1. Guidance Officers & Career Advisers Seminar May 3 Associate Professor Dave Edwards Griffith School of Engineering Mechanical Engineering(GC)

2. 2 Comprehensive @ Gold Coast Specialised @ Nathan Griffith Engineering 2011 Guidance Officers & Career Advisors Seminar 2

3. 3 3 “traditional disciplines: Civil Electrical Mechanical Gold Coast Engineering 2011 Guidance Officers & Career Advisors Seminar 3

4. 4 3 “traditional disciplines: Civil Electrical Mechanical plus cross-disciplinary Mechatronics and Sports and Biomedical Gold Coast Engineering 2011 Guidance Officers & Career Advisors Seminar 4

5. 5 Why Mechanical in 2012? Mechanical Engineering 2011 Guidance Officers & Career Advisors Seminar 5

6. 6 Why Mechanical in 2012? demand from students jobs resources to support program new labs (and equipment) for 2013 Mechanical Engineering 2011 Guidance Officers & Career Advisors Seminar 6

7. 7 Jobs in a range of industries including design, research and development and production: medical, automotive, mining, renewable energy, sports, marine and aerospace sectors. Mechanical Engineering jobs 2011 Guidance Officers & Career Advisors Seminar 7

8. 8 General versus specialist Mechanical Engineering program 2011 Guidance Officers & Career Advisors Seminar 8

9. 9 General versus specialist ● aeronautical ● automotive ● marine ● building services Mechanical Engineering program 2011 Guidance Officers & Career Advisors Seminar 9

10. 10 Foundation of theory, reinforced by experience and innovation. Emphasis on mechanical design to provide the widest range of career opportunities. Mechanical Engineering program 2011 Guidance Officers & Career Advisors Seminar 10

11. 11 Foundation of theory, reinforced by experience and innovation. Emphasis on mechanical design to provide the widest range of career opportunities. Electives allow a number of specialisations including vehicle technology. Mechanical Engineering program 2011 Guidance Officers & Career Advisors Seminar 11

12. 12 Mechanical Engineering program Common 1 st year Year 1 20CP core 60CP Mechanical Year 2 10CP core 60CP Mech 10CP elective Year 3 40CP core 30CP Mech 10CP elective Year 4 2011 Guidance Officers & Career Advisors Seminar 12

13. 13 4 Strands: –Materials and Manufacturing –Thermofluids –Structures –Mechanical Design Specialisation: vehicle technology Mechanical Engineering program 2011 Guidance Officers & Career Advisors Seminar 13

14. 14 Materials and Manufacturing Strand: –Engineering Materials –Manufacturing Technology –Advanced Manufacturing Technology –Design and Manufacture of Composites Mechanical Engineering program 2011 Guidance Officers & Career Advisors Seminar 14

15. 15 Thermofluids Strand: –Thermodynamics –Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics –Heat and Mass Transfer –HVAC (Heating, Ventilation & Air-conditioning) Mechanical Engineering program 2011 Guidance Officers & Career Advisors Seminar 15

16. 16 Structures Strand: –Engineering Mechanics –Mechanics of Materials 1 –Mechanics of Materials 2 –Failure Mechanisms and Mechanics Mechanical Engineering program 2011 Guidance Officers & Career Advisors Seminar 16

17. 17 Mechanical Design Strand: –Design of Machine Elements –Mechanical Engineering Design 1 –Mechanical Engineering Design 2 –Computational Methods Mechanical Engineering program 2011 Guidance Officers & Career Advisors Seminar 17

18. 18 Vehicle technology : –Vehicle Design and Analysis –Advanced Vehicle Dynamics –Mechatronic System Design and Engineering Mechanical Engineering program 2011 Guidance Officers & Career Advisors Seminar 18

19. 19 Civil engineering Electrical & Electronic engineering Mechatronic engineering Mechanical engineering Sports & Biomedical engineering Gold Coast BEng Majors 2011 Guidance Officers & Career Advisors Seminar 19

20. 20 Electronic & Computer engineering Environmental engineering Microelectronic engineering Software engineering Sustainable Energy Systems engineering Nathan BEng Majors 2011 Guidance Officers & Career Advisors Seminar 20

21. 21 Thank you Mechanical Engineering 2011 Guidance Officers & Career Advisors Seminar 21