Mechatronics Engineering Final Year Projects

These pages describe final year projects that have been designed particularly for mechatronics students.

Mechatronics engineering encompasses computer science, electrical and electronic engineering and mechanical engineering as well, so final year projects can be undertaken with supervisors in any of the three departments. You can choose final year projects from any supervisor in any of these three schools. However, the assessment mechanism for all projects will follow the assessment rules for Mechanical Engineering projects because you are enrolled in either Mechatronics Engineering Project 450 or 472.

Note the following important web links:

Mechanical Engineering Final Year Project Page:
http://www.mech.uwa.edu.au/fyp/

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Final Year Projects page:
http://student.ee.uwa.edu.au/fyp

Computer Science and Software Engineering Final Year Projects Pages: http://undergraduate.cs.uwa.edu.au/year4/offered2007/index.html (CSSE Project List)

CEED Projects Page: http://ceed.uwa.edu.au/

Several members of staff specialize in areas that are more relevant for mechatronics than others: they are listed on this page. Check their personal web pages: many have further details of their projects.

You should also make sure you talk to potential supervisors before selecting their projects. Written information on the web can be outdated and it is best to make personal contact before selecting a project. Some of the most important factors in selecting a final year project:

- Reputation of supervisor
- Can I work with this person? Is it easy to find him or her when I need to?
- Is supervisor going to be absent in the next 12 months, either on study leave or long service leave? It is possible to work with supervisors who are away for several months as they often arrange for colleagues to look after day-to-day needs of students.
- What kinds of special technical expertise will I learn from this person's projects?
- Am I interested in postgraduate research eventually? If so, choose a supervisor with an international research record (check their CV on their web page).
- Am I interested in industrially relevant projects? If so check out the CEED scheme (http://www.mech.uwa.edu.au/ceed/)
- Does my supervisor have industrial contects?
- Can my supervisor help me with international contacts when I am applying for jobs or wanting to work overseas?

There is no 'best' project: you will find almost any project rewarding in so many unexpected ways.