Monash University
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Undergraduate Handbook 2001
How to Contact the Department
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1. Introduction
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2. The Department
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2.1
Courses Available.
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2.2
Academic Staff
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2.3
General Staff
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2.4
Other Facilities
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2.5
Building Plans
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2.6
Security
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2.7
Safety
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2.8
Professional Societies
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2.9
Scholarships
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2.10 Prizes
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2.11 Postgraduate Opportunities
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2.12 U/grad Exchange Schemes
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Averages and Honours
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Appendices:
A: Subject Descriptions
B: IEAust Code of Ethics
C: Occupational Health and Safety Reference Guide for Students
D: Vacation Employment
E: Final Year Projects
F: Technical Report Writing Guidelines
G: Prizes
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How to Contact the Department
Location:
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering,
First Floor, Building 72
Monash University
Wellington Road, Clayton, Vic
Melways ref 70F10
Postal Address
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
PO Box 35
Monash University
Clayton
Victoria 3800
Australia
Phone Numbers
University
Departmental General Office
Departmental FAX
Security (a/h)
World Wide Web Address:
9905 4000
9905 3486
9905 3454
9905 2054
http://www.ecse.monash.edu.au/
The Undergraduate Handbook is published by the Department of Electrical and Computer Systems
Engineering in order to provide staff and students with essential information and advice on the
courses undertaken within the department. All information is as accurate as possible at the time of
publication but is subject to change at any time. This handbook is authorised by Prof. G K Egan,
Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering.
The Monash University Undergraduate Courses and Subjects 2001 is published by the University
and provides the official requirements for the degrees offered. This may be purchased from the
University Bookshop, or viewed on the web at:
http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/
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1.
Introduction
This booklet is designed to introduce you to your course in Electrical and Computer Systems
Engineering at Monash University’s Clayton campus, be it a
Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering,
Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Computing),
Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Commerce,
Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Laws,
Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Arts,
Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical & Computer Systems Engineering,
Bachelor of Computer Science and Engineering.
Bachelor of Computer Systems Engineering
Bachelor of Telecommunications Engineering
or a Bachelor of Technology (Computer Studies)
It introduces you to the Department, tells you how to find your way around, and outlines some of
the more important regulations governing your course, particularly in relation to safety, enrolment
and assessment. Please read these regulations - adherence to them is vital, particularly if you get
sick, or need to change the subjects in which you are enrolled.
Each course is described, the subjects outlined and options available explained.
If you need help...
Should you encounter problems, it is important that you seek help as soon as possible. The staff of
this department are here to help you. In addition to Lecturers, who are happy to answer any
questions you may have about their particular subjects, your Level Coordinator should be consulted
if you have any concerns about the course in general.
Questions regarding your enrolment should be taken to the Faculty Office on the ground floor of
Building 72.
Level Coordinators:
The Department has designated a coordinator for each level of your course. In 2001 the
coordinators are:
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Project Selection/Coordination
Vacation Employment
BTech(CompSt) all levels
Director, Undergraduate Affairs
Dr H Abachi
Assoc Prof L Kleeman
Dr F Crusca
Mr B Lithgow
Dr Ming Liu
Mr B Lithgow
Mr B Harding
Mr B Harding
Only the level coordinator can approve your choice of subjects. If your subjects are from a number of levels, you
should always seek assistance from the level coordinator for the lowest level subject taken. Enrolment is handled by
the Faculty Office, who can advise you on enrolment procedures and the status of your enrolment.
Specialised Services:
The University provides a number of specialised services for students. Most are located in the Union
Floor, New Western Extension, (Building 10). These services include:
University Counselling Service
9905 3156
University Housing Office
University Chaplains
9905 3160
Language & Learning Services
Student Financial Advisor
9905 3064
University Health Service
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9905 3195
9905 9181
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The Department
2.1 Courses Available.
The department offers a choice of the following undergraduate degree courses to students of electrical and computer
systems engineering at the Clayton campus.
The courses available are:
Single Degree:
Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Systems (BE)
Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Computing) (BE(Elec&Comp))
(only if degree commenced prior to 1998)
Bachelor of Computer Systems Engineering / Bachelor of Computer Science and
Engineering (BCSE)
Bachelor of Telecommunications Engineering (BTE)
Bachelor of Technology (Computer Studies) BTech(CompSt)
Consecutive Degree:
Bachelor of Science/ Bachelor of Engineering (BSc/BE) (only if degree commenced prior
to 1999)
Double degrees:
Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Commerce (BE/BCom)
Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Laws (BE/LLB)
Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Arts (BE/BA)
Bachelor of Science/ Bachelor of Engineering (BSc/BE)
The first year of the Bachelor of Engineering course is common to all engineering disciplines and taught at Clayton,
Caulfield, Gippsland and Malaysian campuses in 2001.
These courses, their objectives and focus are described in full in the Monash University Undergraduate Handbook.
The Undergraduate Handbook you are now reading describes in detail the course requirements and subjects offered in
the degrees available.
Degree with Honours
The degree of BE, BCSE or BTE with Honours is awarded for meritorious performance in the course as a whole. No
additional time is required. All subjects are considered in the determination of an honours result, but greater weight is
given to the subjects in the later years of the course than to those in the earlier years.
Introduction of common Bachelor of Engineering.
In 1998, a new common first year Bachelor of Engineering course was introduced, leading progressively to a single
Bachelor of Engineering course. In 2001, this course will be offered at first year level on four campuses. The second
year course in Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering will be offered at Clayton and Malaysia. The third and
fourth year course in Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering will be offered at Clayton only. Students who
commenced their Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering at Clayton or Bachelor of
Engineering (Electrical and Computing) at Caulfield prior to 1998 will complete the degree in which they were initially
enrolled. These courses will both be taught at the Clayton campus only.
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2.2 Academic Staff
Area of Speciality
Room/Building
Head of Department
Prof Gregory Kenneth Egan
Secretary Miss Lesley Collins
Telecommunications
209/72
209/72
Power
G09/35
Professors
Prof Robert Edward Morrison
Sir John Monash Chair of Electrical
Power Engineering
Secretary Ms Serena Kennedy
Prof Raymond Austin Jarvis
Secretary Ms Serena Kennedy
G10/35
Robotics
G11/36
G12/36
Propagation
Optical Communications
Biophysics
Video Coding
219/35
209/35
221/69
115/31
Biomedical Engineering
222/69
Readers
Dr John Atkinson Bennett
Dr Le Nguyen Binh
Dr David Lloyd Morgan
Dr Khok Khee Pang
Associate Professors
Assoc Prof Thomas Ian Henry Brown
Centre for Biomedical Engineering
Assoc Prof Irena Cosic
Assoc Prof Lindsay Kleeman
Assoc Prof Kim Chew Ng
Assoc Prof Robin Andrew Russell
Assoc Prof David Suter
Bioelectronics
Computer Systems
Electronics
Computer Systems
Computer Systems
221A/35
G16/36
111/35
G05/36
214/35
Microprocessor Systems
Fields
Control
Power
Digital Electronics
Power Electronics
Communications
Telecommunications
Power Electronics
Biomedical Engineering
Control Systems
Computer Systems
Computer Systems
Communication Networks
High Voltage
Power
112/35
217/35
132/72
G17B/35
224/72
G04/69
216/35
114/35
G05/69
225/72
133/72
125/72
G09/36
125/31
G17/36
G15/35
Senior Lecturers
Dr Hamid Reza Abachi
Dr Gregory Keith Cambrell
Dr Francesco Crusca
Dr Tadeusz Czaszejko
Mr Barrie Thomas Harding
Dr Donald Grahame Holmes
Mr Stewart Charles Jenvey
Dr Donald Bryan Keogh
Dr Robin Phillip Lisner
Mr Brian John Lithgow
Dr Ming Liu
Dr Nallasamy Mani
Dr Andrew Price
Dr Ahmet Sekercioglu
Dr Qi Su
Dr Ahmad Zahedi
Lecturers
Mr Ian Kaminskyj
Mr John Daumants Zakis
Ms Ros Rimington
Pattern Recognition
Electronics
Management
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107/35
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Adjunct Professor
Prof Peter J Wallace
Power
G12B/35
Logan Fellow
Dr Rob Mahony
Systems
234/72
Note: Staff may also be contacted by email, their address being of the form
‘greg.egan@eng.monash.edu.au’.
2.3 General Staff
Professional Officers
Mr Daniel Joseph Grimm
Mr Paul Jenkins
124/72
123/72
Facilities Manager
Mr Geoff Binns
204/72
Deputy Facilities Manager
113C/35
Mr Eric Lim
Academic Registrar
206/72
Mrs Sue Morgan
Finance Manager
218/72
Ms Bec Garbellini
Administrative Officers
Ms Pam Dickinson
Ms Roslyn Varley
220/72
221/72
General Office
Mrs Maria Scalzo
Ms Lilli Todorovska
102/72
Store
Mr Ray Cooper,Mr Eric Lim
113B/35
Technical Support
Design & Project Lab
Biomedical Undergraduate Lab
Circuits Lab
Computer Systems Lab
Control & Mechanoinformatics
Lab
Computer Engineering (DSP)
Lab
Electronics and Telecom.
Computer Lab
Electronics Lab
Electronics Workshop
Mechanical Workshop
Power Lab
Telecommunications Lab
Mr Ray Chapman, Mr George Yu
Mr Brian Webster, Mr Ian Reynolds
Mr Daryl Gaspero, Mr Ray Chapman
Mr Phil Huynh, Mr Daryl Gaspero,
Mr George Yu, Mr Ray Chapman
110/35
224/35
103/35
120/72
136/72
Mr Phil Huynh, Mr Daryl Gaspero,
127/72
Mr Brian Webster, Mr Ian Reynolds
215/35
Mr Brian Webster, Mr Ian Reynolds
Mr Ray Chapman, , Mr George Yu
Mr Maurice Gay, Mr Tony Brosinsky
Mr Martin Linzner, Mr George Yu
Mr Brian Webster, Mr Ian Reynolds
220/35
116/35
101/35
G02/35
213/35
All requests for assistance in the labs should be addressed in the first instance to the lecturers
responsible for the subject. If they are not available, please contact Mr Eric Lim at
eric.lim@eng.monash.edu.au or phone 9905 3481.
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2.4 Other Facilities
Email
Messages
From time to time, the department will need to contact you either individually or as
part of a class or course. Such messages may be IMPORTANT and will be sent to
your student account (with an address like 'ABC99@student.monash.edu.au'). It is
important that you read this mail regularly, or get the mail redirected to an account
which you do check.
Departmental
Library
118/72
Students requiring access to departmental reports, final year and postgraduate
theses or other material in the departmental library must arrange access with their
academic supervisor. All removals must be recorded on the catalog cards.
Components
Store
via
110/35
Components may only be obtained from the store if the student has the signed
authority of their academic supervisor. Access is not permitted to the store at any
time.
Data Books
116/35
Data sheets on components may be viewed and photocopied, but not borrowed,
from the Databook library in the electronics workshop.
Level 4
Common
Room
G04/36
The undergraduate common room, located in room G04, building 36, is for the use
of level four ECSE students only. It is furnished with easy chairs, desks,
bookshelves, a wide selection of journals and general interest engineering
publications and lockers and has limited food preparation facilities. Access to the
room is from 7am to 5:30pm during weekdays. The key-code to operate the
security lock will be issued at the start of semester 1. The room must be kept clean
and tidy at all times or use of the room will be withdrawn.
Design and
Projects Lab
110/35
This room performs two functions - bench space and a study area.
Bench space is intended for students enrolled in thesis subjects requiring bench
facilities. Subjects such as the level-3 ECE3905 Design and the level-4
ECE4909/10 Thesis Projects have no scheduled laboratory sessions and students
may use the Design and Projects Laboratory for these subjects with their
supervisor’s knowledge and approval, as outlined in Section 2.6.2. The
laboratory is not to be used as a general catch up laboratory for other subjects.
Whereas the Level-Four Common Room (Room G04/36) is intended for students
in their final year, all ECSE students may use the study area of the Design and
Projects Laboratory for private study.
Level 4
Room
223/72
Many classes at Level 4 are held in Room 223/72.
Tutorial
Rooms
201/72
210/72
Pigeon Holes
1st Floor
outside
118/72
Noticeboards
Main
Assignments and Laboratory reports are to be handed in by depositing them in the
appropriate pigeonhole in the bottom row of the mail boxes
1st Floor West Stairs/35
It is the responsibility of all students of the Department to read this noticeboard, as
many items of importance will be communicated in this way. As the board is
locked, items from students for inclusion on the board may be handed to the
Facilities Manager.
Level 2
On wall opposite 103/35
Level 3
Level 4
On wall opposite 120/72
Vac. Employment
On wall opposite 223/72
Vacation Employment opportunities are posted on the noticeboard adjacent to the
staff room (109/B35).
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2.5 Building Plans
Building 31
First Floor
Building 35
Second Floor
223
206
EMC Lab
220
Electronics Laboratory
Teaching
Support
Unit
224
Biomedical
Ugrad. Lab
222
Bioelect ronics
Lab
Building 35
First Floor
113B 113C
Office Office
103
Circuits Lab
113
Store
110
Design and Project Lab
113A
Display Area
Goods
Lift
West
St airs
116
Electronics Workshop
101
Mechanical Workshop
105
Hon
Hon. Staff
St af f
106
Building 35
107 108
Office Office
109
Staff Room
111 112 114
Office OfficeOffice
Ground Floor
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Building 36
Ground Floor
Building 69
Ground Floor
G01 G02 G04 G05 G07 G08
Office Office Office Office
Office Office
G10
G03
Energy
Distribution
Systems Lab
G06
Power
Electronics &
Drives
Robotics
Laboratory
Building 69
Second Floor
221
222
Offi ce
Offi ce
224
Biomedical
Laboratory
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Building 72
Second Floor
Professor
Postgraduate lab
Research 1
4th year teaching
room
Tutorial
room 2
Tutorial
room 1
Building 72
First Floor
10 4
12 1
13 6
Control a nd
Mechano info rmati cs
12 7
Com pute r Engi - 12 2
ne ering ( DSP) L ab
12 0
Comp uter Sys te ms L ab
102
General
Office
11 9
12 5 12 4 12 3
13 5 13 4 13 3 13 2
For experimental work, appropriate supervision is
the Academic Staff member(s) responsible for each
particular laboratory or associated subject, or
designated general staff, post graduate students and
demonstrators as approved and agreed by the staff
member.
For computer work, or other office type work
conducted within a laboratory, direct supervision is not
required, provided the staff member in charge of the
laboratory or a designated substitute is informed and
has agreed that the students are to be working in the
laboratory in this way. Students working in a
laboratory under these conditions are to lock the door
on their departure and inform the staff member or the
designated substitute that they have finished.
During normal working hours, Academic Staff may
allow final year students to work in laboratories on
experimental equipment without direct supervision,
provided at least 2 students work together and the staff
member has given direct permission for the work
proposed to be undertaken. No other experimental
work is to be undertaken when access is allowed in this
way.
2.6 Security
Normal working hours are
8:00am-6:00pm.
2.6.1
ACCESS TO BUILDINGS
Lectures are held between the hours of 8:00am and
6:00pm, and access to buildings is unrestricted during
these times.
External and Corridor doors are locked from
6:00pm to 7:00am weekdays and during the weekend
and holidays, and access to buildings is by special
arrangement only during this time.
Access to the Level 4 Student Common Room is
from 7:00am to 5:30pm during weekdays only.
2.6.2
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ACCESS TO LABORATORIES
DURING NORMAL WORKING
HOURS
During normal working hours, students are only
allowed to conduct work in laboratories with
appropriate supervision.
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2.6.3
ACCESS TO WORKSHOPS DURING
NORMAL WORKING HOURS
2.7 Safety
Safe working practices are most important in all
aspects of your work and particularly in laboratories
involving electrical apparatus.
The Policy Statement from the Occupational
Health and Safety Commission appears in Appendix
C. All students are urged to read, understand and
follow its recommendations and to make suggestions
to Staff or the Head of Department where
improvements could be made.
Safety issues within the department are managed by
a Safety Committee, chaired by Dr. D.G. Holmes.
Safety Committee members have responsibility for
specific areas of the department as listed below, and
these staff should be contacted in the first instance for
any specific inquiries.
Undergraduate students are only allowed access to
workshops during normal working hours when
appropriate staff are present, and are only to use
equipment for which they have been given specific
permission to use. Appropriate staff are those staff who
are accredited both to use the equipment required and
to permit students to use this equipment.
2.6.4
ACCESS TO LABORATORIES AFTER
HOURS
Undergraduate students are not allowed access to
laboratories after hours for safety and security, unless
special arrangements are made with Academic Staff.
Note that most laboratories and other areas are
monitored by alarms after hours, and may not be
entered without prior agreement with a staff member to
disable the alarms.
Students who are allowed to work in laboratories
after hours must ensure that all doors are locked when
they leave and must inform the staff member or their
delegate who authorised their access that they are
leaving.
2.6.5
Floor Wardens
In an emergency, contact:
Building 31
First Floor
Building 35
Ground Floor
ACCESS TO WORKSHOPS AFTER
HOURS
Undergraduate students are not allowed access to
workshops after hours.
2.6.6
KEYS
Keys are the property of the University, and are not
issued to students except by special arrangement for
specific needs. It is an offence to duplicate keys. It is
an offence to be in possession of keys to University
buildings unless issued by the Facilities Manager.
2.6.7
53412
First Floor
Mr M Gay,
Mr R Cooper
Mr R Chapman
53494
53497
53495
Second Floor
Mr B Webster
51876
Building 36
Ground Floor
Ms S Kennedy
53477
Building 69
Ground Floor
Second Floor
Dr D G Holmes
Dr D Morgan
53473
54383
Mrs M Scalzo
Mr P Jenkins
Ms V Luu
53486
51888
51886
Mr G Binns,
Ms R Varley
Ms R Garbellini
Ms L Collins
53498
51899
51863
51827
ACCESS TO ROOF
Second Floor
2.7.1
LIFT
tel 55572
55709
Mr M Linzner,
Building 72
First Floor
The roof is out of bounds to all students with the
exception of final year students working on antenna
projects or similar experimental work. Permission may
be granted only after application to the Head of the
Department.
2.6.8
Mr J But
Mr T Cornall
ELECTRICITY IS DANGEROUS!
The lift in Building 35 is not to be used by students.
There is a passenger lift in Building 72 for students
with special needs.
A current of 10 mA can be lethal, and voltages as
low as 60 V can drive this current through a human
body. Never work on a circuit without first ensuring
that it is "dead".
2.6.9
2.7.2
REMOVAL OF EQUIPMENT
Equipment must not be removed from the
Department unless written permission has been given
by a member of the Academic Staff and by the Deputy
Facilities Manager. Such removals must be recorded
by the Deputy Facilities Manager.
Equipment must not be removed from one
laboratory to another unless approved by a member of
the Academic Staff or by the Deputy Facilities
Manager.
ACCIDENTS
Accidents of any kind must be reported in the first
instance to the supervisor responsible for the laboratory
or workshop area, and then to the Departmental Safety
Committee member responsible for the floor where the
accident occurred.
Floor Wardens are located on each floor and should
be alerted in an emergency.
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2.7.3
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IRRESPONSIBLE ACTIONS
Students must conduct themselves in an orderly
manner. The safety of all concerned is jeopardised by
actions of horseplay, practical jokes, contact games etc.
2.7.4
2.8 Professional Societies
The Engineering profession is represented by a
number of professional organisations. Members of our
department are actively involved in these organisations
and students are encouraged to broaden their education
and understanding of the role of Engineering by
actively involving themselves in the programs
available.
The main organisations are:
SAFETY EQUIPMENT
Students are required by State Law to wear safety
equipment where it is provided.
2.7.5
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
Equipment in laboratories is to be operated only
when a designated supervisor is present. For all
students, the designated supervisor is the academic
staff member in charge of the laboratory or subject, a
designated substitute academic staff member, or a
designated postgraduate student or demonstrator.
2.7.6
Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers Inc. (IEEE)
The Institute is the world's largest professional
engineering society. Its scientific and educational
purposes are directed towards the advancement of the
theory and practice of electrical engineering,
electronics, computer engineering and computer
science and the allied branches of engineering, arts and
science. It is active in the holding of professional
meetings and conferences, the publication and
circulation of technical and related works, the
advancement of the standing of members of the
profession, and the establishment of standards of
qualification and ethical conduct.
For more information, contact Dr D B Keogh, Assoc
Prof L Kleeman or Mr B Harding. Application forms
are also available from the General Office.
TIDYING UP
On completion of experimental work all equipment
is to be switched off, and bench areas left in a tidy
state.
2.7.7
FAULTY EQUIPMENT
When equipment or instruments have been
damaged, or their operation or readings indicate some
prior damage, the laboratory supervisor should be
immediately notified. The instrument should not be
returned to its normal position on the shelves, but
placed on the shelf reserved for faulty equipment with
a note describing the problem. Since laboratory reports
are graded partly on the accuracy of results, it is most
unfair to other students to return damaged equipment
and meters to the normal shelves.
2.7.8
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The Institution of Engineers, Australia
(IEAust).
The Institution of Engineers was founded in 1919 to
unite the members of the engineering professions in
Australia. As such, it is one of the few engineering
bodies to represent all branches of the profession. Its
basic objectives are to promote the interests and
professional standards of its members and to ensure
that our community is well served by the engineering
profession and to encourage and influence the
development of Australia’s technological capability in
a way which will maximize its contribution to our
national economic growth.
For further information, contact Mr S Jenvey.
TIDINESS
Tidiness is a safety function:
Wires should not be left trailing on benches and
floors.
Spilled water or chemicals must be cleaned up
immediately.
Smoking, drinking and eating are not permitted in
the laboratories. Students breaking this rule will be
asked to leave the laboratory immediately.
Personal effects should be placed out of the way
and not in walkways between benches
Equipment for experimental work should be
arranged in a neat way.
Equipment and instrumentation intended for bench
use should NEVER be placed or used on the floor.
2.7.9
Rings must be removed from fingers when using
any type of workshop machinery.
Young Engineers
The IE Aust runs ‘Young Engineers Australia’, an
organisation for undergraduate students of engineering.
It organises a conference each year, together with visits
and talks. There is a local branch of Young Engineers
at Monash.
For further information, contact the Faculty Office
or IEAust (Vic) on 9329 8188.
PERSONAL CLOTHING
Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE).
This London-based learned society has the most
demanding standard for membership, requiring a
second class honours degree and a substantial amount
of professional experience.
It promotes the
achievement of the highest standard of scholarship and
practice of all branches of electrical engineering,
computer engineering and manufacturing, and the
interests and professional standing of its members
through its activities in holding professional meetings
and conferences, publications and the establishment of
standards of qualification and professional conduct.
Whilst not attempting to dictate the clothing or
hairstyles worn by our students, some rules must apply:
 No student will be admitted to Laboratories or
Workshops in bare feet or thongs.
 Students with long hair will only be permitted to
use rotating machinery if their hair is tied back or
a hat is worn with the hair tucked in.
 Appropriate clothing is required for all laboratory
work. Long flowing clothes should be avoided for
the electrical power laboratories.
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The IEE presents a prize each year for outstanding
academic achievement to a student at Level three or
four of the course at Clayton. The Victorian Centre
holds several technical meetings each year and also
awards an annual prize for the best written thesis or
paper by a final year student in the state of Victoria.
For more information, contact Assoc Prof K C Ng,
Dr H Abachi or Dr A Zahedi.
over one year plus the opportunity to undertake up to
12 weeks paid vacation employment, and are
principally based on academic excellence. Applicants
must be Australian citizens or be permanent residents.
Applications close around mid-year. Further details are
available from the General Office or University
scholarship officer.
Students experiencing financial need may get
assistance in the purchase of essential textbooks from
the Monash Bookshop Grant Scheme. Application
should be made to the Student Financial Aid Office.
Society of Monash Electrical Engineers
(SMEE)
2.10 Prizes
SMEE is an undergraduate society for Electrical
Engineering students which promotes social, sporting
and technical events among the students of the
department.
A number of prizes are awarded each year for
outstanding achievement.
A list is included in
Appendix G.
For further information, contact Assoc Prof K C Ng.
2.11 Postgraduate
Opportunities
2.9 Scholarships
Final year students contemplating postgraduate
study should obtain a copy of the department's booklet
entitled "Postgraduate Studies and Research
Opportunities" which describes the programs and
research areas available within the department.
Information on opportunities at other universities
and institutions is often displayed on the departmental
noticeboard in the west stairwell on level 1 of building
35. The University's Careers and Appointments Office
is another good source of information.
Many
universities will also have nodes on the Internet or
World Wide Web which may hold information not
only on the courses available but on other student
facilities.
A number of scholarships are available for students.
Most are based on academic merit.
The Faculty of Engineering administers the Dean's
Scholarships, Industry Scholarships and Monash
Engineering Scholarships which are awarded at Level
1 based primarily on VCE results. Details on Monashadministered Scholarships and Conversion from feeliable to HECS-liable places may be found on the web
(http://www.adm.monash.edu.au/ssd/sarb/schols/index.
htm).
A number of organisations offer scholarships
tenable at Levels Three and Four of the course.
The Victorian Electricity Supply Industry offers
scholarships to Monash University students who are
Australian citizens or have residential status and who
are specialising in electrical engineering with an
emphasis on electrical power engineering. They are
valued at $10,000/year plus paid vacation employment
and are available at Levels 3 and 4. Further details are
available from the Head of the Centre for Electrical
Power Engineering.
Telstra offers a number of Fellowships Australiawide to students in the penultimate year of their degree
in Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or Computer
Science. The Fellowships are worth $7500 tax free
2.12 U/grad Exchange
Schemes
Exchange schemes are in place with the University
of Waterloo in Canada and other Universities. For
further information, contact the Study Abroad Office
on 9905 1551, read their booklet "Take your degree
further" or refer to their web page at
http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/ugrad/further.html.
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