General description
Engineering Design and Applied Mechanics addresses MSc students who as graduate engineers wish to participate in the development of new and better solutions for products, mechanical components, production equipment and industrial plant. The focus for the solutions may range from microstructures such as parts for hearing aids or mobile telephones, to engines, turbines, wind turbines, ships and offshore structures. Students of Engineering Design and Applied Mechanics acquire competence in the application of systematic engineering design methods and advanced mathematical models. They also obtain extensive knowledge of physical principles, the strength of structures, fluid flows and energy conversion. Applied mathematics is used in many practical contexts. Mathematical modeling often involves extensive use of computer simulation.
Graduates of Engineering Design and Applied Mechanics frequently find employment in the development and research departments of large industrial enterprises or in small enterprises manufacturing high-tech products or in research institutions. Typical assignments might be in the field of engineering design and dimensioning of products and production equipment or the development of new products. Assignments might also include the optimization of energy systems, control of mechanical systems or the analysis of flows in e.g. turbines, ventilation systems, around wind turbines or around maritime structures. Roles in the enterprise might include those of chief executive, development manager, team manager, product manager, consultant, specialist or researcher.
Engineering Design and Applied Mechanics covers the disciplines: engineering design and product development, strength and dynamics of structures, aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, energy systems, and maritime engineering.
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