The Swiss engineering master's degree

Eine der grössten Herausforderungen im Management besteht darin, Chancen zu erkennen und unter Berücksichtigung der damit verbundenen Risiken wahrzunehmen. Die ständig zunehmende Dynamik und Komplexität im Umfeld von Unternehmen und Organisationen erschweren jedoch das Treffen von erfolgreichen Entscheidungen. Multifaktorielle Zusammenhänge, Nichtlinearitäten, Rück-koppelungen und Zeitverzögerungen machen es…

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Das Modul soll den Studierenden nebst einer Einführung in die Begrifflichkeiten, die betriebliche Planung und Steuerung von Innovationen anhand eines integrierten Innovationsmanagementmodells erläutern. Dadurch werden sie befähigt, bei Innovationvorhaben Bezüge zu verschiedenen unternehmensinternen wie auch –externen Schnittstellen zu schaffen, diese richtig zu interpretieren und zu beeinflussen. Die Studierenden…

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Sustainable development is essential for many parts of modern society. This module provides an overview of the history of sustainable development, of established concepts, as well as of relevant initiatives and organisations globally and in Switzerland. Further, methodologies and tools are introduced for engineers to contribute to sustainable development on a technical level. Students learn the fields of application…

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The module gives students insight into the modeling and simulation of coupled effects (multiphysics). The module provides an overview on the different application fields of multiphysics modeling and simulation in industry. Students learn the methodical procedures that are necessary for successfully solving modeling and simulation problems in the different areas of engineering and physics. The consolidation and…

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This course offers an introduction to optimization, emphasizing basic methodologies and underlying mathematical structures. Optimization refers to the application of mathematical models and algorithms to decision making.  A large number of quantitative real-world problems can be formulated and solved in this general framework. Applications of optimization comprise, for instance, decision problems in production…

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Grundlagen der theoretischen und numerischen Behandlung für die Ingenieurwissenschaften relevanter, partieller Differentialgleichungen.

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The course starts with an overview of classical engineering physics with special emphasis of balance and constitutive equations (i.e., continuity equations and material laws). The basic concepts of vector analysis are applied to electrodynamics, various transport phenomena, mechanical elasticity and piezo-electric effects. The concept of tensors enables the description of important anisotropic effects of solid state…

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In Part A this module reviews the subjects of basic engineering thermodynamics (energy, entropy and material balances, fluid properties, and important thermodynamic cycles) and extends knowledge to deal with real fluids, phase and chemical equilibria, system stability, and processes with chemical transformation.

Additionally, in Part B the students will learn to draw connections between detailed, thermodynamic…

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This module provides students with an introduction to CFD by imparting knowledge of state-of-the-art techniques in computational fluid dynamics, with the emphasis on fluid physics and verification/assessment.

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This course will provide the student with the background knowledge useful to address different sources of pollution, of measures and technologies to prevent pollution and of contaminated systems and the available technologies for remediation. General aim is knowing the main factors and processes affecting contaminants distribution in the environment and remediation technologies for soil groundwater and atmosphere.

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This course focuses on the advanced understanding of the main components of Photovoltaic PV power generation systems including storage options. The goal goes beyond the competence to design a PV System, like the installer business is used to do, but also to understand how the components are working in detail, either for different PV module technologies as well as for different inverters power electronic topologies…

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Building upon the students' fundamental knowledge in power electronics, this module covers current topics in the field of power electronics in greater depth. In the first part, the focus is on modern switched mode power conversion topologies, small signal modelling, control methods and the magnetic components. The second part looks into topologies, modulation schemes and control techniques for medium and high-power…

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In this module, students will increase their knowledge in selected areas of power grids in electricity distribution and transmission:

• high voltage engineering and relevant design problems
• learn the origin of networks failures, consequences, preventing and recovery measures
• design, construction and parameters of components in power grids
• organization of voltage and power regulation in interconnected grid
• math. analyze…

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Against the background of rising energy prices, incentive taxes and ecological requirements, increasing importance is being attached to reducing the energy requirements of industry. The key to higher energy efficiency and cost-efficiency in thermal processes is the energy integration of processes with the aid of pinch analysis. This is characterized by a systematic approach which can be applied to establish the best…

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Dieses Modul behandelt Transportphänomene auf Nachdiplom-Niveau mit Schwerpunkten auf technischen Problemen bei Stoff-, Wärme- und Impulstransport insbesondere im Umfeld von Mehrphasenströmungen. Ausgehend von Erhaltungsprinzipien werden Transportgleichungen in allgemeiner Form hergeleitet. Um geschlossene Lösungen für spezifische Probleme zu erhalten, werden die allgemeinen Bilanzgleichungen mit Stoffgesetzen sowie…

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The student learns the mechanical, chemical and biological processes used for environmental engineering (wastewater treatment). The course covers chemical, physical and biological treatment technologies. Furthermore, the topic of water reuse (greywater) and nutrient recovery is lectured.

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