1997 QUT Handbook

Courses: EE43, EE44, EE45, IF44, IF25
Prerequisites: EEB562 or EEB665
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ EEB787 AEROSPACE PROJECT
An individual engineering project on a special subject. The
work requires design, computing, construction and experimental
work and practical testing with the submission of appropriate
reports; the topic is selected from aerospace engineering
and involves electronics, computing, control, communication
and electrical power; it may include programming, circuit
and system design.
Courses: EE43
Credit Points: 24 Contact Hours: Average 5 per week
■ EEB788 DESIGN 2
Design principles and practice of more complex electronic
circuits; electrical equipment and systems.
Courses: EE44, IF23, EE45, IF44, IF25
Prerequisites: EEB302 or EEB350, EEB587, EEB420 or
EEB520
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ EEB791 ADVANCED ENGINEERING
COMPUTING 1
An examination of underlying theory and algorithms pertaining
to selected advanced computational techniques for selected
areas of engineering problems. Practical experience in the use
of existing software and in constructing their own implementations
of some techniques, for engineering problems, is obtained.
Artificial intelligence techniques; optimisation techniques;
simulation techniques.
Courses: EE44, EE45, IF44, IF25
Prerequisites: EEB593 or ITB424
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ EEB820 ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
Economic analysis of electrical engineering projects; present
worth and annual cost calculations. Assessment of tenders;
project management, critical paths and linear programming
methods; contract administration. Engineering case studies.
Courses: EE43, EE44, IF23, EE45, IF44, IF25
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ EEB822 ADVANCED CONTROL SYSTEMS
Analysis and design of optimum control technique. Variational
calculus approach and Hamilton-Jacobi approach to control
system design. Stochastic processes and linear and non-linear
optimum state estimation. Discrete optimal control. Discretedata
control systems. Microprocessor and DSP control.
Courses: EE44, EE43, EE45, IF44, IF25
Prerequisites: EEB624
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ EEB842 POWER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
Substation engineering, protection of plant, substation earthing,
system overvoltages, insulation coordination, HV
switchgear.
Courses: EE44,, EE45, IF44, IF25 Prerequisites: EEB532
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ EEB869 SIGNAL FILTERING & ESTIMATION
Modern spectral estimation, parametric and non-parametric;
time frequency analysis and instantaneous frequency estimation;
definition and implementation of higher order spectra;
application to signal detection and classification.
Courses: EE44, IF23, EE43, EE45, IF44, IF25
Prerequisites: EEB668
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ EEB871 APPLIED ELECTRONICS
Analysis of the characteristics and applications of a variety of
integrated devices; particular attention is given to new products
and design processes. Electronic circuit design using simulation
studies.
Courses: EE43, EE44, EE45, IF23, IF25, IF44
Prerequisites: EEB476
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ EEB881 PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY &
QUALITY
The methodology of electronic system design, the range of
production processes in electronic manufacture, and the quality
control procedures at both prototype and full production
stages.
Courses: EE43, EE44, IF23, EE45, IF44, IF25
Prerequisites: EEB587, EEB788 or EEB582, EEB683
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ EEB885 DESIGN 3
Detailed design and realisation of typical electronic and power
based subsystems used in all areas of electronic systems and
power systems engineering.
Courses: EE44, IF23, EE45, IF44, IF25
Prerequisites: EEB788
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ EEB889 PROJECT
An individual engineering project on a specified topic is completed;
the work will require design, computing, construction,
experimental work and practical testing with the submission
of appropriate reports; the topic is selected from any area which
involves electronics, computing, control, communication and
educational power and may include programming, circuit and
system design.
Courses: EE44, IF23, EE45, IF44
Corequisites: This unit must be done in the final year of the
course
Credit Points: 24 Contact Hours: Average 5 per week
■ EEB891 SIGNAL COMPUTING & REAL-TIME
DSP
Signal theory; speech processing; image processing and real
time DSP; the fundamentals of signal processing concepts;
applications of signal processing techniques.
Courses: EE43, EE44, IF23, EE45, IF44, IF25
Prerequisites: EEB668
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ EEB892 ADVANCED ENGINEERING
COMPUTING 2
Selected basic graphic techniques and writing of simple engineering
graphics software; application of graphics software
libraries and interactive graphics facilities; appreciation of
graphical user environments, interface, windows and graphical
tools; an understanding of and ability to use 2D/3D/4D
data visualisation techniques, and spatial data manipulation.
Courses: EE44, EE43, EE45, IF44, If25
Prerequisites: EEB593 or ITB424
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ EEB910 PHOTOVOLTAIC ENGINEERING
The various aspects of photovoltaic systems including flat
panel and concentrating solar cell arrays, series-parallel connection
for optimal array design, array measurements, power
conditioning, load management, energy storage, system costs,
and balance, of subsystems.
Courses: EE43, EE44, IF23, EE45, IF44, IF25
Prerequisites: EEB587
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ EEB923 INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS
Hierarchical control, including strategic control, tactical control,
reactive control and reflexive control. Computer-integrated-manufacturing
and manufacturing resource panning.
Programmable logic controllers. Distributed control systems;
digital communication networks for use in factories. Search
and optimisation techniques for use in plant. The use of optimal
control; fuzzy control. Computer-numerical-controlled
machine tools. Robotics applications in manufacturing.
Courses: EE45, IF23, IF25, IF44
Prerequisites: EEB420, EEB624
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ EEB936 AUTOMATIC FLIGHT CONTROL
The application of design principles to the Flight Control Systems
of modern civil and military aircraft. Derivation of trans-
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