Space Engineering (Mechatronic)
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| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Mechatronic (Space) Engineering Stream for Combined Degrees |
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| To qualify for the Bachelor of Engineering Honours component in the combined degree, students must complete the following: | |||
| (a) 42 credit points from the Engineering Core Table, consisting of: | |||
| (i) 18 credit points of Engineering Foundation units | |||
| (ii) 24 credit points of Project units | |||
| (iii) The requirements of the Professional Engagement Program | |||
| (b) 102 credit points from the Mechatronic (Space) Engineering Stream table, consisting of: | |||
| (i) 96 credit points of Mechatronic (Space) Stream Core units | |||
| (ii) 6 credit points of Mechatronic (Space) Stream Elective units | |||
Mechatronic (Space) Stream Core units |
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| AERO2705 Space Engineering 1 |
6 | A ENGG1801 or ENGG1810. First Year Maths and basic MATLAB programming skills P (AERO1560 or MECH1560 or MTRX1701 or ENGG1800) and (MATH1001 or MATH1021 or MATH1901 or MATH1921 or MATH1906 or MATH1931) and (MATH1002 or MATH1902) and (MATH1003 or MATH1023 or MATH1903 or MATH1923). Entry to this unit requires that students are eligible for the Space Engineering Major Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| AERO3760 Space Engineering 2 |
6 | P Students must have a 65% average in [(AMME2500 and AMME2261 and AMME2301 and AERO2705) or (AMME2500 and AMME2301 and MTRX2700 and AERO2705) or (AMME2500 and AMME2200 and AMME2301 and AERO2705)]. Note: MUST have passed AERO2705 |
Semester 2 |
| AERO4701 Space Engineering 3 |
6 | P [65% average in (AERO3460 and AERO3360 and AERO3560 and AERO3760) or (MECH3660 and MECH3261 and MECH3361 and AERO3760) or (MECH3660 and AMME3500 and MTRX3700 and AERO3760)] and [Must have passed AERO3760]. Students must have achieved a 65% average mark in 3rd year for enrolment in this unit |
Semester 1 |
| AMME1802 Engineering Mechanics |
6 | N CIVL1802 or ENGG1802 |
Semester 2 |
| AMME2301 Mechanics of Solids |
6 | P (AMME1802 or ENGG1802) and (MATH1001 or MATH1021 or MATH1901 or MATH1921 or MATH1906 or MATH1931) and (MATH1002 or MATH1902) and (MATH1003 or MATH1023 or MATH1903 or MATH1923 or MATH1907 or MATH1933) N CIVL2201 |
Semester 2 |
| AMME2500 Engineering Dynamics |
6 | A Familiarity with the MATLAB programming environment P (MATH1001 or MATH1021 or MATH1901 or MATH1921 or MATH1906 or MATH1931) and (MATH1002 or MATH1902) and (MATH1003 or MATH1023 or MATH1903 or MATH1923 or MATH1907 or MATH1933) and (AMME1802 or ENGG1802) |
Semester 1 |
| AMME3500 System Dynamics and Control |
6 | P AMME2500 |
Semester 1 |
| ELEC1103 Fundamentals of Elec and Electronic Eng |
6 | A Basic knowledge of differentiation and integration, and PHYS1003 |
Semester 1 |
| ELEC2104 Electronic Devices and Circuits |
6 | A ELEC1103. Ohm's Law and Kirchoff's Laws; action of Current and Voltage sources; network analysis and the superposition theorem; Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits; inductors and capacitors, transient response of RL, RC and RLC circuits; the ability to use power supplies, oscilloscopes, function generators, meters, etc |
Semester 2 |
| MECH2400 Mechanical Design 1 |
6 | A (ENGG1801 or ENGG1810) and (AMME1802 or ENGG1802); HSC Maths and Physics N BMET2400 |
Semester 2 |
| MECH3660 Manufacturing Engineering |
6 | P MECH2400 or ENGG1960 or AMME1960 or BMET1960 or MECH1560 or ENGG1800 |
Semester 1 |
| MTRX1702 Mechatronics 1 |
6 | A MTRX1701 N ELEC1101 or ELEC2602 or COSC1902 or COSC1002 |
Semester 2 |
| MTRX1705 Introduction to Mechatronic Design |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MTRX2700 Mechatronics 2 |
6 | A MTRX1701 P MTRX1702 and MTRX1705 N ELEC2601 or ELEC3607 |
Semester 1 |
| MTRX3700 Mechatronics 3 |
6 | A Completion of a first course in microprocessor systems, including assembly and C language programming, interfacing, introductory digital and analogue electronics P MTRX2700 N MECH4710 |
Semester 2 |
| MTRX3760 Mechatronic Systems Design |
6 | P MTRX2700 |
Semester 2 |
Mechatronic (Space) Stream Elective units |
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| Students must complete 6 credit points from the following units of study: | |||
| AERO5700 Space Engineering (Advanced) |
6 | P (AERO3760 and AERO4701) or AERO9760 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AMME4010 Major Industrial Project |
24 | P 36 cp of any 3000- or higher level Engineering units of study with 70% average N AMME4111 or AMME4112 or ENGG4000 or MECH4601 Note: Department permission required for enrolment For students whose degree includes ENGG4000, AMME4010 counts in place of this unit. Students whose degree includes the Professional Engagement Program must enrol in all PEP units. AMME4010 will count toward the Engineering Work requirement. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AMME4710 Computer Vision and Image Processing |
6 | A The unit assumes that students have strong skills in either MATLAB or Python P 30cp of any 3000- or higher level Engineering units of study and (ENGG1801 or ENGG1810 or INFO1110 or INFO1910) |
Semester 2 |
| AMME5520 Advanced Control and Optimisation |
6 | A Strong understanding of feedback control systems, specifically in the area of system modelling and control design in the frequency domain P AMME3500 or AMME9501 or AMME8501 N AMME8520 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| COMP3308 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence |
6 | A Algorithms. Programming skills (e.g. Java, Python, C, C++, Matlab) N COMP3608 |
Semester 1 |
| COMP5318 Machine Learning and Data Mining |
6 | A INFO2110 OR ISYS2110 OR COMP9120 OR COMP5138 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MECH5720 Sensors and Signals |
6 | A Strong MATLAB skills P MTRX3700 or MTRX3760 N MECH4720 or MECH8720 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| MTRX5700 Experimental Robotics |
6 | A Knowledge of statics and dynamics, rotation matrices, programming and some electronic and mechanical design experience is assumed P (AMME3500 or AMME9501 or AMME8501) and (MTRX3700 or MTRX3760) Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |