About the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
In addition to our role of imparting knowledge through our undergraduate
teaching programs the Department is actively engaged in creating
new knowledge through its research activities. It is a large and
diverse Department consisting of a large academic staff, two industry-focused
research institutes, postdoctoral research staff and a significant
postgraduate student community.
Supporting these teaching and research staff is a team of technical
and administrative support staff.
Through their work the Department is internationally renowned
for its teaching expertise, its research output and its facilities.
Some of the areas of research specialisation are:
- Aeronautical and industrial fluid dynamics (FLAIR)
- Aerospace, turbulence and combustion (LTRAC)
- Composite structures (CRC for Advanced Composite Structures)
- Industrial engineering management
- Maintenance technology (MTI)
- Micro\nano solid and fluid mechanics (MNRL)
- Railway technology (CRC for Rail Technology and IRT)
- Robotics and mechatronics (RMRL)
Our undergraduate students undertake comprehensive studies in
engineering design and in the physical and engineering sciences.
The degree programs acknowledge the inter-disciplinary nature of
modern engineering practice and aim to provide graduates with the
ability to continue learning throughout their professional life.
The programs also recognize the global nature of the world economy
and encourage an international focus by providing opportunities
for students to undertake part of their course at premier engineering
schools abroad.
Postgraduate students undertake a compulsory Research Practices
unit early in their candidature and then participate in the Research
Seminar series, culminating in their own Seminar just prior to submission
of their thesis. During their candidature they are offered the opportunity
to attend national and international conferences or to undertake
fieldwork overseas, undertake tutoring work in the undergraduate
teaching programs of the Department and are encouraged to collaboratively
publish their research work.
The Department is at the forefront of its discipline and we invite
you to consider joining us as an undergraduate student, a postgraduate
student or a staff member.
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