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Faculty of Engineering,
Computer & Mathematical Sciences

Location: Barr Smith Lawns

Tours: All tours depart from outside the ECMS/Health Sciences marquee. Bookings are essential.

What is engineering? What does a computer scientist do? What careers are available to a mathematician? Find the answers to these questions and many more by visiting the ECMS marquee where academics and current students will be on hand to answer your queries in relation to programs of study and career opportunities, and a diverse range of student projects will be on display. In addition, to acquaint yourself with ECMS facilities, be sure to book yourself into any tours of interest listed below.

 

CENTRE FOR AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY RESEARCH

This centre is responsible for conducting research to understand how road crashes and the resulting injuries occur; proposing and evaluating ways to prevent crashes and injuries; and providing independent professional advice on road safety matters to government and non-government organisations in Australia and overseas.
CASR dedicates most of its time to researching improvements in vehicle design to protect pedestrians from injury. This work, in collaboration with an international committee and the automobile industry, involves at-scene crash investigations, computer modelling of pedestrian-vehicle collisions and physical reconstruction of the impacts between car and pedestrian.
To learn about CASR and the investigations it conducts to improve the safety of Australians on our roads, visit the ECMS marquee!

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Are you interested in making an impact in diverse careers such as Pharmaceutical, Chemical and Sustainable Energy Engineering?

If so, visit the Marquee and witness how Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Sustainable Energy engineers influence society. Come and learn about this discipline and get involved with our interactive displays such as the Fluidised Duck, Dancing Balls, Magic Fluid, Gooey Fluid, ChemEng Sustainable Lava Lamps and our very own Microalgae tank!

Academics and current students will be available to explain the diversity of chemical engineering and career opportunities for future graduates

Tour the Bioprocessing and Distillation Laboratories

• Times: 10:50am, 11:50am, 12:50pm, 1:50pm & 2:50pm
• Duration: 30 minutes

 

CIVIL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND MINING ENGINEERING

Interested in Architectural, Mining, Civil & Environmental or Civil & Structural Engineering programs, or simply want to learn more about the developing role of civil and mining engineers?

Visit the marquee and see how civil engineers have influenced society through infrastructure such as roads, bridges, buildings and even water supply.

Experience what it is like to be a real life Civil Engineer, by running an interactive and fun bridge design program to see for yourself how earthquakes influence building design.

Tour the Hydraulics and Stress Analysis Laboratories: This tour will exhibit the forces steel will endure and why it is so widely used as well as how water flows in two quite different forms - a slow, deep flow and a fast, shallow manner. Find out what the transition, or 'jump' between the two forms looks and feels like.

• Times: 10:30am, 11:30am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 2:30pm
• Duration: 30 minutes

 

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Careers in computer game development, visual effects for Hollywood blockbusters, defence and medical research are just some of the areas where computer science graduates are making an impact!

Come and play an interactive computer vision system, view a showcase of games developed by students and talk to academics about the exciting range of opportunities that studying computer science can help create.

Tour the Computer Science Facility

• Times: 10:40am, 11:40am, 12:40pm, 1:40pm, 2:40pm
• Duration: 30 minutes

 

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

Wind turbines, satellites, hybrid solar cars and sophisticated surveillance systems are all examples of the projects final year students in electrical and electronic engineering undertake.

On display in the ECMS marquee will be a selection of past and current final-year student projects including: an intriguing Mobile-Phone-Based Payphone; and an innovative Hybrid Solar-Electric Car built jointly with mechanical engineering students.

In addition, view the exciting Innovation Fund project winner the Solar-Electric-Pedal Powered Trike. Developed and designed by students this project exemplifies our University and student research capabilities in sustainable energy engineering, and will provide a platform for future improvements in alternative hybrid-electric drive systems.

You will also have an opportunity to test how much pedal power it takes to run a light bulb and judge for yourself whether pedal-powered computers will ever be a hit!

Tour the Electrical Machines and Drives Laboratory

• Times: 10:10am, 11:10am, 12:10pm, 1:10pm, 2:10pm, 3:10pm
• Duration: 30 minutes

 

ENTREPRENEURSHIP, COMMERCIALISATION & INNOVATION CENTRE

Visit the ECMS marquee and talk to our entrepreneurs to learn how you to can commercialise your ideas, become innovative, develop projects and acquire the skills needed to pursue entrepreneurial activities.

In addition to that, leading experts within this field will be available to discuss the diverse program options applicants can pursue via intensive delivery mode. This Centre’s core focus is on developing entrepreneurship, innovation, technology commercialisation, and/or project management capability in individuals and organisations. The ECIC undertakes research in the areas of entrepreneurship, innovation, commercialisation, and project management and disseminates the knowledge and expertise it acquires from this research through its teaching, the Thebarton Business Incubator that nurtures and assists students and alumni of the University to develop and launch their own ventures, and the pre-eminent South Australian business planning competition — the eChallenge.

 

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

Mathematics is everywhere! Mobile phones, computer graphics, games, weather prediction and internet security all rely on mathematics. Mathematics graduates work on aeroplane design, medical research, cryptography, traffic control, modelling of ocean currents and so much more.

The Innovation Fund project winner Tactile Mathematics will show you how mathematics is tangible through a mix of large toys! Challenge yourself, and participate in 3D curve stitching, geometrics, and Galton’s Box of bouncing balls.

Check out the mathematics poster display to find out how the Queen of Hearts plays noughts and crosses and learn why mixing is important in pollutant dispersal, weather and climate prediction, microchip forensic analysis and more using an interactive fluid mixer.

 

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Come to the ECMS marquee to view the Prosthetic Knee Joint, just one example of the type of project to be undertaken by final year students in Australia’s first sports engineering program. Such technology will allow disabled people or those afflicted by amputation to lead independent lives.

Have you ever considered installing a wind turbine for your household? Well, through the research our final year students have conducted this may be possible. This Innovation Fund project winner, Wind Turbines, was designed and developed to test three different types of small scale wind turbines, with the intention of discovering the most efficient and cost effective option for South Australian households! To find out more, visit this display, and speak to the bright minds behind these cutting edge technologies.

Other examples of final year student projects on display include the Biodiesel Motorbike, Formula SAE Racing Car, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, iSOAR UAV, Fuel Cell UAV, Pulse-Jet UAV, Bio Trike, EDGAR, and an Inverted Pendulum, each of which demonstrate the unique possibilities for future students.

In addition, view the prototype of the Sydney Olympic Torch and the Athens Olympic Torch, showcasing the combustion technology used to produce the Olympic flame and developed by University of Adelaide mechanical and chemical engineers with industry partner FCT.

Tour the Acoustic Chambers

• Times: 10:20am, 11:20am, 12:20pm, 1:20pm, 2:20pm
• Duration: 30 minutes

 

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING

Visit the ECMS marquee and find out about the unique career opportunities that await petroleum graduates. See Darcy’s Flow Law in action by adding water flow to a series of unconsolidated sediments and view a range of oil samples from an international set of reservoirs.

South Australian Virtual Reality Centre (SAVRC)

A unique chance to view architecture, aerospace and petroleum engineering, life sciences, geosciences and even flight simulation in a 3D form through state-of-the-art technology. Don’t miss this opportunity to immerse yourself in a computer generated 3D world!

• Times: 11:45am, 1:15pm, 3:45pm
• Duration: 45 minutes

 

All tours depart from outside the ECMS/Health Sciences Marquee. Bookings are essential.