Engineering

M. Cardew-Hall, BSc (Hons) Mechanical Engineering, Nottingham, PhD ImperialCollege
Senior Lecturer and Head of Department

Engineering is the art of transforming the resources of nature for the benefit of humanity. Its roots are traceable to the tools, huts, pottery and materials of the first humans. Its progress has relied on ingenuity, invention, teamwork and the accumulation of experience — skills which remain essential to this day.

Engineers have a responsibility to help solve our environmental problems. The Department of Engineering is at the forefront of renewable energy research, with a particular interest in photovoltaic solar cells and semiconductor technology. The ANU ‘Big Dish’ is the largest of its kind in the world. The Department’s Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems holds several world records for solar cell efficiency. It is also developing a unique thermochemical solar energy system. The Centre has strong links with industry and several technologies are being commercialised.

Engineering is vital to the economic well-being of nations. The Department’s advanced manufacturing and production systems research integrates the disciplines of materials, manufacturing, robotics and control with modern computer simulation to understand, improve and optimise manufacturing processes. Many projects are industrially focused and major elements of the work are carried out at the collaborating company’s site. This provides a healthy cross fertilisation between the Department and some of Australia’s largest manufacturing companies. Related interests include discrete-event modelling and control and active vision systems.

Telecommunications is the life-blood of modern commerce and government. And it helps keep us in touch with our family, our friends, and our colleagues — relationships which span the globe. The Department’s activities are primarily in advanced digital mobile communications, especially coding and modulation schemes. Researchers in the Department are patenting decoders for some mobile and satellite applications which are currently the world’s best and can achieve near optimal performance. Other areas of activity include signal processing, statistical learning theory and neural networks.

Materials are the stuff of life and advanced materials are increasingly part of everyday objects as well as space-age applications. The Department’s work focuses on polymers and fibre composite materials. These can be carbon-fibre materials for use in aerospace, automotive or high-tech sporting goods. Or they can be wood-wool and cement composite boards for low-cost building materials in the Philippines. The environmental conditioning of composite materials — such as moisture resistance — is one area of interest. Other work includes rubber-toughened polymer alloys in collaboration with researchers in Japan.

The volatile environment faced by organisations today presents managers with continual challenges. Yet few managers understand the nature and impact of variation. The Department’s Variation and Management Group carries out research, development work with industry and educational programs aimed at enhancing the capacity of organisations to understand variation and to achieve organisational goals under variable conditions. Industry-based Master’s students form a significant part of the research effort.

The Department of Engineering offers a four-year, IEAust accredited Bachelor of Engineering degree course (see the Faculty of Engineering & Information Technology entry), Masters of Engineering, including Industry-based Masters by research and PhD degree programs. The graduate programs in engineering are described in The ANU Graduate School Handbook.

The Department has active collaborations with a wide range of other ANU Departments and Research Schools including RSISE, RSPhysSE, RSES, Department of Physics and Theoretical Physics, Department of Forestry, as well as CSIRO and DSTO. The Department has strategic collaborative research relationships with Ford Australia, Telstra, Solarhart and Western Power. The Department participates in the Cooperative Research Centre for Robust and Adaptive Systems and the Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems. Graduates are employed in a wide range of organisations and companies both in Australia and overseas. Undergraduate scholarship support from Airservices Australia, ANUTECH, BHP Research, Boeing and Siemens Plessey is gratefully acknowledged.

The Department of Engineering building is located on the corner of University Avenue and North Road, opposite the ANU Sports Union, with the ANU Union, Library and other facilities all readily accessible.

For further information, visit the Department’s Web site at www.anu.edu.au/engn.

Unit Descriptions

Discovering Engineering    ENGN1211

(6cp)

First semester
12 discovery/design classes (2 hours), 24 lectures and 12 tutorials

Conveners: Dr Green, Dr Lowe

Prerequisites: Admission to BE degree course or the BSEng degree course or approval of Head of Engineering.

Incompatible: COMP2200, ENGN1021

Syllabus: The unit introduces engineering using a discovery/design project supported by tutorial discussions, readings, lectures and seminars, which are directed towards beginning the process of developing in students a range of graduate attributes relevant to contemporary professional engineering practice. These include: communication; teamwork; problem identification and formulation; systems design; an understanding of the social, cultural and environmental responsibilities of engineering practice; and an awareness of reflective and ethical professional practice.

Contemporary issues examined include: theories of technological change; gender and technology, technology, environment and sustainable development; deregulation and privatisation; workplace relations; occupational health and safety; risk; professionalism and ethics.

Technological systems examined include: telecommunications; information technology; energy; manufacturing; and aerospace.

Engineering Mathematics 1    ENGN1212

(6cp)

First semester
Fifty-two lectures, twelve tutorials

Lecturer: Dr Ward

Prerequisites: Admission to BE degree course or approval of Head of Engineering

Incompatible: MATH1013, MATH1115

Syllabus: Same as MATH1013

Introduction to Programming and Algorithms    ENGN1213

(6cp)

First semester

Prerequisites: Admission to BE degree course or approval of Head of Engineering

Incompatible: COMP1100, ENGN1002

Syllabus: Same as COMP1100

Physics Fundamentals    ENGN1214

(6cp)

First semester
Thirty-six lectures, twelve tutorials and twenty four hours of laboratory

Convener: Dr Baxter

Prerequisite: Admission to the BE degree course or approval of Head of Engineering

Incompatible: PHYS1001, ENGN1019

Syllabus: Same as first semester of PHYS1001. Introduction to classical physics, the mathematical description of natural phenomena: mechanics, electricity, magnetism and thermodynamics.

Electromechanical Technologies    ENGN1221

(6cp)

Second semester
8 laboratory sessions (3 hrs), 24 lectures and 12 tutorials

Lecturers: Dr Williamson, Dr Kieffer

Prerequisites: ENGN1211, ENGN1214

Incompatible: ENGN1018, ENGN1019

Syllabus: This unit introduces the fundamentals of electrical, mechanical and electromechanical systems. Practical laboratory sessions to help students develop and integrate theoretical knowledge, physical applications and practical skills form a substantial part of the unit. Modeling and design skills are developed through group project activities. The laboratory and project work continue the process of developing teamwork skills and graphical representation skills, including graphical presentation of experimental data.

Electrical topics include: Resistors, capacitors, inductors; breadboards and simple circuit testing; voltmeter and oscilloscope operation; Kirchoff’s laws; series and parallel circuits; Thevenin and Norton Equivalent circuits; loop and nodal analysis of circuits; transient and phasor analysis of RC and RL circuits; Direct current motors; basic telecommunications (including AM radio); laboratory technique (including notebook keeping); laboratory reporting and written technical communication; writing in a group.

Mechanical topics include: vector mechanics, statics and kinematics of planar and spatial rigid bodies, equivalent force systems, static equilibrium, static indeterminacy, friction, instant centres, and relative motion.

Electro-mechanical topics include: machine elements, linkages, gears, and feedback systems.

Engineering Mathematics 2    ENGN1222

(6cp)

Second semester
Fifty-two lectures, twelve tutorials

Lecturer: Dr Ward

Prerequisites: ENGN1212

Incompatible: MATH1014, MATH1116, ENGN1015

Syllabus: Same as MATH1014

Foundations of Software Engineering    ENGN1223

(6cp)

Second semester

Prerequisites: ENGN1213, or COMP1100

Incompatible: COMP1110, ENGN2003, COMP2031

Syllabus: Same as COMP1110

Chemistry Fundamentals    ENGN1225

(3cp)

Second semester
Twenty-four lectures and twelve hours of tutorial/laboratory

Lecturer: Dr Angus

Prerequisite: Admission to BE degree course or the BSEng degree course or approval of Head of Engineering

Incompatible: CHEM1014, CHEM1015, ENGN1022

Syllabus: Introduction to essential concepts of chemistry. Electronic structure and chemical bonding. Quantum mechanics and atomic spectroscopy. Reaction rates, Arrhenius equation, activation energy of chemical reactions. Chemical equilibrium, equilibrium constants, Le Chateliers Principle. Theories of acids and bases, strong and weak acids and bases, Ka and Kb calculation of pH and extent of hydrolysis. Thermochemistry, enthalpy and the First Law of Thermodynamics. Entropy and Gibbs free energy, the Second Law of Thermodynamics. Electrochemistry, calculation of electrode cell potentials, operation of batteries.

Modern Physics    ENGN1226

(3cp)

Second semester
Twenty-four lectures and twelve tutorials

Lecturer: Dr Byrne

Prerequisite: ENGN1214

Incompatible: PHYS1001, ENGN1020

Syllabus: Introduction to modern physics including waves, optics, quantum mechanics and solid state physics.

Electrical Circuits and Devices    ENGN2211

(6cp)

First semester

Lecturer: Dr James

Prerequisites: ENGN1221 or PHYS1001 (or ENGN1016)

Incompatible: ENGN2001

Syllabus: This unit provides an introduction to the analysis and design of electrical systems and introduces the idea of computer aided analysis of electrical circuits. Review of Kirchoff’s laws; review and extension of nodal, mesh and loop analysis; network theorems; reciprocity; equivalent circuits; Tellegen’s theorem, maximum power transfer. RC, RL and RLC circuits (transient analysis). AC steady state analysis revisited–phasor representation; impedance and admittance. RMS, power factor, complex power, 3 phase circuits, star-delta transformations. Complex frequency and transfer functions, poles and zeros. Two-port networks. Transformers and mutual inductance. Operational amplifiers. Computer-aided analysis of simple passive circuits. Introduction to electronic devices — DC analysis of simple transistor circuits. Introduction to AC small signal device models. Basic device physics.

Engineering Mathematics 3    ENGN2212

(6cp)

First semester

Convener: Dr Howe

Prerequisite: ENGN1222 or MATH1014 (or ENGN1015)

Incompatible: MATH2013, MATH2027, MATH2023, ENGN2004

Syllabus: Ordinary differential equations (24 lectures in common with MATH2013). An introduction to the theory of differential equations and systems of differential equations. Techniques of solution, Laplace transforms, qualitative behaviour of solutions and applications.

Vector calculus (12 lectures). Scalar and vector fields, vector differential operators, line, surface and volume integrals, theorems of Gauss, Green and Stokes. Application to simple problems.

Computer Organisation    ENGN2213

(3cp)

First semester
Fifteen lectures and three 2 hour laboratory sessions

Prerequisites: ENGN1223 or ENGN1002, or COMP1110

Incompatible: ENGN1007, COMP1012

Not offered in 1999. Students should instead enrol in ENGN2003.

Syllabus: An introduction to the hardware and software components of a modern computer system. Comparisons of different types of instructions sets and corresponding addressing modes. Emphasis on the relationships among instruction sets, fetch and execute operations, and the underlying architecture. Introduction to the concept of interrupts, as well as the purpose and specifications of a control unit with respect to logic operations.

Mechanics of Materials    ENGN2214

(6cp)

First semester

Lecturer: Dr Kalyanasundarum

Prerequisites: ENGN1221 or PHYS1001 (or ENGN1018)

Incompatible: ENGN2002

Syllabus: This unit introduces the mechanical properties of materials, focusing on their importance for the design of structures, mechanical systems and manufacturing systems. Small design exercises integrate design throughout the curriculum. The unit also includes an introduction to finite element modelling of mechanical structures and manufacturing processes.

Specific topics include: Hooke’s law for isotropic materials, true stress/strain and engineering stress/strain; mechanical properties of materials and testing methods, Young’s modulus, tensile and compressive strength, fracture and yield strength, hardness and ductility. Operation of the universal testing machine, hardness tester and impact tester; creep testing and measurement of activation energy for creep; analysis of stress and strain in statically determinant structures; beam under simple tension, compression, torsion and pure bending; angle of twist of a circular shaft under torsion; stress distribution in a thin-walled pressure vessel; transformation of stress and strain using Mohr’s circle; principal stresses and maximum sheer stresses; mechanisms of fracture and fatigue; energy methods in deformation; buckling. Other concepts developed include 3D stress-strain transformation, column buckling, beam deflection and energy methods.

Introduction to Materials Science    ENGN2215

(3cp)

First semester
Twenty six lectures, six tutorials, and nine hours of laboratory

Prerequisites: Admission to BE degree course the BSEng degree course or approval of Head of Engineering

Incompatible: ENGN1010.

Lecturer: Dr Lowe

Syllabus: Introduction to materials for structural, electrical, magnetic, and optical engineering applications. Atoms, molecules, atomic bonding, atomic basis of elasticity. The crystalline state, crystal structures, imperfections, liquids, and glasses. Multiphase materials, phase rule, binary phase diagrams of iron-carbon, aluminium and ceramic examples. Kinetics, nucleation, atomic diffusion. Microstructures, TTT diagrams, heat treatment, hardening. Magnetism, hard and soft magnets, ceramic magnets. Piezo- and pyro electricity. Optical properties, environmental degradation and corrosion of materials.

Programming Design    ENGN2003

(4cp)

First semester
Twenty lectures, six 2-hour tutorial/laboratory session

Lecturer: Dr Grundy

Offered in 1999 for the last time.

Prerequisites: ENGN1002 and ENGN1007

Syllabus: This unit addresses fundamental ideas in the design and construction of programs of nontrivial size. It outlines the fundamental design strategy of abstraction, identifies the main types of abstraction that are used (procedural abstraction, data abstraction) and describes modern programming methodology which allows the design entities to be realised as program modules. The unit extends the student’s programming skills in Modula-2, C and C++, and provides experience with tools that support the engineering of substantial software products. The following topics are addressed: the software development cycle, design via decomposition and abstraction, module construction, software reuse, software maintenance, implementation strategies, and the testing, management and documentation of software systems.

System Dynamics    ENGN2221

(6cp)

Second semester

Lecturer: Dr Kieffer

Prerequisites: ENGN2212 and ENGN1221 (or ENGN1018)

Incompatible: ENGN3006

Syllabus: This unit covers the dynamics of systems. First, we apply Newton’s laws to mechanical systems, work-energy and impulse-momentum. Secondly, Lagrange’s approach to dynamic equations of motions is developed and applied to a wide variety of practical engineering systems including electrical, electromechanical and vibration systems. An introduction to basic machine elements not covered earlier. Lastly, an introduction to discrete event dynamics, with special attention to their use in logistics, resource management and planning.

Thermal Energy Systems    ENGN2222

(6cp)

Second semester

Lecturer: Dr Lovegrove

Prerequisites: ENGN1214 (or ENGN1019) and ENGN2212

Incompatible: ENGN2008

Syllabus: Energy systems are of major importance in society and are a significant engineering research activity at ANU. This unit emphasises a systems approach to engineering, integrating technical fundamentals with social and environmental issues through site visits and case studies of energy systems. Engineering science fundamentals include the first law of thermodynamics and fluid dynamics. The unit also introduces the second law of thermodynamics, the theory of heat transfer, and AC power principles.

Signals and Systems    ENGN2223

(6cp)

Second semester
Thirty-six lectures, eight tutorials and eight laboratory sessions (2 hours)

Lecturer: Dr Williamson

Prerequisites: ENGN2212 and ENGN2211

Incompatible: ENGN3005

Syllabus: Input-output view of systems; block diagrams. Linear time-invariant systems and convolution. Fourier series and the Fourier transform. Filters. Frequency response of systems. Sampling. Applications of signals and systems concepts (e.g. basic analog modulation theory). Use of MATLAB to perform discrete time signal processing tasks.

An engineering introduction to probability and random variables; the importance of random signal in system studies–noise and signals in telecommunications, process variation analysis in manufacturing, for example. Understanding a random variables and random processes. What we can know (correlation, mean, variance, also in frequency domain), and what we cannot know (exact waveform). Analysis and simulation of how a linear time-invariant system responds to a random variable or process.

Electronics    ENGN2224

(6cp)

Second semester

Lecturer: Dr Blakers

Prerequisites: ENGN2211

Incompatible: ENGN2007, ENGN3002

Syllabus: Design of electronic circuits. Design tradeoffs in simple amplifier design. Field-effect transistors and a miscellany of other electronic devices. Some further device physics and experimental testing of models. Computer aided-analysis of electronic circuits. Theoretical analysis of amplifier frequency response. Basic digital electronics components. Combinatorial circuit design. Flip-flops and simple state machine design.

Units listed from here on relate to the old BE course structure — see the ANU Undergraduate Handbook 1998. From 2000, the new course structure units will be offered instead. Contact the Faculty Office for further information.

Digital Design    ENGN3001

(4cp)

First semester
Twenty-six lectures and twelve hours of laboratory

Lecturer: Dr James

Prerequisites: ENGN2001

Incompatible: COMP3020

Syllabus: This unit develops basic techniques for combinatorial and sequential digital circuit design. Topics include: Boolean algebra and its applications to switching circuits; transistor gates and their practical limitation; integrated circuit logic families; different types of sequential circuits; design with sequential circuits; problems and hazards with sequential circuits; registers, counters, and other building blocks; application of MSI and LSI circuits to electronic systems and instrumentation; general digital design methods; computer aided design; use of programmable logic devices; design for testability and fault-tolerance.

Semiconductor Devices    ENGN3002

(4cp)

First semester
Twenty six lectures, nine tutorials and four hours of laboratory

Lecturer: Dr Cuevas

Prerequisites: ENGN2007

This unit complements ENGN2007 and supports the elective units ENGN4506, ENGN4507 and ENGN4519

Syllabus: A good understanding of the fundamental properties of semiconductor materials and devices is necessary for the professional engineer or scientist to be able to follow the pace of such a fast changing field as microelectronics. A technician may treat an electronic device as a black box but an engineer cannot. This course provides a solid foundation for understanding the basic operation of microelectronic devices. These fundamental principles should be valid to master new developments to come. Course topics include: physical models of semiconductor materials; current carriers: electrons and holes; fundamental electronic processes: carrier generation and recombination; electric transport mechanisms: drift and diffusion; physics of the pn junction; bipolar devices; field effect devices; power devices; optoelectronic devices.

Fluid Dynamics & Heat Transfer    ENGN3003

(4cp)

First semester
Twenty-six lectures, six tutorials and six hours of laboratory

Lecturer: Dr Johnston

Prerequisites: ENGN2008

Syllabus: The aim of the unit is to introduce the essential concepts in fluid dynamics and heat transfer such that the student understands the basic mechanisms involved and can apply them in the design and analysis of engineering devices.

Topics covered in the fluid mechanics section include fluid properties, classification of fluid flows, fluid statics, pressure measurement, conservation of mass, momentum equation, energy equation, moment of momentum equation, dynamic pressure measurement, dimensional analysis, simple flow in pipes, external flows over bodies, drag, aerofoils, boundary layer flow, turbo-machinery, vorticity and cavitation. In heat transfer the following will be covered: heat transfer mechanisms, 1D conduction, multi-dimensional conduction, radial conduction, natural convection, heat transfer in laminar and turbulent boundary layers, forced convection, heat exchangers, properties of radiation, radiation networks.

Signals and Systems    ENGN3005

(4cp)

First semester
Twenty-six lectures, six tutorials and six hours of laboratory

Prerequisites: ENGN2010

Syllabus: Time and frequency domain representations of signals and systems. Conceptualisation of systems as input-output devices; linearity, time-invariance, causality and stability of systems; convolution. Fourier transform and its properties; frequency response view of systems. Basic signal processing tasks and their idealised analysis; specification of frequency selective filters; basic filter types and their characteristics. Sampling, aliasing and the Nyquist sampling theorem.

Engineering Dynamics    ENGN3006

(4cp)

First semester
Twenty six lectures and twelve tutorials

Lecturer: Dr McCarragher

Prerequisites: ENGN1018

Syllabus: This unit considers the dynamics of systems of particles, planar rigid bodies and spatial rigid bodies. Theories for vector kinematics, Newton’s laws, work-energy, impulse-momentum, and Lagrange’s approach are developed and applied in a wide variety of practical engineering contexts, including to mechanical vibrations and electromechanical systems.

Mechanical Design    ENGN3007

(4cp)

First semester
Twenty-six hours of teamwork, twelve tutorials, and forty hours of CAD/CAM laboratory

Convener: Dr Stachurski

Prerequisites: ENGN2002 and ENGN2006

Syllabus: A course on mechanical design process and methodology. Generic machine elements: springs, shafts, seals and friction elements, joints (bolts, welds, fasteners) and materials fatigue. This course involves teamwork and participation in a substantial design project.

Microprocessor Systems    ENGN3008

(4cp)

Second semester
Twelve lectures and twenty four hours of laboratory

Lecturer: Mr Edwards

Prerequisites:ENGN2003 and ENGN3001

Incompatible: COMP3020

Syllabus: This unit introduces the principles of microprocessors and the interfacing of microprocessors to other systems. Topics include: microprocessor architecture, instruction sets and addressing modes; memory and input/output systems, interfacing, bus orientation, display controllers and development systems; real time operating systems; and the application of microprocessors to instrumentation, measurement and control systems. The unit involves a substantial design exercise.

Control & Measurement    ENGN3010

(4cp)

Second semester
Twenty-six lectures, six tutorials and six hours of laboratory

Lecturer: Dr Abdallah

Prerequisites: ENGN3005

Syllabus: Introduction to control systems design and control technology. History and purpose of control and measurement systems. Representation of systems as functional block diagrams. Specification of transducers, basic types of transducers, their proper selection. Control system objectives: stability, regulation, disturbance attenuation, tracking. Root locus design of first order compensators, PI and PD controllers. Bode diagrams and the Nyquist stability criterion.

Introduction to Telecommunications    ENGN3011

(4cp)

Second semester

Lecturer: Dr Wei

Prerequisites: ENGN3005

Syllabus: This unit is a first course in telecommunications. It aims to give an overview of a range of topics within telecommunications, including analog and digital modulation schemes, noise, and some device aspects of telecommunications. It serves the dual role of being a terminating course for some students, as well as a preparatory course for the two digital communications subjects offered in fourth year. Specific topics include: the role of telecommunications in the discipline of systems engineering and in society more generally; linear and exponential modulation schemes, their operation and performance analysis; basic pulse coded modulation; basic ideas of information theory; noise, how it arises and how it is modelled; review of relevant probabilistic analysis tools; aspects of telephony.

Project and Operations Management    ENGN3012

(4cp)

Second semester
Twenty-six lectures and twelve tutorials

Lecturer: Dr Cardew-Hall

Prerequisites: ENGN2011

Syllabus: This unit covers key issues in the organisation and management of a business. The techniques covered apply to both ongoing operations and finite length projects. The areas covered include business organisation, strategic planning and goals; market research. Small business operation and business planning. Production manufacturing systems including just in time techniques; work measurement; total quality management. Forecasting; inventory control; materials requirement planning; scheduling and control. Facility location. Project control; CPM and PERT methods, critical path analysis. Staff planning and motivation.

Final Year Project    ENGN4000

(16cp)

Annual

Coordinator: Dr Stachurski

Prerequisites: Only to be undertaken in graduating year

Syllabus: Self-contained engineering project supervised by a member of faculty. Project work is assessed by seminar presentations, laboratory demonstrations and written work including a thesis.

Engineering Law    ENGN4003

(4cp)

Second semester
Twenty-six lectures and twelve tutorials

Lecturer: Dr Flynn

Prerequisites: Admission to BE degree course or BIT degree in information systems or software engineering

Syllabus: Law, lawyers and legal institutions. Professional ethics, risk management and discipline. Constitutional law. Negligence. Trusts. Contract. Trade practices. Intellectual property. Environmental law. Legal remedies and dispute resolution. International law. There is a case study on a bridge in Vietnam.

Practical Experience    ENGN4005

(0cp)

Second semester
Coordinator: Dr Stachurski

Prerequisites: Completion of Year 3

Syllabus: Twelve weeks of suitable full-time employment, a requirement which applies to all BE degrees throughout Australia. The training has two purposes:

• to expose the student to the workplace and workplace issues (such as human and industrial relations, job organisation, maintenance, safety and environmental issues).
• to provide direct insight into professional engineering practice.

It is the student’s responsibility to obtain the employment, although the Department of Engineering will assist in providing lists of people to contact.

As a general rule, the ideal would be four weeks in any sort of employment; four weeks in employment in a technical industry of some kind; and four weeks of work with engineering staff in an engineering environment (preferably working with professional engineers). Minor variations of this scheme may be acceptable, but at least a reasonable portion must be within an engineering environment.

Students are required to submit reports on their work experience and will satisfy the requirements when their portfolio is acceptable to the Head of Engineering.

Students need to complete their work experience requirements by December of their final year in order to graduate at the ceremony the following April.

Engineering Design    ENGN4017

(4cp)

First semester
Twenty-six 2-hour design meetings

Coordinator: Dr McCarragher

Prerequisite: ENGN3007 and ENGN3008

Syllabus: A group design project. Students obtain a set of loose specifications and budget from which to start, and work in groups to develop full design specifications and development strategy. The design teams are guided by a member of faculty. Assessment is via seminar presentations and a report detailing the design and manufacturing process.

Professional Electives

Please note that not all electives may be offered in any one year.

Engineering Materials    ENGN4501

(4cp)

Second semester
Twenty-one lectures, six tutorials and twelve hours of laboratory

Lecturer: Dr Jar

Prerequisites: ENGN2002

Syllabus: This course develops a knowledge of the variety, properties and characteristics of engineering materials.

Equilibrium phase diagrams and kinetic TTT diagrams for predicting microstructure in materials. Properties of cast irons, carbon steels, alloy steels, light alloys, other useful non-ferrous metals. Toughening mechanism for materials. Ceramic materials, glass ceramics and glasses; forming of ceramics; structure and defects in ceramics. Synthesis, characterisation, structure and properties of polymers; polymer processing. Rubber elasticity. Fibre reinforced composites, glass and carbon fibres, fabrication of composites.

Field Theory    ENGN4502

(4cp)

Second semester
Twenty-four lectures and twelve tutorials

Lecturer: Dr Baxter

Prerequisite: ENGN1020 and ENGN2004

Incompatible with PHYS2016

Syllabus: Same as PHYS2016

Digital Control Systems    ENGN4503

(4cp)

First semester
Twenty lectures, ten tutorials and six hours of laboratory

Lecturer: Dr Green

Prerequisites: ENGN3010

Syllabus: This unit provides an introduction to discrete-time models and control design. Topics include: systems modelling from physical principles and system identification from data; the concept of a state and state-space models; controlability, observability and stability; sampled data systems; the control design framework, pole placement, observer design, tracking, disturbance rejection and the internal model principle.

Digital Communications    ENGN4504

(4cp)

First semester
Twenty-six lectures, six tutorials and six hours of laboratory

Lecturer: Dr Wei

Prerequisites: ENGN3011

Syllabus: Structure and definition of digital communications systems. Complex envelope representation of bandpass signals and systems. Sampling theory. Matched filters. Digital modulation techniques (ASK, MPSK, FSK and MSK). Performance analysis and power spectra calculation for ASK, MPSK, FSK and MSK. Continuous phase modulation. Bandlimited channels and equalisation. Fundamentals of information theory and block coding. Linear block codes, Hamming codes, BCH and Reed-Solomon codes.

Advanced Digital Communications    ENGN4505

(4cp)

Second semester
Twenty-six lectures, six tutorials and six hours of laboratory

Lecturer: Dr Wei

Prerequisites: ENGN4504

Not offered in 1999

Syllabus: Fundamentals of convolutional coding. The Viterbi algorithm decoding and sequential decoding (the M-algorithm, Fano algorithm). Distance spectrum, free distance and performance analysis and simulation of convolutional codes. Simple trellis coded modulation and Euclidean distance. Optimal detection for intersymbol interference channel. Direct sequence and frequency-hop spread spectrum systems. Complex-envelop representation of spread spectrum systems. Performance and anti-jamming capability of spread spectrum systems. M-sequence and Gold codes. Nonlinear characteristics of satellite repeaters. Multiple-access techniques (TDMA, FDMA and CDMA). Link budget calculation for the satellite communications. Orbit relationship and antenna coverage. Structures of digital mobile systems. Mobile fading channel characteristic. Interference and capacity estimation. QDPSK, GMSK and spread spectrum in cellular mobile communication systems.

Power Electronics    ENGN4506

(4cp)

Second semester
Thirty-nine lectures and tutorials

Lecturer: Mr Shepard

Prerequisites: ENGN3002

Syllabus: This unit covers the important aspects of power electronic circuits, components and design. Topics include device characteristics, heat dissipation, failure modes and discrete transistor circuits. Power magnetic devices are examined, together with their associated drive circuitry and snubbers. Techniques for designing DC power supplies, static power inverters and UPS, DC-DC converters, and switch-mode power supplies are discussed.

Semiconductor Technology    ENGN4507

(4cp)

First semester
Twelve tutorials and eight 3-hour laboratory sessions

Lecturer: Dr Cuevas

Prerequisites: ENGN3002

Syllabus: This strongly laboratory-oriented unit provides an opportunity for hands-on experience with a wide range of solid state fabrication and characterisation techniques. Although the emphasis is on semiconductor technology, many of the techniques are widely used in other applications. Included are clean room operation, photolithography, epitaxy, oxidation, diffusion, ion implantation, vacuum metallisation, plasma processing, laser and optical characterisation, thin film formation and semiconductor contact characterisation.

Computer Aided Engineering    ENGN4508

Not offered

Mechanics of Robots    ENGN4509

(4cp)

First semester
Twenty-four lectures, five tutorials and nine hours of laboratory

Lecturer: Dr Abdallah

Prerequisites: ENGN3006

Syllabus: An introduction to robotics and spatial mechanics including some hands-on laboratory experience. Theory focuses on problems of kinematics and dynamics that are fundamental to the operation, design and control of robot arms: homogenous coordinate transformations, spatial orientation representations, Denavit-Hartenberg link descriptions, forward and inverse position kinematics, Jacobian rate and static force relations, singularities, recursive Newton-Euler and Lagrange dynamics algorithms, trajectory planning. Laboratory exercises include robot programming, six-axis force-sensor calibration, and the application of vision sensing in a robot workcell.

Composite Materials    ENGN4511

(4cp)

First semester
Twenty-two lectures, eight tutorials and seven hours of laboratory

Lecturer: Dr Jar

Prerequisites: ENGN2002

Syllabus: This course provides a broad overview of engineering composites with a specialisation towards fibre reinforced matrix materials. Emphasis is placed on composite constituents, interfaces, all aspects of composites manufacturing, processing and composite mechanics (geometric aspects, laminate theory, strength and fracture theory). Practical composites design, environmental aspects and specialised composites are also introduced, geared towards recent developments. The laboratories give hands-on experience in laminate manufacturing, mechanical testing and a knowledge of composites microstructures.

Digital Signal Processing    ENGN4512

(4cp)

Second semester
Twenty-six lectures, six tutorials and six hours of laboratory

Coordinator: Mr Prandolini

Prerequisites: ENGN3011

Syllabus: Introduction to discrete-time signal processing algorithms, technology and applications. Specification and properties of frequency-selective filters (group delay, generalised linear phase, minimum phase, low-pass, high-pass and bandpass filters). Fast Fourier transform. Sampling, aliasing, and signal reconstruction, including anti-aliasing filters, analog to digital and digital to analog converters. Finite impulse response digital filter design techniques; computer- aided design of digital filters. Implementation of digital filters; DSP chips. Introduction to applications in digital audio and video processing.

Fibre Optics and Communications    ENGN4513

(4cp)

Prerequisites: ENGN4502

Incompatible with PHYS3018

Syllabus: Same as PHYS3018

Computer Networks    ENGN4514

(4cp)

Prerequisites: ENGN3001 and ENGN3008

Incompatible with COMP3036

Syllabus: Same as COMP3036

Finite Element Analysis    ENGN4515

(4cp)

Second semester
Twenty-nine lectures and ten hours of laboratory

Lecturer: Dr Kalyanasundaram

Prerequisites: ENGN2006

Syllabus: This unit provides an introduction to finite element analysis. Topics covered include principles of virtual work and energy methods for stress analysis; derivation of stiffness matrices for one dimensional problems, plane stress and plane strain problems, axisymmetric problems and general three dimensional continuum elements; solution methods, effect of mesh densities and convergence criteria; Variational approach to finite element formulation; use of commercial finite element software; application of finite element analysis to problems in solid mechanics and steady-state field problems.

Energy Systems    ENGN4516

(4cp)

Second semester
Twenty-six lectures and twelve tutorials

Lecturer: Dr Lovegrove

Prerequisites: ENGN2005, ENGN2008, ENGN3003

This unit develops a systems engineering approach to energy conversion based on combining thermo- dynamic, environmental and economic concepts in the optimisation of energy conversion systems. These ideas are developed using case studies of real systems which are also used to illustrate the interdisciplinary nature of the field.

In addition, the unit provides an overview of available technology for power generation, including fossil, nuclear, hydroelectric, and solar energy conversion. Similarities and synergies between various technologies are pointed out as well as the important differences. It introduces the major environmental problems associated with energy systems and the ethical issues involved with trying to internalise these in economic analysis and dealing with them in the context of the current social and political realities.

Characterisation of Materials    ENGN4517

(4cp)

First semester
Thirteen lectures and thirty hours of laboratory

Lecturer: Dr Stachurski

Prerequisite: ENGN2002

Syllabus: Image analysis and visualisation, stereoscopy, surfaces and spatial distributions, software, optical microscopy. Surface characterisation, focal plane, Fraunhofer diffraction, Fourier transform, SEM AFM. Bulk characterisation, thermodynamics of microstructures, phase identification, TEM, EPMA. Mechanical characterisation, surface treatments, coatings, elastic, fracture and plastic properties, straining stage on SEM, pressure and temperature dependence.

Computational Engineering    ENGN4518

(4cp)

First semester

Lecturer: Dr Gardener

Prerequisite: ENGN2006

Syllabus: The unit adopts a computational- experimental approach to introduce state-of-the-art engineering software packages on a modern software environment. The case studies will be sourced from: structural analysis (CAD), fluids (CFD), petroleum engineering, environmental engineering and electrical engineering. The projects illustrate the basic mathematical techniques and engineering principles under the hood of the computer packages.

Advanced Microelectronics    ENGN4519

(4cp)

Second semester

Prerequisite: ENGN4507

Not offered in 1999

Syllabus: This unit examines the fabrication, processing and characterisation of advanced electronic and optoelectronic materials and devices, with an emphasis on silicon and III-V compound semiconductors. The unit will consist of a series of lectures and laboratory experiments based partly on current research activities and undertaken at ANU.

Special Topics 1    ENGN4520

(4cp)

Prerequisites: Approval of Head of Engineering

Syllabus: Within this unit, topics may be offered from time to time to take advantage of the expertise of visitors to the university and academic staff in the IAS. Entry will be at the discretion of the Head of Engineering.

Special Topics 2    ENGN4521

(4cp)

Prerequisites: Approval of Head of Engineering

Syllabus: Within this unit, topics may be offered from time to time to take advantage of the expertise of visitors to the university and academic staff in the IAS. Entry will be at the discretion of the Head of Engineering.