1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Recommended Reading
Eisberg, R and Resnick, R. Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules,
Solids, Nuclei and Particles, 2nd Edn., John Wiley and Sons, New
York (1985)
SE220C
SE220M Sensors, Interfacing and Control
10 credit points 4.5 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: SE21OC/SE12OM Assessment: practical work,
assignments, CML tests and examination
A second year subject in the degree of Bachelor of Applied
Science (Computing and Instrumentation) and (Medical
Biophysics and Instrumentation)
Objectives
To further develop the students understanding in
sensors and microcontrollers and now they can be used
in various applications. -
To introduce how sensors and actuators can be
interfaced to computers and to develop an
understanding of control in transducer systems.
Content
Sensors and Applications:
Survey position and temperature measurement techniques;
The detection of nuclear and optical radiations; Industrial
sensor applications; Medical sensor applications; Chemical
and biosensors; Actuators and smart structures; Signal
conditioning, shielding and grounding, noise reduction,
analog signal processing; Digital signal processing.
Interfacing and Microcontrollers; Digital to analog
converters; Analog to digital converters; Serial and parallel
communication; Basic computer architecture and instruction
execution; address decoding; Software for interfacing;
Microcomputer timing; Port addressing, interrupts;
Sampling theory; Microcontroller applications.
Control theory:
System introduction, basic structure, open loop, closed loop,
feedback; System modelling, basic electrical, mechanical and
thermal elements; Transfer function, system poles and zeros,
s-plane, system stability; System analysis, transient and
steady state analysis, steady state error; Root locus analysis;
Frequency response, polar plots, bode plots, Nichols chart;
Introduction of compensator design, concept of PID
controller; Introduction of non-linear systems; Introduction
of state space analysis, concept of state feedback controller;
Introduction of discrete time systems, digital control
scheme; Concept of adaptive control and optimal control,
performance index.
Recommended Reading
TBA
SE221 Engineering Business Skills
10 credit points 4 hoursper week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: Nil Assessment: CML tests, essays
A second year subject in the degree of Bachelor of
Engineering (Electrical)
Obiective
This subject is aimed at preparing students for the
workforce, particularly for IBL the following semester,
through the development of a range of generic personal and
orofessional skills and an introduction to business
organisation and operation.
Content
Personal development: Writing of technical reports,
proposals & business letters; Preparing a CV & interview
skills; Making a presentation; Listening skills; Interpersonal
skills: teams, negotiation, supervision; Getting organised:
personal time management.
Business fundamentals: Why business exists: investment and
profit; Business organisation: R&D, manufacturing, sales &
marketing, service; Organisational dynamics; Management
& leadership; Business planning; Decision making; Financial
management & funding of business; Macroeconomics &
infrastructure; Small businesses.
Professional issues: Business etiquette; Professional ethics;
Discrimination issues; Occupational Health and Safety in
the workplace.
Recommended reading
Brown, J.A.C., Social Psychology of Industry, 2nd Edition,
MacMillan, 1982.
Colditz B.T. and Gibbins R.W., Australian Accounting, 3rd
Edition, McGraw Hill, 1983.
Lansbury R.D. and Spilland R., Organisational Behaviour, the
Australian Context, Longman Cheshire, 1983.
Robbins S.P., Organisational Theory, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall,
1987.
Samuelson M., Supervision and Management, Jacaranda Press,
Australia, 1st Edition, 1990.
SE223 Linear Systems
10 credit points 4.5 hours per week Hawthorn e
Prerequisites: SM233 Corequisites SM244 Assessment:
practical work, assignments and examination.
A second year subject in the degree of Bachelor of
Engineering (Electrical)
Objectives
To develop the analytical tools to study the dynamic
response of a network or electromechanical system.
To introduce the concept of the complex frequency and
transfer functions, enabling the time and frequency
response of a system to be calculated.
The analysis shall be restricted to single input-single
output linear systems up to second order.
The concept of the Fourier series and Fourier transform
shall also be introduced.
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