Engineering

The course covers the ethics of engineers under different situations and fields. Topics include an introduction to engineering and ethics, business ethics, information ethics, journalistic ethics, architectural ethics, ethics in engineering and construction, environmental ethics, energy sustainability, and planned obsolescence.

This course combines Engineering and peace for the restoration, construction, and preservation of peace in the community. It explores solutions through collaboration, integrating training and transdisciplinary skills, applying technology simultaneously with solutions that support people, and offering creative solutions that can radically transform and improve the human and the natural and achieve well-being. 

This course examines the basic principles of engineering mathematics, calculation, and their practical applications in engineering. The course covers linear algebra (matrix, vector, determinant, linear equation system, matrix eigenvalue problem), vector calculus, vector divergence and curl, gradient and direction derivative function of scalar field, Fourier series analysis and integration, Conversion and other units.

This course discusses the key aspects and concepts of thermal engineering and fluid mechanics and the impact of engineering solutions in a societal and environmental context. Topics include: water use (industrial, commercial, residential); climate change, population growth, and energy demand; water for energy and energy for water; water use in fossil fuel plants; water use in renewable-based plants; relationships among water use, fuel type, efficiency, technology, and environmental impacts; water scarcity, stress on water systems, and energy generation; strategies to reduce water use; processes for desalination and water reuse.

Prerequisites: Calculus I and II, Writing and Communication Skills, Thermal Engineering, Environmental Technology, Heat Power Plants, Engineering Fluid Mechanics

Students discuss key aspects of the ethical debates around robotics and artificial intelligence, focusing on the healthcare and medical sectors. The seminar includes an introduction to interdisciplinary methods of responsible technology design. Students work in interdisciplinary teams on proposals for responsible design, and they learn appropriate methods on the topics of scenario analysis, value assessment, and critical design thinking.

The course discusses topics including organization and tasks of project management; project teams and project responsibility; project structuring, phases of the project, and milestones; project planning,  tools for project planning (Gantt, etc.), and basics of network planning; project risk analysis; and project execution, and controlling and completion. The exercise on project management is oriented to training and deepening the methods of project planning and controlling presented in the lecture. More in-depth knowledge about those methods is acquired in a practical-case study. For this task, students learn to use specific project management tools.

This course examines the field of human factors. First, the theoretical groundwork (human perception and performance, design principles, and trust in automation) is laid and participants gain first practical insights into complex socio-technical systems. Afterward, students team up to put the theoretical foundation into the real world, examining typical challenges in human-automation interaction. The course consists of a holistic research process from the development of the research question to the presentation of the results. Thereby, the investigated technologies can vary broadly (e.g. humanoid robots, mobile applications, navigation devices, or websites). The course discusses topics including human information processing and action selection as well as accompanying limitations; common methods to analyze and optimize typical human factors problems; evaluation methods for human- machine-interaction in the context of user-centered design; fundamentals of Cognitive Engineering; human information processing and action selection; display design & usability; human-automation interaction; human-robot interaction; joint specification of the research technology and question; consolidation and application; and social and ethical issues in human-machine Interaction.