Focus in Design, Mechanics and Materials
Objectives
The Focus Specialization in Design, Mechanics and Materials is a general Mechanical Engineering specialization with wide applicability to a range of diverse domains from biomedical to transport (automotive, aerospace, space and rail), advanced manufacturing including additive manufacturing, product development, robotics, sports, energy systems and even buildings. The engineering design and evaluation of mechanical and mechatronic systems is one of the main tasks of a mechanical engineer. The focus, thus, optimally bridges the Bachelor and Master Curriculum by preparing students for a wide variety of subsequent Master studies. It aims to broaden and strengthen the main fundamentals in Mechanical Engineering by introducing state-of-the art methods and tools in engineering design, mechanics, computing and new technologies. This knowledge will enable students to design, analyze, simulate, optimize and test modern mechanical and mechatronic systems.
Description
We are a diverse and active group of 11 professors supporting the focus, thus offering many opportunities for your Bachelor and Master studies. This newly revised focus offers a selection of tailored courses to deepen your knowledge in Design, Mechanics and Materials including computational methods and AI, theoretical methods, product development methods, and experimental methods including testing. Within the focus students can choose a more applied Bachelor thesis topic, including industry projects as well as more theoretical topics in the labs of the professors.
Students can freely select five courses among the list of offered courses, which are summarized below. Several courses from the Master program can already be taken in the Focus Specialization. Please check the course description and obtain permission from the lecturer. One course in addition to those listed can be requested, on approval by the Focus Coordinator.
For Bachelor thesis topics: Please see the websites of the individual labs.
Focus Coordinator: Prof. Dennis M. Kochmann, Mechanics and Materials Laboratory
Involved Professors:
- Prof. Daniel Ahmed, Acoustic Robotics for Life Sciences and Healthcare
- Prof. Markus Bambach, Advanced Manufacturing Lab
- Prof. Laura De Lorenzis, Computational Mechanics Group
- Prof. Mark Fuge, Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Design
- Prof. Andreas Kunz, Virtual Reality
- Prof. Edoardo Mazza, Experimental Continuum Mechanics
- Prof. Mirko Meboldt, pd|z Product Development Group Zurich
- Prof. Dirk Mohr, Artificial Intelligence in Mechanics and Manufacturing
- Prof. Kristina Shea, Engineering Design and Computing Laboratory
- Prof. Elizabeth Tilley, Global Health Engineering
- Dr. Paolo Tiso, external page Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Group
Course units offered in Autumn Semester
Strukturlabor (Dr. M. Zogg)
Continuum Mechanics I (Dr. A. E. Ehret)
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos I (Prof. G. Haller)
Metal Additive Manufacturing - Mechanical Integrity and Process Simulation (Dr. E. Hosseini)
Produktionsmaschinen I (Prof. M. Bambach, J. Mayr)
Laser-Based Manufacturing (Prof. M. Bambach)
Sustainable Materials (Dr. L. Deillon)
Praxiskurs zu Fokusprojekten mit Schwerpunkt CAD und CAE mit Siemens NX (Dr. M. Schütz, J. L. Emery)
Applied Finite Element Analysis (Dr. B. Berisha, Prof. D. Mohr)
Coaching Innovations-Projekte (Dr. I. Goller, Dr. K. Weiss)
Lightweight Structures (Dr. T. Tancogne-Dejean)
Engineering Design Optimization (Prof. K. Shea, Dr. T. Stankovic)
Machine Learning for Mechanical Engineering (Prof. M. Fuge)
Course units offered in Spring Semester
Visualization, Simulation and Interaction - Virtual Reality I (Prof. A. Kunz)
Informationstechnologien im digitalen Produkt (Dr. E. Zwicker, Dr. R. Montau)
GL zum Bemessen von Kunststoffbauteilen (Prof. G. P. Terrasi)
Interdisciplinary Product Development: Definition, Realisation and Validation of Product Concepts (Dr. M. Schütz)
Continuum Mechanics 2 (Prof. E. Mazza, Dr. R. Hopf)
Introduction to Finite Element Analysis (Prof. D. M. Kochmann)
Case Studies in Computer Aided Engineering - Applied FEM (Dr. D. Valtorta)
Nonlinear FEA (Prof. L. De Lorenzis)
Advanced Dynamics (Dr. P. Tiso)
Experimental Mechanics (Dr. P. Carrara)
Metal Additive Manufacturing - Fundamentals and Process Technology (Prof. M. Bambach, Dr. L. Deillon, Dr. E. Tosoratti, Dr. M. R. Tucker)
Optimization and Machine Learning (Dr. B. Berisha, Prof. D. Mohr)
Product Development and Engineering Design (Prof. K. Shea, Dr. T. Stankovic, Prof. E. Tilley)
Materials for Mechanical Engineers (Prof. R. Spolenak, Prof. A. R. Studart, Prof. J. Vermant)
Industrial Robotics and Automation (Prof. M. Bambach, Dr. S. Dünser, Dr. I. Aschwanden)
Digital Twins of Production Processes (Prof. M. Bambach, Dr. M. Afrasiabi, Dr. Z. Zhang)
Specialization Areas
Within the focus "Design, Mechanics and Manufacturing", students are encouraged to specialized in the area of Design or Manufacturing or Mechanics. For questions about courses in Design, please contact ; for courses in Manufacturing , and for courses in the area of Mechanics .
If you would like to specialize in the area of Mechanics, recommended general electives are Introduction to Computing, Introduction to Finite Element Analysis, and Leichtbau, while recommended focus electives are Continuum Mechanics 1 & 2, Advanced Dynamics, Experimental Mechanics and Optimization and ML.