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Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)
UAC Code: 755614
Course Description
Mechanical Engineering includes many exciting fields such as advanced manufacturing, metal forming technology, robotics, control of systems, computer aided design and manufacturing, air conditioning, bio-mechanics, powder technology and tribology.
Cadetships are offered annually by Bluescope Steel Pty Ltd to students with superior academic results in their HSC. Students gain on the job experience and are paid while studying at University. On-line application forms are available from 1 July each year.
Career Opportunities
Mechanical Engineering has the broadest scope of all the branches of engineering, and graduates in this field have the core skills to adapt to other fields of engineering.
Study Options
Students can select electives from a number of specialist areas in their final year including: Sustainable Energy and Engineering Systems, Manufacturing Engineering, Applied Mechanics, and Bulk Materials Handling. The list of electives on offer in any one year varies somewhat, depending on staff availability and other factors. Double degrees are also available.
Course Structure
Subject | Session | Credit Points | |
Year 1 | |||
Chemistry for Engineers | Autumn | 6 | |
Foundations of Engineering | Autumn | 6 | |
Engineering Materials | Autumn | 6 | |
Foundations of Engineering Mathematics | Autumn | 6 | |
Engineering Mechanics | Spring | 6 | |
Engineering Design and Innovation | Spring | 6 | |
Essentials of Engineering Mathematics | Spring | 6 | |
Physics for Engineers | Spring | 6 | |
Year 2 | |||
Mechanical workshop Practice | Autumn/Spring | 0 | |
Thermodynamics, Experimental Methods and Analysis | Autumn | 6 | |
Mechanics of Solids | Autumn | 6 | |
Engineering Fluid Mechanics | Autumn | 6 | |
Mathematics 2E for Engineers Part 1 | Autumn | 6 | |
Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering | Spring | 6 | |
Engineering Analysis | Spring | 6 | |
Fundamentals of Machine Component Design | Spring | 6 | |
Machine Dynamics | Spring | 6 | |
Year 3 | |||
Dynamics of Engineering Systems | Autumn | 6 | |
Thermodynamics of Engineering Systems | Autumn | 6 | |
Solids Handling and Process Engineering | Autumn | 6 | |
Manufacturing Engineering Principles | Autumn | 6 | |
Mechanical Engineering Design | Spring | 6 | |
Heat Transfer and Aerodynamics | Spring | 6 | |
Control of Machines and Processes | Spring | 6 | |
Plus | One elective from the List A | Spring | 6 |
Year 4 | |||
Finite Element Methods | Autumn | 6 | |
Managing Engineering Projects | Autumn | 6 | |
Engineering Project A | Autumn/Spring | 6 | |
or | |||
Thesis A | Annual | 12 | |
or | |||
Thesis B** | Annual | 18 | |
Professional Experience | 0 | ||
plus | electives as specified below | Autumn/Spring | |
Electives listed below* For students in ENGG456: Any 4 electives from List A and 2 electives from List A or B For students in ENGG452: Any 3 electives from List A and 2 electives from List A or B For students in ENGG453: Any 3 electives from List A and 1 elective from List A or B | |||
List A | |||
Structural Design 1 | Autumn | 6 | |
Structural Design 2 | Spring | 6 | |
Hydraulics and Hydrology | Autumn | 6 | |
Applied Geotechnical Engineering | Spring | 6 | |
Robotics and Flexible Automation | 6 | ||
Introduction to the F SAE Project | Annual | 6 | |
Infrastructure Systems | Autumn | 6 | |
Sustainable Energy Technologies | Spring | 6 | |
Financial management for Engineers | Spring | 6 | |
Engineering Logistics and Operations Management | Spring | 6 | |
Strategic Management of Engineering | Autumn | 6 | |
Energy Efficiency and Energy Auditing in the Built Environment | Spring | 6 | |
Building Design for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability | Spring | 6 | |
Energy Efficiency in Manufacturing and Process Industries | Spring | 6 | |
Ocean Engineering | Autumn | 6 | |
Air and Noise Pollution Control Engineering | Spring | 6 | |
Polymeric Materials | Spring | 6 | |
Selection of Materials in Engineering Design | Spring | 6 | |
Micro/Nano Robotic Systems | Autumn | 6 | |
Manufacturing Process Analysis | Autumn | 6 | |
Design and Analysis of Manufacturing Systems | Not offered 2014 | 6 | |
Design for Manufacturing | Spring | 6 | |
Storage and Flow of Bulk Solids | Autumn | 6 | |
Pneumatic Conveying and Dust Control | Not offered 2014 | 6 | |
Automotive Dynamics | Not offered 2014 | 6 | |
Computational Fluid Dynamics | Spring | 6 | |
Fluid Power | Not offered 2014 | 6 | |
Sustainable Energy in Buildings | Not offered 2014 | 6 | |
Computer Control of Machines and Processes | Not offered 2014 | 6 | |
Applied Topics in Mechatronics | Spring | 6 | |
Reliability Engineering | Autumn | 6 | |
Sustainable Transport & Engine Technologies | Spring | 6 | |
Systems Analysis for Maintenance Management | Autumn | 6 | |
Engineering Asset Management | Autumn | 6 | |
List B | |||
Macroeconomic Essentials for Business | Autumn/Spring | 6 | |
Introductory Microeconomics | Autumn/Spring | 6 | |
Digital Hardware 1 | Autumn | 6 | |
Intro. To Employment Relations and Labour Studies | Not offered 2014 | 6 | |
French 1A Language | Autumn | 6 | |
Introductory Indonesian 1A | Autumn | 6 | |
Global Labour Studies | Not offered 2014 | 8 | |
Italian 1A Language | Autumn | 6 | |
Beginner's Japanese 1 | Autumn | 6 | |
Law, Business and Society | Autumn | 6 | |
Chinese (Mandarin) for Beginners 1A | Autumn | 6 | |
Practical Ethics | Spring | 8 | |
Ethics and the Environment | Autumn | 6 | |
Or | |||
Ethics and the Environment | Autumn | 8 | |
Astronomy - Concepts of the Universe | Autumn | 6 | |
Spanish for Beginners 1 | Autumn | 6 | |
Environment in Crisis | Spring | 8 | |
The Environmental Context | Autumn | 8 | |
* Electives may not be available each year - check subject timetable.
** 18 credit point thesis is equivalent to the 12 credit point thesis and one 6 credit point elective.
*** High achieving students in ENGG456 Project A may articulate to ENGG457 Project B in order to continue with the project started in ENGG456.
Other Information
Further information is available at:
UOW Course Finder
Email: eis@uow.edu.au