Markov and Neural Network Models for Prediction of Structural Deterioration of Stormwater Pipe Assets

Storm-water pipe networks in Australia are designed to convey water from rainfall and surface runoff. They do not transport sewerage. Their structural deterioration is progressive with aging and will eventually cause pipe collapse with consequences of service interruption. Predicting structural condition of pipes provides vital information for asset management to prevent unexpected failures and to extend service life. This study focused on predicting the structural condition of storm-water pipes with two objectives. The first objective is the prediction of structural condition changes of the whole network of storm-water pipes by a Markov model at different times during their service life. This information can be used for planning annual budget and estimating the useful life of pipe assets. The second objective is the prediction of structural condition of any particular pipe by a neural network model. This knowledge is valuable in identifying pipes that are in poor condition for repair actions. A case study with closed circuit television inspection snapshot data was used to demonstrate the applicability of these two models

Courses for teaching leadership capacity in professional engineering degrees in Australia and Europe

Recently many educational institutions across the globe have implemented engineering leadership programs either as a part of formal engineering curriculum or where leadership development is embedded into separate in-house programs. This shows a clear intent of these educational institutions to prepare their engineering students for solving the real world problems, recognizing that both technical and leadership skills are valuable for tomorrow’s engineers. Leadership programs in engineering education have been implemented in various formats with varying degrees of success. It has already been identified in research studies that 80-90% of the engineering leadership programs offered explicitly across the globe were based in the United States of America. However, in Europe and Australia, there is a noticeable lack of engineering leadership programs, particularly in undergraduate curriculum. In Australia, it has been identified that only two universities offered a comprehensive program that catered for engineering leadership and both of them were at the post-graduate level. There are other leadership initiatives undertaken by industry in Australia in collaboration with universities but non-explicit in nature. Similarly, Europe is not far ahead. Few engineering universities across the United Kingdom offer leadership programs either as comprehensive degree courses or in modular forms. In the rest of Europe, only Belgium offers a comprehensive explicit program at the postgraduate level. The programs which are offered across Australia and Europe have distinct design and delivery styles but there are certain key features which are common to most of the programs including professional partnerships, mentoring, engineering design and project-based approaches

Northern Territory infrastructure report card 2010

Made available by the Northern Territory Library via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).Date:2010-11Includes biblographic references

Electrical wiring rules : prepared at the interstate conference, Melbourne, February 1922 ... revised November, 1924.

Rev. ed. Includes index.; Library's copy has some text cut off. ANL; Electronic reproduction. Canberra, A.C.T. : National Library of Australia, 2010

Transactions of the Institution of engineers, Australia.

Mode of access: Internet.Beginning 1929, the Transactions are incorporated in the Journal of the Institution of engineers, Australia, although annual volumes of selected papers are still continued in volumes uniform with the Transactions