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The Monash Engineering Difference
Scholarships and the MERIT Program Prof. John
Sheridan Deputy Dean Faculty of Engineering
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What do Engineers do?

• Engineers
• design things.

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What do Engineers do?

• Design means making decisions
• Harness energy for societys good
• economically

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What sort of people become engineers?

• They like maths and science
• You are curious about how things work
• They enjoy the satisfaction of creating new and
  useful things
• They like working with people
• They want a career that is well rewarded, has a
  career path and is international
• They want to be a a leader and part of the
  excitement of shaping the future
• Award Winning Design (GM)

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What do Engineers do?

• Make solar energy economical
• Provide energy from fusion
• Develop carbon sequestration methods
• Manage the nitrogen cycle
• Provide access to clean water
• Restore and improve urban infrastructure
• Engineer better medicines
• Reverse-engineer the brain
• Prevent nuclear terror
• Secure cyberspace
• Advance personalized learning

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Monash Bachelor of Engineering 4 years

• Common first year establishes a foundation and
  allows an informed choice
• Second year builds basic theory and design skills
• Third year extends theory and design into more
  complex, professional scenarios
• Fourth year provides specialised electives and an
  individual project

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Specialist degrees
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Double Degree Combinations
Orange shaded cells indicate programs available
with common first year
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Double Degrees - Twice the flexibility Double
degrees are 5 - 6 years in duration
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Flexible Entry Requirements

• Bachelor of Engineering
• Units 3 and 4 English, Maths Methods and Physics
  or Chemistry
• Study score requirements vary depending on the
  program chosen
• The admissions table in undergraduate course
  guide lists all pre-requisites, study score
  requirements and a contact email and phone number
  if you have further questions
• Note some specialist programs have different
  entry requirements, check the Course Guide for
  further details

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We offer

• Quality teaching research
• Range of teaching styles to suit your learning
  needs and a wide range of courses and subjects to
  develop your skills
• International / Global approach
• Blend of practical and theoretical
• Continuous assessment to complement exams
• Friendly supportive faculty

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Scholarships

• Prospective students
• Monash University Scholarships for Excellence
  valued at 6,000 pa plus CSP fees paid
• Monash University Scholarships for Excellence and
  Equity valued at 6,000 pa
• 50 Engineering Excellence Award Scholarships
  valued at 6,000 pa
• 10 WIE bursaries valued at 2,000

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MERIT PROGRAM

• Monash Engineering Research and Industry Training
  Program.
• Students have access to a range of programs which
  enrich their student experience

• Leadership in Technology program
• Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
  (UROP)
• Summer Research Program
• Practical industry placement
• Optional Industry Based Learning program (IBL)
• Mentor sheme
• Engineering professional seminar series

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Leadership in Technology Program
Voluntary participation in free program currently
available to all major scholarship holders
Residential induction workshop 9 modules
spanning three years of study
2007 Eng Excellence Award Scholarship holders at
induction workshop
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Leadership in Technology Program

• Topics covered
• Defining leadership
• Critical thinking and problem-solving
• Communication and people skills
• Sustainability
• Ethics
• Globalisation
• Change management
• Innovation
• Entrepreneurship

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Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
(UROP)
Provides undergraduate students an early
opportunity to experience real life in an
engineering research environment, working either
with a research staff member or within a research
group.
Biomedical Engineering researchers have
discovered a way of predicting susceptibility to
hamstring injuries and are developing strategies
for reducing the chances of subsequent hamstring
failures in elite athletes such as footballers
and cricketers.
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Summer Research Program
Later year students can undertake research
projects over a 13 week period during the summer
break

• Benefits
• Receive a 400 per week allowance (tax exempt)
• Explore a topical problem in much greater depth
  than is possible within their undergraduate
  program
• Gain research experience which will stand them in
  good stead when applying for engineering research
  degrees at Monash University
• Can count towards work experience requirement for
  graduation

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Practical Industry Placement
Engineering students at Monash are required to
undertake 12 weeks of practical experience in
approved engineering work during one or more of
the long vacations. This experience frequently
leads to graduate employment opportunities.
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Industry Based Learning (IBL)
Began in 2007 This new program assists students
in finding full-time work in industry for a
period of one or two semesters while they take a
break from their studies. Available to local
students in 2007, with a view to extending it to
international students in 2008.
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Excellent graduate opportunities
Australias peak engineering body has warned
that the countrys skills shortage is set to
worsen, with up to 30,000 engineers due to retire
over the next decade The Federal Govt has
allocated 500 additional University places for
engineering courses in 2008 to address the
national shortage.
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Why Monash Engineering?

• Part of the Group of Eight, Australias leading
  universities.
• Entrance requirements are amongst the highest in
  Australia
• The common first year for Bachelor of
  Engineering an opportunity to explore
  disciplines before selecting a branch of
  engineering
• World class facilities
• Accreditation by Engineers Australia (and other
  organisations for particular degrees)
• Graduate employment rate consistently amongst the
  best in Australia.
• Twelve weeks industrial practice

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World Class Teaching/Research Facilities

• Wind Tunnel (largest in the southern hemisphere)
• High voltage testing lab
• Extensive robotics/mechatronics
• laboratories
• Biological Engineering Labs
• Networked PCs - 1100 units
• Many research Centres

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New multi-purpose computer complex
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World Class Teaching/Research Facilities

• Largest strong floor in southern hemisphere
• Hydraulics laboratory
• Wave Tank
• - 80m long x 4m deep

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World Class Research/Teaching Facilities

• Work is underway on the first Australian
  synchrotron (completion 2007)
• A157M facility adjacent to Monash Clayton

Synchrotron - seeing atomic structure
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Visit Engineering at Monash

• Monash Open Day
• Sunday 3rd August
• 10am-4pm
• Clayton campus
• Tour our facilities eg. High Voltage Lab
• Wind Tunnel in action!
• Seminars outlining the various departments
• Talk to academic staff and current students

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Engineering at Monash
Questions?