MSc programs - DTU

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Mechanical Engineering and Materials
MSc in Engineering Design and
Applied Mechanics
Semesters: 4
Study credits: 120 ECTS
Start: September 2007
Seats: 60
Application date: March 15 or June 1, 2007
Engineering Design and Applied Mechanics addresses MSc students who as graduates wish to
participate in the development of new and better solutions for products, mechanical components
and production equipments. The scope for the solutions covers a wide range, from micro-structures
as e.g. parts in hearing aids systems or mobile phones, over engines and turbines, to wind turbines,
ships and coastal structures.
Graduates of the MSc program in Engineering Design and Applied Mechanics are often employed
within research and development in industry. The work tasks can be on design and dimensioning of
products and production equipment, or developing new products. They may also be within optimi-
zation of energy systems or analysis of flow in e.g. turbines or around structures like wind turbines
and maritime structures.
The program covers courses within engineering design and product development, mechanics of
materials and structures, energy systems, fluid mechanics, aerodynamics and maritime engineering.
Study lines: Engineering design and product development
Mechanics of materials and structures
Energy technology and fluid mechanics
Career opportunities: Graduates of the MSc program in Engineering Design and Applied Mechanics
are often employed within research and development in industry.
Prerequisites: BSc degree in mechanical engineering, naval architecture, or
civil engineering. Basic knowledge and skills in engineering design,
mechanics of materials and structures, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics,
applied mathematics, numerical methods, and elementary programming
Program coordinator: Associate Professor Ann Bettina Richelsen
(abr@mek.dtu.dk)
Department: Department of Mechanical Engineering (www.mek.dtu.dk)
Read more: www.mek.dtu.dk (Department web site)
MSc in Materials Science and Engineering
Semesters: 4
Study credits: 120 ECTS
Start: September 2007
Places: 60
Application date: March 15 or June 1, 2007
Materials Science and Engineering is a multidisciplinary subject area focusing on the use of ma-
terials in high technology applications and products such as those found in the automotive and
aeronautical industries, in energy production and food industries, as well as in medical equipment,
personal communication devices, sports equipment and so on. Our aim is for better materials and
better ways to make and use materials: stronger, lighter, safer, recyclable and cheaper.
Materials Science and Engineering combines and builds on fundamental knowledge from physics,
chemistry, solid mechanics and mathematics. This MSc program helps students acquire theoreti-
cal, practical and experimental abilities to optimize, control and predict materials properties and
behavior of relevance to high tech industrial production. The key to understanding the effective
engineering and application of materials is to understand the interrelationship between microstruc-
ture, fabrication and joining processes, shape and dimensions as well as the response to loads and
environment.
Furthermore, we recognize that the effort to improve products and manufacturing methods
demands an awareness of the economic, environmental, ethical and social impacts of materials
selection and product development throughout the lifetime of the product.
Career opportunities: Wide-ranging, from research in a national or international research
organization to product development in industry or in consulting to communication
and contact in sales and service.
Prerequisites: BSc degree in chemistry, physics, chemical- or civil engineering or other
relevant academic background.
Program coordinator: Professor Andy Horsewell horsewell@ipl.dtu.dk
Department: Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Management
(www.ipl.dtu.dk)
Read more: www.ipl.dtu.dk