Control Systems Engineering

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The programme consists of lectures, labs, minor projects and a major project as proof of competence.The total study load is 2100 hours (75 ECTS).The programme is scheduled as full-time as well as part-time study.

The default full-time programme takes 16 months, including major project and summer recess, based on a study load of 40 hours a week. Without summer recess, the study can be succesfully completed in 14 months, including major project.

The programme can be accomplished within 12 months, including the major project and without summer recess, based on a study load of over 50 hours a week ( the efficient route). Student results should meet the defined requirements for this route. As part-time study, the programme takes aproximately two and a half years, including the major project.

The taught part of the scheme entitles the student to a Postgraduate Diploma. Students, completing the scheme with an additional Major Project will be awarded the Professional Master degree in Control Systems Engineering. Parts of the scheme can be followed per course module. A certificate is awarded for course modules, which have been concluded successfully.

Identification

* Theoretic modelling, energy or mass balance, model validation
* Model estimators, ARMA/ARMAX, FIR models, Kalman filters, nonlinear behaviour

Dynamic models

* MIMO, model transformations, state space, FIR, transfer functions
* Model reduction, linearization, covering delays
* Simulation models, prediction models

Control theory

* Classical control, pole placement and root locus techniques
* Optimal control, cost functions, finite/infinte horizon predictors
* Non linear control, phase plane and bang-bang control, anti-windup
* Robust control, H 2 /H
* Adaptive control, model reference control
* Fuzzy control

Implementation

* Sensors and actuators, control valves
* PLC, SCADA, realtime soft-PC
* Mechatronics: vision and motion, servo control (selection programme)
* Process Industry: process control, batch control, ISA S88/S95 (selection programme)

Tools

* English: scientific literature search, report writing, presentation
* Mathematics:vector algebra, differential equations, frequency behaviour, matrix calculus and singular value decomposition, Laplace an z-transform, homogeneous transformers
* Software: Matlab/Simulink, Labview
* Patent an literature study

Minor Projects

* Mechatronics (selection programme)
* Process Industry (selection programme)
* Teamwork, Project organisation

Major Project

After having succesfully finished all courses, a Major Project completes the study programme. During these months the individual student will execute a project in the field of Control Systems Engineering in industry or in a research environment. This project represents an application of the principles of Control Systems Engineering to a '"real-life" industrial situation.

The Major Project will be presented in an oral examination for a panel, which includes both supervisors and an External Examinor. The execution of the project will be supervised by a staff member of HAN University of Applied Sciences and by an industrial supervisor from the supporting company.

Apart from his technical aptitude, the student will prove his ability to manage a project and he will demonstrate his skills in communication, reporting and presentation.

To participate in the master course a laptop with a wi-fi is required.