Mechanical Engineering

This course provides knowledge and experience in project form under strict deadlines. The students design and manufacture a complete car concept in the form of a formula car, where the entire process from initiation, feasibility study, planning, implementation and closure is treated. This course deals with the implementation and closure of inherited problems from Formula Student 1 - Initiation, Pre-Study and Design. In the course, students shoulder all the roles of a project group and through the course gain skills in applying knowledge from previous courses such as mechanics, electrical engineering, programming, solid mechanics, construction technology, manufacturing methods, and vehicle technology.  Admission requirements include completion of a minimum of 100 credits within relevant programs and MVKP05 Formula Student 1 - Initiation, Pre-study and Design.

This course serves as a starting point to develop an engineer’s ability to select a material based on cost and performance, understand limitations and how properties change in service and the ability to critically assess new materials for a given application. Furthermore, this course provides an introduction to materials engineering and materials science. It also introduces the primary classes of materials, and to develop an understanding of types of interatomic, crystal, and molecular bonding in engineering materials and their influence on mechanical properties. Students develop an understanding of the modes of failure for different classes of materials. This course introduces brittle fracture, and to develop an understanding of the ways in which a flaw within a material can influence its response to loading.

Electricity consumption in the world is increasing, both in terms of quantity and as a proportion of total energy consumption. Wind power has the potential to make a major contribution to the electricity generation and this with very low CO2 emissions.
The course covers wind turbine design and operation as well as of atmospheric flows and the wind’s interaction with the turbines and their surroundings. The course describes the operation of the wind power plants, aero- and structural dynamics and control. Furthermore, special attention is paid to wind and wind measurements and, more comprehensively, electrical, political, economic and environmental aspects. 

This course acquires knowledge and skills about the principles, methods, and tools used in industry in the development of complex product systems. The course develops beyond one's own engineering discipline, to understand holistically a product development project, including the system-technical and economic perspectives over the product's entire life cycle, the project risks and technical risks, as well as a basic understanding of socio-technical systems – for example a product and its users, or a technical development organization.

The course is an introduction to manufacturing processes, ranging from machining operations to production quality control and production cost analysis, according to requirements of the Smart Manufacturing. The course provides an overview of systems and methods to monitor the machining operations and control the production quality by in- and post-process measurements. Part of the course is focused on introduction to the development of data acquisition and monitoring systems based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) techniques and their implementation in manufacturing processes in academy and industry environments. The course is given as lectures with computer exercises and laboratory sessions and a task to train the student to elaborate on the material presented in the lectures. A project gives the student an opportunity to independently solve a problem for automatized process monitoring and production control. Assumed prior knowledge: MMT012/MMTF20 Production and Manufacturing Methods or MMTA05 Production Systems or MMTF01 Production and FKM015/FKMA01 Materials Engineering, Basic Course.
 

This course introduces students to the transformative and innovative field of advanced materials and nanomaterials, focusing on their applications in the electronics, energy, and healthcare sectors. Students are introduced to state-of-the-art material characterization techniques, such as advanced microscopy and profilometer, to analyze properties at the nanoscale. The course explores surface and particle nanoengineering, contrasting bottom-up and top-down fabrication methods, including cutting-edge advanced manufacturing techniques like 3D printing and precision machining. Highlighting successful nanotechnology applications, such as flexible electronics and energy storage devices, the module also introduces Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to evaluate the environmental impacts of materials and manufacturing processes. Through the hands-on mini-projects, students apply knowledge to real-world challenges, gaining practical skills in sustainable material design and advanced manufacturing. This comprehensive course equips students with the expertise to innovate and address complex issues in materials science and manufacturing, sparking their curiosity and excitement for the field.

Turbomachinery is an essential technology for delivering the power and propulsion needed for society, particularly in rapidly developing economies. This course integrates the fundamental principles of fluid mechanics and thermodynamics in order to analyze compressible flows and high speed turbomachinery. The course instills students with an awareness of different power and propulsion applications and the importance of high efficiency energy conversion devices to minimize environmental impact, both in a national and global context. The course provides an understanding of the unique issues associated with transonic flows and basic tools to analyze these. That understanding underpins a detailed treatment of design calculations for high speed turbomachinery, including aerodynamic performance, instability, losses, and structural limitations on performance.  The course covers the most important types of turbomachines; centrifugal compressors, radial turbines, axial compressors, and axial turbines. Students also gain an appreciation of the manufacturer and user perspectives, such as costs, safety, durability, flexibility, and noise.  

In high value added manufacturing industry, engineers are required to understand how mechanical systems and materials behave at length scales at the micron level. This course develops the student’s skills and knowledge in both precision engineering and micro engineering. The course considers the selected topics in precision, micromanufacturing, ranging from enabling technologies, and processes to applications. This is research-lead, hence the content can vary on a year-to-year basis. Currently, most of the course focuses on LASER based manufacturing, LASER-Additive Manufacturing (3D printing) with metallic materials, and related automation.   

This course presents a practical and theoretical introduction to modern autonomous mobile robot systems. It gives students a broad introduction to the field spanning topics including hardware, software, AI and machine learning, and human-robot interaction and robot ethics. Students study the technology and methods underlying a robot’s ability to sense and act in its environment. Through a series of labs and assignments, students gain a proficiency in developing applications for robots in both simulation and real-world settings  The course has the following key components: an introduction to mobile robots – sensors, actuators, and control paradigms; the fundamental theory for autonomous mobile robots (kinematics, localization, mapping, and path planning); the scientific methods for evaluating robot performance; an introduction to the field of human-robot interaction; and robots-in-the-wild: case studies of real-world robots and their ethical implications.

This course covers torsion of open and closed non-circular thin-walled sections; bending of unsymmetric thin-walled beams; idealized beams; multi-cell torque boxes and beams; tapered beams; introduction to mechanics of fiber-reinforced composites; classical lamination theory; failure theories for composites. This course is intended for students who are interested in the design and analysis of thin-walled structures, especially aircraft structures.