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Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering1. The departmentThe Faculty of Engineering is made up of five departments and two schools and offers a range of disciplines in undergraduate and postgraduate courses on the Clayton, Gippsland and Malaysia campuses. There are also opportunities for undergraduates to study for double degrees with other faculties There are approximately 4100 students in the faculty, including 650 postgraduates (research and coursework), and an academic staff of 270 (2005 figures) The departments and schools within the faculty are: Chemical Engineering; Civil Engineering; Materials Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering which are all based on the Clayton campus; the Malaysian School of Engineering and the Gippsland School of Applied Science and Engineering. There is a common first year undergraduate program offered at the Clayton and Malaysian campuses after which students choose their area of specialisation. At Gippsland the Bachelor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and postgraduate programs in Maintenance and Reliability Engineering are delivered by the Gippsland School of Applied Sciences and Engineering which was formed in 2003 by the amalgamation of the Gippsland School of Engineering with the Gippsland School of Applied Science. Amended 6.06.06 The Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering operates across the Clayton and Caulfield campuses where it offers both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. There is an academic staff of 31 and a student load of over 738 EFTSU, of which approximately 67 is postgraduate. Undergraduate studies are also available in electrical and information and computer engineering on the Gippsland campus, with teaching done by the Gippsland School of Engineering. The main discipline areas are: biomedical engineering, computer architecture, control, electronics, power engineering, robotics and telecommunications. Research interests of the department include : Circuit theory and signal processing, multimedia communications, ionospheric propagation, antennas and wave propagation, control systems, telecommunications, asynchronous transfer mode, video compression and archiving, optical fibre communications, optical computing, electronic design, computer vision, computer systems control, robot navigation, tactile sensing, artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, computer software engineering, power electronics, high-voltage engineering, alternative energy sources, robust control, muscle physiology, biomedical engineering, auditory systems and prostheses, surge arrester design and cogeneration. The research centres of the department are Centre for Biomedical Engineering (MUCBE) - Principal areas of research include rehabilitation engineering, biomechanics, biomedical instrumentation, telemedicine, ECG analysis, analysis of electrical and electromagnetic properties of linear molecules Centre for Electrical Power Engineering (CEPE) - Research strengths include power electronic converters, energy storage systems, electrical machinery, high voltage engineering for hydro and turbo generators, digital electronics and microprocessors, electromagnetic and thermal problems in electrical plant operation, system harmonics and their control, power system reliability, high voltage-insulation condition monitoring Intelligent Robotics Research Centre (IRRC) - Research strengths include machine perception (image processing, ultrasonic sensing, tactile sensing, pattern recognition, computer vision, optical flow, range finding, olfactory sensing and interactive computer graphics) and robot navigation (localisation, environmental modelling, simultaneous localisation and map building and collision-free path planning) Centre for Telecommunications and Information Engineering (CTIE) - Carries out research into all aspects of telecommunications, including multimedia over wireless networks, next generation internet, video and audio on demand, video conferencing, radio propagation, signal processing, optical fibre communications, and electromagnetic field theory. A separate research group within the Centre is the Advanced Network Systems Performance and Applications Group (ANSPAG) which is an unincorporated joint venture between Telstra, Siemens and Monash University which undertakes research into advanced networking. Faculty Control Group - Broad objectives are in teaching, research and consulting in areas relating to the control engineering. ANSPAG - Advanced Network Systems Performance & Application Group - Joint venture between Monash University, Telstra and Siemens. The group runs important pilot trials particularly in the field of video communications, such as local and wide area, video on demand systems, and high quality video conferencing. Research includes network performance issues and traffic management. More information about:
2. General policy statementThe Collection Development Policy covers printed books and journals, electronic resources, multimedia and any other formats acquired for the Library's collection. The Policy is regularly monitored to ensure that the selection and acquisition of new resources supports the teaching and research needs of the faculties and their departments. While every effort is made to meet known information needs some gaps in the collection may develop which need attention, and suggestions to address them are welcome. This may be done through liaison with library staff or, for individual titles, using the recommendation form at lib.monash.edu.au/forms/acquisition-request.doc To ensure that the library provides collection materials to support new courses and subjects, completion of a Library Impact Statement lib.monash.edu.au/forms/impact.doc is required. When establishing new research directions staff are encouraged to liaise with the library about the provision of supporting information resources. All titles listed as prescribed or recommended reading for teaching subjects are acquired as high priority and in multiple copies depending on student enrolment numbers. This is particularly necessary for undergraduate students, who need access to adequate resources on their home campus. Electronic versions of these texts are also provided where possible, so that access is more readily available regardless of location and number of copies held. The inter-campus loan and photocopy services for undergraduates further support the needs of those students. However, the library cannot acquire every item that could conceivably be needed by Monash staff or students. The reciprocal borrowing scheme enables Monash library users to borrow from other university libraries. Post-graduates and staff may also use the document delivery service to obtain books and articles from other libraries in Australia and overseas. 3. The library's collectiona. LocationMaterial purchased for the Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering is located predominantly in the Hargrave-Andrew Library on the Clayton campus, with some material in the Caulfield Library. Material in the area of electrical and computer engineering purchased for the Gippsland School of Engineering is located on the Gippsland campus. Much of the material purchased for the Faculty of Information Technology is of interest to the Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, and this is located predominantly in the Hargrave-Andrew Library and also on the Caulfield, Gippsland and Peninsula campuses. b. LanguageGenerally only material in the English language is acquired. c. Classification usedMaterial acquired for the Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering is classified using the Dewey Decimal Classification. d. Formats collectedWhile no format is excluded, in practice the greater part of the collection is monographs and serials, both printed and electronic. A large number of monographic series are also collected. e. Size of the collectionEstimated number of monograph volumes purchased per annum : over 200 Number of print serial titles received : The Department subscribes to over 300 titles, and nearly all of these are located in the Hargrave-Andrew Library on the Clayton campus. The Monash University Library subscribes to Australian Standards Online, which provides electronic access to all Australian Standards provided by the Standards Association of Australia, and the IEEE standards (via IEL:IEEE/IEE Electronic Library). As well, the Hargrave-Andrew Library and the Caulfield Library have a recent print set of the American Society for Testing and Materials standards. f. Significant electronic resourcesThe Library is purchasing increased numbers of resources in electronic format, including networked or internet databases, fulltext resources, including suites of electronic journals, and CD-ROM databases that are only accessible within a particular Branch library. As a result, an increasing proportion of the budget for library material for the Faculty of Engineering is spent on these resources. These include Databases
Fulltext databases / electronic journal suites
Subject gateways
Around 80% of the library materials budget for the Faculty of Engineering is spent on serials, databases and electronic resources, and 20% on printed monographs. g. Coverage of the collectionThe library resources acquired for the department cover in general areas of the Dewey Decimal Classification in 610.28, biomedical engineering, 621.3, electrical, electronics and communications engineering and 629, computer control engineering The major areas of collecting for the Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering are as follows
The Hargrave-Andrew Library has an extensive collection in the areas of computer systems, information systems, data processing, computer programming, software engineering, computer engineering and control systems. Other areas that are well served include artificial intelligence, electrical, electronic and communications engineering, power generation and computer control (including robots). The area of biomedical engineering is relatively new to Monash; the collection now is reasonable but needs to be built up. Telecommunication for the most part is out of date, it needs to be brought up-to-date and built up quickly as there is a new course in this subject and a new focus for the Department. Basic electronics and computer systems need to be built up, and out-of-date material needs to be weeded. 4. Other significant Monash collections or resourcesSESTICON: As a member of SESTICON (South Eastern Scientific and Technical Information Consortium), Hargrave-Andrew cooperates with the member libraries covering this subject to consolidate and maximise holdings, thus providing the most effective access to information resources. Selected serial titles in areas of shared research interest are also circulated among the SESTICON libraries. (More information about SESTICON available lib.monash.edu.au/hal/sesticon.html) Collections Table(T = teaching level, R = research level)
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