurately.

This unit is used by the faculty to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students undertaking an outbound exchange program to ensure fees and credit are processed accurately.

This unit is used by the faculty to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students undertaking an outbound exchange program to ensure fees and credit are processed accurately.

This unit is used by the faculty to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students undertaking an outbound exchange program to ensure fees and credit are processed accurately.

This unit is used by the faculty to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students undertaking an outbound exchange program to ensure fees and credit are processed accurately.