Industry requires engineers that understand the mechanical, electronic and programming parts of engineering and can design with their interactions in mind. Will you design and build a robotic arm that will pave the way for new surgery methods? Will your drone improve firefighters' safety at work? Or will you design the drivetrain and electric engine for a solar-powered car? With this Mechatronics minor, you will set the world in motion! 

This programme focuses on where mechanical, electrical and software engineering meet. This is done from an electrical engineer’s perspective. That means, the main focus will be on the mechanical engineering an electrical engineer needs to design a mechatronic system. Topics like statics, dynamics, materials, components, system interactions, design principles and applications in robotics and industrial automation are studied. 

The programme consists of four courses and a project in two parts:  

Mechanics for Mechatronics (5ECTS)     

Materials and Mounting techniques (5ECTS) 

Sensors and Actuators (5ECTS)  

Robot Systems (5ECTS) 

Mechatronical Project Design (5ECTS) 

Mechatronical Project Implementation (5ECTS) 

In the first four courses you’ll acquire the knowledge you’ll need to be able to design and implement a mechatronic system. In Mechanics for Mechatronics, fundamental topics of mechanics, such as statics an dynamics are treated. In Materials and Mounting techniques, you’ll get an overview of all kinds of materials and construction techniques that are used in mechatronic systems. In Sensors and Actuators you get acquainted with the main components of a mechatronic system: the sensors that gather the inputs for our system and the actuators that are used to achieve the desired output. The one thing we are still missing, is the processing between the inputs and outputs. In Robot Systems, you’ll work on this processing done by software written for PLCs and Robot arms and see applications of mechatronics in industrial automation. 

Then we have two project courses where you integrate and apply your knowledge on all aspects of a mechatronic system. Here you are taught proper design methodology and processes specifically for mechatronic systems. And you’ll be able to fully implement, test and review a mechatronic system. 

With lectures, excursions, theoretical and practical assignments you will gain in depth knowledge of Mechatronics Engineering! 

This programme is accessible for students with a major in Electrical and Electronic engineering, Mechatronics, Energy & Power Electronics and Sensors and Smart Systems. Students need to have completed 105 ECTS credits (3.5 semesters) at undergraduate level. 

fulltime daytime education in semester 2

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