|
Master in Electro-mechanical Engineering [120.0] - ELME2M
Two complementary evolutions have taken place in engineering. On the one hand, the speed of technological evolution has created a need for a high degree of specialisation leaving little room for the broad general training of civil engineers: this is the case, for instance, for nanotechnology, information technology, and the development of new materials. On the other hand, this same evolution has, in many fields of application, led to an increasing integration of different disciplines: electricity or electronics, mechanics, automation, computer science; for example, robotics, energy management, vehicles and transport systems.
So, the response to the needs of society demand not only engineers with a specialised training, but also engineers capable of managing interface problems posed by the integration of various disciplines in a machine or a system.
It is this second profile that the Master in Electro-mechanical Engineering is directed to. It should be noted that the specific interdisciplinary training offered by UCL is different from those offered by other universities of the French-speaking community where the degree of Master in Electro-mechanical Engineering is awarded to those who have been trained in electronics or mechanics.
Because of the wide range of disciplines involved in the Master in Electro-mechanical Engineering program, students at the beginning of their Master have to choose between mechatronics or energy: the former concentrates on training in electronics, mechanical conception and automation, the latter on training in thermodynamics, energy and electricity.
The Master in Electro-mechanical Engineering program integrates the disciplines of electricity and mechanics in a coherent and balanced way where primacy is given to basic knowledge in order to facilitate the deepening or reorientation of knowledge in the course of the students’ later careers. This program leads to the production of engineers well equipped to follow the technical evolution and to adapt to the needs of the job market.
On completion of their Master, students will master the physical and mathematical methods of electricity and of mechanics and will have acquired an advanced training in the field of mechatronics or energy. The presence of options in the Master program enables students to complete their training in accord with their interests, especially in the fields of economics and management.
With a teaching method emphasising projects that integrate various fields, the program aims to develop in students critical thinking enabling them to design, model, implement and experimentally validate devices and systems.
The thesis represents half the work load of the final year, offers the possibility to go into a subject in depth, and by its dimensions and the context in which it takes place it is a real initiation into the professional life of an engineer or a researcher.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
