1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

EA491 Biochemical Engineering
4 hours per week (including practical work) (2 sems)
Assessment: by examination
0 bjectives
To give students a gounding in the theory and practice of
biological processes used in engineering.
Content
Requirements for growth in biological material; variations
in micro-organisms; fermentation pathways. Enzyme
reaction kinetics and absolute reaction rate theory;
continuous fermentation, aeration and agitation. Mass
transfer theories. Bubble and mechanical aeration; scale up;
operational and control. Biological water treatment - BOD,
COD. Mathematical modelling for the design of activated
sludge plants, trickling filter and sludge digesters.
Nitrification, eutorphication and river modelling.
Recommended reading
Aiba, S. et al. Biochemical Enginem'ng. 2nd edn, New York,
Academic Press, 1973
Bailey, J.E. and Ollis, D.F. Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals.
2nd edn, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1986
Metcalf and Eddy Inc. Wastewater Engineering: Collection,
Treatment, Disposal. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1972
EE182 Electronics and Instrumentation
10 credit points 4.5 hours per week (1 sem.) Hawthorn
Prerequisites: None, but must satisfi course entry
requirements Corequisites: nil Assessment: assignments/
laboratory/examination A first year subject in all disciplines
of the Bachelor of Engineering
Objectives
To develop insights into the theoretical concepts and
skills of electrical and electronic engineering using real
engineering themes and a problem solving framework;
to gain abroad understanding of the principles of
electrical circuit analysis and to achieve some
proficiency in the solution of problem;
to understand the use of modelling techniques in energy
and information systems;
to investigate application of analog and digital
electronics to measurements and information transfer;
to gain a broad understanding of Energy Conversion
applications to electrical machines.
Content
Systems of units, d.c. circuits and analysis, measurements,
instrumentation.
Digital electronic concepts including number systems, logic
gates, Boolean algebra and Karnaugh maps.
Alternating quantity measurement and circuit analysis. RMs
values and phasor notation.
Transducers used tomeasure physical quantities such as
displacement, strain, temperature and pressure.
Power systems and energy conversion, magnetic fields,
transformers. Operation of d.c. and a.c. motors and
generators. Solar energy.
Communications; Radio and TV principles, telephony,
Facsimile, Integrated serfices. Digital Network, Cellular
mobile telephone network, satellite services.
Recommended reading
Rizzoni, G., Principles and Applications of Elecm'cal Engineen'ng,
International Student edition IRWIN, Homweood IL & Boston
MA, 1993
EE363 Computer Systems Engineering
9 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: EE263, EE287 Assessment: examination/
assignment/laboratory work
A third year subject in the degree of Bachelor of Egineering
(Electrical- unstreamed)
Objectives
Computer architecture aims to familiarise the student with
the fundamentals of computer architecture. Students will
gain an understanding of programming at the assem.bly code
level as a foundation for their understanding of higher-level
languages. Students will be exposed to the basic components
that make up a computer system.
Content
Computer architecture
Computer architecture overview
Division into units CPU, memory I/O
Bus structure
Harvard architecture - memory addressing.
Machine model (M68000 primarily, 8086 reference)
Assembly language programming
Number systems and arithmetic (review)
Binary
2's complement
Add, sub, divide and multiplication
Addressing modes
Access to data
Data sizes
Indirection
Implementing stacks
Instruction: classes
Intro to assembly/linking/simulation
Modular programming use of subroutines - hardware stack
Simple program examples
Reset operation
Arithmetic operations
Hardware
Memory types (EPROM etc., static etc.)
System timing (overview)
Buffering (overview)
Memory decoding
Interfacing (M68230 pi/t, M68681 duart)
Assembler - HLL (CC) interface
Recommended reading
Antonakos, J.L. The 68000 Microprocessor - Hardware and
Software Principles and Applications. 2nd edn, New York, Merrill,
Maxwell Macmillan International, 1993