E6017 Master of Advanced Engineering

The course comprises 96 points structured into four parts:

Part A. Common core units
The units are designed to establish IT literacy and develop essential skills that translate theory into engineering practice and research.

Part B. Specialist core units
In this part, you will identify, interpret and critically appraise current developments and advanced technologies to synthesise evidence-based design solutions within your specialisation.

Part C. Advanced practice
The focus of these studies is professional or scholarly work that can contribute to a portfolio of professional development. You will have two options:

• Industry experience stream
• Master's thesis research stream

Part D. Enhancement units
These units are designed to provide breadth, either outside of your chosen engineering specialisation and/or in disciplines allied with and supportive of engineering. 

Course progression map
The course progression map provides guidance on unit enrolment for each semester of study.

The course comprises 96 points structured into four parts:

PART A. COMMON CORE UNITS (24 points)
You must complete:

• ENG5001 Advanced engineering data analysis 
• ENG5200 Engineering project risk management
• ENG5100 Professional engineer in organisation and society
• ENG5410 Research practice in engineering

PART B. SPECIALIST CORE UNITS (36 points)
You must complete the requirements from your chosen specialisation.

BIORESOURCE ENGINEERING
You must complete six units from the following list: 

• CHE5882 - Biomass and biorefineries
• CHE5883 - Nanostructured membranes for separation and energy production
• CHE5886 - Advanced biopolymers
• CHE5881 - Advanced reaction engineering
• CHE5888 - Sustainability and innovation
• CHE5889 - Food engineering and processing
• CHE5321 - Advanced bioprocess technology
• CHE5322 - Advanced biochemical engineering

MEDICAL ENGINEERING
You must complete six units from the following list:

• MTE5885 Biomaterials and biomechanics 
• MTE5096 Biomaterials 2
• ECE5087 Medical technology innovation
• MTE5882 Advanced polymeric materials 
• MTE5887 Additive manufacturing of polymeric and functional materials 
• MTE5886 Additive manufacturing of metallic materials 
• MTE5197 Engineering in nanomaterials

POWER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
You must complete the following six units: 

• ECE5155 Power electronic converters 
• ECE5153 Power system analysis 
• ECE5886 Smart grids 
• MEC5885 Energy efficiency and sustainability engineering 
• MEC5888 Renewable energy systems 
• MTE5884 Advanced photovoltaics and energy storage
  
  

RENEWABLE ENERGY ENGINEERING
You must complete six units from the following list:

• MTE5884 Advanced photovoltaics and energy storage 
• MEC5885 Energy efficiency and sustainability engineering 
• MEC5883 Mechanical systems design 
• ECE5886 Smart grids 
• MEC5888 Renewable energy systems 
• CHE5888 - Sustainability and innovation 
• MEC5881 Engineering systems performance analysis

ROBOTIC CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING
You must complete the following six units:

• CIV5899 Infrastructure information management 
• ENE5042 Environmental impact and risk assessment
• MEC5882 Instrumentation, sensing and monitoring
• CIV5121 Building structures and technology
• ECE5178 Intelligent robotics
• ECE5179 Neural networks and deep learning

ROBOTICS ENGINEERING
You must complete six units from the following list:

• MEC5883 Mechanical systems design 
• MEC5156 Advanced robotics in manufacturing
• MEC5882 Instrumentation, sensing and monitoring
• MEC5884 Sustainable engineering systems
• MEC5888 Renewable energy systems
• MEC5897 Lean manufacturing
• ECE5178 Intelligent robotics
• ECE5176 Computer vision

SMART MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING
You must complete six units from the following list: 

• MTE5887 Additive manufacturing of polymeric functional materials
• MEC5882 Instrumentation, sensing and monitoring
• MEC5156 Advanced robotics in manufacturing 
• MEC5897 Lean manufacturing
• ECE5179 Neural networks and deep learning
• MTE5886 Additive manufacturing of metallic materials
• MEC5881 Engineering systems performance analysis
• MEC5884 Sustainable engineering systems
• MEC5883 Mechanical systems design

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING
You must complete six units from the following list: 

• ECE5146 Multimedia technologies 
• ECE5145 Network performance 
• ECE5884 Wireless communications 
• ECE5122 Advanced electromagnetics 
• ECE5143 Optical communications
• ECE5883 Advanced signal processing 
• ECE5176 Computer vision

URBAN SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
You must complete six units from the following list:

• CIV5178 Advanced water treatment
• CIV5302 Traffic engineering and management
• CIV5899 Infrastructure information management
• ENE5042 Environmental impact and risk assessment
• MEC5884 Sustainable engineering systems 
• CIV5121 Building structures and technology
• CIV5177 Advanced road engineering
• CIV5314 Planning urban mobility futures

PART C. ADVANCED PRACTICE (24 points)
You must complete either a. or b. below: 

a. Industry experience stream:
You must complete:

• ENG5008 Work integrated learning* or a level 5 unit as prescribed by the faculty
• ENG5009 Work integrated learning 2* or a level 5 unit as prescribed by the faculty
• OPM5000 Organising the project function
• OPM5001 Project as a social system 

* Subject to placement availability.  

b. Master's thesis research stream
You must complete:

• ENG5011 Masters thesis Part 1 (12 points)
• ENG5012 Masters thesis Part 2 (12 points)

Enrolment in the Master's thesis research stream is subject upon the availability of supervisors and projects. To be eligible, students must maintain a minimum overall Weighted Average Mark (WAM) of 65%. The selection process involves ranking eligible students based on their entire academic record and assessing their suitability for undertaking the research component of the program.

PART D. ENHANCEMENT UNITS (12 points)
You must complete two units from the following list:

• CHE5888 Sustainability and innovation
• CIV5302 Traffic engineering and management
• CIV5305 Travel demand modelling
• CIV5884 Water sensitive stormwater design
• CIV5888 Advanced computational methods
• CIV5899 Infrastructure information management
• ECE5146 Multimedia technologies
• ECE5881 Real-time system design 
• ECE5882 Advanced electronics design
• ECE5886 Smart grids
• ENG5005 Research methods
• MEC5884 Sustainable engineering systems
• MEC5885 Energy efficiency and sustainability 
• MTE5882 Advanced polymeric materials
• MTE5883 Environmental durability and protection of metals and engineering materials 
• MTE5884 Advanced photovoltaics and energy storage
• MTE5885 Biomaterials and biomechanics
• MTE5886 Additive manufacturing of metallic materials
• MTE5887 Additive manufacturing of polymeric and functional materials