1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Cooperation between professionals in industry and/or
health care and supervising staff at Swinburne help develop
the student's competence. Each project requires a literature
survey and theoretical and/or experimental investigation.
Results and conclusions presented in a written dissertation
and verbal presentation.
SP751 Neural Network Applications
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: Coreqaisites: Nil Assessment: assignments
A subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science Honours
(Medical Biophysics, Scientific Instrumentation, Medical
Biophysics and Instrumentation and Psychophysiology)
Objective
To introduce students to the theory and applications of
artificial neural networks.
Content
Theoretical and practical experience of a range of network
architectures back propagation, Boltzman, counterpropagation,
Hamming, Hopfield, linear vector
quantisation, probalistic, neural networks, self-organising
maps.
Neural networks in instrumentation.
Continuously adaptive networks.
SP753 Optical lnstrumentation
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week Assessment:
assignments
Content
Radiometry and photometry measurement of radiant flux
and luminous flux. Sensor technology.
Colourimetry colour measurement, industrial applications
and standards, colour vision.
Optical instrument design optical materials and processes,
ray tracing, aberrations, design applications.
Fibre optic techniques fibre types, modes, resonators, losses
and sensors.
Interferometry coherence theory, interferometry designs
and applications.
Fourier optics image analysis and processing, modulation
transfer function calculations.
Spectrometer design spectrometer types, construction and
performance. Theoretical analysis and comparison of
designs. Fourier techniques.
Lasers simulated emission, radiation theory, relaxation
processes, optical resonators, gain and saturation effects.
SP754 Microcontroller Design Techniques
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Assessment: assignments
A subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science Honours
(Scientific Instrumentation)
Content
Advanced combinatorial and sequential digital logic.
Sample single chip microcontrollers.
Microprocessors circuits for instrumentation, software
integration.
Advanced microprocessors transputers, 68000,80X86,
SPARC.
Advanced microprocessors DSP - digital processing.
DSPs, PALS, silicon compilers.
SP755 Nuclear lnstrumentation
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Assessment: assignments
A subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science Honours
(Scientific Instrumentation)
Content
Industrial, medical and scientific applications of nuclear
radiation. Topics include: gamma ray spectroscopy, neutron
activation analysis (NAA), prompt gamma neutron analysis
(PGNA), neutron diffraction studies, neutron radiography,
diagnostic and therapeutic applications of radioisotopes, and
nuclear radiation detectors.
SP756 Advanced lnstrumentation
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: Corequisites: Nil Assessment: assignments
A subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science Honours
(Scientific Instrumentation)
Content
Students may select one of a series of short topics. These
topics may include advanced imaging, materials technology,
physical analysis techniques, embedded system design,
information theory or transducers and sensors.
SP822 Major Project
50 credit points 16 hours per week Hawthorn
Corequisites: Nil Assessment: report
An advanced subject in the Graduate Diploma/Masters of
Applied Science (Medical Biophysics, Scientific
Instrumentation, Medical Biophysics and Instrumentation
and Psychophysiology)
Content
A major individual research project assessed by report.
Projects are usually associated with school research interests,
but can be suggested -- by students.
Projects require a literature survey. Results, conclusions and
recommendations are presented in a written reports, and a
verbal report may also be required.