ENGINEERING
An ENGINEERING degree develops a wide range of skills and abilities, including:
Creative synthesis in design and industrial applications Analytical skills in engineering and materials sciences Numeracy in mathematics, computing and finance Knowledge of social sciences such as law, business management and economics People-oriented skills which are essential for industrial relations, teamwork and marketing USP offers the following degree courses:
Bachelor of Science in Architecture
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Geodetic Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Architecture
Perhaps the oldest form of art known to man is architecture. Before men painted paintings or cast sculptures, they built buildings. Architecture is the skill or art of designing buildings. A group of buildings with common features defines an architectural style. It may be the style of a culture or of a single architect.
A building is always designed to house something - to protect some one or something from the elements.
There are always limits to architecture then, imposed by the function that a building must serve. But around the function there are a variety of ways in which the architect may work as a creative artist in creating the appearance of his building.
Architecture is bound not only by function but also by its environment. Some buildings leap out from their surroundings and distinguish themselves from their environment, some seem to want to disappear into the shadows to blend with their surroundings. Each is usually a deliberate effect intended by the designer, who wants us to understand and perceive the building in a particular fashion.
Architectural studies at USP are based on studio work and strongly biased towards design, with the emphasis clearly placed on learning through doing, rather than through instruction.
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
Civil Engineers are concerned with
·The Environment (e.g. water and waste, floods and irrigation, traffic management)
·Structures (e.g. buildings, airports and harbours, roads and railways, bridges and tunnels).
Civil Engineering is about providing the infrastructure for our daily lives and making sure that the environmental impact of new schemes is minimized.
As a Civil Engineer you can concentrate on:
·Design - where an idea is taken from conception through calculations and analysis to drawings
·Construction - translating plans and ideas into physical reality.
Civil engineering students learn how to analyze and solve problems; they also learn how to communicate their solutions of these problems (their designs) to others and how to transform their designs into reality.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineers Generate and exploit electricity (e.g. electrical machinery, power generation) and distribution, consumer electronics, lighting and heating).
Electrical Engineering is arguably the technology which has done most to shape the world we live in.
All aspects of our lives are affected by the electrical power we take for granted, by the communications, entertainment and computer equipment we use every day, by the manufacturing industries which rely on these technologies and by transport, medicine, agriculture, financial services and every other component of modern society.
Electrical engineers are responsible for the continued safe development of this technology, in all its many applications, through research, design/development, manufacture, service, marketing and consulting.
Electrical engineering is a dynamic and exciting discipline which will continue to serve the needs of society through the economic and sustainable exploitation of existing technology and the development of innovative ideas.
Our Electrical Engineering course is designed to train students in the analysis, planning, design, development, implementation, operation, instrumentation, and control of power systems and associated electrical machines, equipment, and devices.
Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering
Electronic communications has had a profound effect on modern society. In particular the very rapid growth of personal communications, such as mobile phones and satellite communications, has changed the way we all work.
Technological advances continue, leading to exciting and diverse opportunities for employment for the telecommunications graduate.
At USP, links between the Department of Engineering and industry leads to a profitable exchange of personnel and ideas, resulting in relevant teaching and progressive projects.
Electronic and Communications Engineering at USP includes work in analogue and digital communications, optical communications, cellular systems (using radio and optical carrier techniques) and multimedia technologies.
This course prepares students for the evaluation, planning, design, development, implementation and operation of electronic devices, circuits, and instruments, and of communication equipment, devices and systems.
Bachelor of Science in Geodetic Engineering The classical core of Geodetic Engineering has been in determination, recording and setting out of boundaries. Traditionally therefore, research has been based on mathematics, administration and law. Three directions have developed from this classical core:
·Methods for establishing a reference system for 2D and 3D determination of position (including determination of reference systems)
·Methods of determining and recording topographical information with regard to earth's surface (including collection, processing and presentation of topographical information)
·Methods for recording and revision of land tenure (including land registers, land consolidation and value surveys)
New measurement techniques have had the effect that increasing efforts have been put into a worldwide reference network, through which minute changes in the shape of the earth can be detected. Research into the reference network on a national level has received a new incentive through the introduction of the Global Positioning System (GPS).
The collection and recording of topographical data through surveying and Photogrammetric measurement techniques has - for a large part - been succeeded by GPS, digital recording (remote sensing) and Geographical Information Systems (GIS).
In addition to the work of the Land Registry, research has developed into the establishment of other sorts of administrative real estate information, for instance within local authorities. The rural land consolidation has been complemented by the study of urban renewal as means of changing ownership relationships in project areas.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
The vitality of our nation depends upon innovation in the design of new machines, devices to satisfy society's needs, engines to produce power efficiently, equipment to condition the environment of our buildings, and the systems to use and control these engineered products.
Mechanical engineers are involved in solving problems by origination design concepts, developing products and processes of manufacture, and designing hardware and the systems needed to satisfy society's demands. Mechanical engineers work in virtually all industries.
The study of mechanical engineering requires a basic understanding of mathematics, chemistry, physics, and the engineering sciences.
Mechanical engineering education emphasizes thermodynamics; fluid mechanics; dynamics of machines; and the synthesis, development, evaluation and optimization of designs of devices and systems.