Industrial Automated Systems
ETEN4001

Year 3, Sem 1 Core Enabling Knowledge and Skills Technical Competence Engineering Application Experience Practical and ‘Hands-on’ Experience Integrated Engagement with Professional Practice

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Code ETEN4001
Credits 25
Graduate Attributes

Introduction

Industrial Automated Systems is the life blood of modern living. It finds a diverse and rich range of application in engineering and science, physics and chemistry, astronomy, aviation, transportation and vehicles, environmental sciences, medicine and biomedicine, health and life sciences, mobile communications systems, education and training, mining and metallurgy, manufacturing, and in many other areas.

This unit introduces the engineering methodology necessary for combining sensors, communications and control systems with the objective to automate and monitor processes. Consequently, this unit focuses on two main technologies: the instrumentation technology involving the use and understanding of new and intelligent sensors, as well as smart transducers, and the control technologies involving modelling, design, and programming of automation and control systems that satisfy the required specifications of reliability, maintainability, and safety.

Lecture 1 x 2 Hours Weekly 
Computer Laboratory 1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly 
Tutorial 1 x 1 Hours Weekly 

Unit Learning Outcomes

  • 1 Explain the role and significance of industrial automation in modern interdisciplinary applications such as manufacturing, medicine, transportation, and environmental monitoring, GC1, GC2, GC3, GC4, GC5, GC6
  • 2 Analyse the operation and characteristics of intelligent sensors, smart transducers, and data acquisition systems used in automated environments, GC1, GC2, ,GC3, GC6
  • 3 Design and program control strategies using PLCs in teams, demonstrating effective communication, task delegation, and collaboration in solving real-world automation problems using industry-relevant tools and standards, GC1, GC2, GC3, GC5, GC6
  • 4 Integrate sensors, actuators, communication protocols, and controllers into cohesive automated systems and assessed by case studies and presented into team-based automation project, GC1, GC2, GC3, GC5, GC6
  • 5 Evaluate system performance and safety levels in instrumentation and control systems using analysis models and safety standards, GC1, GC2, GC3, GC4, GC6

Course Learning Outcomes

  • 2 Solve complex electrical and electronic engineering problems of industrial and societal significance through the application of discipline-specific and integrated bodies of knowledge, design and sustainability principles
  • 5 Select and use current and emerging technologies to develop and communicate effective and innovative engineering solutions to complex problems
  • 6 Demonstrate lifelong learning habits, teamwork and leadership abilities, and project management skills, and the ability to identify opportunities for career-wide professional growth, necessary for advancing a career in engineering and beyond

Assessment Breakdown

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