Technical University Berlin

This course sets the basics for an understanding of multimodal communication between humans and multimodal interaction between humans and machines. The course begins with clarifying the basic principles of human-human communication and human-machine interaction. The course then describes the processes taking place in humans when perceiving auditory, visual, and tactile signals, as well as how these perceptions are integrated in order to form a multimodal perception. The signals can be generated and received by machines which are able to interact with humans in limited domains. The set-up of such machines is discussed, and limitations as well as potential solutions to overcome these limitations is explained.

This course is the second of two fluid mechanics courses that are taught concurrently in a single semester. Students take Fluid Mechanics I and then either Fluid Mechanics II (Higher Flow Level) or Fluid Mechanics II (Technique and Examples). This advanced course on fluid mechanics covers the following topics: Potential flow Vortex flows (Biot-Savartsches-law, wing theory), Boundary layer flows (Prandtl boundary layer equations, theory Blasius) Turbulent, incompressible flows (Reynolds equations, universal velocity profile, laminar-turbulent envelope), and Flows of compressible media.

This course for foreign students is designed to improve students’ language skills and vocabulary. Areas of focus include grammar, conversation, writing exercises, and listening and reading exercises. In addition, excursions are planned to introduce students to German culture. Students work with cultural and historical topics on an academic level and broaden their intercultural knowledge. They are introduced to independent learning methods and familiarize themselves with typical learning situations at German universities. In this class at the A2 level according to the CEFR, students review and expand their basic vocabulary and command of basic grammatical structures as well as corresponding competencies in university-specific situations. The class takes intercultural and methodological aspects of foreign language learning into consideration, and students are further introduced to German culture and society.