Focus Specialization
The focus specializations consist of lectures and exercises, which add up to 20 credit points (CP). The courses may also include teamwork, presentations or laboratory practicals. A professor is responsible for each focus specialization and creates the range of subjects. The topics may change from year to year. When choosing the focus specialization, a Bachelor's thesis worth 16 CP must be written. This corresponds to 480 hours (12 weeks full-time) and can be completed part-time or full-time.
The content and structure of the specialization and the subjects available for selection are listed in the course catalog under the category “Focus specialization”.
Currently offered Focus Specializations
The development of mechanical structures for the design of machines or vehicles is often a focal point in the professional life of mechanical engineers. This focus specialization teaches the fundamentals of calculating and assessing the mechanical integrity, deformation behavior, and dynamics of mechanical structures. It also provides a broad specialist understanding of various manufacturing methods is taught.
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Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Dennis Kochmann
Technology is increasingly used in modern medicine. This focus teaches technical and biological fundamentals and provides insights into their applications - for example, in cell biological mechanisms, bio-inspired materials or medical micro-robots. You will also learn how engineering disciplines such as mechanics and thermodynamics can be applied to biological systems.
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Bradley Nelson
In this focus, you will learn the basics of micro- and nanotechnology. Sensors and actuators are, to a certain extent, the sensory organs of technical systems. Whether in automotive engineering or aerospace, in medical technology or in the energy sector, in robotics or in production technology, microsystems and nanomaterials are used everywhere.
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Christofer Hierold
The interdisciplinary field of Robotics, Systems and Control combines computer science, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering. It includes the construction of intelligent robots, drones, and autonomous vehicles.
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Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Robert Katzschmann
This focus provides the fundamentals to quantitatively assess the CO2 reduction potential of conventional processes or to develop technical solutions for more sustainable power generation. In this focus you acquire basic knowledge in the field of chemical processes and sustainable energy conversion and storage.
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Mark Tibbitt
Information events
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