3mE is an abbreviation of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering.
The 3mE Faculty offers the study programmes Biomedical Engineering (BME), Clinical Technology (KT), Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), Mechanical Engineering (ME), Marine Technology (MT), Systems and Control (SC) and Offshore Engineering (OE). The Faculty also participates in the interfaculty MSc programme Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics (TIL).
11.2 Interfaculty master programme
BioMedical Engineering is an interfaculty master programme. Three faculties collaborate in this programme: the Faculty of Applied Sciences, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, and the Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering. The BME programme is run from the Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering. By bundling the BME knowledge in these faculties a broad BME programme could be realised. Additionally, there is close and intensive collaboration with clinical partners at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), the Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam (Erasmus MC), the Academic Medical Center Amsterdam (AMC), and the Free Univerisy in Amsterdam (VUMC). Clinical partners participate in first-year MSc teaching (LUMC and Erasmus MC), and in the tutoring of MSc projects in the second year (LUMC, Erasmus MC, AMC, and VUMC).
11.3 Education support staff
The education support staff support the Mechanical Engineering programmes and provide information for students relating to the study of Mechanical Engineering. The education support staff comprises the following persons:
Geerlinge Pessers Head Education & Student Affairs
[email protected] Tel: +31 (0)15 27 85451
Fatma Çinar Coordinator International Office
[email protected] Tel: +31 (0)15 27 86753
Marion van Eijk Coordinator International Office
[email protected] Tel.: +31 (0)15 27 83689
Pelle Alons Coordinator Education
[email protected] Tel: +31 (0)15 27 88186
Lourdes Gallastegui Academic Counsellor
[email protected] Tel: +31 (0)15 27 86591
Louise Karreman Assistant Coordinator Education
[email protected] Tel: +31 (0)15 27 83782
Ewoud van Luik Coordinator Education
[email protected] Tel: +31 (0)15 27 85734
Susanne van der Meer Secretary
[email protected] Tel: +31 (0)15 27 85499
Esther Kroes Secretary
[email protected] Tel.: +31 (0)15 27 87884
Francisca Coladarci Board of Examiners
Celine Goedee Quality Assurance [email protected] Tel.: +31 (0)15 27 88676
Daniëlle Rietdijk Quality Assurance
[email protected] Tel: +31 (0)15 27 84923
Judith de Kruif Quality Assurance
[email protected] Tel: +31 (0)15 27 82176
Pauline van der Sman Academic Counsellor
[email protected] Tel: +31 (0)15 27 83350
Lieke Defourny-Smits Academic Counseler
[email protected] Tel: +31 (0) 15 27 84645
Evert Vixseboxse Academic Counsellor
[email protected] Tel: +31 (0)15 27 82996
Mirte Kramer Course schedules
[email protected] Tel: +31 (0)15 27 83302
Gerard van Vliet Coordinator IWS
[email protected] Tel.: +31 (0)15 27 89281
Hans Hellendoorn Director of Education
[email protected] Tel: +31 (0)15 27 89007
Education Support Staff Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft Location A-1, first floor Tel: +31 (0)15 27 85499
11.4 Education committee
The education committee advises the Dean and the Director of Education on the contents and the structure of the study programme and examinations.
The education committee consists of six lecturers and six students. The Director of Education, the Education Advisor and a student advisor also take part in meetings.
Chairman - Dr.ir. Dick H. Plettenburg Tel: +31 (0)15 27 85615
E-mail: [email protected]
Secretary - Hanneke Hustinx Mekelweg 2 Room E-1-200 2628 CD Delft Tel: +31 (0)15 27 86841 E-mail: [email protected] 11.5 Board of Examiners
The Board of Examiners consists of lecturers involved in the study programme and is responsible for setting the rules and regulations for examinations and the assessment of examination results.
Requests for changes to or deviations from the study programme should be addressed to the Board of Examiners.
Chairman - Prof. dr. ir. Paul Breedveld Tel: +31 (0)15 27 85232
E-mail: [email protected]
Secretary - Francisca Coladarci Tel: +31 (0)15 27 86595
E-mail: [email protected]
11.6 Student association
The master programme has an active student association, “Antoni van Leeuwenhoek”, which organises meetings, break-out sessions, and other social events on a regular basis.
Information can be found on avl.tudelft.nl and on the AVL Blackboard society.
11.7 MSc coordinator
The MSc coordinator is the person to approach for questions or problems related to the individual study programme and for monitoring progress.
Every student can consult the MSc coordinator to draw up an individual study programme made up of the following: obligatory courses, current ideas on a topic for the thesis project, specialisation courses bridging the gap between the obligatory courses and the thesis project and the use of the free elective space. Students submit their plans for approval to the Board of Examiners.
In order to finish the programme in two years, students should plan to take an average of 30 credits of courses per semester. At the end of the first year students will meet with the MSc coordinator to discuss their progress and their plans for the remainder of the programme. Students are also asked to fill in a questionnaire to evaluate the master programme.
The BME-MSc coordinator, Dick Plettenburg, can be contacted via: [email protected].
11.8 Academic Counsellor
The Faculty has four academic counsellors on hand to give assistance and advice to students regarding study-related questions or problems, or other issues which might influence a student’s ability to study. The academic counsellor functions as a sounding board and as a confidential consultant to students.
Individual help and advice
Academic counsellors have no teaching responsibilities and can therefore devote themselves entirely to individual students in addressing problems which may be an obstacle to their study progress.
Academic counsellors also are a member of many boards and have contact with lecturers, so they are kept up to date with the latest in the Biomedical Engineering programme. Academic counsellors are also in contact with other student advisors and personal advisors at TU Delft and outside the University.
Personal circumstances
During sessions with an academic counsellor, personal and intimate information will often come up. Students can be assured that this information will be kept confidential. This kind of information will only be used after consultation with the student in appeals to the TU or the Faculty.
Alerting the Examination Committee, professors, and other members of staff
An academic counsellor may decide, under certain conditions, to alert the Board of Examiners or a professor to a specific student. Where necessary the academic counsellor becomes an intermediary between TU Delft personal advisors: student, deans, psychologists and physicians. The extent to which the academic counsellor pays attention to a student is up to the student. The academic
counsellor keeps an eye on the study progress of most students and calls them up if necessary, but it is strongly recommended that students contact the academic counsellor themselves when a question or problem comes up. Waiting often exacerbates the problem. The academic counsellors at the Faculty are available for any questions you might have. They also have their own areas of specialisation.
Foreign Student Financial Support (FSFS)
Delft University of Technology provides financial assistance to foreign students in the event that their studies are delayed due to special circumstances such as physical illness, physical or sensory
12. Further Information
This study guide is the main information source for the study programme.
The website www.bme.msc.tudelft.nl always contains the most recent information.
Detailed course information is available in the Digital Study Guide via www.studiegids.tudelft.nl or via
http://blackboard.tudelft.nl - here it is not necessary to log in; go to the “Digital Study Guide” tab. Procedures and forms are available at http://studenten.tudelft.nl/en/3me.
The Course and Examination Regulations can be found here:
http://www.wbmt2.tudelft.nl/Onderw/Reglementen/2015-2016/OER-MSc-BME.pdf, and the Regulations and Guidelines for the Board of Examiners here:
http://www.wbmt2.tudelft.nl/Onderw/Reglementen/2014-2015/RRvE-MSc3mE.pdf
Another source of useful information is http://www.3me.tudelft.nl/en/about-the-
faculty/departments/biomechanical-engineering/graduation-guide/, especially the information available under “More information” at the bottom of this web-page.