Electromagnetic Technologies (MCEN90044)

Electromagnetic components, such as motors, generators, actuators and sensors are critical to many growth industries.  These industries include: Robotics, Automotive, Biomedical, Renewables, Aerospace and Agriculture. Electromagnetic Technologies aims to provide students with the knowledge and skills to design electromagnetic devices from first principles and to utilise such components in the appropriate manner for industrial solutions.

This subject will introduce students to the fundamentals of electromagnetic theory before exposing them to a range of industry focussed design projects.  For these projects, the students will be expected to:

• Understand the context of the component design requirements
• Formulate the design in a way that allows theoretical analysis
• Conduct the analysis
• Utilise the analysis to design or select (and where possible build) the component
• Take measurements to compare the experimental performance against the theory

The subject also provides wider background knowledge of design engineering, exposing students to industry standard methods of information gathering, analysis and selection.

Topics covered include:

• Electromagnetic theory
• Finite-element methods
• Magnetic actuators
• Electric motor design
• Thermal analysis
• Acoustic analysis
• Electromagnetic sensors