Full-time graduate courses are offered by the following departments:
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Biochemical Engineering
Two courses leading to the degree of Master of Engineering Science are offered, one in which research and submission of a formal thesis constitute somewhat more than half the total work, and one in which the main emphasis is on course work. Both incorporate lectures and other work organized in association with the Departments of Micro- biology and Biochemistry, covering cell biology and biochemistry and the biological implications of large-scale biological and biochemical pro- cesses, together with a course on public health engineering offered within the Faculty.
In the first course a formal research project is used to help the candi.
date to relate his newly-acgt'гed biological knowledge to his engin- eering 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.
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irrespective of the numbers offering. Special bridging courses can be arranged for applicants holding other degrees.
The second course requires attendance over some 200 hours at a series of lectures and plant visits aimed at providing specialist knowledge in the treatment of wastes and effluents, 30 hours of which are offered by the department of Chemical Engineering. This course will culminate in the execution and submission of a relatively small design or research project in this area.
As this course involves an extensive series of special lectures it will be available only if sufficient candidates are forthcoming. The course is available to any suitable chemical engineering graduate. Bridging courses can be arranged for applicants holding other degrees.
CIVIL ENGINEERING
Courses specializing in Hydraulic Engineering, So11 Engineering, Struc- tural Engineering, Systems Engineering and Transport Engineering are offered. The formal teaching is given In two thirteen-week semesters with breaks for the normal University vacations. Courses In Civil Engin- eering Construction and Management are also offered. In addition, courses from other departments and a number of fourth year under- graduate elective courses are available as graduate electives.
Some 40 unit courses (24 hours each), are available in the six sec- tions of Civil Engineering above mentioned. A candidate Is required to enrol for up to 192 hours of work (8 units) to be divided between the first semester and second semester. 4 to 6 units are usually selected from the section (Hydraulic, Soll, Structural, Systems Analysis or Trans- port Engineering) in which the research project will be undertaken. An additional elective subject (not exceeding about 48 hours of contact time) may be taken concurrently.
Topics such as the following are included in the various unit courses:
Hydraulic Engineering
Environmental Engineering, dynamics of pipe systems, ground-water hydrology and flow through porous media, applied hydrodynamics, sur- face 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 engin- eering.
Soil Engineering
Analysis and design of retaining walls, foundation engineering, funda- mental properties of soils, earth and rockfill dams, theoretical soll mechanics, soil materials, pavement design and analysts, tunnelling In soil and rock, site investigation—field laboratory measurement and soll properties, foundation design.
Structural Engineering
Advanced structural analysis, structural materials, steel structures, con- crete 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
Project planning and control for planning, design and construction phases using Critical Path Analysis.
Manual and computer techniques for time analysis, financial flow, cost control and resource analysis.
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 head of the graduate school, department of Civil Engineering.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
A candidate for the Degree of MEngSc or MAppSc will be required to complete a 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.
Some course work may be included to encourage students to strengthen their breadth of knowledge of some selected topics in Electrical Engin- eering 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, Statistics 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.
Candidates will be examined in each course and to obtain full credit are required to achieve at least pass in those examinations.
The Master's Programme is designed to begin on 1 March, and to run for at least one calendar year without breaks in the normal University vacations.
Work for the thesis will be available in the following areas:
Power System Stability Electrical Machines
Electronic Circuits — Active Networks Microwaves —.Antennae
Communication and Digital Systems Control and Simulation
Bioengineering INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE
Air Environment Studies
A course leading to a master of Applied Science degree in Air Environ- ment Studies will be available in 1976.
The chief aim of the course Is to train graduate scientists and engineers in the multiple disciplines required for working in the field of pollution control, with particular, but not exclusive, emphasis on air pollution.
Consequently, there will be extensive courses concerned with the techniques of detection, analysis, control and dispersion of pollutants.
The choice and design of pollution control plant will be given detailed treatment.
In addition however, the course is Intended to create an awareness of the need to assess the total environmental Implications of specific air pollution situations. To this end, pollution will be considered in rela- tion to man and the eco-system, and in its sociological, economic and legal aspects.
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topic will be undertaken by all candidates for the remainder of the course.
Lecture Course Subjects: Man in his environment; effects of pollution on animals and plants; sampling and analysis of pollutants; meteorology and dispersion of pollutants; design of air pollution control equipment (gaseous pollutants, particulate pollutants, radioactive pollutants, con- trol by process modification); water pollution; pollution legislation; socio- logical, economic and administrative aspects of air pollution control.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
A full time postgraduate course scheduled for one year and leading to the degree of master of Engineering Science is offered In `Applied Thermodynamics and Related Studies'. Approximately two terms of the normal academic year are devoted to formal teaching of advanced lectures, tutorials, and practical work; and the remainder of the year to an Individual research project chosen by the student.
The formal section of the course comprises about 14 hours of lectures and tutorials each week forming a total of approximately 250 hours.
Additional short periods of time may be included for laboratory tests if required.
Active liaison is maintained with government and industrial laboratories and arrangements may be made for research projects to be carried out at these centres.
The scope of the topics dealt with in the course is indicated In the following list:
(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, utilization of natural energy resources.
(d) Mathematical theories of fluid flow, acoustic vibrations, general machine dynamics.
Some time is spent on revision to allow for the differing backgrounds of individual graduates.
Fudther details of the course may be obtained by contacting the sec- retary of the Mechanical Engineering department.
CLOSING DATES FOR APPLICATIONS
Master's Preliminary Course ) Last Friday in Course Work Masters ) January (30th)
Research Masters )
Research Masters ) July 1st
FEES
Master of Engineering, Master of Surveying, Master of Engineering Science and Doctor of Philosophy
Students enrolled in courses leading to degrees or diplomas will not be required to pay tuition fees. They will, however, be required to pay a general service fee (expected to be not more than $100 for full time and
$55 for part-time students) and should be prepared to pay this fee at enrolment.
GRANTS FROM RESEARCH FUNDS
Allocation
Grants from the general research fund are made by the Professorial Board on the advice of its Standing Research Committee and the Chair- men of the departments concerned.
Research Awards
The University of Melbourne awards to students a limited number of re- search scholarships from its own resources. Where an award is made, scholars are expected to devote their whole time to research except for such tutoring and demonstrating work as is approved by the chairman of the appropriate department.
Research scholarships (some known as Williams Scholarships) are awarded to selected graduates who have shown marked ability for research and who are undertaking further research training as Master degree or PhD candidates. Research scholarships may be renewed annually for a period not exceeding three years.
Emoluments of Awards
The value is $2,650 p.a. plus compulsory fees.
Research Fellowships
The University of Melbourne has established twelve research scholar- ships with the status and salary of a lecturer. Travelling allowance is
made for one year in the first instance and, in exceptional circumstances, may be extended. Applications close on 31 January and 31 July.
Travelling Research Scholarships
Two travelling research scholarships are offered by the University in two years out of every three to enable a graduate who shows first-rate capacity for research to undertake approved work at an overseas uni- versity, or other suitable institution. The value of the scholarship, which is normally awarded for three years, is $3,200 per annum.
The Aitchison Travelling Scholarship, and the Myer Scholarship, which are together worth $3,200, are also available for research abroad.
Together they form a two-year scholarship. The combined scholarship is also offered for three years as it becomes available.
Research Report
All persons conducting research In the University, whether under re- search awards or otherwise, are required to submit, by the end of Febru- ary in each year, reports on their research during the preceding twelve months to the chairmen of their departments, together with a list of their research publications during the period. Chairmen of departments also submit departmental research reports, which are published In the annual University of Melbourne Research Report.
Mode of Application
Applications for research awards and grants must be made on a form designed for the purpose (and available at the office of the Dean of Graduate Studies). Applications must be lodged with the Secretary for Graduate Studies before 30 November. In general, research awards are made as from 1 March.
Further Information may be obtained from the Secretary for Graduate Studies.
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