Mechanical Engineering - Mastertrack Mechatronic Systems Design

TheMechanical Engineering - Mastertrack Mechatronic Systems Design offered byEindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)is exploring new concepts and architectures for boosting performance in future (opto-)mechanical engineering systems, both in terms of accuracy and productivity.

Key Features

As a Mechanical Engineering student specializing in Mechatronic Systems Design you learn to design multidisciplinary systems and devices. Consider, for instance, precision surgical robots and parts of complex machines such as wafer scanners or electron microscopes. Designing off-shore wind energy systems also requires multidisciplinary systems thinking. If you can appreciate this interaction between related disciplinary fields, the Mechanical Engineering - Mastertrack Mechatronic Systems Design offered by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) enables you to find solutions to a range of mechanical engineering challenges.

Over the past few decades, the field of mechatronics has developed significantly, particularly in the Netherlands. In areas like optical storage and semiconductor equipment, the need for better performance at reduced cost has led to the further integration of several adjacent engineering subdisciplines. Think about branches of physics such as optics and acoustics, or heat and flow, tribology, materials science, mathematics, and software, for example.

Complexity is increasing, from machine to component level. Synergistic combination of precision mechanical engineering, control systems, and system thinking, is paving the way for new innovative machines, instruments, and consumer electronics. And the bustling industrial activity in Brainport Eindhoven makes our region a compelling high-tech leader in these disciplines.

In this master’s track you learn how to apply system thinking to develop high-tech solutions for complex problems. The coursework offers you the data-based and model-based tools needed for design, process optimization, and control of mechanical dynamical systems. Design principles teach you how to assess uncertainties and variations in process, operation and environment for decision making reasons.

You also learn to incorporate key aspects such as operator support for maintenance of high-tech equipment. Or detect and identify failures, safety, and optimized performance, as well as material design, material properties in the design of high-tech systems, and robotics.

Courses include:

• Control Engineering
• Multibody and Non-linear Dynamics
• Experimentation for Mechanical Engineering
• Scientific Computing for Mechanical Engineering
• Engineering Optimization
• Applications of Design Principles