Learning outcomes
- MaLO_1 To possess advanced application-specific knowledge, understanding and skills in the specialty with attention to the latest developments in technology.
- MaLO_2 To possess advanced application-specific understanding of advanced theories and methods for the schematisation and modelling of processes and systems and their use in solving problems within the specialty.
- MaLO_3 To independently integrate and deepen previously acquired knowledge with a view to the opportunities for innovating practical implementations, whilst being aware of the limits of one's own competencies.
- MaLO_4 To formulate and analyse complex problems within the specialty, and if necessary reduce them to manageable sub-problems, and to develop implementation-oriented design solutions with attention to the specific context.
- MaLO_5 To independently conceive an engineering project, to plan and execute at the level of junior researching professional. To perform a literature study and to critically interpret the results following scientific standards and this in view of the opportunities for practical applications.
- MaLO_6 Starting from the acquired discipline-specific and interdisciplinary insights, to select, adapt or if necessary develop, and adequately apply advanced research, design and solution methods. To scientifically process the results, to motivate the adopted choices based on application-oriented knowledge and the demands of the business context.
- MaLO_8 To design systems, products, services and processes, with a focus on innovation and operations. To interpolate and experiment in the business context.
- MaLO_9 To master system complexity using quantitative methods. To possess sufficient knowledge, insight and experience with the relevant real-life situation to be able to critically test results.
- MaLO_10 To act with an engineering attitude in a predominantly discipline-specific context: result-driven, with attention to planning and technical, economic and societal boundary conditions such as sustainability, assessment of risks and feasibility of the proposed approach or solution, focus on results and achieving effective solutions, innovative thinking.
- MaLO_11 To work on a project in a primarily subject-specific context: to set goals, to monitor the goals and progress of the project. To function as a member of an (inter- and multidisciplinary) team, to start to lead, to be a bridge between management and workplace, to operate in an international or intercultural environment. To report effectively.
- MaLO_12 To have business-administrative and economic insight in order to situate the contribution to a process or to the solution of a problem in the broader context.
- MaLO_13 To weigh specifications and constraints and convert them into a high-quality system, product, service or process. To extract useful information from incomplete, contradictory or redundant data.
- MaLO_14 To communicate orally and in writing about one's field in the language or languages relevant to the specialty.
- MaLO_15 To present and communicate, both in language and graphics, information about the field to colleagues and laymen.
- MaLO_16 To act in an ethically, professionally and socially responsible manner with attention to technical, economic, human and sustainability aspects.
- MaSLO-EM_1 To have advanced, application-oriented knowledge, understanding and skills in electromechanics, with attention to the latest developments in technology and to the industrial setting.
- MaSLO-EM_2 To analyse, optimize and manage production processes and machines.
- MaSLO-EM_3 To design electromechanical systems and to support the design with advanced software tools and experimental validation.
- MaSLO-EM_4-DE To acquire depth in the electromechanical-engineering field of: Sustainable energy.
Objectives
D1: understands how wind turbines work, including the aerodynamical, mechanical and electrical aspects (MaLO 1, 3, 4, 6, 10)
D2: is conversant with wind characteristics and the way to quantitatively describe and model them (MaLO 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10)
D3: knows a number of state-of-the-art applications of wind energy (MaLO 3, 4, 6, MaSLO EM 1, 2, 4 DE)
D4: is aware of the requirements of a wind turbine, including efforts to improve the design, the reliability, the lifetime and the profitability of wind turbines (MaLO 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, MaSLO EM 1, 2, 3, 4 DE)
D5: situates wind energy in its environmental and economic context (MaLO 5, 6, 10, 12)
D6: reads English fluently (MaLO 11)
AD1: reasons and acts in a structured and systematic manner (MaLO 3)
AD2: communicates in Dutch in a comprehensible and structured manner (MaLO 14, 15)
AD3: develops a professional attitude (MaLO 11, 14, 16)