Overview
The Materials Engineering specialisation equips students with a comprehensive understanding of the structure-properties-performance nexus of materials. Students also learn about sustainable manufacturing and recycling technologies employed in both their production and end-of-life reuse. These foundations enable students to gain proficiency in designing and selecting materials for specific applications while considering … For more content click the Read More button below.
A range of exciting new thematic electives allows students to focus on the science and engineering of materials in key areas such as medicine and health, electronics and communications, transportation and infrastructure, and energy and the environment.
The overall program is supported by innovative lecturing technologies, hands-on laboratory work, company site visits, research and design projects, and industry training. Students also develop skills in computational methods, data analytics, engineering management, and professional communication.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Demonstrate proficiency of knowledge in the enabling sciences (mathematics, physics, and chemistry) that form the foundation of materials engineering.
2.
Demonstrate expertise and specialist technical knowledge in materials engineering, including thermodynamics, phase equilibria, reaction kinetics, diffusion, phase transformations, heat transfer, fluid flow, mechanical behaviour, and physical properties.
3.
Identify, describe, predict, and quantify the structure of the principal classes of materials (metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites) and relate these to the processing required to make them and to their resultant properties and applications.
4.
Design of material life cycles from raw materials to product to in-service performance to failure to recycling.
5.
Use appropriate analytical and computational tools such as finite element, finite difference, computational fluid dynamics, and molecular dynamics modelling to analyse and solve complex problems associated with materials processing through to the understanding of structures and properties of the various classes of materials.
6.
Identify, describe, predict, quantify, manage develop and improve materials processing/manufacturing routes used to synthesize/manufacture existing and new materials having specified composition, structure, properties, cost, and environmental sustainability.
7.
Apply professional judgement that contributes to the ethical and sustainable practice of materials engineering with due social and environmental diligence.
8.
Communicate professionally and effectively within and outside of the discipline of materials engineering.
Available in Program(s) Single degree program(s) in which this specialisation is available:
Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) - BE(Hons)3131 - Materials Science and Engineering (Honours)
Specialisation Structure
Students must complete 168 UOC.
Level 1 Core Courses 48 Units of Credit:
Level 2 Core Courses42 Units of Credit:
Level 3 Core Courses 42 Units of Credit:
Level 4 Core Course24 Units of Credit:
Level 4 Discipline Elective Courses12 Units of Credit:
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