Bachelor of Engineering (Instrumentation Control and Automation) Honours

Edith Cowan University

Instrumentation control and automation engineering is the integration of electrical electronic and computing engineering with control engineering This integrated discipline includes the development of intelligent systems to automate monitoring processing and production in different engineering industries The course is designed to provide graduates with a strong background to enter into a range of career pathways related to automation and control application in the mining and mineral processing oil and gas and agriculture industries that are strongly represented in the economy of Western AustraliaGraduates of the course will be conversant in electrical and electronic engineering have specialist skills in design development and management of advanced control and automation systems and have the ability to participate in and lead complex multidisciplinary projects The program focuses on the development of knowledge and skills relevant to professional engineering practice along with a sound theoretical base and includes strong elements of practical problem solving team work and project development As a result graduates will have strong analytical skills in addition to multiple technical and transferable competenciesThe course covers topics in process control algorithms computer interfacing and communications of industrial controllers as well as computer automation including the use of PLCs SCADA and PCbased systems to control systems and processes Topics such as advanced PLC control and SCADA systems and manufacturing execution systems are introduced in the advanced years of the program after students have gained proficiency in the theory of modern control and dynamic systemsCourse learning outcomesDemonstrate advanced knowledge of the underpinning natural and physical sciences and in depth understanding of specialist bodies of knowledge within the instrumentation control and automation engineering disciplinesThink critically and apply established engineering methods and research skills to complex engineering problem solvingApply systematic engineering synthesis and design processes to conduct and manage instrumentation control and automation engineering projects with some intellectual independence

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