Overview
Materials used in the aviation industry have become ever diverse, more sophisticated, and very important as aerospace technologies developed rapidly. The selection of materials in the aircraft industry has a significant impact on all stages of aircraft life from the initial design phase, to manufacturing, flight operations, and maintenance, and when decommissioning. In this unit, you will learn about the principles and fundamentals of materials science and engineering. You will apply this knowledge to various types of advanced materials in aviation.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Aircraft Maintenance Practices
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2026
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
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You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Verbal feedback
The literature review assessment item could be challenging for those that have not done a similar assessment item or those that have not done a thesis unit.
More thorough information should be provided and discussed about the nature of the literature review and the purpose of the assessment item.