Engineering Science at the Auckland University
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The document provides an overview of Engineering Science at the University of Auckland. It discusses the department's graduate degree programs in Engineering Science and Biomedical Engineering. It also outlines the department's research interests and degrees, which include operations research, continuum mechanics, bioengineering, and geothermal energy. Specific research themes are geothermal reservoir engineering, bioengineering, electric power optimization, and fluid dynamics. The department runs postgraduate certificate programs in geothermal energy technology and operations research.
Engineering Science at the Auckland University
- 1. Engineering Science at the University of Auckland Mike O’Sullivan, University of Auckland, New Zealand
- 2. Outline of the presentation General background on Engineering Science Graduate degrees
- 3. Engineering Science One of five departments in the Faculty of Engineering (also Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical and Materials) Faculty enrolls ~650 new undergraduate students each year Engineering Science runs two degree programs – Engineering Science and Biomedical Engineering Engineering Science ~35 students per year Biomedical Engineering ~25 students per year
- 4. Engineering Science People Academic staff - 31 Research fellows - 7 PhDs – 18 Master of Engineering – 8 Master of Energy – 8 Master of Operations Research – 1 Postgraduate Certificate in Geothermal Energy - 22
- 5. Teaching profile – for all engineers Mathematical modelling Computer methods Chemistry and Biology for engineers (part)
- 6. Teaching profile – for Engineering Science Mathematical modelling Computational techniques Design Continuum mechanics Operations Research
- 7. Teaching profile – additional for Biomedical Eng. Instrumentation Bioengineering
- 8. Research interests Operations research Continuum mechanics Bioengineering
- 9. Research spin-off groups Bioengineering – Auckland Bioengineering Institute Operations Research – Optima Geothermal – Geothermal Modelling Group
- 10. Research degrees PhD – 3 or 4 years Master of Engineering – 1 year Engineering – 4 year BE + 1 year ME Science – 3 year BSc + 2 year MSc or 4 year BSc(hons) + 1 year MSc
- 11. Master of Energy Cross-faculty degree (Engineering, Science, Business and Economics) Just started in 2011 Organised by Engineering Science Several themes including geothermal and wind
- 12. Master of Energy - structure Two compulsory courses (25%) - Energy Resources and Energy Technology Three elective courses (37.5%) – From Engineering, Science or Business and Economics Industry-focused research project (37.5%)
- 13. Master of Operations Research A one year, all research degree Targeted at students with BScs in mathematics, statistics or computer science or with BComs in economics Engineering Science students interested in OR can take an ME
- 14. Postgraduate certificate in geothermal energy technology One semester program (mid-July to mid-November) Organised by Engineering Science (the Geothermal Institute is being re-established and may take over this role) 25-30 students per year, ~25% from Indonesia, ~25% from the Philippines, the rest from many countries New Zealand Government is providing scholarships
- 15. PGCert - structure Two compulsory courses – one on geothermal engineering and one on geothermal geoscience (50%) One elective paper on either geothermal engineering or geothermal geoscience (25%) An industry-based research project (25%) Two one-week field trips to the Taupo volcanic zone – Rotorua, Wairakei etc
- 16. PGCert – field trip
- 17. PGCert – field trip
- 18. Engineering Science - Research themes Bioengineering Research Electric Power Optimization Fluid Dynamics, Solid Mechanics, Geothermal and Oil and Gas Reservoir Engineering Network Design and Simulation Scheduling and Rostering Stochastic programming and multicriteria optimization.
- 19. Geothermal Reservoir Engineering Research Simulation of the Wairakei-Tauhara, Mokai, Ohaaki and Ngawha reservoirs. Modeling of supercritical geothermal flows. MCMC methods for model calibration. Large-scale geothermal convection. Subsidence in geothermal fields Automated model calibration
- 20. Geothermal Engineering Research Two-phase flow in geothermal pipelines. Two-phase orifice plates. Power station design and optimisation. Automated analysis of geothermal well tests. Direct use of geothermal energy.
- 21. Other related research Environmental fluids modelling Tidal flow modelling. Simulation of pollutant dispersal in rivers, estuaries and coastal environments. Simulation of fish egg/larvae dispersal. Petroleum reservoir engineering Coal bed methane (CBM) production
- 22. Big picture for geothermal modelling research I want to be able to run bigger and better models of Wairakei-Tauhara (and other fields) more quickly. I would like to have much more automation in the calibration process. My ultimate aim is to start my model running, go to the beach for a week or two and return to find: A well calibrated model Future predictions of system behaviour (with full statistics e.g. 95% confidence bounds on MWe output, etc)
- 23. The beach
- 24. The other end of the beach
- 25. Far north New Zealand