Engineering

This course focuses on basic knowledge of principal aircraft systems, the main design guidelines, and design of the main components of aircraft systems. Topics include: hydraulic systems; flight control systems; engine control systems; fuel systems; pneumatic systems; environmental control systems; weather protection systems; electrical systems; emergency systems.

The course presents basic optimization theory, and gives an overview of the most important methods and their practical use.

This course introduces the basic principles of fluid mechanics and thermodynamics. Fluid mechanics influences a diverse range of engineering systems (aircraft, ships, road vehicle design, air conditioning, energy conversion, wind turbines, and hydroelectric schemes) and also impacts many biological and meteorological studies. Thermodynamics could be defined as the science of energy. This subject can be broadly interpreted to include all aspects of energy and energy transformations. Like fluid mechanics, this is an important subject in engineering, underpinning many key engineering systems including power generation, engines, gas turbines, refrigeration, and heating. Real world engineering examples are used to illustrate and develop an intuitive understanding of these topics.

This course covers the basic theories of material science. Topics include atomic structure and interatomic bonding, structures of metals and ceramics, imperfections in solids, mechanical properties, deformation and strengthening mechanisms, failure, structures and properties of metals and alloys, applications and processing of metal and alloys, structures and properties of ceramics, and applications and processing of ceramics.

The course covers the topic of renewable resources, including wind, sun, tides, and biomass as well as their significance for energy supply. At the beginning, the focus lies on the control of a photovoltaic plant. The modeling comprises irradiation and maximum-power-point-tracking. Furthermore, the modeling of wind energy conversion systems is considered. Other topics include battery application, fuel cells, and tidal energy. 

This course develops an understanding of the principles of a variety of industrially-significant processes concerned with energy conversion and use, and of the design and operation of plant relying on those processes (including gas and steam turbines, boilers and heat exchangers, reciprocating engines, refrigeration and air-conditioning plant). It develops an ability to make thermodynamic analyses of the processes involved and to select and apply rational performance criteria and parameters. Students develop an awareness of the power and utility of thermodynamics in engineering design, both at the system and the component detail level, with recognition of the constraints imposed by materials, stressing, economics and the environment.