Unit of study table
| 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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| To qualify for the award of the Master of Professional Engineering in this specialisation, a candidate must complete 144 credit points, including core and elective units of study as listed below. | |||
| Candidates with a Bachelor of Engineering or equivalent in the relevant discipline, and who have reached an acceptable level of academic achievement in their prior degree, may be eligible for a reduction of volume in learning of up to 48 credit points. | |||
Core units |
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Year One |
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| Year One covers Foundation units only. Candidates with a prior Bachelor of Engineering degree or equivalent in the field related to this specialisation may be exempted from Foundation units. | |||
Year One - Semester One |
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| AMME5302 Foundations of Materials 1 |
6 | N CIVL2110 |
Semester 1 |
| AMME5500 Foundations of Engineering Dynamics |
6 | A Physics, statics, Particle dynamics, Differential Calculus, Linear Algebra, Integral Calculus and Modelling |
Semester 1 |
| AMME5700 Foundations of Instrumentation |
6 | A ENGG1801. Programming Skills, 1st Year maths skills, familiarity with fundamental Aerospace concepts. P AERO1560 OR MECH1560 OR MTRX1701 OR ENGG1800 |
Semester 1 |
| ENGG5801 Foundations of Engineering Computing |
6 | Semester 1 |
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Year One - Semester Two |
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| AMME5200 Foundations of Thermodynamics and Fluids |
6 | A Students are expected to be familiar with basic, first year, integral calculus, differential calculus and linear algebra. |
Semester 2 |
| AMME5301 Foundations of Mechanics of Solids 1 |
6 | A Physics, statics, Differential Calculus, Linear Algebra, Integral Calculus and Modelling. |
Semester 2 |
| ENGG5802 Foundations of Engineering Mechanics |
6 | Semester 2 Summer Main |
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| MECH5400 Foundations of Mechanical Design 1 |
6 | A Knowledge of programming in MATLAB and a knowledge of Engineering Mechanics (statics) N MECH2400 |
Semester 2 |
Year Two - Semester One |
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| 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. P AMME5301 |
Semester 1 |
| AERO5410 Foundations of Aerospace Design |
6 | A Mathematics, Physics and Solid Mechanics assumed knowledge at the level of Bachelor of Engineering, 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 |
| AMME5501 Foundations: System Dynamics and Control |
6 | A AMME5500 |
Semester 1 |
Year Two - Semester Two |
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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. P AERO5200 |
Semester 2 |
Select 12 credit points from Aerospace recommended electives block. |
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Year Three - Semester One |
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| AERO5301 Applied Finite Element Analysis |
6 | A AMME5301 or BE in area of Aerospace Engineering or related Engineering field. P AERO5310 OR MECH5361 |
Semester 1 |
| AMME5601 Professional Engineering |
6 | A Experience in a professional engineering related field is desirable to aid in group tutorial discussion. |
Semester 1 |
| ENGG5217 Practical Experience |
Students should have completed one year of their MPE program before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| AMME5020 Capstone Project A |
6 | P 48 cp from MPE degree program or 24 cp from the ME program. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| Candidates achieving an average mark of 70% or higher over 48 credit points of units of study in the Year Two Table or equivalent are eligible for the Extended Capstone Project. See Project units. | |||
| Candidates achieving an average mark of 75% or higher over 48 credit points of units of study in the Year Two Table or equivalent are eligible for the Research pathway and may replace AMME5020 and 6cp of recommended electives with AMME5222 Dissertation A. | |||
Select 6 credit points from Aerospace recommended electives block. |
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Year Three - Semester Two |
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| AERO5400 Advanced Aircraft Design Analysis |
6 | A BE in area of Aerospace Engineering or related Engineering field with familiarity in aircraft design. |
Semester 2 |
| ENGG5103 Safety Systems and Risk Analysis |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| AMME5021 Capstone Project B |
6 | C AMME5020 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| Candidates achieving an average mark of 70% or higher over 48 credit points of units of study in the Year Two Table or equivalent are eligible for the Extended Capstone Project. See Project units. | |||
| Candidates achieving an average mark of 75% or higher over 48 credit points of units of study in the Year Two Table or equivalent are eligible for the Research pathway and may replace AMME5021 and 6cp of recommended electives with AMME5223 Dissertation B. | |||
Select 6 credit points from Aerospace recommended electives block. |
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Elective units |
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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. P AERO5210 or AERO3260 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 OR AERO3560. All MPE and ME students are required to do AERO5510 unless they have already completed an equivalent to AERO5510/AERO3560. This UoS can then be taken as an advanced elective. |
Semester 2 |
| AERO5520 Aircraft Avionics and Systems |
6 | P AERO5510 OR AERO3560 |
Semester 2 |
| AERO5700 Space Engineering (Advanced) |
6 | A AERO3760 |
Semester 2 |
| AERO5760 Spacecraft and Satellite Design |
6 |
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 |
| AMME5310 Engineering Tribology |
6 | A (AMME2302 OR AMME5302) AND (AMME2301 OR AMME5301) AND (MECH3261 OR MECH5261). |
Semester 1 |
| AMME5510 Vibration and Acoustics |
6 | A (AMME2301 OR AMME5301) AND (AMME2200 OR AMME5200) AND (AMME2500 OR AMME5500). Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| AMME5520 Advanced Control and Optimisation |
6 | P AMME3500 OR AMME5501. |
Semester 1 |
| ENGG5202 Sustainable Design, Eng and Mgt |
6 | A General knowledge in science and calculus and understanding of basic principles of chemistry, physics and mechanics |
Semester 1 |
| 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. P MECH5262 or MECH3260 |
Semester 2 |
| 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 |
| MECH5310 Advanced Engineering Materials |
6 | N MECH4310 |
Semester 1 |
Project units |
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| All candidates are required to complete a minimum of 12 credit points of Project units. | |||
| Candidates achieving an average mark of 70% or higher over 48 credit points of units of study in the Year Two Table or equivalent are eligible for the Extended Capstone Project. | |||
| Extended Capstone Project candidates take Capstone Project units AMME5020 and AMME5022 (total 18 cp) in place of Capstone Project AMME5021 and 6 cp of elective units. | |||
| AMME5020 Capstone Project A |
6 | P 48 cp from MPE degree program or 24 cp from the ME program. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AMME5021 Capstone Project B |
6 | C AMME5020 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AMME5022 Capstone Project B Extended |
12 | P 42 credit points in the Master of Engineering and WAM >70, or 66 credit points in the Master of Professional Engineering and WAM >70 or exemption Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Research pathway |
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| Candidates achieving an average mark of 75% or higher over 48 credit points of units of study in the Year Two Table or equivalent are eligible for the Research Pathway. | |||
| Research pathway candidates take Dissertation units AMME5222 and AMME5223 (total 24 cp) in place of Capstone Project units and 12 cp of elective units. | |||
| AMME5222 Dissertation A |
12 | N AMME5020, AMME5021, ENGG5220, ENGG5221 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AMME5223 Dissertation B |
12 | N AMME5020, AMME5021, ENGG5220, ENGG5221 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Exchange units |
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| Exchange units require the approval of the Program Director. With approval, up to 12 credit points of Exchange units may taken in place of other units, towards the requirements ofthe degree. | |||
| ENGG5231 Engineering Graduate Exchange A |
6 | P Permission from faculty and school. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Int January Int July |
| ENGG5232 Engineering Graduate Exchange B |
6 | P Permission from faculty and school. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Int January Int July |
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