Capstone Projects

In the last five years, a number of Capstone project students with backgrounds in mechanical engineering, mechatronic engineering, electrical/electronic engineering, computer systems engineering and computer software engineering joined in one of our research project teams (consisting of academics, research engineers, Post-doctoral research fellows, engineers from industry companies and other Capstone project students) to conduct Capstone projects. They were very successful and gained very valuable experience and skills in mechanical design and manufacturing, mechatronic system design, sensor and sensor network development, software development and control. Some students published their works in international conferences as regular research papers, and several students were offered scholarships for pursuing Master and PhD research degrees. A list of industry based projects can be downloaded from here. Potential to combine Capstone projects with vacation scholarships or internships exists for high calibre students.

We are running a number of multi-disciplinary projects (see Research) funded by Australian federal and state governments and industry companies. Students with various backgrounds in engineering (i.e. Mechanical, Mechatronics, computer software, computer systems, electrical, etc.), computer science (such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, etc.) and information technology can be accommodated in these projects. For students who are going to do Capstone projects and interested in joining our project teams, please contact Associate Professor Dikai Liu by email dikai.liu@uts.edu.au.

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Prizes/Awards won by Capstone Project Students Supervised:

  • Dean’s Prize, Gregory Peters, “UTS RVC: The Design and Construction of a Prototype Climbing Robot”, Dec. 2009

 

Undergraduate Teaching

  • 48610 Introduction to Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering ("Mechatronics project")

  • 48660 Dynamics and Control

  • 48663 Advanced Manufacturing

  • 48623 Mechatronics II

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Postgraduate Teaching

  • 49928 Design Optimization for Manufacturing

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Awards

  • S. Murray, D.K. Liu, V. Lasky, K.K. Fung, Lothar Weber, 2006 Carrick Australian Awards for University Teaching _Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning

  • S. Murray, D.K. Liu, V. Lasky, K.K. Fung, “Remote Access Laboratories for Promoting e-Learning”, 2005 University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) Teaching Awards _Category one: an exemplary innovation in teaching by a team.

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Research Projects

  • D. Lowe, S. Murray, E. Lindsay, D.K. Liu, “Remotely accessible laboratories - enhancing learning outcomes” funded by The Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, 2007. Funding: $107,237.

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Research Publications

  • D. Lowe, S. Murray, E. Lindsay. & D.K. Liu (2009), “Evolving Remote Laboratory Architectures to Leverage Emerging Internet Technologies”. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, Vol.2, No.4, 2009, pp.289-294

  • E. Lindsay, S. Murray, D.K. Liu, D. Lowe. & C. Bright (2009), “Establishment reality vs maintenance reality: how real is real enough?“, European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 34, Issue 3, June 2009 , pages 229 - 234

    • S. Murray, D. Lowe, E. Lindsay, V. Lasky & D.K. Liu (2008) “Experiences with a Hybrid Architecture for Remote Laboratories”, Proceedings of the FiE 2008: The 38th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference. Saratoga Springs, USA, Oct 22-25, 2008.

  • E. Lindsay, S. Murray, D.K. Liu, D. Lowe. & C. Bright (2008), ”Establishment Reality vs Maintenance Reality: How Real is Real Enough?”, Proceedings of the SEFI 2008: 36th Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education. Aalborg, Denmark, July 2 - July 5 2008. (This paper has been selected as one of the 8 BEST PAPERs from the conference, and is offered publication in EJEE – European Journal on Engineering Education)

  • C. Bright, E. Lindsay, D. Lowe, S. Murray. & D.K. Liu (2008), “Factors That Impact Learning Outcomes in Both Simulation and Remote Laboratories”, in LUCA, J. & WEIPPL, E. R. (Eds.) Ed-Media 2008: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications. Vienna, Austria, AACE, Vienna, Austria, June 30-July 4, 2008

  • D. Lowe, S. Murray, E. Lindsay, D.K. Liu & C. Bright (2008), “Reflecting Professional Reality in Remote Laboratory Experiences”, in AUER, M. E. & LANGMANN, R. (Eds.) REV 2008: Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation, Dusseldorf, Germany, June 22-23, 2008, published by International Association of Online Engineering
     

  • E. Lindsay, D.K. Liu, S. Murray, D. Lowe (2007), “Remote Laboratories in Engineering Education: Trends in Students’ Perceptions”, Proceedings of the 18th Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, 9-12 December 2007, Melbourne, Australia (Paper #32).

  • D.K. Liu, S.D. Huang, T.A. Brown (2007), “Supporting Teaching and Learning of Optimisation Algorithms with Visualisation Techniques”, Proceedings of the 18th Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, 9-12 December 2007, Melbourne, Australia (Paper #42)

  • D. McIntyre, D.K. Liu, V.L. Lasky, S. J. Murray (2006), “A remote water-level control laboratory for e-learning”, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information Technology based Higher Education and Training (ITHET), 10-13 July, 2006, Sydney (Paper #122)

  • V.L. Lasky, D.K. Liu, S. J. Murray, K. K. L. Choy (2005), “A remote PLC system for e-Learning” Proceedings of the 4th ASEE/AaeE Global Colloquium in Engineering Education, 26 - 29 September 2005 in Sydney, Australia, (Paper #208)

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