The following areas of research are available in the following depart- ments:
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
Water Resources, Pollution, Hydrology.
Irrigation, Drainage, Soll Physics.
Agricultural Engineering Systems and Economics.
Unit operations.
Traction, Tractor Performance and Stability.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Fuels, reactors, corrosion, fluid heat and mass transfer, biochemical processes.
CIVIL ENGINEERING
Hydraulic Engineering, Soil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Trans- port Engineering, Systems Engineering, Civil Engineering Construction and Management.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Power System StaЫlity.
Electrical Machines.
Electronic Circuits, Active Networks.
Microwaves and Antennas.
Adaptive CommunicatIon Systems.
Control and Simulation.
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INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE
Formation, behaviour and control of air pollution.
Physics and chemistry of polymers.
Development of electrochemical methods of determining Ions in solu- tions (with application to water pollution).
Chemistry at high pressures.
Chemistry of wood.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Applied Thermodynamics, Technology and Technical Problems.
Fluid Mechanics, Mechanics of Solids, Bloeпglneering.
Human Engineering, Machining.
Machine Dynamics, Industrial Engineering, Advanced Design.
METALLURGY
Mineral Processing (in the Miпiпg department).
Chemical and Extractive Metallurgy.
Physical Metallurgy.
Mechanical Metallurgy.
Metallurgical Analysis.
MINING
Planning and design of excavation both from the surface (open-cut) and underground, such as shafts, tunnels and larger excavations, such as stipes, with particular reference to stability.
Study of aspects of mineral production such as breaking of rock, flow of broken material, transport of rock.
Special research interests Include rock mechanics, drilling, ventilation and mineral processing.
SURVEYING Geodesy.
Astronomy.
Photogrammetry.
Land and Engineering Surveying.
DEGREES BY COURSE WORK AND THESIS
Full-time graduate courses are offered by the following departments:
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Biochemical engineering—lectures and other work organized In asso- ciation with the department of Microbiology covering cell biology and biochemistry and application to large scale biological and biochemical processes; project in department of Chemical Engineering on the engineering of such processes.
Fuel Engineering—lectures on fuel technology and project.
Advanced Chemical Engineering—lectures In transport phenomena and separation processes and a project.
CIVIL ENGINEERING
Courses specializing in Hydraulic Engineering, Soll 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 units 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 б units are usually selected from the section (Hydraulic, Soil, 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.
Soit Engineering
Analysis and design of retaining walls, foundation engineering, funda- mental properties of soils, earth and rockfill dams, theoretical soil mechanics, soil materials, pavement design and analysis, tunnelling In soll 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, риЫiс 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 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.
This course work is Included not only to encourage students to strengthen their breadth of knowledge of some selected topics In Elec- 175
trical Engineering but also to stimulate them to do some work in a wider field not directly related to the main thesis topic.
The MEngSc programme Is designed to be begun on 1 March, аrrd to run for one calendar year without breaks In the normal University vaca- tions.
All students will be required to obtain 100 points, sub-divided as fol- lows:
Departmental Graduate Courses and Projects 10-25 points
Other Formal Courses 10-25 points
Thesis Study (minimum) 60 points
During the week beginning 1 March, It is expected that some time will be spent discussing details of courses to be entered with each student.
Graduate courses of approximately 12 lectures are expected to be pre- sented by the department from March, in the following topics:
Adaptive Communication Systems Information Theory
Active Network Design
Additional topics, such as Electrical Machines and High Voltage Sys- tems, will be available If the demand exists.
Other courses, which candidates may enter, are selected from those of other departments such as Human Engineering, units of Mathematics, units of Physics, units of Business Administration, units of Theory of Computation, units of Statistics.
Details of these topics are available in the relevant faculty handbook.
Candidates will be examined In each course and to obtain full credit points, are required to achieve at least pass in these examinations.
Work for the thesis will be available In the following areas:
Communications Microwaves Active Networks Control and Simulation Power Systems Electrical Machines
Until recently, accommodation problems have imposed a limit on the number of post-graduate students accepted but with the completion of a new building in 1973, it has become possible to Increase the number which can be accepted.
IЫDUSTRIAL SCIENCE
Air Environment Studies
A full-time, one year course leading to a master of Applied Science degree in Air Environment Studies will be offered In 1974.
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.
Approximately two-thirds of the course will consist of lectures, tutorials, design studies and practical work. A research project on an approved 176
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 Indiviднаl 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.
Further details of the course may be obtained by contacting the sec- retary of the Mechanical Engineering department.
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 $73.50 for full-time and $40.50 for part-time students) and should be prepared to pay this fee at enrol- ment.
As soon as all the details of the new scheme are known, an Information leaflet on fees will be available from Students' Records, the faculty office, and various other points throughout the University.
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 heads of the departments concerned.
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Research Awards
The University of Melbourne grants students a limited number of re- search awards 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 head of the appropriate department. Awards are made for one year, but may be renewed for additional yearly periods.
Research grants are awarded to selected graduates of bachelor stand- ing. Research scholarships known as Williams Scholarships are award- ed to selected candidates of master standing who have shown marked ability for research and who are undertaking further research training as PhD candidates. Research scholarships may be renewed annually for a period not exceeding three years.
Emoluments of Awards
For students proceeding to a master's degree the value of a research grant is $1,600 plus compulsory fees. The value of research scholar- ships varies from $1,800 to $1,950 per annum (plus annual compulsory fees).
Research Fellowships
The University of Melbourne has established five research fellowships, not more than two of which may be senior fellowships. The senior fellowships have the status and salary of a senior lecturer and the junior fellowship the status and salary of a lecturer. Fellowships may be held for one, two, but not more than three years. Travelling allow- ance is made for a fellow appointed from overseas.
Fellowships will be advertised as they become vacant.
Travelling Research Scholarships
Two travelling research scholarships• are offered 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 university, or other suitable institution. The value of the scholarship, which is nor- mally awarded for three years, is $2,500 per annum.
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 heads of their departments, together with a list of their research publications during the period. Heads 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.
• The Aitchison Travelling Scholarship, and the Myer Scholarship, which are to- gether worth $2,500, are also avaiiabie for research abroad. Together they form a two-year scholarship. The combined scholarship la also offered for three years but only In two out of every three years.
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