Program Overview

Advanced Manufacturing: Solving Real-World Industrial Challenges

Overview

The course covers a range of current and emerging topics within advanced manufacturing, including:

• Digital Manufacturing: Explore the use of digital technologies in manufacturing, including digital twins and simulation, and their role in solving industrial challenges.
• Additive Manufacturing: Learn about 3D printing technologies and their industrial applications.
• Smart Manufacturing: Learn about the integration of advanced sensors, automation, and AI in manufacturing and their potential to address industrial challenges.
• Sustainable Manufacturing: Discuss the strategies and technologies for making manufacturing processes more environmentally friendly and sustainable.

Course Content

This knowledge is used to solve a real-world manufacturing challenge in a leading industrial company, Grundfos, in Bjerringbro, Denmark. Students will work on-site in diverse teams on projects based on real-world industrial challenges. These projects will provide students with the opportunity to apply their theoretical knowledge to solve practical problems, fostering a deeper understanding of advanced manufacturing technologies and their applications. At the end of the on-site stay, the project results are pitched to a group from the case company's management team.

Description of Qualifications

This intensive summer course equips students with the skills to address real-world industrial challenges using advanced manufacturing technologies. It combines theoretical learning with hands-on projects and includes a two-week on-site experience working in diverse teams at a leading manufacturing company's main site.

Objectives

• Understand advanced manufacturing technologies.
• Apply this knowledge to solve industrial challenges.
• Develop practical skills through industry-based projects.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Describe, analyze, and apply advanced manufacturing knowledge in an industrial context.
• Identify, analyze, and build solutions to real-world manufacturing challenges.
• Discuss and evaluate advanced manufacturing solutions in response to industrial challenges.

Program Details

• ECTS: 5
• Level: Master
• Academic Prerequisites: AU Master student in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a relevant Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Science/Information Technology.
• Language of Instruction: English
• Hours - Week - Period: The on-site event takes place in weeks 27-28 at Grundfos in Bjerringbro, Denmark. Preparation and exam are online, before and after the physical event.

Type of Course

• Summer University
• Exchange

Primary Programme

• Master's Degree Programme in Mechanical Engineering

Related Programmes

• Master's Degree Programme in Electrical Engineering
• Master's Degree Programme in Computer Engineering
• Master's Degree Programme in Mechanical Engineering

Department

• Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering

Faculty

• Technical Sciences

Location

• Aarhus

Maximum Number of Participants

• Maximum 30 participants, with 10 students from AU and 20 international students expected.

Selection Criteria

Applicants will be selected based on the following five criteria:

• Academic profile
• Grades
• Practical experience
• Proficiency in English
• Motivation

Application Requirements

All applicants must hand in a motivation letter and CV, along with a transcript when submitting their application.

Teaching

• Forms of Instruction: Lecture, classroom instruction, and independent study
• Instructors: Professors Peter Gorm Larsen and Charles Møller, and selected professors from participating institutions.
• Course Coordinator: Charles Møller

Examination

• Forms of Examination: Take-home assignment (Assign) and oral
• Form of Co-examination: Internal co-examination
• Assessment: 7-point grading scale

Take-Home Assignment (Assign)

• Permitted Exam Aids: All

Oral

• Permitted Exam Aids: All
• Duration: 20 minutes

Requirements for Taking the Exam

An individual theoretical report must be approved.

Comments

• Take-Home Assignment: An industry-based project involving identifying, analyzing, and proposing solutions to real-world manufacturing challenges. The assignment is a team project, prepared in groups of up to 6 persons. The project is handed in at the end of the on-site event.
• Oral Exam: The individual oral (online) exam is based on the take-home assignment.
• Assessment: An overall grade will be given based on the oral exam and take-home assignment.
• Re-examination: Re-submission of all exam elements is required, followed by a new oral examination. Non-approved elements must be revised.