400-level

ENCN401
Engineering in Developing Communities
Description
Water supply and sanitation (solid and liquid waste management) issues in developing communities, agricultural issues and impacts of land-use changes, humanitarian aid during natural disaster relief, engineering in a cultural and sustainable context using appropriate technology.
Occurrences
Semester One 2025
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Restrictions
ENNR451

ENGR403
Fire Engineering
Description
Introduction to Fire Engineering. Fire ignition, flame spread and flame height. The performance of construction materials and fire resistance. People movement and behaviour during fires. Fire detection, suppression and smoke extract systems. Wildland fires, fire investigation, fire-fighting.
Occurrences
Semester One 2025
Summer Jan 2025
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Subject to approval of the Director of Studies

ENCN405
Ecologically Engineered Systems
Description
Resources required for agriculture, horticulture, aquaculture. Best management practices for stormwater and agricultural runoff. Engineered wetlands. Ecological economics and restoration.
Occurrences
Semester One 2025
Points
15 points
Prerequisites

ENGR409
Design of Drinking Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems
Description
Project-based design for water and wastewater treatment. Water quality, design flows and loadings, physical primary treatment, biological secondary treatment, disinfection. Drinking water laboratories.
Occurrences
Semester One 2025
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Subject to approval of the Director of Studies
Restrictions
ENCN481

ENCN412
Traffic Engineering
Description
Transport planning. Traffic flow theory. Roadway and intersection design. Road safety. Traffic surveys. Transport project evaluation. Environmental impacts. Traffic management.
Occurrences
Semester One 2025
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Restrictions

ENCN415
Pavement Engineering
Description
Effect of traffic and environment on pavement. Analysis of stress from axle loads. Characterisation of pavement materials. Empirical and mechanistic-empirical design methods.
Occurrences
Semester One 2025
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Restrictions
ENCI415

ENCN423
Sustainable Energy Technologies
Description
This course is about energy technologies, systems, and sustainability. You will be introduced to renewable technologies, including solar, wind, hydro, biomass, geothermal, and energy storage. You will also learn about the wider energy system and energy transitions, including low-energy buildings, sustainable transportation, demand-side management, and industrial decarbonization. The course content will cover energy and sustainability from local to global perspectives.
Occurrences
Semester One 2025
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
EMTH210, ENCI199, ENCN201, ENCN205, ENCN213, ENCN221, ENCN231, ENCN242, ENCN253, ENCN281, or approval by Director of Studies
Restrictions

ENCN441
Fluid Mechanics of Environmental Systems
Description
Navier-Stokes equations. Scale and dimensional analysis. Description and modelling of turbulence. Dispersion in rivers. Dynamics of jets and plumes and applications to building ventilation.
Occurrences
Semester One 2025
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Restrictions
ENCN445

ENCN442
Integrated Surface Water and Groundwater Engineering
Description
Dynamics and management of surface water and groundwater systems including modelling of water demand, surface processes, recharge, abstraction and integration of water infrastructure.
Occurrences
Semester One 2025
Points
15 points
Prerequisites

ENCN446
Fluid Mechanics of Built Systems
Description
Pipeline unsteady flow; pipe networks; ocean waves; coastal engineering; time and frequency domain modelling.
Occurrences
Semester One 2025
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Restrictions
ENCN444, ENCN445

ENCN452
Advanced Geotechnical Engineering
Description
Stress-strain behaviour of soils. Critical-state soil mechanics. Approximations and limitations for geotechnical analyses. Piles under axial and lateral loading. Shallow foundations.
Occurrences
Semester One 2025
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Restrictions
ENCI452

ENCN454
Introduction to Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Description
Seismic behaviour of retaining walls, shallow and deep foundations, embankments, and slopes. Liquefaction. Case studies, design applications, and advanced methods of analysis.
Occurrences
Semester One 2025
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Restrictions
ENCI620

Not Offered Courses in 2025

400-level

ENCN482
Site Assessment and Remediation
Description
Soil and groundwater contamination; aqueous and non-aqueous contaminant fate and transport; containment methods; remediation options; New Zealand regulation and risk applications.
Occurrences
Not offered 2025, offered in 2024
For further information see ENCN482 course details
Points
15 points