Mechanical Engineering

This program is currently under review and the degree table below may change.

Degree Table

Students must complete 96 Credit Points:

  • Foundation Units – 36 Cr Pts
  • Core Units - 24 Cr Pts
  • Elective Units – 36 Cr Pts

Degree Table

Foundation Units - 36 credit points

Unit of Study

Cr Pts

Semester

Year

MECH5261 Foundations of Fluid Mechanics

6

1

1

MECH5361 Foundations of Mechanics Solids 2

6

1

1

AMME5501 Foundations of System Dynamics & Control

6

1

1

MECH5660 Foundations of Manufacturing Engineering

6

1

1

MECH5362 Foundations of Materials 2

6

2

1

MECH5262 Foundations of Thermal Engineering

6

2

1

Core Units - 24 credit points

Unit of Study

Cr Pts

Semester

Year

ENGG5217 Industrial Experience

0

1 & 2

1/2

ENGG5220 Engineering Project A

6

1

2

AMME5601 Professional Engineering

6

1

2

AERO5660 Safety Systems Management

6

1

2

ENGG5221 Engineering Project B

6

2

2

Elective Units -  36 credit points

Unit of Study

Cr Pts

Semester

Thermofluids

AMME5202 Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics

6

1

AMME5271 Computational nanotechnology

6

2

MECH5255 Air Conditioning and Refrigeration

6

2

MECH5265 Advanced Combustion

6

2

MECH5275 Advanced Renewable Energy

6

2

Materials

MECH5304 Smart Materials

6

1

MECH5305 Materials Failure

6

1

AMME5961 Advanced Engineering Materials

6

2

MECH5310 Biomaterials Engineering

6

2

Design and Manufacturing

ENGG5202 Sustainable Design, Engineering & Mgt                   

6

1

AERO5010 Optimisation Methods in Engineering

6

1

AERO5301 Applied Finite Element Analysis

6

1

AMME5900  Project 1 in Manufacturing & Automation

6

1

MECH5410  Advanced Design and Analysis

6

2

AMME5602 Advanced Product Life Cycle Design

6

2

AMME5902  Project 2 in Manufacturing & Automation

6

2

Mechatronics

MECH5701  Computers in Real Time Control and Inst

6

1

MECH5700  Sensors and Signals

6

1

AERO5760  Experimental Robotics

6

2

MTRX5700  Spacecraft and Satellite Design

6

2

Candidates entering the program with an undergraduate engineering degree who have achieved a minimum of 75% average in their first 48 credit points of the MPE program will be permitted to replace ENGG5220 Engineering Project A, ENGG5221 Engineering Project B and 12 credit points of elective units of study with ENGG5222  Dissertation A and ENGG5223 Dissertation B or ENGG5218 Dissertation.

Unit of Study

Cr Pts

Semester

ENGG5218 Dissertation or

24

1 & 2

ENGG5222 Dissertation A and

12

1 & 2

ENGG5223 Dissertation B

12

1 & 2

Total: 96 credit points