Engineering
Engineering professionals are solving the world's problems and leading the way in innovation by improving infrastructure, building smarter technologies and finding alternative energy sources.
Please note
Engineering as a subject is only available for the qualifications listed on this page. For a list of programmes available for the Bachelor of Engineering with Honours, please go to BE(Hons).
New Zealand needs more professional engineers working in the economy. Currently, fewer than 1,000 professional engineers graduate each year. Countries with similar populations to New Zealand have more than double that number of engineering graduates.
As a trained engineer, you will be in-demand and essential for New Zealand’s growth in technology-related enterprises. Our close links with New Zealand industry ensures you will be work-ready and able to apply your engineering skills and scientific knowledge to solve real-world, industrial and societal problems.
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Papers
Available Engineering papers
Prescriptions for the GradCert(Eng) and GradDip(Eng)
A Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma is available to graduates who have not included Engineering at an advanced level in their first degree.
For further details, contact the Faculty of Science and Engineering.
Prescriptions for the PGCert(Eng), PGDip(Eng) and ME
To complete an ME, students must complete the equivalent of 120 points at 500 level, including either ENGEN593 or ENGEN594.
Prescriptions for the MPhil
The Master of Philosophy is a one year research-based degree in which students undertake a programme of approved and supervised research that leads to a thesis which critically investigates an approved topic of substance and significance, demonstrates expertise in the methods of research and scholarship, displays intellectual independence and makes a substantial original contribution to the subject area concerned, and is of publishable quality.
Prescriptions for the PhD
The Doctor of Philosophy is a three year research-based degree in which students undertake a programme of approved and supervised research that leads to a thesis which critically investigates an approved topic of substance and significance, demonstrates expertise in the methods of research and scholarship, displays intellectual independence and makes a substantial original contribution to the subject area concerned, and is of publishable quality.
100 Level
| Code | Paper Title | Occurrence / Location |
|---|---|---|
| ENGEN100 | General Physics and Maths for Engineers | 19C (Hamilton) & 19S (Hamilton) |
| A review of core topics in maths and physics that underpin study in engineering. Topics include kinematics, mechanics, electric circuits, geometry, trigonometry, complex numbers, basic algebra and basic calculus. | ||
| ENGEN103 | Engineering Computing | 19A (Hamilton), 19A (Tauranga) & 19T (Hamilton) |
| This paper introduces computer programming in languages such as C# and Python. It provides the basis for the programming skills required in more advanced papers within the School of Engineering. | ||
| ENGEN110 | Engineering Mechanics | 19A (Tauranga), 19B (Hamilton) & 19B (Tauranga) |
| This paper covers aspects of engineering mechanics. | ||
| ENGEN111 | Electricity and Electronics | 19A (Hamilton), 19A (Tauranga), 19B (Tauranga) & 19T (Hamilton) |
| Students are introduced to underlying concepts in electricity such as current, voltage and power, and apply these concepts in a laboratory by making circuits and measuring them with common laboratory instruments. | ||
| ENGEN112 | Materials Science and Engineering | 19B (Hamilton) & 19B (Tauranga) |
| Introduction to engineering materials (metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, semiconductors and biomaterials) and their atomic structure and mechanical properties. Includes; elastic and plastic deformation, fracture mechanisms, failure in service, iron-carbon phase diagram, redox reactions in corrosion, production of polymers, ce... | ||
| ENGEN170 | Engineering and Society | 19B (Hamilton) & 19B (Tauranga) |
| Introduction to the role of engineering in society in particular understanding of Treaty of Waitangi, history of science, engineering and technology, philosophy and ethics and public participation, participatory design, sustainability. | ||
| ENGEN180 | Foundations of Engineering | 19A (Hamilton) & 19A (Tauranga) |
| Introduction to the engineering design process and computer aided design, fundamental principles of engineering analysis, open ended problem solving, engineering economics and the skills of a successful engineer. Includes a design-build-test experience. | ||
| ENGEN183 | Linear Algebra and Statistics for Engineers | 19A (Hamilton), 19A (Tauranga), 19B (Hamilton) & 19B (Tauranga) |
| A study of introductory statistics and the fundamental techniques of algebra including Gaussian elimination, vector and matrix algebra, complex numbers, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, as well as basic statistical notions and tools, with engineering applications. | ||
| ENGEN184 | Calculus for Engineers | 19A (Hamilton), 19A (Tauranga), 19B (Hamilton), 19B (Tauranga), 19S (Hamilton) & 19S (Tauranga) |
| A study of the fundamental techniques of calculus, including differentiation and integration for functions of one real variable, with engineering applications. | ||
| PHYSC100 | General Physics | 19A (Hamilton) |
| This paper provides an introduction to the core ideas in physics. Topics covered include kinematics, mechanics, fluids, electric and magnetic forces and fields, electric circuits, optics, modern physics and relativity, taught in a problem solving context. | ||
200 Level
| Code | Paper Title | Occurrence / Location |
|---|---|---|
| ENGCB223 | Fluid Mechanics | 19B (Hamilton) |
| Basic principles of fluid statics and dynamics, including fluid viscosity, Bernoulli and mechanical energy equation, momentum analysis, dimensional analysis, flow in pipes and ducts, flow over bodies, and compressible flow. | ||
| ENGCB224 | Heat and Mass Transfer | 19B (Hamilton) |
| This paper covers the fundamentals of heat and mass transfer analysis, including conduction, heat convection, radiation, molecular diffusion and mass convection. Finned surfaces and heat exchangers are also covered. | ||
| ENGCB280 | Process Engineering Design 1 | 19B (Hamilton) |
| This paper covers mass balances around reactors and separation processes used by engineers in process design, CAD tools for process flow diagrams, pipe and instrumentation diagrams, and simple batch and continuous process modelling using software tools. | ||
| ENGCV212 | Structural Engineering 1 | 19A (Hamilton) |
| Analysis of statically determinant structural systems under axial, bending and torsional loads, including beam deflections, buckling of struts, shear in joints, couplings, trusses and frames; plus introduction to design of simple structural elements. | ||
| ENGCV223 | Water Engineering 1 | 19B (Hamilton) |
| Basic principles of fluid statics and dynamics, including fluid viscosity, Bernoulli and mechanical energy equation, dimensional analysis, flow in pipes and channels and introduction to hydrology and fluvial processes. | ||
| ENGCV231 | Geotechnical Engineering 1 | 19A (Hamilton) |
| This paper covers basic concepts and principles governing the mechanical behaviour of soils, rocks and slopes, including the effective stress concept, shear strength of soils, and stability concepts. Field and laboratory work provide opportunity to learn practical skills and apply the knowledge gained. | ||
| ENGCV241 | Highways and Transportation | 19B (Hamilton) |
| Introduces the basic theories and design techniques used in highway and pavement engineering, and traffic engineering and transportation planning. | ||
| ENGCV251 | Construction 1 | 19A (Hamilton) |
| Engineering properties, performance and constraints of common construction materials including timber, steel, concrete polymers and composites. Materials selection and application to construction methods. | ||
| ENGCV280 | Civil Design Challenge 1 | 19B (Hamilton) |
| Civil design principles are applied to an open-ended design challenge. Design standards and calculations for simple civil structures are introduced, along with engineering drawings, and construction and testing of simple structures. | ||
| ENGEE211 | Electromagnetics | 19B (Hamilton) |
| This paper covers engineering applications of electric and magnetic fields including capacitance, magnetic induction, and motors, taught in a problem-solving context. | ||
| ENGEE231 | Circuit Theory | 19A (Hamilton) |
| This paper covers theory, analysis and frequency response of electrical circuits involving passive elements, complex impedance, complex gain, and feedback. | ||
| ENGEE232 | Analog Electronics | 19B (Hamilton) |
| This paper covers the characteristics of diodes and BJTs, CE, CC, CB, Darlington and cascode configurations, push-pull amplifiers and operating class, power supply and oscillator circuits. To an assumed understanding of feedback, operational amplification, and complex impedance, the ideas of dynamic resistance and small-signal anal... | ||
| ENGEE233 | Digital Systems | 19A (Hamilton) |
| This paper provides students with an introduction to digital electronics and microprocessors. It covers combinatorial and sequential logic, hardware description languages, and processor architecture and construction. | ||
| ENGEE280 | Electronics Design | 19B (Hamilton) |
| This course is an introduction to the design process in electronic engineering. The use of Computer Aided Design (CAD) as a tool is reinforced using practical exercises. | ||
| ENGEN201 | Engineering Mathematics 2 | 19B (Hamilton) & 19S (Hamilton) |
| Calculus of Several Variables and its Applications. Vector calculus (Green's, Gauss' and Stokes' theorems). Taylor's Theorem in n dimensions. Introduction to partial differential equations. Fourier series. | ||
| ENGEN270 | Engineering Professional Practice 1 | 19A (Hamilton) |
| Preparation for success in the engineering workplace including CV preparation, interview techniques, job seeking skills, online profile, workplace and engineering business cultures and norms, ethics, communication and management structures. | ||
| ENGEN271 | Engineering Work Placement 1 | 19C (Hamilton), 19S (Hamilton) & 19T (Hamilton) |
| First work placement involving 400 hours of work experience at an approved engineering organisation relevant to your studies. Typically undertaken during the summer semesters at the end of second year. | ||
| ENGEN272 | Engineering Work Placement 1 | 19C (Hamilton) |
| First work placement involving 400 hours of work experience at an approved engineering organisation relevant to your studies. Typically undertaken during the summer semester at the end of second year. | ||
| ENGME221 | Engineering Thermodynamics | 19A (Hamilton) |
| This paper covers the fundamental concepts and laws of thermodynamics, including thermodynamics properties of substances, first and second law analysis, power cycles, refrigeration cycles and simple combustion analysis of engines. | ||
| ENGME251 | Dynamics and Vibration | 19B (Hamilton) |
| This paper covers the principles and application of dynamics and vibration. | ||
| ENGME280 | Design and Manufacturing 1 | 19B (Hamilton) |
| This paper covers the fundamentals of engineering design and manufacture. | ||
| ENGMP211 | Materials 1 | 19A (Hamilton) |
| This paper will provide a foundation for understanding the relationship between material structure, processing and behaviour to support engineering of materials and engineering with materials. | ||
| ENGMP213 | Mechanics of Materials 1 | 19A (Hamilton) |
| Stress and failure analysis of statically determinant and material systems under axial, bending and torsional loads, including beam deflections, buckling of struts, shear in joints, twisting in circular shafts and couplings. | ||
300 Level
| Code | Paper Title | Occurrence / Location |
|---|---|---|
| ENGEN301 | Engineering Mathematics 3 | 19A (Hamilton) |
| Introduces numerical methods and statistical ideas relevant to Engineering. | ||
| ENGEN371 | Engineering Work Placement 2 | 19C (Hamilton) |
| Second work placement involving 400 hours of work experience at an approved engineering organisation relevant to your studies. Typically undertaken during the summer semesters at the end of third year. | ||
| ENGEN372 | Engineering Work Placement 2 | 19C (Hamilton) |
| Second work placement involving 400 hours of work experience at an approved engineering organisation relevant to your studies. Typically undertaken during the summer semester at the end of third year. | ||
| ENGEN390 | Special Topics in Engineering 1 | 19A (Hamilton), 19B (Hamilton), 19C (Hamilton), 19D (Hamilton) & 19Y (Hamilton) |
| An independent theoretical literature or experimental investigation of an engineering topic supervised by a member of staff. | ||
| ENGEN391 | Special Topics in Engineering 2 | 19A (Hamilton), 19B (Hamilton), 19C (Hamilton), 19D (Hamilton) & 19Y (Hamilton) |
| An independent theoretical literature or experimental investigation of an engineering topic supervised by a member of staff. | ||
500 Level
| Code | Paper Title | Occurrence / Location |
|---|---|---|
| ENGEN508 | Master's Capstone Project | 19C (Hamilton) |
| This paper requires students to carry out a theoretical or empirical investigation in a relevant subject/engineering discipline and write a report on the findings of the investigation. | ||
| ENGEN570 | Engineering Professional Practice 2 | 19Y (Hamilton) |
| Role engineers in industry, business and society, contract law and legal responsibility, Treaty of Waitangi considerations, intellectual property, teamwork and leadership skills, responsibilities of a professional, ethics with industrial case studies. | ||
| ENGEN581 | Honours Research Project | 19A (Hamilton), 19B (Hamilton), 19C (Hamilton) & 19Y (Hamilton) |
| Final year honours research project carried out on a topic assigned and supervised by a member of staff. | ||
| ENGEN582 | Honours Research and Development Project | 19A (Hamilton), 19B (Hamilton), 19C (Hamilton) & 19Y (Hamilton) |
| This is the final year Honours, research and design "capstone" project. | ||
| ENGEN583 | Special Topics in Engineering 3 | 19A (Hamilton), 19B (Hamilton), 19C (Hamilton), 19D (Hamilton) & 19Y (Hamilton) |
| An independent theoretical literature or experimental investigation of an engineering topic supervised by a member of staff. | ||
| ENGEN584 | Special Topics in Engineering 4 | 19A (Hamilton), 19B (Hamilton), 19C (Hamilton) & 19D (Hamilton) |
| An independent theoretical literature or experimental investigation of an engineering topic supervised by a member of staff. | ||
| ENGEN585 | Special Topics in Engineering 5 | 19A (Hamilton), 19B (Hamilton), 19C (Hamilton) & 19D (Hamilton) |
| An independent theoretical literature or experimental investigation of an engineering topic supervised by a member of staff. | ||
| ENGEN586 | Special Topics in Engineering 6 | 19A (Hamilton), 19B (Hamilton), 19C (Hamilton) & 19D (Hamilton) |
| An independent theoretical literature or experimental investigation of an engineering topic supervised by a member of staff. | ||
| ENGEN587 | Directed Study 1 | 19A (Hamilton), 19B (Hamilton) & 19C (Hamilton) |
| Students have the opportunity to pursue a topic of their own interest under the guidance of academic staff. | ||
| ENGEN588 | Directed Study 2 | 19A (Hamilton), 19B (Hamilton) & 19C (Hamilton) |
| Students have the opportunity to pursue a topic of their own interest under the guidance of academic staff. | ||
| ENGEN593 | Engineering Thesis | 19C (Hamilton) |
| An externally examined piece of written work that reports on the findings of supervised research. | ||
| ENGEN594 | Engineering Thesis | 19C (Hamilton) |
| No description available. | ||
| ENGEV543 | Design for Energy and the Environment | 19B (Hamilton) |
| This interdisciplinary paper focuses on the important aspects of science and technology related to new and existing energy resources and energy efficiency. Topics covered reflect the trend of current development in energy technology. | ||
| ENGEV544 | Environmental Technology Water and Wastewater 1 | 19A (Hamilton) |
| No description available. | ||
| ENGEV545 | Environmental Technology Water and Wastewater 2 | 19B (Hamilton) |
| No description available. | ||
| ENGME515 | CAD/CAM for Engineering | 19B (Hamilton) |
| No description available. | ||
| ENGME585 | Industrial Technology and Innovation 1 | 19A (Hamilton) |
| Industrial Technology and Innovation explores the process of technological innovation in industry through readings, assignments, case studies and discussion sessions. It is interactive and draws upon student experiences from work and project experience. | ||
| ENGME586 | Industrial Technology and Innovation 2 | 19B (Hamilton) |
| No description available. | ||
| ENGMP516 | Materials Characterisation | 19B (Hamilton) |
| This paper covers the basic theory and use of advanced analytical techniques used in materials characterization using optical microscopy, x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and differential thermal analysis (DTA). | ||
800 Level
| Code | Paper Title | Occurrence / Location |
|---|---|---|
| ENGEN800 | Engineering MPhil Thesis | 19C (Hamilton) |
| No description available. | ||
900 Level
| Code | Paper Title | Occurrence / Location |
|---|---|---|
| ENGEN900 | Engineering PhD Thesis | 19C1 (Hamilton), 19C2 (Hamilton) & 19D (Hamilton) |
| No description available. | ||
Dr Low graduated from Waikato with a doctorate in 2012. He works at Ligar, a company based at Ruakura in Hamilton that specialises in commercial filtration to extract organic and inorganic molecules.
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Scholarships and Prizes
Selected scholarships for Engineering students.
New to Waikato? The International Excellence Scholarship is worth up to $10,000.
University of Waikato Doctoral Scholarship Open
When students apply to enrol in a PhD, DMA, EdD or SJD they will be asked to indicate whether they wish to be considered for a UoW Doctoral Scholarship on the Application to Enrol form.
Applications will be considered in three rounds a year: 31 January, 31 May and 30 September.
Closing Date: 31 May 2019
Waikato Graduate Women Educational Trust Masters Study Award Closed
For female students who are New Zealand Citizens or permanent residents for at least 2 years, who at the time of the application are enrolled full- or part-time in a masters thesis worth at least 90 points. The scholarship will have a value of $2,000.
Waikato Graduate Women Educational Trust Merit Award for Doctoral Study Closed
For females who have been New Zealand Citizens or permanent residents for at least 2 years, and who have been accepted by the Postgraduate Studies Committee of the University of Waikato for confirmed enrolment fulltime for a doctoral degree. The scholarship has a value of $3,000 a year for up to 3 years.
Waikato Graduate Women Educational Trust Dame Jocelyn Fish Award Closed
For female students who have been New Zealand Citizens or permanent residents for at least 2 years, and are enrolled full-time in the second year or above of a first degree, majoring in a non-traditional field for women (e.g. computer science, engineering, mathematics, The value of the award is $1,000 and is tenable for the course of the degree up to a maximum of three years.
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Contacts
Faculty of Science & Engineering
Phone: +64 7 838 4625 / 0800 438 254
Email: science@waikato.ac.nz
Website: sci.waikato.ac.nz
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