School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
Master of Professional Engineering specialisations
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Master of Professional Engineering (Aerospace) |
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| Candidates for the degree Master of Professional Engineering in Aerospace Engineering are required to gain credit for the core units of study set out below. Additional credit necessary shall be gained by completing additional credit points of recommended elective units as shown in the elective table below. To be elligible for the award of the degree students must gain credit for a total of not less than 96 credit points. | |||
Aerospace Core Units of Study |
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First Year |
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| AERO5210 Foundations of Aerodynamics |
6 | A Mathematics and Physics to the level of Bachelor of Science or equivalent. Linear Mathematics and Vector Calculus, Partial Differential Equations (Intro). |
Semester 2 |
| AERO5211 Foundations of Propulsion Systems |
6 | A Mathematics and Physics to a level of Bachelor of Science or equivalent. |
Semester 2 |
| AERO5310 Foundations of Aerospace Structures |
6 | A Mathematics and Physics to a level of Bachelor of Science or equivalent. Linear Mathematics, Vector Calculus, Differential Equations and Fourier Series. |
Semester 1 |
| AERO5410 Foundations of Aerospace Design |
6 | A Mathematics, Physics and Solid Mechanics assumed knowledge at the level of Bachelor of Science or equivalent. |
Semester 1 |
| AERO5510 Foundations of Flight Mechanics |
6 | A Mathematics, Physics and Dynamics assumed knowledge at the level of Bachelor of Science or equivalent. |
Semester 1 |
| AERO5660 Safety Systems Management |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| AMME5501 Foundations: System Dynamics and Control |
6 | A AMME5500 |
Semester 1 |
Second Year |
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| AERO5301 Applied Finite Element Analysis |
6 | A BE in area of Aerospace Engineering or related Engineering field. |
Semester 1 |
| AERO5400 Advanced Aircraft Design Analysis |
6 | A BE in area of Aerospace Engineering or related Engineering field. |
Semester 2 |
| AMME5601 Professional Engineering |
6 | A Manufacturing, management experience or equivalent. Equivalent to AMME4100 Practical Experience, ENGG1803 Professional Engineering 1, MECH3661 Engineering Management |
Semester 1 |
| ENGG5217 Practical Experience |
P Students will have completed a minimum of 48cp towards the MPE. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| Students who have achieved a WAM of 75% or higher in their first 48 credits of study are elligible for the Research Pathway and can replace AMME5220, AMME5221 with ENGG5222,ENGG5223, Engineering Dissertation A & B | |||
Aerospace Elective Units of Study |
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| Candidates must complete 24 credit points from the following aerospace elective units. | |||
| AERO5010 Optimisation Methods in Engineering |
6 | A BE in the area of Aerospace or related Engineering field. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| AERO5200 Advanced Aerodynamics |
6 | A BE in the area of Aerospace Engineering or related Engineering field. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| AERO5500 Flight Mechanics Test and Evaluation Adv |
6 | A BE in area of Aerospace Engineering or related Engineering Field. P AERO5510 |
Semester 2 |
| AERO5760 Spacecraft and Satellite Design |
6 | A BE in Aerospace Engineering or Equivalent. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| AMME5202 Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics |
6 | A Partial differential equations; Finite difference methods;Taylor series; Basic fluid mechanics including pressure, velocity, boundary layers, separated and recirculating flows. Basic computer programming skills. |
Semester 1 |
| ENGG5202 Sustainable Design, Eng and Mgt |
6 | A General knowledge in science and calculus and have completed 24 credit points of specialist units of study in their selected discipline. |
Semester 1 |
| MECH5305 Smart Materials |
6 | A Fundamental knowledge in materials science and engineering: 1) atomic and crystal structures 2) metallurgy 3) structure-property relationship 4) mechanics of engineering materials 5) solid mechanics |
Semester 2 |
| MECH5310 Advanced Engineering Materials |
6 | N MECH4310 |
Semester 1 |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Master of Professional Engineering (Aerospace) |
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| Candidates for the degree Master of Professional Engineering in Aerospace Engineering are required to gain credit for the core units of study set out below. Additional credit necessary shall be gained by completing additional credit points of recommended elective units as shown in the elective table below. To be elligible for the award of the degree students must gain credit for a total of not less than 96 credit points. | |||
Aerospace Core Units of Study |
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First Year |
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| AERO5210 Foundations of Aerodynamics |
6 | A Mathematics and Physics to the level of Bachelor of Science or equivalent. Linear Mathematics and Vector Calculus, Partial Differential Equations (Intro). |
Semester 2 |
| AERO5211 Foundations of Propulsion Systems |
6 | A Mathematics and Physics to a level of Bachelor of Science or equivalent. |
Semester 2 |
| AERO5310 Foundations of Aerospace Structures |
6 | A Mathematics and Physics to a level of Bachelor of Science or equivalent. Linear Mathematics, Vector Calculus, Differential Equations and Fourier Series. |
Semester 1 |
| AERO5410 Foundations of Aerospace Design |
6 | A Mathematics, Physics and Solid Mechanics assumed knowledge at the level of Bachelor of Science or equivalent. |
Semester 1 |
| AERO5510 Foundations of Flight Mechanics |
6 | A Mathematics, Physics and Dynamics assumed knowledge at the level of Bachelor of Science or equivalent. |
Semester 1 |
| AERO5660 Safety Systems Management |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| AMME5501 Foundations: System Dynamics and Control |
6 | A AMME5500 |
Semester 1 |
Second Year |
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| AERO5301 Applied Finite Element Analysis |
6 | A BE in area of Aerospace Engineering or related Engineering field. |
Semester 1 |
| AERO5400 Advanced Aircraft Design Analysis |
6 | A BE in area of Aerospace Engineering or related Engineering field. |
Semester 2 |
| AMME5601 Professional Engineering |
6 | A Manufacturing, management experience or equivalent. Equivalent to AMME4100 Practical Experience, ENGG1803 Professional Engineering 1, MECH3661 Engineering Management |
Semester 1 |
| ENGG5217 Practical Experience |
P Students will have completed a minimum of 48cp towards the MPE. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| Students who have achieved a WAM of 75% or higher in their first 48 credits of study are elligible for the Research Pathway and can replace AMME5220, AMME5221 with ENGG5222,ENGG5223, Engineering Dissertation A & B | |||
Aerospace Elective Units of Study |
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| Candidates must complete 24 credit points from the following aerospace elective units. | |||
| AERO5010 Optimisation Methods in Engineering |
6 | A BE in the area of Aerospace or related Engineering field. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| AERO5200 Advanced Aerodynamics |
6 | A BE in the area of Aerospace Engineering or related Engineering field. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| AERO5500 Flight Mechanics Test and Evaluation Adv |
6 | A BE in area of Aerospace Engineering or related Engineering Field. P AERO5510 |
Semester 2 |
| AERO5760 Spacecraft and Satellite Design |
6 | A BE in Aerospace Engineering or Equivalent. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| AMME5202 Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics |
6 | A Partial differential equations; Finite difference methods;Taylor series; Basic fluid mechanics including pressure, velocity, boundary layers, separated and recirculating flows. Basic computer programming skills. |
Semester 1 |
| ENGG5202 Sustainable Design, Eng and Mgt |
6 | A General knowledge in science and calculus and have completed 24 credit points of specialist units of study in their selected discipline. |
Semester 1 |
| MECH5305 Smart Materials |
6 | A Fundamental knowledge in materials science and engineering: 1) atomic and crystal structures 2) metallurgy 3) structure-property relationship 4) mechanics of engineering materials 5) solid mechanics |
Semester 2 |
| MECH5310 Advanced Engineering Materials |
6 | N MECH4310 |
Semester 1 |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Master of Professional Engineering (Mechanical) |
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| Candidates for the degree Master of Professional Engineering in Mechanical Engineering are required to gain credit for the core units of study set out below. Additional credit necessary shall be gained by completing additional credit points of recommended elective units as shown in the elective table below. To be eligible for the award of the degree students must gain credit for a total of not less than 96 credit points. | |||
Mechanical Core Units of Study |
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First Year |
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| MECH5261 Foundations of Fluid Mechanics |
6 | A Linear Mathematics, Vector Calculus, Differential Equations and Fourier Series; Thermo Fluids fundamentals N MECH3261 |
Semester 1 |
| MECH5361 Foundations of Mechanics of Solids 2 |
6 | A Linear Mathematics, Vector Calculus, Differential Equations and Fourier Series P AMME5301 N MECH3361 |
Semester 2 |
| AMME5501 Foundations: System Dynamics and Control |
6 | A AMME5500 |
Semester 1 |
| MECH5660 Foundations of Manufacturing Engineering |
6 | A AMME5200, AMME5301, AMME5302 N MECH3660 |
Semester 1 |
| MECH5362 Foundations of Materials 2 |
6 | A Mechanics of solids: statics, stress, strain P AMME5302 N MECH3362 |
Semester 1 |
| MECH5262 Foundations of Thermal Engineering |
6 | A Fundamentals of thermodynamics are needed to begin this more advanced course. P AMME5200 N MECH3260 |
Semester 2 |
Second Year |
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| AERO5660 Safety Systems Management |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| AMME5601 Professional Engineering |
6 | A Manufacturing, management experience or equivalent. Equivalent to AMME4100 Practical Experience, ENGG1803 Professional Engineering 1, MECH3661 Engineering Management |
Semester 1 |
| ENGG5217 Practical Experience |
P Students will have completed a minimum of 48cp towards the MPE. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| Students who have achieved a WAM of 75% or higher in their first 48 credits of study are eligible for the Research Pathway and can replace ENGG5220, ENGG5221 Engineering Project A and B and 12 credit points of elective units of study with ENGG5222, ENGG5223 Dissertation A and B or ENGG5218 Dissertation. | |||
Mechanical Elective Units of Study |
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| Candidates must complete 36 credit points from the following elective units of study. | |||
Thermofluids |
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| AMME5101 Power Plant Engineering |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| AMME5202 Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics |
6 | A Partial differential equations; Finite difference methods;Taylor series; Basic fluid mechanics including pressure, velocity, boundary layers, separated and recirculating flows. Basic computer programming skills. |
Semester 1 |
| AMME5271 Computational Nanotechnology |
6 | A Students are required to have an understanding of basic principles of Newtonian mechanics, physics and chemistry, fluid mechanics and solid mechanics. General knowledge of how to operate a computer and work with different software is also required. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| AERO5010 Optimisation Methods in Engineering |
6 | A BE in the area of Aerospace or related Engineering field. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| MECH5255 Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (Adv) |
6 | A Students are expected to be familiar with the basic laws of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer. N MECH4255 |
Semester 2 |
| MECH5265 Advanced Combustion |
6 | P MECH5262 N MECH4265 |
Semester 2 |
| MECH5275 Advanced Renewable Energy |
6 | A The students will require an understanding of the basic principles of fluid mechanics, thermodynamics and heat transfer, and the application of these principles to energy conversion systems. In particular, students should be able to analyse fluid flow in turbomachinery; perform first and second law thermodynamic analysis of energy conversion systems; and perform calculations of radiative, conductive and convective heat transfer. |
Semester 2 |
| ENGG5202 Sustainable Design, Eng and Mgt |
6 | A General knowledge in science and calculus and have completed 24 credit points of specialist units of study in their selected discipline. |
Semester 1 |
Materials |
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| MECH5304 Materials Failure |
6 | A Fundamental knowledge in materials science and engineering: 1) atomic and crystal structures 2) metallurgy 3) structure-property relationship 4) mechanics of engineering materials 5) solid mechanics An elective unit of study for the degree of Master of Engineering |
Semester 2 |
| MECH5305 Smart Materials |
6 | A Fundamental knowledge in materials science and engineering: 1) atomic and crystal structures 2) metallurgy 3) structure-property relationship 4) mechanics of engineering materials 5) solid mechanics |
Semester 2 |
| MECH5416 Advanced Design and Analysis |
6 | A Eng Mechanics, balance of forces and moments Mechanics of Solids, 2 and 3 dimensional stress and strain Engineering Dynamics - dynamic forces and moments. Mechanical Design, approach to design problems and report writing, and preparation of engineering drawing Mechanical design intermediate, means of applying fatigue analysis to a wide range of machine components |
Semester 1 |
| MECH5310 Advanced Engineering Materials |
6 | N MECH4310 |
Semester 1 |
| AMME5271 Computational Nanotechnology |
6 | A Students are required to have an understanding of basic principles of Newtonian mechanics, physics and chemistry, fluid mechanics and solid mechanics. General knowledge of how to operate a computer and work with different software is also required. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| AMME5961 Biomaterials Engineering |
6 | A Chemistry, biology, materials engineering, and engineering design at least at the Junior level. |
Semester 2 |
| ENGG5202 Sustainable Design, Eng and Mgt |
6 | A General knowledge in science and calculus and have completed 24 credit points of specialist units of study in their selected discipline. |
Semester 1 |
Design and Manufacturing |
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| AERO5010 Optimisation Methods in Engineering |
6 | A BE in the area of Aerospace or related Engineering field. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| AERO5301 Applied Finite Element Analysis |
6 | A BE in area of Aerospace Engineering or related Engineering field. |
Semester 1 |
| ENGG5202 Sustainable Design, Eng and Mgt |
6 | A General knowledge in science and calculus and have completed 24 credit points of specialist units of study in their selected discipline. |
Semester 1 |
| MECH5416 Advanced Design and Analysis |
6 | A Eng Mechanics, balance of forces and moments Mechanics of Solids, 2 and 3 dimensional stress and strain Engineering Dynamics - dynamic forces and moments. Mechanical Design, approach to design problems and report writing, and preparation of engineering drawing Mechanical design intermediate, means of applying fatigue analysis to a wide range of machine components |
Semester 1 |
| AMME5602 Product Life Cycle Design |
6 | A Some knowledge of product and process design is assumed and a basic understanding of business activity will also be helpful. |
Semester 2 |
| AMME5902 Advanced Computer Aided Manufacturing |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| AMME5912 Crash Analysis using LS-DYNA |
6 | A Computer Aided Drafting, Basic FEA principles and Solid Mechanics Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
Mechatronics |
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| MECH5416 Advanced Design and Analysis |
6 | A Eng Mechanics, balance of forces and moments Mechanics of Solids, 2 and 3 dimensional stress and strain Engineering Dynamics - dynamic forces and moments. Mechanical Design, approach to design problems and report writing, and preparation of engineering drawing Mechanical design intermediate, means of applying fatigue analysis to a wide range of machine components |
Semester 1 |
| MECH5701 Computers in Real Time Control and Inst |
6 | N MECH4730, MECH4710 |
Semester 1 |
| MECH5720 Sensors and Signals |
6 | A Strong MATLAB skills N MECH4720 |
Semester 1 |
| MTRX5700 Experimental Robotics |
6 | A Undergraduate degree level assumed knowledge in Mechatronic Engineering. N MTRX4700 |
Semester 1 |
| AERO5760 Spacecraft and Satellite Design |
6 | A BE in Aerospace Engineering or Equivalent. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| AMME5602 Product Life Cycle Design |
6 | A Some knowledge of product and process design is assumed and a basic understanding of business activity will also be helpful. |
Semester 2 |
| AMME5902 Advanced Computer Aided Manufacturing |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| ENGG5202 Sustainable Design, Eng and Mgt |
6 | A General knowledge in science and calculus and have completed 24 credit points of specialist units of study in their selected discipline. |
Semester 1 |