Engineering @ UoM

[aidansteele]

Ninox: I wouldn't think materials engineering/science is very applicable to the nanotechnology field. The biomedical sequence of electrical engineering at Monash is almost certainly a better option if you want to pursue a future in that industry (which one of my friends dearly wants to do)

[Ninox]

curiously enough, the Dept. of Mat Eng at monash has published a 1-piece pamphlet titled Nanotechnology, a copy of which is in my wad of engineering information things. I must admit though, I completely ignored Electrical eng info on the open day, it isn't quite my thing.

[Ninox]

Ahah! I found it aidan, the sub-stream info I was talking about. It's in the Engineering Faculty's Undergrad handbook for 2008.
I'll repeat it here.
"From 3rd year... students choose to complete electives from one of three streams. Each stream involves 3 specialized units and the opportunity to undertake a final-year research project in the chosen area."
they are: biotech, sustainable processing and nanotech.

[aidansteele]

Wow, ok! Admittedly I'm just as guilty of ignoring the streams I don't have any interest in and I just had preconceptions of what materials engineering involved without ever doing too much research into it. Perhaps I should read this handbook more thoroughly!

Thanks for the heads up

[Ninox]

Wow, ok! Admittedly I'm just as guilty of ignoring the streams I don't have any interest in and I just had preconceptions of what materials engineering involved without ever doing too much research into it. Perhaps I should read this handbook more thoroughly!

Thanks for the heads up

eheh... maybe I should too, that extract was from the CHEMICAL eng discipline.
but the materials discipline still looks pretty interesting, "the Dept. of Mat Eng... offering a stream of nano-tech focussed units across all years."
nanotech's a huge, multidisciplinary field, bringing together ideas from many fields of science.

[aidansteele]

You're right - it is a field that ties together a lot. I always approach it from the electrical eng. side of things (e.g. making transistors very, very, very small )

[Ninox]

I think it might be a good idea to rename the thread. Make it less UoM specific and more discipline oriented.