仪器控制和自动化工程是电气，电子和计算机工程与控制工程的集成。该集成学科包括开发智能系统，以自动化不同工程行业中的监视，处理和生产。本课程旨在为毕业生提供扎实的背景，以涉足与自动化和控制应用相关的一系列职业道路，这些应用在采矿和矿物加工，石油和天然气以及农业行业中以西澳大利亚州的经济为代表。该课程的毕业生将精通电气和电子工程，具有设计，开发和管理高级控制和自动化系统的专业技能，并且能够参与和领导复杂的多学科项目。
Instrumentation control and automation engineering is the integration of electrical, electronic and computing engineering with control engineering. This integrated discipline includes the development of intelligent systems to automate monitoring, processing, and production in different engineering industries. The course is designed to provide graduates with a strong background to enter into a range of career pathways related to automation and control application in the mining and mineral processing, oil and gas, and agriculture industries that are strongly represented in the economy of Western Australia.<br>Graduates of the course will be conversant in electrical and electronic engineering, have specialist skills in design, development and management of advanced control and automation systems, and have the ability to participate in, and lead, complex multidisciplinary projects. The program focuses on the development of knowledge and skills relevant to professional engineering practice along with a sound theoretical base, and includes strong elements of practical problem solving, team work and project development. As a result, graduates will have strong analytical skills, in addition to multiple technical and transferable competencies.<br>The course covers topics in process control algorithms, computer interfacing and communications of industrial controllers, as well as computer automation, including the use of PLCs, SCADA, and PC-based systems to control systems and processes. Topics such as advanced PLC control and SCADA systems, and manufacturing execution systems are introduced in the advanced years of the program, after students have gained proficiency in the theory of modern control and dynamic systems.<br><br>Course learning outcomes<br>Demonstrate advanced knowledge of the underpinning natural and physical sciences and in depth understanding of specialist bodies of knowledge within the instrumentation control and automation engineering disciplines.<br>Think critically, and apply established engineering methods and research skills to complex engineering problem solving.<br>Apply systematic engineering synthesis and design processes to conduct and manage instrumentation control and automation engineering projects, with some intellectual independence.