ME3515 - Advanced Manufacturing Engineering

[Offered in even-numbered years]

Credit points:	03
Year:	2012
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	School of Engineering

Knowledge of advanced manufacturing engineering and technology for a wide spectrum of materials, material selection in engineering and areas of emerging technologies. Topics covered include precision machining processes, advanced machining processes, rapid prototyping and freeform fabrication; micro-fabrication, nano-fabrication and medical manufacturing; materials selection - the basics and case studies; process selection - case studies; materials and the environment.

Learning Outcomes

• understanding common knowledge of advanced manufacturing engineering and technology;
• understanding general principles for materials selection in engineering.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to generate, calculate, interpret and communicate numerical information in ways appropriate to a given discipline or discourse.

Prerequisites:

(ME2518 VERSION 3 OR EG2010) AND ME2525

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 22-Mar-2012
Coord/Lect:	Assoc. Professor Ling Yin.
Contact hours:	65 hours - Lectures, tutorials, demonstrations, practicals, site visits and/or seminars. Refer to Subject Outline for details.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50% - 70%); on-course assessment, some of which may be invigilated (30% - 50%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.