Objectives
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Learning Outcomes
The industrial engineer (Master of Electromechanical Engineering Technology) in electromechanical engineering graduates with sound knowledge, insight and skills oriented towards detecting and analysing problems, designing solutions and realizing them in an operational context, particularly in companies and services.
He/she controls and uses strategies and processes with a view to efficiently develop, produce, apply, implement and improve products, processes and systems. A pragmatic attitude, a strong solution-oriented spirit, openness to other disciplines, operational thinking, innovation and application-oriented engineering and research skills as well as attention to the professional context are essential qualities.
The Master of Science in Electromechanical Engineering Technology has four specializations:
In the specialization Renewable Energy the student learns how to apply the acquired knowledge and skills in the field of renewable energy and energy-efficient drive technologies. The new graduate implements advanced theoretical and practical aspects of electromechanical engineering for renewable-energy technology in a multidisciplinary environment. He/she designs, creates, simulates and analyses advanced technologies for sustainable energy in a multidisciplinary work environment, operates advanced computer-assisted engineering tools for designing, producing and analysing renewable-energy technologies in a multidisciplinary work environment, acts spontaneously from an advanced understanding of the technology for renewable energy and context.
In the specialization Mechatronics, mechanical components are combined with sensors, actuators and a control unit, so as to build the smart machines of the future. The new graduate implements advanced theoretical and practical aspects of electromechanical drive systems in a multidisciplinary work environment, implements advanced theoretical and practical aspects of engineering in a multidisciplinary work environment, designs, creates, simulates and analyses advanced electromechanical and mechatronic systems in a multidisciplinary work environment, uses advanced computer-assisted- engineering tools for the mechanical design, production and analysis of electromechanical and mechatronic systems in a multidisciplinary work environment.
The specialization Transport Technology is primarily focused on electric and hybrid vehicles and energy storage. The new graduate implements advanced theoretical and practical aspects of vehicle and drive applications in a multidisciplinary work environment, uses advanced simulation tools to design, understand and produce environmentally friendly drive systems in vehicles, uses advanced theoretical aspects for the analysis of existing models of energy sources and development of new energy sources in environmentally friendly vehicles, has insight in the energy and environmental problems associated with transport and selects the optimum technologies to obtain the necessary results, and acts spontaneously from an advanced understanding of the technological context.
The Major in Aviation Technology provides a broad overview of engineering in aviation. The new graduate implements advanced theoretical and practical aspects of mechanics of and related to aircrafts and helicopters in a multidisciplinary work environment, implements advanced theoretical and practical aspects of propulsion for aircrafts and helicopters in a multidisciplinary work environment, implements advanced theoretical and practical aspects of systems and instrumentation for aircrafts and helicopters in a multidisciplinary work environment, and acts spontaneously from an advanced understanding of aviation technology and aviation context.
The graduate in Electromechanical Engineering Technology has demonstrated that he/she, in addition to the technical and scientific expertise, has acquired the following general competences (learning outcomes):
1. To possess advanced application-specific knowledge, understanding and skills in the specialty with attention to the latest developments in technology.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
7. To act from a research attitude: creativity, accuracy, critical reflection, curiosity, justify choices on the basis of solution-oriented arguments.
8. To design systems, products, services and processes, with a focus on innovation and operations. To interpolate and experiment in the business context.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
14. To communicate orally and in writing about one's field in the language or languages relevant to the specialty.
15. To present and communicate, both in language and graphics, information about the field to colleagues and laymen.
16. To act in an ethically, professionally and socially responsible manner with attention to technical, economic, human and sustainability aspects.
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Academic plans
In the context of this programme, the following academic plans are offered:
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