HIGHER DEGREES AND POST GRADUATE STUDIES*
1. Coursework includes
(i) General development studies on technical, economic and other aspects of national development; appropriate and inappropriate technologies;
economic aspects of engineering; and engineering education problems in developing countries (a total of about 150 hours of lectures, seminars, etc.);
(ii) Technological studies (about 150 hours) The following alternative options are available:
(a) Energy technology: energy fundamentals; solar, wind and water sources; energy from wastes; renewable sources of fuels; fuel pro- duction and utilisation; alternative fuels.
Or selected units from:
(b) Civil engineering or (c) Agricultural engineering or (d) Environmental engineering.
(Current offerings are described in brochures obtainable from the Assis- tant Registrar, Faculty of Engineering).
To meet individual needs, some units in the above scheme may be replaced by others offered elsewhere in the University, subject to approval.
In later years it is possible that, if sufficient interest is shown, courses will be offered in other fields of technology important for developing countries, and that the current offerings in Civil and Agricultural Engineering will be strengthened by additional units.
(iii) English for academic purposes and Teaching techniques.
2. A design or research project or other form of original inquiry is an important part of the program. This will take a minimum of 4 months full- time or its part-time equivalent, and a report is required. The project must be on a topic directly relevant to the needs of the home country and employing institution of the student and discussions on it should begin as early as possible with the Course Co-ordinator, preferably before the student leaves home to begin the program. Where desirable, joint supervi- sion in the student's institution and in Melbourne may be arranged.
QUALIFICATIONS AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS
All candidates must be proficient in both written and spoken English. Candi- dates whose basic language is not English are required to attend an English ianguage test arranged by the nearest Australian diplomatic mission and may be
t In determining the hours of prescribed course work the following weighting is recommended:
lectures and tutorials x 1 Associated laboratory work x Vi.
required to attend up to five months of intensive English tuition which may be provided in Sydney, New South Wales.
The usual minimum qualification is a bachelor's degree in engineering, or an equivalent qualification, from an approved university. Graduates with an agricul- tural science background who wish to take the program in agricultural engineer- ing.will be enrolled for the degree of Master of Agricultural Science by thesis and coursework (see above).
Preliminary studies: Students, especially those from developing countries, who lack the background necessary to proceed immediately to the graduate program will be required to undertake a period of preliminary studies which will consist of selected undergraduate coursework and (where necessary) English.
Enrolment in the graduate program will be conditional on satisfactory perfor- mance in the preliminary studies.
DEGREE BY THESjS AND COURSEWORK
As an alternative which will suit the requirements of some students better, some of the units offered in the above or elsewhere in the University can be included in a Master's program by thesis and coursework. In this the project is more substantial, is on a research topic and constitutes at least 60 per cent of the total time, and the coursework credited cannot exceed 192 hours.
Environmental Engineering
A Master's degree leading to the degree of MAppSc or MEngSc by course work and a limited research project or design component is available. It gives a broad introduction to problems in environmental control and assessment together with a depth study of one aspect (e.g. air pollution, water resources, treatment and recycling of liquid and solid wastes). It is intended for those working in the environmental control authorities, in industry and elsewhere.
The course may be taken by full time students in one calendar year (minimum) or by part-time students (these being either those able to devote a minimum of 5 days per 2 weeks, on average, throughout two calendar years, or its equivalent over three calendar years).
The course work will consist of a minimum of 12 units (24 lectures each or a combination of lectures, tutorials, practical work and excursions equivalent to 24 hours of lectures), divided into a compulsory core of 5 units taken by all students, and a number of elective streams. The elective streams will each consist of a minimum of 6 units. The units in the elective stream may be chosen from more than one of the streams offered after consultation with the course coordinator. There will be, in addition to these 12 units, a one week introductory programme of lectures and excursions given prior to the start of the academic year. This will be attended by part-course students in the first year of their enrolment. There will be no examination in this subject.
The compulsory core will consist of:
Introduction to the Environment
Biological Interactions in Natural Systems Environmental Management
Effects of Pollutants
Air Chemistry and Air Pollution
Water Pollution Control (Public Health Engineering)
The optional streams are designed to provide specialist expertise and will lead to a research or design project (assessed by a report) in an associated area. This is envisaged to occupy four full time months (half an academic year) or equivalent.
The optional streams will include:
(a) Air Pollution
(b) Water Resources Engineering (c) Solid and Liquid Wastes
(d) Industrial Hygiene including Noise and Vibration
The core course will be available in 1987 and alternate years. Individual options will not necessarily be offered each year.
Full-time students will study the core and optional streams during their initial academic year, followed by the project.
Part-time students, taking 3 years, will study the core course, optional streams, and project, preferably in that order, over 3 academic years.
OPTIONS
Students are advised that except in special circumstances not more than 25 per cent of the total course work units may be taken from undergraduate offerings in the candidate's original field of study, although this may be increased to 40 per cent for topics in disciplines other than those for which the candidate already has qualifications. No unit which has already been passed in an undergraduate course can be included in the Master's programme.
DEGREES
Graduates with an engineering qualification normally will enrol for a Master of Engineering Science degree. Graduates in Applied Science normally will enrol for a Master of Applied Science degree. Graduates in Science, Agricultural Science, etc., intending to enrol for the MAppSc degree, may be required to carry out additional studies to meet the requirements of technological and humanistic as well as scientific training, required under Regulation 3.67, 1(b).
3.2 DEGREES BY R E S E A R C H AND COURSEWORK (MEngSc, MAppSc)
Chemical Engineering BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING
A degree of Master of Engineering Science is offered in which research and submission of a formal thesis constitutes about 60 per cent of the total work.
Lectures and other course work covering cell biology and biochemistry and the biological implications of large-scale biological and biochemical processes are organized in association with the departments of Microbiology and Biochem- istry, and a course on public health engineering offered within the Faculty is also taken.
A formal research project is used to help the candidate to relate his/her newly- acquired biological knowledge to his/her engineering background in areas where the combination is necessary to a full understanding of the processes involved; e.g. food and pharmaceutical processing, public health engineering, waste treatment and utilization. This course is available to any suitable chemical engineering graduate. Special bridging courses can be arranged for applicants holding other degrees.
Civil and Agricultural Engineering
Courses specializing in Hydraulic Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Struc- tural Engineering, Systems Engineering and Transport Engineering are offered.
The formal teaching is given in two 13-week semesters with breaks for the normal University vacations. Courses in Civil Engineering Construction and Management, and Agricultural Engineering are also offered. In addition, courses from other departments and a number of fourth year undergraduate elective courses are available as graduate electives.
Some 56 single unit courses (24 hours each), are available in Civil Engineering. A candidate may enrol for up to 192 hours of work (8 units) to be divided between the first semester and second semester.
Topics such as the following are included in the various unit courses:
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
Agricultural meteorology, groundwater hydrology, agricultural waste manage- ment, tillage and traction, systems management, crop processing and storage.
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
Environmental engineering, dynamics of pipe systems, groundwater hydrology and flow through porous media, applied hydrodynamics, surface hydrology and water resources technology, open channel flow and turbulence, hydraulic transients and fluid measurements, public health engineering, multi-phase, dispersed and suspension flows, coastal engineering.
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
Analysis and design of retaining walls, foundation engineering, fundamental properties of soils, earth and rockfill dams, theoretical soil mechanics, soil materials, tunnelling in soil and rock, site investigation—field laboratory mea- surement and soil properties, foundation design, rock mechanics, rock slope stability, rock breaking and excavation techniques.
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Advanced structural analysis, structural materials, steel structures, concrete structures, stability, dynamics, computer applications, stress analysis, plates and shells, prestressed concrete, structural optimization.
TRANSPORT ENGINEERING
Analysis of transport networks, traffic engineering, highway engineering, advanced analysis of transport networks, theory of traffic flow, design of high capacity roads, transport economics, public transport systems, transport seminars, urban land use models and economics, aviation systems.
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
Elements of systems analysis, systems modelling, environmental system design, optimization theory, computer simulation, multiple objective planning and management of public systems, project applications in regional planning and resource management.
CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT
Topics from the following areas: Decision theory and simple applications; linear graph theory; production forecasting; simulation; organization of decision and action; cash flow forecasting; competitive bidding; company business in the bidding situation; estimating and tendering; marketing; cost control; quality control; safety; productivity; network methods; design of construction operations.
The laboratory, tutorial seminar and design work within each 24 hour unit are appropriate to and supplement the general topics dealt with in the lectures.
Details of the unit courses are given in a supplement to this handbook available from the Co-ordinator of Graduate Studies, Department of Civil and Agricultural Engineering.
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
A candidate for the Degree of MEngSc or MAppSc is required to completea programme of course work and to undertake experimental, analytical or design studies, the results of which must be submitted as a thesis at the conclusion of the course.
The coursework is intended to encourage students to strengthen their breadth of-knowledge of some selected topics in Electrical Engineering and also to stimulate them to do some work in a wider field not directly related to the main thesis topic.
Courses selected from Mathematics, Physics, Theory of Computation, Statis- tics and Physiology are among those considered suitable. All must be subject to the approval of the chairman of department.
The total weight of courses must be limited to less than 40 per cent of the total work required for the degree.
Candidates will be examined in each course and to obtain full credit are required to achieve at least a pass in these examinations.
The Master's Programme is designed to begin on 1 March, and to run for at least one calendar year.
Work for the thesis will be available in the following areas:
Power Systems Digital Systems Network Theory
Electronic Circuits—Active Networks Microwaves—Antennae
Optical Communication Systems Systems and Control
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Bioengineering Electric Fencing Power Electronics Optical Communications V L S I . Circuit Design Computer Engineering Fault-Tolerant Computing Computer System Engineering Environmental Engineering
A combination of research and course work leading to the degree of MAppSc or MEngSc giving an overall perspective of environmental problems together with a depth study of some aspect of environmental engineering. It is intended for those seeking to make environmental work, more particularly research and development of the science and technology of environmental control, their career.
The course work content will consist of not more than eight 24 lecture units being equivalent to 192 lectures, and any associated practical work. The courses may be selected from those listed below under Environmental Engi- neering (Degree by Course Work) and will be taken in part from the core units, and in part from the optional streams. The research component will be assessed by thesis and will constitute 60 per cent of the total work.
The course work is contributed by several departments within the Faculty and elsewhere in the University. The research project may be taken in most departments in the Faculty.
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
A course of lectures and tutorials with associated laboratory work in energy conversion and utilization in Mechanical Engineering will be presented when there is sufficient demand. The formal course work will be completed in approximately two terms and the remainder of the year will be devoted to an individual research project.
The scope of the lecture course is indicated below.
(a) Fundamental advanced thermodynamics, subsonic and supersonic gas dynamics, wave action in gases.
(b) Combustion theory, free and forced convection, radiative heat transfer, combined heat and mass transfer processes.
(c) Internal combustion engine theory and practice, exhaust emissions, gas and vapour turbines, other energy conversion devices, utilization of energy resources.
(d) Mathematical theories of fluid flow, acoustic vibrations, general machine dynamics, systems optimization.
Some time is spent on revision to allow for the differing backgrounds of individual graduates.
Further details of the course may be obtained by contacting the secretary of the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department.
3.3 DEGREES BY RESEARCH (MEngSc, MAppSc. MServSc) Agricultural Engineering
Agricultural meteorology and energy, water and soil management, waste management and systems analysis; surface and groundwater hydrology; tillage and traction; crop harvesting processing and storage; wool harvesting and handling; the rural environment, energy studies, environment control.
Chemical Engineering
Rheology slurry transport, reactor engineering, heat transfer, solvent extrac- tion, environmental engineering and waste management, biochemical engineer- ing, extractive metallurgy, brown coal processing, finite element analysis, mineral processing.
Civil Engineering
Hydraulic Engineering, Soil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Transport Engi-
neering. Systems Engineering, Civil Engineering Construction and Management.
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Power System Stability, Digital Systems, Electronic Circuits, Active Networks, Microwaves and Antennae, Control and Simulation, Network Theory, Bio- Engineering, Information Theory, Power Electronics, Electric Fencing, Optical Communications, V.L.S.I. Circuit Design, Computer Engineering.
Industrial Engineering
Machining and Metal Forming Operations, Metrology Process Capability and Quality Control, Design of Manufacturing Systems, Data Base Design, Financial and Facilities Planning, Plant Layout, Rehabilitation Engineering, Human Engi- neering, Technical Problem Solving Methodology with reference to Work Study and Operations Research. CAM and MIS software development.
Industrial Science Environmental Chemistry
Physics and chemistry of polymers Electrochemistry
Analytical Chemistry.
Mechanical Engineering
Applied Thermodynamics, Technology: Technical Problems, Systems Theory, Automatic Control, History of Technology, Energy Conversion and Utilization.
Fluid Mechanics, Materials Technology, Mechanics of Solids, Fracture Mechan- ics and Fatigue, Biomechanics, Human Engineering, Machining and Metal Forming Processes, Marine Dynamics, Advanced Design.
Surveying and Land Information.
Geodesy.
Astronomy.
Photogrammetry.
Land and Engineering Surveying.
Hydrographic Surveying.
Cadastral Surveying.