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Computer Aided Design and Communication
Enrolment code: KNE111
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Develops students’ ability in preparing, drawing and presenting engineering drawings
using contemporary graphical techniques and computer software packages. The concept
of computer aided drafting (CAD) tools is explained. Studies cover mechanical, civil and
electrical circuit drawings. In the drawing of spatial objects, students are introduced to
aspects of descriptive geometry such as methods of projection, elements of plane and solid
geometry, development of surfaces of revolution. In the drawing of electrical circuits,
students are introduced to computer software techniques for schematic capture and
routing of circuit layouts. The circuit also develops the students’ skill in project
presentation.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern a mix of 36 hrs lectures and practical work sessions; and assignments in
mechanical and electrical CAD:65 hrs drawing office and CAD lab
Assessment mode final exam (40%), mid-sem test (30%), assignments (30%)
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Engineering Mechanics
Enrolment code: KNE112
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Covers the basic principles required in a first course of mechanics. The main objective is to
give students the confidence to apply these principles in solving practical engineering
problems. Extensive use is made of vector methods. The unit includes an introduction to
both statics and dynamics. The statics portion covers the system of units used in
mechanics, statics of particles, equilibrium of rigid bodies, centroids and centres of gravity,
analysis of simple structures including beams and trusses. The dynamics portion covers
kinematics and kinetics of single particles and system of particles using Newton’s laws,
energy and momentum methods.
Staff Dr V Karri, Dr ES Melerski
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial, 5x3-hr lab sessions
Mutual exclusions ACM100, ACM102, ACM110
Assessment mode 3-hr exam (75%), tutorials and mid-term test (10%), lab (15%)
Required texts etc
Beer FP and Johnston ER, Vector Mechanics for Engineers, 6th edn, McGraw Hill, 1997.
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
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Engineering Profession and Industry
Enrolment code: KNE121
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Introduces the role and responsibility of the professional engineer in society. The unit also
develops the student’s ability to use basic engineering and business tools (eg workshop
processes and spreadsheets). Professional issues include: history of the engineering
profession in society, role and impact of the engineer on industry, society and the
environment; principles of sustainable design and development; introduction to
professional practice, conduct and ethics. Industrial practice topics include: manufacturing
processes used in all sections of engineering, machines and materials, health and safety,
industrial relations; workshop practices and software packages, particularly spreadsheets.
Site visits are conducted where possible.
Staff Assoc Prof PE Doe
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 5 hrs weekly (13 wks)
Assessment mode assignments, lab and fieldtrips (100%)
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Electrical Engineering
Enrolment code: KNE122
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Introduces fundamental concepts in circuit theory and electromagnetism. Topics covered
include DC circuit theory - Kirchhoff’s laws and circuit reduction; superposition,
Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorems; maximum power theorem, loop and nodal analysis;
steady state AC circuit theory - periodic wave forms, average and RMS values; phasors,
inductance, capacitance, series R-L and R-C circuits; power, power factor, complex power;
maximum power transfer; non-linear circuits - non-linear resistors, diodes, simple
transistor circuits; electrostatics - Coulomb’s Law; concept of electric field; electric flux;
Gauss’s Law; potential difference; capacitors and dielectrics; magnetism - magnetic
induction and magnetic field; Ampere’s Law; Faraday’s Law; inductance; energy stored in
inductance; transformers.
Staff Dr R Langman
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3 lectures, 1 tutorial weekly (13 wks), 6x3-hr lab sessions during the sem
Mutual exclusions ACM100, ACM102, ACM110
Assessment mode 3-hr final exam (60%), coursework and mid-term test (40%)
Required texts etc
Rizzoni G, Principles and Applications of Electrical Engineering, Irwin, 1993
or Morris NM, Mastering Electronic and Electrical Calculations, MacMillan, 1996
Hammond P, Electromagnetism for Engineers, 3rd edn, Pergamon, 1986.
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Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Materials and Manufacturing
Enrolment code: KNE210
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Introduces civil and mechanical students to the engineering properties of materials and
manufacturing processes. The main emphasis is on understanding why materials have
certain properties and how these properties can be modified and utilised in engineering
processes. A further theme will consider life-cycle properties of materials in the context of
deterioration. Studies cover mechanical properties of materials including destructive and
non-destructive testing. The unit includes an extensive study of metals and metal alloys
with special emphasis on understanding equilibrium diagrams. The heat treatment and
hardenability of plain carbon and alloy steels will also be studied. Fatigue failure and
metallurgical problems associated with welding will be discussed. Non metallic materials
including Portland cement, concrete, timber, ceramics, polymers and composites will also
be covered but the main thrust will be on metal alloys.
Staff Mr BF Cousins
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2 lectures, 15 tutorials, 18 lab sessions
Mutual exclusions ACM216
Assessment mode 3 hr exam (80%), mid term test (5%), lab (15%)
Required texts etc
Askeland DR, The Science and Engineering of Materials, 3rd edn, PWS Publ, 1994.
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Engineering Design and Project Management
Enrolment code: KNE211
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Acquaints students with the fundamental concepts of engineering design. Students study
the design of everyday artefacts as well as professional design practices and standards.
Contemporary concepts of innovation and project management in a competitive
environment are introduced. The unit also develops a student’s communication skills
through oral group presentations as well as written design reports requiring components
of verbal description, mathematical layout, accuracy and complete working drawings.
Students are given an introduction to related topics in project management and
engineering innovation, and they complete small design projects chosen from across the
various engineering disciplines with an emphasis on breadth of application of knowledge
gained in other subjects of the degree.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
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Teaching pattern 6 hrs per week design office
Prerequisites KNM111, KNM112, KNE122, KNM213, KNE222, KNM212
Assessment mode coursework and assignments (100%)
Required texts etc
tba
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Mechanics and Structures
Enrolment code: KNE212
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Develops the fundamental concepts and theories of the elastic behaviour of solid bodies
subject to various types of loading. Promotes an understanding of the design and analysis
of all types of structures such as buildings, bridges and machines. Emphasises the
behaviour of elements making up these structures. Studies cover concepts of stress and
strain, internal forces in bar structures, stresses due to bending, behaviour of columns and
members subjects to pure torsion. In dynamics, attention is focused on the plane
kinematics and kinetics of rigid bodies, using the momentum and energy conservation
theorems. Mechanical vibrations of systems with one degree of freedom are considered,
including transient vibration and numerical solutions to the equations of motion.
Staff Dr ES Melerski, Dr JS Montes
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial, 6 x3-hr lab sessions
Prerequisites KNM112
Mutual exclusions ACM240, ACC213
Assessment mode 3 hr exam (75%), mid-sem test (10%), lab (15%)
Required texts etc
Beer RP and Johnston ER, Vector Mechanics for Engineers, McGraw Hill, 1997
Popov EP, Engineering Mechanics of Solids, Prentice-Hall
Thomson WT, Theory of Vibration with Applications, Chapman-Hall.
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Thermal and Fluid Engineering
Enrolment code: KNE213
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Uses simple methods of mathematical analysis to develop an Understanding of the
concepts and principles of classical thermodynamics and One-dimensional incompressible
fluid motion and their application in the Analysis and design of engineering systems
where fluid flow, energy transfer and energy conversion takes place. The understanding of
these principles is strengthened with relevant laboratory experiments. Studies cover pure
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substances in their three phases, thermodynamic properties and measurement;
manometry and hydrostatic forces; conservation of mass (continuity), momentum and
Bernoulli equations and conservation of energy (first Law of Thermodynamics);
thermodynamic systems and working fluids (vapours, gases and gaseous mixtures),
control volume, basic cycles, energy quality (second Law of Thermodynamics);
dimensional analysis, similarity and modelling; laminar and turbulent flow,
incompressible flow in closed conduits and open channel flow.
Staff Professor MR Davis
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 39 lectures, 13 tutorials, 18 hrs lab
Prerequisites KMA152, KNM112
Mutual exclusions ACM220, ACM221
Assessment mode lab (20%); mid-sem test (10%); 2x2-hr exams (70%)
Required texts etc
Either Streeter VL and Wylie EB, Fluid Mechanics, 1st Sl metric edn, McGraw-Hill Ryerson
or Vennard JK and Street RL, Elementary Fluid Mechanics, 6th Sl edn, Wiley
And also
Pittas AC, Lecture Notes; Tutorial Problems, (available from School of Engineering)
Mayhew YR and Rogers GFC, Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Fluids Sl Units, 4th
edn, Blackwell
Moran MJ and Shapiro HN, Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics, J Wiley, 1988 or
1991
Leaver RH and Thomas TR, Analysis and Presentation of Experimental Results, Macmillan.
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Experimental Design and Analysis
Enrolment code: KNE214
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Considers the design of experiments, instrumentation, data acquisition systems, analogue
to digital conversion and the use of the software MatLap and Lab View. Data analysis
including the use of MatLab and Excel, elementary stastistical analysis, interpretation of
experimental data, and graphical presentation of results. Student groups will design a
simple transducer (such as a load cell) to set specifications which will be manufactured
and tested. Testing will involve calibration, including repeatability and error limit
determination. Results from different groups will be combined to evaluate reproducibility.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2x1-hr lectures, 2x1-hr tutorials, 1-hr practical weekly (13 wks)
Assessment mode final exam (50%), design (20%), lab (20%), mid-sem test (10%)
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
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Electronic Engineering
Enrolment code: KNE222
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Gives students a basic understanding of the analog and digital electronic principles
involved in instrumentation and measurement systems. Topics covered include:
Introduction to transient and resonant circuit theory of circuits involving resistors,
inductors and capacitors; Basic description of the behaviour of operational amplifiers with
positive and negative feedback; Application of operational amplifiers to measurement,
instrumentation and filter circuits; Boolean algebra and the implementation of simple
Boolean functions using truth tables and Karnaugh Map simplification; Combinational
logic and simple sequential logic circuit implementation; Number representation using
Boolean variables and logic function realisation of simple arithmetic operations;
Realisation of counting circuits; An introduction to modulation and the concepts of band
limited channels.
Staff Dr DJH Lewis (Coordinator)
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3 lectures, 1 tutorial weekly (13 wks), 6x3-hr lab sessions during sem
Prerequisites KMA152 and KNE122
Mutual exclusions AEA201, AEA202
Assessment mode 3-hr final exam (70%), coursework and mid-term test (30%)
Required texts etc
Mitchell FH and Mitchell FH, Introduction to Electronic Design, 2nd edn (or later),
Prentice-Hall, 1992.
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Computing and Mathematics
Enrolment code: KNE225
Offered: not offered in 2002
Contact the School of Engineering for details
Unit weight 12.5%
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Microprocessors and Data Acquisition
Enrolment code: KNE232
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Is designed for students interested in the fundamental operation of microprocessors and
micro-controllers and the interfacing of these devices to the real world. The unit builds
from the realisation of gate circuits, the reduction and implementation of Boolean
functions, to the design and implementation of sequential circuits. Fundamental
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programming of microprocessors and micro-controllers (Macro and Assembler code) is
developed and hardware and software aspects of how these devices are connected to
memory and peripheral systems. Methods of conversion between analog and digital
signals are developed.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3 lectures, 1 tutorial, 5x3 hrs prac weekly, 13 weeks
Prerequisites KXA150 or KXA151
Mutual exclusions KCA254, AEA303
Assessment mode 3-hr exam (70%), coursework (30%)
Courses [N3A] [S3G]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Engineering Project Management and Economics
Enrolment code: KNE301
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Provides students with an introduction to the techniques of project management including
basics of financial and economic control. Students learn how to optimise the outcomes of
projects in terms of time, cost and specification (quality), including project planning and
implementation, cost systems, programming, cash flow analysis and budgeting,
environmental impact statements, contract administration, and lifecycle costing. The unit
also describes the behaviour of individuals and groups in organisations. Topics include
intra and interpersonal skills, leadership, organisational culture, conflict resolution,
change, human relations and modern management.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3 lectures, 1 tutorial, 1 hr prac weekly, 13 weeks
Prerequisites KNE211
Assessment mode assignments (30%), quiz (10%), final exam (60%)
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Structural Mechanics
Enrolment code: KNE312
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Columns and beam-columns. States of plane stress and strain, strain measurements.
Miscellaneous problems of Mechanics of Materials: thick cylinders, combined stresses and
yield criteria for metals, unsymmetrical bending, bending of curved elements (beams).
Energy Methods: Real work, strain energy and complementary energy, virtual work,
energy theorems. Calculation of elastic deflections in bar structures. Elastic analyses of
plane, statically indeterminate structures: Force Method, Slope Deflection Method,
Moment Distribution Method. Beams on elastic foundations. Plastic analysis of bar
structures.
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Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3 lectures, 1 tutorial, 1.5 hrs prac weekly, 13 weeks
Prerequisites KNE212
Mutual exclusions ACC313
Assessment mode coursework and lab (20%), final exam (80%)
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Geotechnical Engineering 1
Enrolment code: KNE313
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Introduction to geological processes; significance of engineering geology; applied
geophysics; geology and earthquakes; geology of Hobart and regions; engineering case
histories.
Soil phases and properties; characteristics of soils; compaction processes and control;
stresses in soils; consolidation and settlement; soil permeability and water movement.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3 lectures, 1 tutorial, 1.5 hrs prac weekly, 13 weeks
Prerequisites KNM210, KNM212
Mutual exclusions ACC346, KEA432
Assessment mode assignments (25%), final exam (75%)
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Transportation Engineering
Enrolment code: KNE314
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Transport modes and planning; economics of transport; traffic and highway engineering
including vehicle characteristics, collection of traffic data, parametric and non parametric
tests applied to traffic engineering problems, headway distributions, gap and delay
models, speed and flow relationships, roadway capacity – uninterrupted and interrupted
flow, isolated traffic signals, coordinated traffic signals, traffic accidents; environmental
problems associated with roads, road design standards, geometric design of roads,
pavement materials, design and evaluation of road pavements, maintenance strategies.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3 lectures, 1 tutorial, 1.5 hrs prac weekly, 13 weeks
Prerequisites KNE210, KNE212
Mutual exclusions ACC445
Assessment mode assignments (25%), final exam (75%)
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
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Steel and Timber Structures
Enrolment code: KNE315
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Familiarises students with steel and timber materials technology, and the analysis and
design of steel and timber structures. Students are confronted with a variety of creative
structural projects in steel or timber for which codes of practice are employed to develop
professional engineering solutions. There are several large design projects, supported by
weekly tutorial exercises, that explore detailed engineering requirements of structure,
frame and element design. Students are also expected to use computer-aided design
facilities and structural analysis applications for documentation of projects.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2 lectures, 2 tutorials, 1 hr prac weekly, 13 weeks
Prerequisites KNM212, KNM210
Mutual exclusions ACC355
Assessment mode continuous assessment of project and tutorial work (50%), end-of-sem
exam (50%)
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Concrete Structures
Enrolment code: KNE316
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Familiarises students with concrete materials technology, and the analysis and design of
concrete structures. Students are confronted with a variety of creative structural projects in
concrete for which codes of practice are employed to develop professional engineering
solutions. There will be several large design projects, supported by weekly tutorial
exercises, that explore detailed engineering requirements of structure, frame and element
design. Students will also be expected to use computer- aided design facilities and
structural analysis applications for documentation of projects.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2 lectures, 2 tutorials, 1 hr prac weekly, 13 weeks
Prerequisites KNM212, KNM210, KNE315
Mutual exclusions ACC355, ACC315
Assessment mode continuous assessment of project and tutorial work (50%), end-of-sem
exam (50%)
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Advanced Circuit Analysis
Enrolment code: KNE331
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
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Both semiconductor and circuit theory are covered. Semiconductor theory covers
semiconductor materials (atomic structure, band theory, mobility of carriers, conductivity
and diffusion) and solar cell, diode (junction and zener), transistor (BJT and FET) and SCR
devices.
Circuit analysis includes resonance, two-port networks, transient in RL, RC and RLC
circuits, single and multi-stage amplifiers, feedback theory and oscillators. Step, pulse and
continuous non-sinusoidal excitation of RC and RL circuits and linear and non-linear wave
shaping.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3 lectures, 1 tutorial, weekly, 13 weeks; 5x3-hr practicals
Prerequisites KNE222
Assessment mode 3-hr exam (70%), coursework (30%)
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Digital Electronic Systems (2002)
Enrolment code: KNE332
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Design of Boolean logic and finite state machines. Standard SSI, MSI and LSI components;
implementation with different logic families, mainly TTL and MOS sticks; synchronous
system design, ALU, memory, tri-state, and open-collector buses. Top-down design of
digital systems, data path design, controller design, micro-programming, hardware
implementation of arithmetic and other algorithmic processes, and use of Digital CAD
tools in moder VLSI design. Modelling of digital systems using hardware description
language VHDL. Implementation of complex digital systems using synthesis tools; use of
field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) to implement digital systems.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3 lectures, 1 tutorial, weekly, 13 weeks; 5x3-hr practicals
Prerequisites KNE222, KCA254
Mutual exclusions AEA302, AEA303
Assessment mode 3-hr exam (70%), coursework (30%)
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Signals and Linear Systems
Enrolment code: KNE333
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Signal transforms: linearity, time-invariance, superposition, etc. The approximation
problem, orthogonal functions, Fourier series, harmonics, harmonic distortion, examples
of network response by superposition of phasor solutions. Laplace transforms for solving
LDEs. Initial conditions, standard transforms, partial fraction expansions, generalised
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impedances, transfer functions H(s). Aperiodic signals, Fourier transforms, conditions for
existence, standard transforms.
Network responses: poles and zeros. Transfer functions from frequency responses;
impulse response, step response, convolution, graphical convolution. Time delay and
linear phase requirements for distortionless transmission, dispersion.
Filter designs: approximation techniques; standard filters – Butterworth, Chebsyshev and
Bessel.
Digital signal processing: sampling theorem, Nyquist, aliasing, reconstruction from
samples; transmission bandwidth and binary transmission; DFT, windowing, FFT
algorithms. Z-transform for solving difference equations, digital convolution, digital
filters, FIR and IIR. Frequence response of digital filters.
Introduction to stochastic signals: stationarity and ergodicity, probability density
function (pdf), sums of random variables, central limit theorem, Gaussian distribution,
thermal noise, power spectral density, noise in networks, correlation function, PSD and
ACF. Spectrum of random binary data, binary detection and Gaussian noise.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3 lectures, 1 tutorial, weekly, 13 weeks; 5x3-hr practicals
Prerequisites KNE222 and KYA275 and KME271
Mutual exclusions AEA306, AEA311
Assessment mode 3-hr exam (70%), coursework (30%)
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Communication Systems 1
Enrolment code: KNE334
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Transmission media transmission lines as distributed circuits, partial DEs and travelling
waves; lossless and distortionless lines, attenuation, propagation constant, phase and
group velocity. Calculations of sending and receiving end quantities; constants of
transmission lines; mismatch and reflections, reflection diagrams, SWR, Smith Chart,
measurement techniques; low-loss lines, resonant lines, reactive stubs, Q factors. Matching
with quarter-wave transformers, 1- and 2-stub tuners. Power lines.
Electromagnetism: plane wave TEM propagation in free space and in lossy media,
impedance, polarisation, propagation constant, Poynting vector, dispersion, phase and
group velocity, skin depth.
Modulation techniques: why modulate? AM and its derivatives (DSB/SC, SSB, QUAM,
VISB ?), modulation index and depth of modulation, sidebands, transmission bandwidths,
modulation and demodulation, coherence in local oscillators, pilot carriers, crosstalk,
envelope detection. Angle modulation, FM and PM, spectrum of sinusoidally modulated
FM, transmission bandwidth; receiver structures, image frequency, IRR and selectivity
examples.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3 lectures, 1 tutorial, weekly, 13 weeks; 5x3-hr practicals
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Prerequisites KYA275, KME271, KNE222
Mutual exclusions AEA204, AEA230, KYA375
Assessment mode 3-hr exam (70%), coursework (30%)
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Electrical Design Management and Law
Enrolment code: KNE335
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Adds to the techniques and knowledge gained in KNE211 Engineering Design and Project
Management and covers selected topics in the areas of communication, control, digital,
electronic and power engineering. Students are shown the methods of operational
planning and control, and the impact of quality systems on design and manufacturing
processes. The latter includes the application of engineering standards, tolerance problems
and reliability.
Management and Law: Human resource management: contracts, tendering, arbitration,
trade practice. Asset management, risk management. Liability. Contracts and tendering.
Introduction to environmental law; international agreements and policy, regional
implications, federal and state environmental legislation, environmental licensing
requirements, appeal processes and case studies; multimedia law, clean production
policies. Law of evidence; employment and commercial law.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 2 lectures, 3 tutorials, weekly, 13 weeks
Prerequisites KNE211
Corequisites KNE332, KNE336
Mutual exclusions AEA352
Assessment mode 2-hr exam (30%), project work (70%)
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Instrumentation and Control
Enrolment code: KNE336
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Examples of control systems; solving linear, time-invariant, differential equations;
state-space approach to control system analysis. Mathematical modelling of mechanical
electrical and electromechanical systems. Basic industrial controllers including P, I, PI, PD
and PID controllers.
Transient-response analysis, Routh’s stability criterion, steady-state error analysis,
introduction to system optimisation, root-locus plots, root-locus analysis, Bode diagrams,
Nyquist stability criterion, stability analysis. Design and compensation techniques.
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Digital computer control system applications, samples data systems, stability analysis in
the z-plane, closed-loop systems with computer compensation, Matlab and C++ programs
for control.
Application of Op-Ams in control applications, ADC and DCA techniques and techniques
used in interfacing signals to computer systems. Introduction to PLC systems and their
application.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3 lectures, 1 tutorial, weekly, 13 weeks, 5x3-hr practicals
Prerequisites KME271
Corequisites KNE333
Mutual exclusions AEA306
Assessment mode 3-hr exam (70%), coursework (30%)
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Electrical Materials and Machines
Enrolment code: KNE341
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Introduces the properties of electrical materials commonly used in electrical systems and
the theory of static and rotary electrical machines with their equivalent circuits and
performance characteristics. The following topics are covered:
Materials: insulators; contactors; magnetic materials;
Machines: recap of magnetic circuits; power transformers and instrument transformers;
induction machines; DC machines; synchronous machines; other machines.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3 lectures, 1 tutorial, weekly, 13 weeks, 5x3-hr practicals
Prerequisites KNE122
Mutual exclusions AEA211, AEA203, AEA322
Assessment mode 3-hr exam (70%), coursework (30%)
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Power Systems 1
Enrolment code: KNE342
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Introduces the theory of static and rotary electrical machines with their equivalent circuits
and performance characteristics. The following topics are covered:
3-phase circuits and revision of single-phase circuits; per unit quantities; equivalent
circuits of alternators, transformers and transmission lines; voltage characteristics of loads;
control of power and frequency; control of voltage and reactive power; load flow analysis;
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fault analysis – symmetrical faults; safety and protection in industrial power plants –
grounding, fuses and relays; harmonics and quality of power supply.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3 lectures, 1 tutorial, weekly, 13 weeks, 5x3-hr practicals
Prerequisites KNE122
Mutual exclusions AEA321
Assessment mode 3-hr exam (70%), coursework (30%)
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Fluid Mechanics 1
Enrolment code: KNE351
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Extends the treatment of ideal fluid flow to two dimensions, and the treatment of open
channels to the gradually varied flow case. A general treatment of flow about immersed
bodies is introduced at an elementary level. The basic theory of incompressible flow
turbomachinery is covered.
Topics include: kinematics and dynamics of 2-dimensional idea fluid flow, velocity
potential and stream functions; flow nets; addition of ideal flow patterns; flow about
immersed bodies; introduction to boundary layers; friction drag on plates; drag
measurement from wake traversing; gradually varied flow in open channels; hydraulic
jumps; channel controls and backwater curves; energy transfer in turbomachines;
dimensional analysis of turbomachine performance; elementary design and performance
analysis of pumps and turbines for incompressible flow.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3 lectures, 1 tutorial, 1.4-hr practicals weekly, 13 weeks
Prerequisites KNM213
Mutual exclusions ACM320
Assessment mode final exam (80%), lab (20%)
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Dynamic Systems
Enrolment code: KNE352
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Kinematics of 3-dimensional systems including rotation about a fixed point, rotating and
translating axes; robot kinematics using the Denavitt-Hartenberg system; mass moments
and products of inertia; kinematics of rigid bodies and 3 dimensions; Euler equations;
gyroscopes; energy methods including virtual work, generalised coordinates and
Hamilton’s equations; vibration of single degree systems with impulse excitation; multiple
degree of freedom systems with point masses; eigenvalues and eigenvectors; matrix
iteration; branched systems. Rotor and engine balancing.
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Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3 lectures, 1 tutorial, weekly, 13 weeks 4x3-hr practicals
Prerequisites KNM212
Mutual exclusions ACM301
Assessment mode 3-hr exam (70%), coursework (30%)
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Manufacturing, Maintenance and Quality
Enrolment code: KNE353
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Develops the fundamentals of machining, manufacturing processes, modern statistical
quality control techniques, control charts and specification limits. Several measuring
techniques and gauging are discussed. Studies cover (a) Statistical Quality Control –
review of statistical methods; quality control functions; process control techniques; quality
accreditation; (b) Engineering Metrology – length standards, gauging, specific methods
and instruments; screw threads and gear measurements; (c) Manufacturing Processes –
mechanics of cutting models; analysis of turning operations; (d) Group Technology; (e)
Flexible Manufacturing Systems – constituents, layout, applications, case study; (f)
Industrial Maintenance Methods and Practice – case studies.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3 lectures, 1 tutorial, 1.5-hr practicals weekly, 13 weeks
Prerequisites KNE353
Mutual exclusions ACM302, ACM316
Assessment mode exam (80%), assignment/project (20%)
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Thermal Energy Systems
Enrolment code: KNE354
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Presents the use of energy and energy resources from an Australian and global
perspective. Emphasis is given to the need to distinguish clearly between energy quality
and quantity and the ability to analyse the thermodynamic performance of a broad range
of thermal energy systems. Analyses of industrial size engineering plant are presented.
Studies cover energy conversion and usage levels; resources; fuels, including combustion
theory and calculations; non-flow and flow processes; second law analysis of gas and
vapour power cycles; cogeneration; properties of mixtures; introduction to psychrometry;
jet propulsion; introduction to heat transfer.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 1 lecture, 1 tutorial, 3 hrs prac weekly, 13 weeks
Mutual exclusions ACM350
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Assessment mode 3-hr exam (80%), lab/field trips (20%)
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Design for Manufacture
Enrolment code: KNE355
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Students develop their design skills through participation in a group design project
involving any aspect of mechanical engineering, eg machine design, manufacturing,
thermodynamics, fluid dynamics etc. Each project has many design aspects tackled by
various members of the large group and overseen by an appointed student leader. That
leader is responsible for the overall management of the project and for ensuring that all
parts of the design function together.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 5 hrs weekly, total 65 hrs
Prerequisites completion of second year of BE course
Mutual exclusions ACC355, ACM356
Assessment mode continuous assessment of project work
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Mechatronic Systems 1
Enrolment code: KNE364
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Signal transforms: linearity, time-invariance, superposition, etc. The approximation
problem, orthogonal functions, Fourier series, harmonics, harmonic distortion, examples
of network response by superposition of phasor solutions; Laplace transforms for solving
LDEs; initial conditions, standard transforms, partial fraction expansions, generalised
impedances, transfer functions H(s); aperiodic signals, Fourier transforms, conditions for
existence, standard transforms.
Network responses: poles and zeros; transfer functions from frequency responses;
impulse response, step response, convolution, graphical convolution.
Digital signal processing: sampling theory, Nyquist, alisasing, reconstruction from
samples, DFT windowing, FFT algorithms, Z-transform for solving difference equations,
digital convolution, digital filters, FIR and IIR; frequency response of digital filters.
Fuzzy control: basic mathematical concepts of fuzzy sets, the structure of fuzzy
controllers, Mamdani type fuzzy rules, Sugeno type fuzzy processing PD, PI, and PID like
controllers, adjustment of fuzzy controller parameters, software tools for fuzzy controller
design, ANFIS.
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3 lectures, 1 tutorial weekly, 13 weeks; 5x3-hr practicals
Prerequisites KNE222, KYA275 and KME271
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Mutual exclusions AEA306, AEA311
Assessment mode 3-hr exam (70%), coursework (30%)
Courses [N3A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Municipal Engineering for Surveyors
Enrolment code: KNE405
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Special note: restricted to Surveying students
Provides an introduction to aspects of municipal engineering likely to involve
participation of surveyors. Studies cover: (a) Fluid flow – estimation and measurement of
flow in pipes and channels and over weirs; simple pumping systems; flow through
orifices; (b) Hydrology – the hydrologic cycle, precipitation and run-off; water supply,
sewerage and drainage; and (c) Engineering properties of soils – compaction of soil, road
pavement materials, pavement design, roadway capacity, design of roads; cement and
concrete technology; properties of timber.
Staff Mr BF Cousins, Mr R Camm, Dr GJ Walker
Unit weight 12.5%
Prerequisites KYA100, ASA314 and 316
Corequisites KGG402
Required texts etc
Linsley RK, Kohler MA and Paulhus JL, Hydrology for Engineers, McGraw Hill.
Courses [N3H]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Hydraulic Engineering
Enrolment code: KNE411
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Closed conduit flow – velocity distribution and friction factors; pipe networks, surge
towers, water hammer. Surface waves, shoaling, breaking, wind generation. Open channel
flow – estuarine bores, hydraulic jumps, critical flow, backwater analysis, flood and surge
waves. Weirs, spillways, flood propagation. Turbulent diffusion processes. Sediment
transport. Engineering Hydrology – the hydrologic cycle; elements of meteorology;
precipitation and forecasting; evaporation from water surfaces; infiltration; unit
hydrographs and the rational runoff equation; flood flows, flood routing, retardation basin
design, water supply and treatment.
Staff Prof MR Davis (Coordinator)
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks), 6x3-hr lab
Prerequisites KNE351
Mutual exclusions ACC431, ACC446
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Assessment mode lab and coursework (20%), final 3-hr exam (80%)
Required texts etc
Chadwick A, Hydraulics in civil and Environmental Engineering, 3rd edn, E&FN Spoon
Recommended texts etc
Wanielista M, Kersten R, Eaglim R, Hydrology, Wiley
Robertson JA, Cassidy JJ, Chaudry MH, Hydraulic Engineering, Wiley
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Stress and Structural Analysis
Enrolment code: KNE412
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Matrix Stiffness Method, effect of axial forces on behaviour of frames, influence lines for
prismatic bar structures, structural dynamics. Elastic stress analysis of two – and
threedimensional bodies; isotropic, orthotropic and composite materials. Stress function
formulations and specific solutions. Behaviour of laterally loaded plates and simple shells.
Introduction to finite element method of analysis.
Staff Dr ES Melerski
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks), 6x3-hr lab
Prerequisites KNE312
Mutual exclusions ACC413
Assessment mode lab and coursework (20%), final 3-hr exam (80%)
Required texts etc
Timoshenko SP, Goodier JN, Theory of Elasticity, McGraw-Hill
Recommended texts etc
Gahli An, Neville AM, Structural Analysis: A Unified Classical and Matrix Approach, E&FN
Spoon, 1997
Rao SS, The Fine Element Method in Engineering, Pergamon Press.
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Geotechnical Engineering 2
Enrolment code: KNE413
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Shear strength and the stress history of soils. Stability of slopes; pressures exerted by soil
masses; Retaining walls including cantilever, sheetpile, reinforced earth and diaphragm
walls; Braced excavations; bearing capacity of foundations; settlement of foundations;
piled foundations; concepts of probability of failure and risk management; statistics and
engineering judgement.
Staff Mr BF Cousins (Coordinator)
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Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks), 6x3-hr lab
Prerequisites KNE312, KNE313
Mutual exclusions ACC434
Assessment mode lab (10%), assignments (15%), 3-hr exam (75%)
Required texts etc
Whitlow R, Basic Soil Mechanics, Longman Scientific
Das BM, Principles of Geotechnical Engineering, PBS Publ
Recommended texts etc
Craig RF, Soil Mechanics, Chapman Hall
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Construction and Asset Management
Enrolment code: KNE414
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
For details of this unit, please contact the School of Engineering
Staff Dr A Beasley (Coordinator)
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks)
Prerequisites KNE301
Assessment mode 3-hr exam (50%), assignments (50%)
Recommended texts etc
Lloyd BE, The Organisation of Engineering Work, Macmillan, 1979
Chalmers DRC, Clark EE, Legal Studies for Tasmania, 3rd edn, Butterworths, 1992
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Civil Engineering Design 1
Enrolment code: KNE415
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
For details of this unit, please contact the School of Engineering
Staff Dr A Beasley (Coordinator)
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 78 hrs design office work
Prerequisites KNE315, KNE316
Assessment mode continuous assessment of project work
Required texts etc
Goernc, Tinyou, Syam, Steel Designers Manual, 6th edn
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Warner, Rangan, Hall, Faulkes, Contcrete Structures, Longman, 1998
Australian Standards for Civil Engineering Students, SAA HB2.2.
Recommended texts etc
AUSTROADS, Bridge Design Code, 1992
Australian Institute of Steel Construction, Load Capacity Tables
Cement and Concrete Association, Concrete Design Handbook
SAA and C&CA, Guide to Concrete Construction.
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Civil and Environmental Engineering Project
Enrolment code: KNE416
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Each student is assigned an individual supervisor from the academic staff of the school
and is required to undertake a project which may involve research and development
work, engineering design, literature survey, experimental work, theoretical work,
computational studies, simulation and implementation. Pass students will work in pairs
but will be required to submit individual project reports. Honours students will be
assigned individual research and development projects. Honours students will start work
on their thesis in the first semester. All students will be expected to attend talks in
semester 1 which will help them in their research. Such talks will include, for example,
using the library databases. The typed and bound thesis is to be submitted on a date
determined by the Head of School.
Staff Dr A Beasley (Coordinator)
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 70 hrs project work including oral presentations
Prerequisites KNE312, KNE313, KNE315, KNE316
Mutual exclusions ACC447
Assessment mode individual project report or thesis and the presentation of seminars
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Civil Engineering Design 2
Enrolment code: KNE417
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
For details of this unit, please contact the School of Engineering
Staff Dr A Beasley
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 78 hrs design office work
Prerequisites KNE301, KNE313, KNE351
Assessment mode continuous assessment of project work
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Recommended texts etc
Wilie B, Streeter V, Hydraulic Transients, McGraw-Hill
Tomlinson, Foundation Design and Construction, Longman
Underwood R, Geometric Design of Roads, Macmillan, 1991
Merideth JR, Mantel SJ, Project Management, Wiley, 2000.
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Civil Engineering Practice
Enrolment code: KNE418
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
For details of this unit, please contact the School of Engineering
Staff Mr BF Cousins
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks), 6x3-hr lab
Prerequisites KNE411, KNE412, KNE413, KNE470
Assessment mode 3-hr exam (50%), assingments (50%)
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Civil Engineering Honours
Enrolment code: KNE419
Offered: Hobart: semesters 1 & 2
Students undertake an in-depth study on a project related to Civil Engineering and
prepare a bound thesis on that topic. The study may consist of various aspects os design,
analysis, literature review, laboratory-based experimental work or field work, theoretical
or computational studies, simulation or implementation. A significant element of research
or development work is expected. Students will also attend a series of specialised lectures
and workshops on information retrieval skills, seminar presentation, and thesis writing
and preparation
Staff Dr A Beasley
Unit weight 0%
Prerequisites completion of BE yr 3 with sufficient merit
Assessment mode thesis presentation and average weighted marks of BE years 3 and 4.
Courses [N4A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Computer Architecture
Enrolment code: KNE422
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
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Topics include: Instruction set design, computer arithmetic, controller and datapath
design, memory systems, input/output systems, networks interrupts and exceptions,
pipelining, performance and cost analysis, computer architecture history, and a survey of
advanced architectures. There will be a computer design project. The practical part
includes implementation of a major subset of the MIPS architecture to the gate level.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks), 4x3-hr lab
Prerequisites KNE232 and KNE332
Mutual exclusions KCA343, KCA443
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Computer Systems Engineering Project
Enrolment code: KNE423
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
For details of this unit, please contact the School of Engineering
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks), 5x3-hr lab
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Image Processing and Computer Vision
Enrolment code: KNE424
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Introduces the tools and techniques used in modem image processing, and provides the
basis for the design of industrial and commercial image processing systems. Studies cover
the human visual system, digital TV and video standards, the fundamentals of
2-dimensional signal processing, 2-D image transform techniques, video coding and
compression systems JPEG/MPEG, multi-media intemet signal processing, image
enhancement techniques, edge detection, object recognition, robot vision and fractals.
Staff Prof DT Nguyen (Coordinator)
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks), 5x3-hr lab
Prerequisites KMA150 or KMA152 or KMA156
Mutual exclusions KCA342, AEA414
Assessment mode 3-hr exam (60%), lab (20%), 1-hr mid-sem test and assignments (20%)
Required texts etc
Gonzales RC, Woods RE, Digital Image Processing, addison Wesley, 1992
Recommended texts etc
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Ballard DH, Brown CM, Computer Vision, Prentice-Hall, 1982
Castleman KR, Digital Image Processing, Prentice-Hall, 1996
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Computer Systems Engineering Design
Enrolment code: KNE425
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
For details of this unit, please contact the School of Engineering
Unit weight 12.5%
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Computer Systems Engineering Honours
Enrolment code: KNE429
Offered: Hobart: semesters 1 & 2
Students undertake an in-depth study on a project related to Computer Systems
Engineering and prepare a bound thesis on that topic. The study may consist of various
aspects of design, analysis, literature review, laboratory-based experimental work or field
work, theoretical or computational studies, simulation or implementation. A significant
element of research or development work is expected. Students will also attend a series of
specialised lectures and workshops on information retrieval skills, seminar presentation,
and thesis writing and preparation
Staff tba
Unit weight 0%
Prerequisites completion of BE year-3 with sufficient merit
Assessment mode thesis presentation and average weight marks of BE years 3 and 4
Courses [N4A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Communication Systems 2
Enrolment code: KNE431
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Noise: Noise figure, noise temperature, noise calculations in amplifiers and cascades.
Performance of modulation systems in the presence of noise -AM, DS13/SC, SSB, FM.
Pre-emphasis and de-emphasis. Stereo AM and FNI, compatibilty issues and performance.
Electromagnetism: Maxwell’s equations.Field relations at a boundary, reflection and
transmission, total internal reflection, Brewster angle. Propagation along a plane surface.
Guided and unguided waves: Parallel plane and rectangular waveguides, modes, cutoff
frequency, guide wavelength, dispersion. Waveguide devices. Optical fibre: construction,
properties, limitations. Attenuation and dispersion, sources, detectors, optical amplifiers.
Vector potential, antennas, radiation resistance, gain and directivity, effective area,
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antenna arrays, parasitic elements. Propagation paths, sky and ground waves, ionospheric
effects. Detailed examination of examples of communications systems such as television,
radar, electronic navigation etc.
Staff Dr DHJ Lewis (Coordinator)
Unit weight 12.5%
Prerequisites KNE333, KNE334, KNE336
Mutual exclusions AEA304, AEA432
Recommended texts etc
Kraus JD, Electromagnetics, 4th edn, McGraw-Hill, 1992
Swartz M, Information Transmission, Modulation and Noise, 3rd edn or later, McGraw-Hill
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Digital Communication Systems
Enrolment code: KNE432
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
PCM Techniques: Sampling, aliasing, quantisation of analog signals. Quantising noise.
PCM and TDM-PCM systems. DPCM, adaptive schemes and delta modulation.Baseband
data transmission: intersymbol interference, Optimal transmitting and receiving filters,
pulse shaping filters, channel equalisation, calculation of bit error rate, and Gray coding,
eye patterns. Modem principles: Units of information, digital modulation techniques,
signal constellation of an M-ary systems, CCITT modem standards, scambling and
descrambling, error detection and correction, Digital filtering: digital filter design, FIR
design from frequency response and optimisation techniques, IIR design from analog
prototypes using impulse invariant and bilinear transformations. Digital microwave
systems: Radio propagation, multipath effects, fading. CCITT standards, examples of
system design. Information Theory: Uncertainty, conditional and joint uncertainty,
maximizing uncertainty, measuring information. Noiseless coding, Huftman codes,
Noiseless Coding Theorem. Discrete noisy channels, symmetric channels, channel
capacity. Noisy Coding Theorem. Uncertainty in the continuous case, Shannons law for
Gaussian channels. Error-correcting codes.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks), 4x3-hr lab
Prerequisites KNE333, KNE334
Mutual exclusions AEA432
Assessment mode 3-hr exam (70%), coursework (30%)
Required texts etc
Haykin S, Digital Communication Systems, Wesley, 1988
Senior JM, Optical Fibre Communications, Prentice Hall, 1985
Recommended texts etc
Stremler FG, Introduction to Communication Systems, Wesley, 1982
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Courses [N3A] [N4A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Electronic Systems
Enrolment code: KNE433
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Gives methods of circuit analysis and design for use in the general instrumentation area
and for interfacing analog and digital systems. Examines performance limitations
including the effects of noise and finite bandwidth on systems. Studies cover
microelectronics, power amplifiers (discrete and integrated circuit), general feedback
theory and compensation techniques, oscillator, pulse and function generators, analog
multipliers, and D/A and A/D converters. Development of analog and digital filter
systems. IIR and FIR filter systems.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks), 5x3-hr lab
Prerequisites KNE331, KNE333
Mutual exclusions AEA407
Assessment mode 3-hr exam (70%), coursework (30%)
Required texts etc
Sedra AS, Smith KC, Microelectronic Circuits, 3rd edn, HRW International
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Computer and Data Networks
Enrolment code: KNE434
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Introduces Local Area Networks (LANs) and similar systems carrying data between
computers. The OSI model, international standards, data link protocols. Circuit, packet
and message switching networks. Network topologies, polling and random access
strategies. lEEE802.X LANs. Token passing bus and token ring networks, CD/CSMA and
Ethernet systems. LAN operating systems, problems of network security and network
management. Measurement of telecommunications traffic and the applications of
queueing theory to the analysis of network throughput and response time, with examples
of network planning, design and performance simulation. Metropolitan area networks
(MANs), Wide area networks (WANs) and integrated services digital networks (ISDN).
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks), 5x3-hr lab
Prerequisites KMA150 or (KMA152 and KMA154)
Mutual exclusions AEA412, KCA354
Assessment mode 3-hr exam (70%), coursework (30%)
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Required texts etc
Schwartz M, Telecommunication Networks: Protocols, Modelling and Analysis, Addison Weslet,
1987
Stallings W, Local Networks, Maxwell Macmillan, 1993.
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Project
Enrolment code: KNE435
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Each student is assigned an individual supervisor from the academic staff of the school
and is required to undertake a project which may involve research and development
work, engineering design, literature survey, experimental work, theoretical work,
computational studies, simulation and implementation. Pass students will work in pairs
but will be required to subn-dt individual project reports. Honours students will be
assigned individual research and development projects. Honours students will start work
on their thesis in the first semester. All students will be expected to attend talks in
semester 1 which will help them in their research. Such talks will include, for example,
using the library databases. The typed and bound thesis is to be submitted on a date
determined by the Head of School.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks), 5x3-hr lab
Prerequisites KNE335 and other units defined by project area as determined by HoS
Mutual exclusions AEA453
Assessment mode individual project report or thesis and the presentation of seminars.
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Design
Enrolment code: KNE436
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Is a project in electronics or communications engineering, which may involve research and
development work, engineering design, literature survey, experimental or theoretical
work, computational studies, simulation and implementation. Students are shown the
methods of operational planning and control, and the impact of quality systems on design
and manufacturing processes. The latter includes the application of engineering standards,
tolerance problems and reliability.
Staff tba
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Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 1-hr lecture, 4z1-hr tutorial, 3-hr practical weekly (13 wks)
Prerequisites KNE335 and other units defined by project area as determined by HoS
Assessment mode coursework (100%)
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Honours
Enrolment code: KNE439
Offered: Hobart: semesters 1 & 2
Students undertake an in-depth study on a project related to Civil Engineering and
prepare a bound thesis on that topic. The study may consist of various aspects os design,
analysis, literature review, laboratorybased experimental work or field work, theoretical or
computational studies, simulation or implementation. A significant element of research or
development work is expected. Students will also attend a series of specialised lectures
and workshops on information retrieval skills, seminar presentation, and thesis writing
and preparation
Staff tba
Unit weight 0%
Prerequisites completion of BE year 3 with sufficient merit
Assessment mode thesis presentation and average wieghted marks of BE years 3 and 4
Courses [N4A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Intelligent Systems
Enrolment code: KNE441
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
The aim of this course is to acquaint students with engineering intelligent systems and
provide them with a working knowledge for building these systems. The unit is intended
for all engineering and science students. The unit gives introduction to the expert systems,
knowledge representation, fuzzy knowledge and dealing with uncertainty and expert
system tools and languages. Students are given a comprehensive background in building
expert systems using expert system shell. The unit also presents fuzzy set theory,
considers how to build fuzzy expert systems and illustrates the theory through examples.
And finally the unit gives an introduction to genetic algorithms and artificial neural
networks, considers human neural system, pattern classification and clustering
algorithms, neural net topology and training, neural-like computers and applications of
neural nets.
Staff Dr M Negnevitsky
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks), 5x3-hr lab
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Mutual exclusions AEA413, KCA341, KCA441
Assessment mode 3-hr final exam (65%), project (20%), assignments (15%)
Required texts etc
Durkin J, Expert Systems Design and Development, Prentice Hall, 1994
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
Faculty website <http://www.utas.edu.au/scieng/>
Power Systems 2
Enrolment code: KNE443
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
The aim of this course is to instill confidence and understanding of those concepts of
power system analysis that are likely to be encountered in the study and practice of
electrical power engineering. The approach is to develop the thinking process of the
student in reaching a sound understanding of a broad range of topics in the power-system
area of electrical engineering. Calculation of unbalanced fault conditions, methods of
symmetrical components, the admittance model and network calculations, the impedance
model and network calculations,Thévenin’s theorem and Zbus’ load flow solutions, the
Gauss-Seidel method, the Newton-Raphson method, power flow studies in system design
and operation, DAPPER application for load flow analysis, fault calculation using the bus
impedance matrix Zbus’ transient stability, the equal-area criterion for transient stability,
economic operation of power systems, unit commitment, state estimation of power
systems, reliability analysis of power systems, expert systems applications in power
systems.
Staff Dr M Negnevitsky (Coordinator)
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks), 4x3-hr lab
Prerequisites KNE342
Mutual exclusions AEA441
Assessment mode 3-hr final exam (70%), coursework (30%)
Required texts etc
Stevenson WD, elements of Power Systems, McGraw Hill, 1985
Recommended texts etc
Weedy BM, Cory BJ, Electric Power Systems, John Wiley, 1998
Grainger JJ, Stevenson WD, Power Systems Analysis, McGraw Hill, 1994
Wood AJ, Wollenberg BF, Power Generation Operation and Control, John Wiley, 1984
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
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Advanced Control Engineering
Enrolment code: KNE444
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
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Basic materials in state-space analysis including state space equations, eigenvalues of an
nxn matrix, Computing of exp(At). Transfer matrix, Controllability, Observability,
Principle of duality, Second methods of Lyapunov, Lyapunov’s main stability theorem,
Lyapunov stability analysis of linear time-invariant systems, Control system design via
pole placement, Design of state observers, Quadratic optimal control systems.
Introduction to adaptive control of linear systems with uncertain dynamics including the
selection of Lyapunov functions, adaptive law design, stability analysis and robustness
analysis. Introduction to sliding mode control of nonlinear systems with uncertain
dynamics, which covers the definition of sliding surfaces, sliding mode controller design
based on the upper and the lower bounds of system uncertainties, stability analysis and
robustness analysis. The structure and operation of fuzzy controllers, Sugeno type fuzzy
processing, Pl-like fuzzy controllers, PID-like fuzzy controllers, stability and performance
problems.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks), 5x3-hr lab
Prerequisites KME271, KNE333, KNE336
Assessment mode 3-hr final exam (70%), coursework (30%)
Recommended texts etc
Ogata K, Modern control Engineering, 3rd edn, Prentice Hall, 1997
Astrom KJ, Wittenmark B, Computer Controlled Systems, 3rd edn, John Wiley
Pedrycz W, Fuzzy Control and Fuzzy Systems, 2nd edn, John Wiley
Spong MW, Vidyasagar M, Robot Dynamics and Control, John Wiley.
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
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Electrical Power Engineering Project
Enrolment code: KNE445
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Each student is assigned an individual supervisor from the academic staff of the school
and is required to undertake a project which may involve research and development
work, engineering design, literature survey, experimental work, theoretical work,
computational studies, simulation and implementation. Pass students will work in pairs
but will be required to submit individual project reports. Honours students will be
assigned individual research and development projects. Honours students will start work
on their thesis in the first semester. All students will be expected to attend talks in
semester 1 which will help them in their research. Such talks will include, for example,
using the library databases. The typed and bound thesis is to be submitted on a date
determined by the Head of School.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 65 hrs project work
Prerequisites KNE355 and other units defined by project area as determined by HoS
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Assessment mode individual project report or thesis and the presentation of seminars
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
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Electrical Power Design
Enrolment code: KNE446
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Is a design project in electronics or communications engineering, which may involve
research and development work, engineering design, literature survey, experimental or
theoretical work, computational studies, simulation and implementation. Students are
shown the methods of operational planning and control, and the impact of quality systems
on design and manufacturing processes. The latter includes the application of engineering
standards, tolerance problems and reliability.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks), 5x3-hr lab
Prerequisites KNE355 and other units defined by project area as determined by HoS
Mutual exclusions AEA453
Assessment mode coursework (100%)
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
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Electrical Power Engineering Honours
Enrolment code: KNE449
Offered: Hobart: semesters 1 & 2
Students undertake an in-depth study on a project related to Electrical Power Engineering
and prepare a bound thesis on that topic. The study may consist of various aspects os
design, analysis, literature review, laboratory-based experimental work or field work,
theoretical or computational studies, simulation or implementation. A significant element
of research or development work is expected. Students will also attend a series of
specialised lectures and workshops on information retrieval skills, seminar presentation,
and thesis writing and preparation
Staff tba
Unit weight 0%
Prerequisites completion of BE year 3 with sufficient merit
Assessment mode thesis presentation and average weighted marks of BE year 3 and 4
Courses [N4A]
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Fluid Mechanics 2
Enrolment code: KNE451
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Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Selected topics from: (a) Inviscid , incompressfible flow – complex potential, conformal
mapping, wing theory; (b) Viscous incompressible flow – Navier-Stokes equations, creep
flow, hydrodynamic lubrication, boundary layer equations, approximate solutions for
laminar boundary layers, stability and transition to turbulence, turbulent boundary layers
and free shear layers, boundary layer control, fully developed turbulent flow in pipes and
channels; (c) Gas dynamics – steady one-and two-dimensional compressible flow, normal
and oblique shock waves, small wave characteristics, nozzle design, compressible flow
measurement, unsteady compressible flow in pipes; (d) Compressible flow
turbomachinery – measures of efficiency, design and performance analysis for radial and
axial compressors and turbines; (e) Introduction to computational fluid dynamics; (f)
Applied aerodynamics.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks), 6x3-hr lab
Prerequisites KNE351
Mutual exclusions ACM420, ACM423
Assessment mode final exam (80%), lab (20%)
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
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Vibration and Stress Analysis
Enrolment code: KNE452
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
Vibration: Multi degree of freedom vibrations, normal mode frequencies and damping,
modal matrices. Experimental modal analysis, point and transfer receptance, mobility and
inertance diagrams. Structural vibration, modes of response and modal frequencies,
generalized mass, stiffness and damping as a means of characterizing vibration modes of
structures. Stress analysis: Elastic stress analysis of two- and three-dimensional bodies;
isotropic, orthotropic and composite materials. Stress function formulations and specific
solutions. Behaviour of laterally loaded plates and simple shells. Introduction to finite
element method of analysis.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks), 6x3-hr lab
Prerequisites KNE312, KNE352
Mutual exclusions ACM302, ACC414
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
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Advanced Manufacturing
Enrolment code: KNE453
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Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Covers the following topics: (a) Operations Research – linear programming: general linear
programming problem; transportation problem and network models; dynamic
programming. (b) Manufacturing Processes – mechanics of cutting models for twist drills
and end mills. (c)Economics of manufacturing – Break even analysis, depreciation
methods and industrial case studies. (d) Unconventional machining processes theory and
modelling techniques. (e) Gear manufacture, thread manufacturing and tracer controlled
machine tools (e) Powder metallurgy, sintering and compacting.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks), 6x3-hr lab
Prerequisites KNE353
Mutual exclusions ACM457
Assessment mode exam (80%), assignment/project (20%)
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
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Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
Enrolment code: KNE454
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Psychrometry including air conditioning systems. Refrigeration cycles and working fluids.
Vapour compression and heat pump systems. Steam jet refrigeration. Properties and
processes with binary mixtures. Low temperature refrigeration. Air liquefaction and gas
separation. Heat and mass transfer.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks), 4x3-hr lab
Prerequisites KNE354
Mutual exclusions ACM460
Assessment mode exam (70%), coursework (30%)
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
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Mechnical Engineering Project
Enrolment code: KNE455
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Please contact the School of Engineering for details
Unit weight 12.5%
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
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Mechanical Engineering Honours
Enrolment code: KNE459
Offered: Hobart: semesters 1 & 2
Students undertake an in-depth study on a project related to Mechanical Engineering and
prepare a bound thesis on that topic. The study may consist of various aspects of design,
analysis, literature review, laboratory-based experimental work or field work, theoretical
or computational studies, simulation or implementation. A significant element of research
or development work is expected. Students will also attend a series of specialised lectures
and workshops on information retrieval skills, seminar presentation, and thesis writing
and preparation.
Staff tba
Unit weight 0%
Prerequisites completion of BE year 3 eith sufficient merit
Assessment mode thesis presentation and average weighted marks of BE years 3 and 4
Courses [N4A]
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Advanced Dynamics and Control
Enrolment code: KNE462
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Process control elements – transducers for displacement, velocity, acceleration, strain,
load, pressure, temperature and other physical parameters; actuators -pneumatic,
hydraulic, electromechanical; control systems – pneumatic, on-off and proportional
control, two and three term controllers; transducer frequency response, transfer functions;
Laplace transforms; analogue control systems – basic linear control concepts; feedback,
error signals, open and closed loop transfer functions; gain and phase margins; Nyquist
and other stability criteria. The propagation and generation of sound. Strategies for noise
control. sound and vibration measurement; testing of absorbing materials, noise sources
and enclosures; noise production and mechanisms; acoustics of ducts and silencers; and
human response. Experimental methods in noise.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lecturesx, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks), 6x3-hr lab
Prerequisites KNE352
Mutual exclusions ACM305, ACM302
Assessment mode final exam (80%), lab and coursework (20%)
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
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Robotics and Intelligent Systems
Enrolment code: KNE463
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Offered: Hobart: semester 1
This unit is aimed at introducing both conceptual advances and applied aspects of robots
and intelligent systems. Topics will include: Robot kinematics, homogeneous
transformation matrices, Denavitt Hartenburg representation; robot systems; end effector
design; robot systems; robot dynamics: Lagrangian, Newtonian and d’Alembert
formulations; Robot control: Neural network and fuzzy controls, flexible manufacturing
systems. Theory of neural networks, feed forward networks, artificial neural networks for
pattern recognition, decision making, performance estimation. Application of neural
networks to manufacturing processes, image processing techniques.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lecturesx, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks), 6x3-hr lab
Mutual exclusions ACM401, AEA413
Assessment mode final exam (80%), assignment/project (20%)
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
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Mechatronic Systems 2
Enrolment code: KNE464
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
This unit covers (a) Modeling and simulation of physical systems including analogies
and impedance diagrams, mechanical translational systems, rotational systems and
electrornethical coupling. (b) Hardware components of mechatronics such as the numbers
systems, binary logic, transducer signal conditioning and devices for data conversion, time
delays and root locus and bode plots. (c) Real Time interfacing including the data
acquisition systems. (d) Advanced applications in mechatronics to sensors for condition
monitoring, mechatronic control in automated manufacturing, fuzzy and AI applications
to mechatronics and case studies.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks), 63 hrs lab
Prerequisites KNE364, KNE462
Assessment mode exam (80%), assignment/project (20%)
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
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Mechatronics Engineering Project
Enrolment code: KNE465
Offered: Hobart: semester 2
Please contact School of Engineering for details
Unit weight 12.5%
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
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Mechatronics Engineering Honours
Enrolment code: KNE469
Offered: Hobart: semesters 1 & 2
Students undertake an in-depth study on a project related to Civil Engineering and
prepare a bound thesis on that topic. The study may consist of various aspects os design,
analysis, literature review, laborator-based experimental work or field work, theoretical or
computational studies, simulation or implementation. A significant element of research or
development work is expected. Students will also attend a series of specialised lectures
and workshops on information retrieval skills, seminar presentation, and thesis writing
and preparation
Staff tba
Unit weight 0%
Prerequisites completion of BE year 3 with sufficient merit
Assessment mode thesis presentation and average weighted marks of BE years 3 and 4
Courses [N4A]
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Environmental Engineering
Enrolment code: KNE470
Offered: Hobart: semester 1
The engineering profession places great importance on practising according to a
sustainability ethic. The unit introduces environmental and sustainability topics from an
engineering viewpoint; shows how the traditional design process can be extended to
include these issues; examines the principal environmental engineering design areas,
including air pollution control, wastewater and sewage treatment, and contaminated site
remediation; and introduces the theory of contaminant transport in air, water, and
groundwater.
Staff Dr S Carter
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks) site visit
Prerequisites KNE351 or equiv
Assessment mode 3-hr exam (50%), coursework (50%)
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
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Environmental Engineering
Enrolment code: KNE472
Offered: not offered in 2002
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Provides students with a basic understanding of the various aspects of public health
engineering practice and an introduction to design in the area of water and wastewater
systems, and waste disposal management. This is a major application area for both
generalist civil engineers and environmental engineers. The principles taught in Hydraulic
Engineering and Geotechnical Engineering will be developed to enable designs of water
treatment, water supply, wastewater systems and waste disposal to be undertaken.
Staff tba
Unit weight 12.5%
Teaching pattern 3x1-hr lectures, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks) 13 hrs lab and site visits
Mutual exclusions ACC466
Assessment mode 2-hr exam (50%), assignments (30%), lab and site visits (20%)
Courses [N3A] [N4A]
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Mechatronics Engineering Honours Thesis
Enrolment code: KNE496
Offered: Hobart: semesters 1 & 2
Please contact School of Engineering for details
Unit weight 0%
Courses [N4A]
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