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A track record of technology-based learning systems that are amongst the most advanced in Australia

Have you ever wondered about the rapid advances in technology that have taken place during your lifetime? Do you know the inspiration behind most of these changes? And would you like to be inspired to create new products that will assist and enthral future generations?

Well, the inspiration comes from electrons. Electrons are energetic little blighters, and engineers have learnt to harness that energy of humanity.

With the help of engineers, electrons can respond to sound, light, heat, vibrations, chemicals - almost everything, in fact. As they respond and whiz around circuits, the energy from electrons can be turned into:

• Sound (for telephony, broadcast, music reproduction and synthesis);
• Light (for television, visual aids, image processing and video coding);
• Movement (for robots, medical prosthetic devices, and electric and hybrid vehicles);
• Information (for instrument, monitoring, remote sensing and surveillance);
• Calculations (for calculators, computers); and
• Decision making (for artificial intelligence and autonomous systems)

Not only that, but as they whiz around electrons radiate their intentions in the form of electromagnetic waves such as,

• Light (for lasers, photonic communications and computing) and
• Radio waves (for radio, television and mobile telephony)

The workload placed on electrons will continue to grow into the foreseeable future. It is up to engineers to ensure that society continues to be served, and continues to be amazed, by the antics of energetic electrons.

To prepare engineers for these future challenges, ECU offers accredited four-year engineering degree programs in Communication Systems and Electronic Systems.

Commmunications Systems
This stream offers advanced topics on both mobile and stationary communication systems. Employment opportunities include industries involved with design, development and management of cellular telephony systems, mobile communications, satellite communications, radio and television broadcasting, local, metropolitan and wide area networks, and industrial data acquisition and remote control systems.

Electronic Systems
This stream plays a crucial role in the creation of a technological base. Employment opportunities are in the development and design of very high speed microelectronic systems, control systems, robotics, instrumentation and measurements.

Engineering at ECU focuses on the modern engineering fields of communications, electronics and computer systems. Enter our world; it is a place where we design electronic eyes that process information, communication components that process bit streams of many billion bits per second, and other intelligent systems for a variety of applications.

If you are further interested in finding out how our Engineering courses can lead you to a successful career, then visit us at ECU and see that:

• Engineering@ECU has the only Major National Research Facility (MNRF) in Western Australia : The National Networked TeleTest Facility for Integrated Systems (NNTTF). This facility is used for testing highly advanced silicon chips (visit http://nnttf.ecu.edu.au). At the time of this press, this TeleTest Facility, with its particular configuration and implementation, is the only one of its kind in the world.
• Engineering@ECU houses a “Centre of Excellence in MicroPhotonics Systems” funded by the State Government of Western Australia.
• Engineering@ECU has the best electronics design platform in the nation.
• The nationally No.1 design and testing facility of Engineering@ECU is utilised by many universities and industries in Australia and overseas.
• We research and develop leading edge high-speed processors, vision systems, optical communication equipment and MicroPhotonic systems.
• The teaching staff of Engineering@ECU is among the most highly educated teams of academics, all with PhD qualifications.
• Our courses are up-to-date and use the latest teaching methods and technologies.

Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Communication Systems
The Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Communication Systems comprise of 33 units; consisting of 30 core units and 3 electives, of which 17 units, taken principally in Years One and Two, will normally be studied in the Singapore polytechnics in a relevant three-year Diploma and the remaining 16 units, taken principally in Years Three and Four, will be offered through SMa School of Management.

• ENS2159 Engineering Innovations and Ethics
• ENS3447 Propagation & Antennas
• ENS3341 Signals & Systems
• ENS3343 Data Communications & Computer Networks
• MAT3484 Data Analysis & Modelling
• ENS3251 Digital Signal Processing
• ENS3441 Communication Systems 1
• ENS3547 Wireless Communications
• ENS4542 Communication Systems 2
• ENS4152 Project Developmen
• ENS4251 Control Systems
• ENS4253 Engineering Project
• ENS4444 Telecommunication Networks
• ENS4543 Engineering Management

Electives are chosen from:

• ENS2256 Digital Electronics
• ENS3203 Electronic Circuit Design
• ENS4548 VLSI Systems
• ENS4205 Advanced Electronic

Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics Systems)
The Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Electronics Systems comprise 33 units; consisting of 30 core units and 3 electives, of which 17 units, taken principally in Years One and Two, will normally be studied in one of the Singapore polytechnics in a relevant three-year Diploma and the remaining 16 units, taken principally in Years Three and Four, will be offered by ECU through SMa School of Management.

• ENS2159 Engineering Innovations and Ethics
• ENS3447 Propagation & Antennas
• ENS3341 Signals & Systems
• SCP3341 Electronic Devices
• MAT3484 Data Analysis & Modeling
• ENS3251 Digital Signal Processing
• ENS3441 Communication Systems 1
• ENS3203 Electronic Circuit Design
• ENS4548 VLSI Systems
• ENS4152 Project Development
• ENS4251 Control Systems
• ENS4253 Engineering Project
• ENS4360 Power Electronics
• ENS4543 Engineering Management

Electives are chosen from:

• ENS3343 Data Communications & Computer Networks
• ENS3547 Wireless Communications
• ENS4542 Communication Systems 2
• ENS4444 Telecommunication Networks

Unit Descriptions

ENS2159 Engineering Innovations and Ethics
The unit introduces the innovation sequence and the ethical needs of the profession. The innovation module looks at research and development, adaptation and implementation, engineering plant and factory considerations. Entrepreneurial skills, negotiating skills and communication skills are stressed. The ethics module introduces the professional responsibilities related to ethics, industrial relations, occupational health and safety and concern for the community and the environment.

ENS3447 Propagation & Antennas
Radiowaves and free-space propagation; free-space attenuation; Fresnel zones; curved earth and diffraction; propagation in the presence of obstacles; propagation in an anisotropic medium; ionosphere propagation effects; troposphere refractivity; wave-guides and guided wave propagation; antenna radiation theory; antenna currents and polarisation; antenna gain and Frii's transmission equation; antenna noise temperature; patterns of typical antennas; antenna systems.

ENS3341 Signals & Systems
This unit introduces the basic concepts in signal and linear system analysis in both continuous- and discrete-time. It covers convolution, Fourier analysis, Lapalce and z-transforms, sampling and aliasing, and approximation of continuous-time systems with their discrete-time counterparts.

ENS3343 Data Communications & Computer Networks
Understanding of physical and logical elements of data communication and computer networks. ISO Open System Interconnect reference model and the TCP/IP protocol suite. Transmission media. Local, metropolitan, and wide area networks. Integrated services digital network (ISDN). Internetworking. Network security.

MAT3484 Data Analysis & Modelling
Basic methods of descriptive statistics, discrete and continuous random variables, sampling, estimation and hypothesis testing using standard parametric tests, least squares estimation and regression, reliability life testing, Poisson processes.

ENS3251 Digital Signal Processing
This unit introduces the basic concepts and algorithms in digital signal processing, including convolution and correlation, matched filtering, z-transform, discrete Fourier transform, FFT algorithms, digital FIR and IIR filter design, spectrum analysis and estimation, and applications of DSP algorithms.

ENS3441 Communication Systems 1
Review of spectral analysis of deterministic signals; bandwidth and filtration of signals; modulation theory; behaviour of communication systems in the presence of noise. Introduction to information theory.

ENS3547 Wireless Communications
This unit introduces the principles and practices of wireless communications network. It describes signal coding, error control and spread spectrum techniques and explains signal fading and multipath reception phenomena. Satellite communication, cellular wireless network, mobile IP, Wireless Access Protocol (WAP), and wireless LANS are given as an example of implementing wireless communication for different applications.

ENS4542 Communication Systems 2
Noise in continuous wave modulation; sampling and pulse code modulation; line coding and pulse shaping; principles of digital data transmission; probability, random variables and random processes; behaviour of digital communication systems in the presence of noise; introduction to information theory; a miscellaneous selection of recent topics in digital communication.

ENS4152 Project Development
Project development provides students with the experience of applying engineering principles and skills, learned in the formal courses, to a specific practical project. The project is selected from a set of representative projects proposed and supervised by staff members. The project is presented in a form of a progress report and the work is extended through Engineering project unit "ENS4253". The project tests the ability of the students to tackle a practical engineering project and to apply problem solving skills.

ENS4251 Control Systems
This unit presents the analysis and design of feedback control systems. The unit covers modeling of dynamic systems, properties of feedback systems, stability and compensation, and design of feedback control systems using the three approaches of root locus, frequency response and state variable equations.

ENS4253 Engineering Project
This unit is the continuation of the project development unit "ENS4152". At the end of this engineering project, students are required to demonstrate an implemented and tested system together with a final report. Students are also required to give an oral presentation which permits a review of their progress. Reports and presentations are reviewed by an assigned examiner and the supervisor.

ENS4444 Telecommunication Networks
Multiplexing, switching and routing. Theory, applications, and services of Frame Relay, IEEE 802.6 DQDB MAN, Switched Multimegabit Data Service (SMDS), ATM and B-ISDN, and SONET. Traffic analysis and capacity planning. Access network design. Backbone network design.

ENS4543 Engineering Management
This unit covers organisational structure and the strategies and approaches used in directing, controlling, planning and forecasting within organisations. Personnel management and an overview of financial analysis as it relates to management are included. The unit also addresses professional responsibility and awareness of ethical and environmental implications.

SCP3341 Electronic Devices
This unit develops knowledge of topics covering the properties and behaviour of electronic devices, from basic semiconductor materials, through electronic device physics, to integrated circuit technology. Specific topics covered include energy bands and carrier concentrations, carrier transport phenomena, the p-n junction, bipolar devices, unipolar devices, microwave and photonic devices, and an introduction to VLSI technology.

ENS3203 Electronic Circuit Design
This unit deals with the analysis and design of electronic circuits, concentrating on CMOS analog circuits. A range of circuit concepts are covered, including device models, standard circuit forms, feedback, noise, frequency response and circuit layout. An integral part of this unit is a design task, where students are required to design, simulate, build, test and document a circuit that meets given functional and performance specifications.

ENS4548 VLSI Systems
This unit covers HDL (High-Level Description Language) description of VLSI (Very Large Scale of Integration) systems, CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) deep-submicron technologies, power dissipation and low power techniques, CMOS designs styles and methods, design for test and VLSI system testing, engineering test, subsystem and system design.

ENS4205 Advanced Electronics
This unit consists of two parts. The first part covers energy conversion, switching converter concepts, dc-dc converter rectifiers, real sources and loads, and magnetic fundamentals. The second part deals with the issues of radio frequency circuit design including component modelling at high frequencies, two-port network parameters, low noise oscillators, mixers, small-signal and power amplifiers.

The minimum duration of completion is 2 years.

For entry to the Bachelor of Engineering (Communication Systems) and the Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics Systems), the applicants must be Diploma holders (3-year course) in Electronics, Computer, Communications, Telecommunications or Control Engineering from one of the following institutions or equivalent*:

• Nanyang Polytechnic
• Ngee Ann Polytechnic
• Republic Polytechnic
• Singapore Polytechnic
• Temasek Polytechnic

* Applicants with other relevant diploma qualifications may also apply, but will be assessed on a case-by-case basis by the University.

Intakes March / July every year

Interested applicants are required to submit the following:

• Duly-completed application form that can be obtained from SMa School of Management or SMa web site
• Certified true copies of all education certificates and transcripts
• Application processing fee of S$20 (non-refundable)

* Reservations will not be entertained.

All notice of withdrawal must be in writing. A full refund of the course fees paid will be made if notice of withdrawal is received more than 60 days before course commencement. If notice of withdrawal is received between 60 to 30 days before course commencment, 75% of course fees paid will be refunded.

No refund will be made after the course has commenced. Course Fee paid will not be refunded in the event of deferment regardless of whether the request made is prior to commencement or after the commencement of the course.

SMa reserves the right to make changes to the programme structure, admission requirements, course fee, examination rules and regulations, lecturers, date and venue of lectures.