This course will be offered during the first AND second AND third AND fourth quartile.
When developing, designing and producing new products or new manufacturing systems for high-tech applications (such as robotics, healthcare, computer chips manufacturing, aircraft, spacecraft energy generation to name a few) a mechanical engineer is confronted with mechanics, materials, control and processes. The goals of this course are two-fold. Firstly, the student will acquire an overview of the cutting-edge in research, development areas and novel technologies in the field of High-Tech Systems and Materials (HTSM). Secondly, the student will acquire in-depth knowledge of a particular research topic within the field of HTSM.
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The course will involve a series of 8 keynote lectures from keynote speakers presenting the different themes, developments and perspectives of High-Tech Systems and Materials (HTSM). These 8 keynote lectures are scheduled through the academic year. Four lectures will cover “Material” topics and four lectures will cover “System” topics. Attendance to at least 6 out of 8 of these lectures is mandatory. As the state-of-the-art in the field of HTSM is presented, the topics of keynotes, and the keynote speakers, can vary from year to year. After attending at least 4 out of 8 keynotes lectures, the student will make a motivated selection for one particular topic within the themes of HTSM, for which (s)he will carry out a more detailed literature study, or assignment, and write a technical paper on the chosen topic.
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