Bachelor’s program
Electrical Engineering
Bachelor’s program
Automotive
Dear student,
Welcome to the Electrical Engineering department!
I’m very pleased with the increase of the number of Bachelor students within our department over the past four years. Society really needs you, since the importance of our field has not only increased enormously in the past 100 years, but will continue to do so in the years ahead. Our Bachelor’s program will provide you with a deep understanding of our discipline which will enable you to solve future societal challenges in the areas of healthcare, telecommunications, automotive and energy supplies.
This study guide provides valuable information about the Electrical Engineering and Automotive Bachelor at Eindhoven University of Technology. It contains information about the structure of the three-year program and how the study is organized within our department as well as all kinds of practical study information.
In addition to the information provided here, you are strongly urged to consult the general study information on the TU/e website for current timetables, examination dates and details of specific subjects.
This study guide has been compiled with great care. If you still have any questions, then drop by at the education information desk, the student counselors or me. I wish you a lot of success with this fascinating study!
Prof.dr.ir. Bart Smolders | Director of Education, Electrical Engineering
Welcome
---2. Practical study information 24
2.1 Types of education 26
2.2 Examinations 29
2.3 Honors program 31
2.4 OASE, the digital learning and work environment 31 2.5 Study supervision / binding study recommendation 32 2.6 Propaedeutic and Bachelor examinations 34
---3. General information 36
3.1 The educational institute 38
3.2 Departmental Board 39
3.3 Departmental Council 39
3.4 Examination Committee 39
3.5 Curriculum Committee 40
3.6 Research programs 40
3.7 Communication and information 41
3.8 Connecthor 41
3.9 Study facilities 41
3.10 Student activities 42
---1. TU/e Bachelor
College
You have chosen to study Electrical Engineering at the TU/e Bachelor College.
Half of this three-year Bachelor's program is devoted to your major (Electrical Engineering or Automotive), a study that will prepare you for a job as an engineer in your particular field. All first-year TU/e students follow a number of basic subjects like mathematics, physics and modeling, which are more or less the same for every study. In your first year you are already able to choose a number of subjects and so shape your study right from the beginning. Of course, you also get non-engineering subjects because engineers are concerned with more than engineering alone. So the study curriculum comprises the following four components:
• Major (90 credits). The major is, in fact, the main direction you choose to study. Electrical Engineering and Automotive are examples and both are taught within our department.
• Basic subjects (30 credits). The basic subjects are followed by all TU/e students and include mathematics, physics, design and modeling. • Elective subjects (45 credits). Each student can
(within certain norms and in consultation with the coach) compile an elective package. The elective subjects are spread throughout the entire program of Bachelor studies.
• User, Society & Enterprise (USE, 15 credits). This part also concerns elective subjects, but not engineering ones. Examples of USE subjects are entrepreneurship, ethics and sustainability. There is also an introductory basic subject USE. All subjects in the Bachelor College are worth 5 credits each.
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Detailed information about the Bachelor College and the subjects can be found at
http://w3.tue.nl/en/education/. It is advisable to consult this study page regularly to get the latest information.
The Bachelor's program will help you develop the skills you need in industry and you will learn to translate you knowledge of technology into applications that are relevant for society. You will train your analytical skills, learn to solve problems as well as to cooperate in teams. A Bachelor's study at TU/e is often a preparatory phase to a Master’s. TU/e has many options in this respect, but your TU/e Bachelor degree will enable you to do a Master’s at many other places throughout the world.
The relevant information in this Bachelor's phase is outlined below. For the Electrical Engineering major see 1.1 and for the Automotive major see 1.2 (page 15). Section 2 contains useful information on matters like the forms of study we offer and how to enroll for examinations.
1.1
Major Electrical Engineering
---1.1.1 Definition
The study of Electrical Engineering focuses on the app lications of electricity and magnetism, which in clude renewable energy systems, telecommunica-tion, robotics, medical equipment and computers. Electrical Engineering has been the fastest growing field over the past fifty years, having an enormous impact on society. Just think of the tumultuous rise of computers, the introduction of mobile telephony and key medical innovations, like the MRI scanner. The field embraces both analog and digital systems in which hardware and software are equally important.
More specifically, Electrical Engineering comprises the following sub-fields:
• Energy Technology. This covers the whole chain from electricity supply and generation to the transport and consumption of electricity in equipment by both consumers and industry. The incorporation of renewable energy sources in the system and intelligent network management (“Smart grids”) are currently the key research themes. In addition, the electrical circuits and materials that are able to resist and switch high voltages and flows are important. Vice versa, use can be made of the high voltages to influence processes, for example with pulsed power. • Electronics. This is geared to the analysis and
design of electronic circuits and systems whereby the emphasis lies on extensive system integration in IC’s (Integrated Circuits), or ‘chips’. The system requirements and properties of IC manufacturing determine how systems are subdivided into basic
functions and then translated into circuits with optimum properties like circuit speed, output power and precision, all at minimum costs in terms of the IC surface area and power dissipation. At the lowest level, IC’s consist of active non-linear components (transistors and other semiconductor components) and passive components (resistors, capacitors, coils).
• Photonics or opto-electronics. Focuses on the interaction between light (photons) and electrons (electronics). This concerns elements that convert electrical power into light (light source), elements that concert light into electric (light detector), and elements that enable the processing of optical signals using electrical or optical control signals (modulators, filters, circuits, etc.). Given the vast bandwidth available in the optical domain, photonic circuits are suitable for use in systems with a very large information transmission or processing capacity.
• Electronic Systems. These highly structured design strategies are used to create digital electronic circuits and systems, like microprocessors and video-processors. Applications are very diverse, varying from household (from washer to Xbox) to industrial use (professional printers and wafersteppers). • Control Engineering. Is involved in the optimized
operation of high-tech systems through the design of dedicated steer and control signals, employing the important principle of feedback.
Complex systems to be controlled appear in many domains, as mechatronic and automotive systems, communication networks, power distribution networks and production processes, and typically show dynamic behaviour in the form of time-dependent responses. Appropriate design of
■ Major ■ Basic subjects
■ Elective subjects
measurement and control systems is of key importance to achieve high-performing systems, as e.g. nanometer precision positioning in lithographic production proceses. A central element in this field is also the generic modelling tools for modelling dynamic processes across the boundaries of classical domains (electrical, mechanical, physics, chemical).
• Electromechanics and Power Electronics. Describes the energy conversion between the electrical and mechanical world, as evident in electrical machines and actuators. Applications can be found in hybrid and electric vehicles, wind turbines, DVD players and electron microscopes. The control of
these machines always contains electronics (power electronics) with electrical currents exceeding several amperes. Power electronics is essential as soon as any form of electrical energy has to be converted, such as 220 V AC to 12V DC current. The power range varies from milliwatts (for a cell phone for example) to hundreds of megawatts to connect an offshore wind farm to the land grid via a sea cable. A key feature of a power converter is, therefore, electrical efficiency.
• Telecommunication. Concerns transmitting information from one place to another using connections like fiber-optic cable or radio waves. In the past 20 years this field has seen huge development with familiar applications like fiber-to-the-home, fiber-optic networks spanning the globe, our mobile telephone network and (wireless) internet connections. Key to this is the design of very high-capacity fiber-optic connections that use rapid optical signal processing for the signal routing. Other aspects in this field are the design of radio-over-fiber systems, antenna systems with corresponding radio transmitters/receivers,
modeling communication channels and the development of new signal modulation methods. • Signal Processing. Concerns the description of
signals and the analysis and design of signal-processing systems, including discrete as well as single and multi dimensional signals and systems. The signals are described in deterministic or stochastic terms. Research in the field focuses on the fundamentals of signal processing in terms of mathematical and theoretical physics notions, methods and models as well as on their application (as in medical systems), whereby the design, simulation and implementation of signal-processing systems play a central role.
• Electromagnetism. Many electrical engineering concepts can be derived from electromagnetism. Electromagnetic fields and applications are all around us; just think of microwaves, the antenna of your cell phone, traffic radar or an MRI scanner in a hospital. Electromagnetic waves are also used in the hyperthermal treatment of tumors.
Within our own Electrical Engineering department the research focuses on three themes:
• The Connected World
• Care and Cure
• Smart and Sustainable Society
During your study you will explore each of these themes, either in projects or in your final Bachelor project. For more information about the themes, visit the website http://www.tue.nl/en/university/ departments/electrical-engineering/
1.1.2 Aim of the study
This study aims to bring you up to the level of engineering-science Bachelor as an electrical
After finishing my A-level studies in Singapore, I applied to a lot of universities with different studies. TU Eindhoven was one of them. Luckily, I got accepted by most of the universities. But I still faced the difficulty of choosing. Nevertheless, as you can see, now I am studying Electrical Engineering at TU/e. The place that I believe makes me a good female engineer.
People ask me a lot: “Why did you come to the Netherlands?” “Why does a girl choose Electrical Engineering?” “Why Eindhoven?” And I really cannot come up with negative answers. I like the atmosphere and freedom in the Netherlands, the country embraces diversities, and you can either be wild or quiet. Education in the Netherlands offers international students English studies that are really worth the tuition fee we pay. Furthermore, Eindhoven, which is called Brainport, is the best place to learn engineering because you can
get in touch with advanced technology and amazing innovations here. What’s more, regarding the passion for engineering gender is irrelevant.
Being an electrical engineering student for almost one year at TU/e, I have a good time here. The study is intense, but I do believe I am learning something useful. I also encountered interesting subjects and projects, and learned more than just academic knowledge by working with some wonderful people. It is very inspiring. I enjoy this technical and logical study in which I can challenge myself and get the satisfaction by even a small progress. And I also have the chance to meet people of other cultures and get to know their different stories. In my spare time, being a volunteer of COSMOS (International student association) also makes life happier. Don’t doubt, you will improve yourself here. Work hard and have fun!
the name of the subject the subject code is also shown in the chart. The first year has four basic subjects, six major subjects and two elective subjects.
Semester 1A
2WBB0 Calculus 3NBB0 Physics (general course) (general course) 5ECA0 Circuits Elective I (incl. OGO)
5EIA0 Computation I 5ESA0 Signals I (incl. OGO) (incl. OGO)
Semester 1B
0LAB0 Modelling 0SAB0 USE (general course) (general course) 5ECB0 Electronic Elective II Circuits I
2DE20 Math 1 5ESB0 Systems
Chart: Bachelor's program year 1, Electrical Engineering major. Second and third year
The general structure of the second and third year of your Bachelor College studies differs little from the first year although there is more scope for elective subjects. The chart below shows the subjects in the second and third year.
Semester 2A
7NXB0 Design Elective IV (general course)
Elective III 5EWA0 Electromechanics (incl. OGO)
5EPA0 5EWB0 Electrical power Electromagnetics I systems (incl. OGO)
Semester 2B
Elective V Elective VI
5EIB0 Computation II 5EMA0 Mathematics II 5ETA0 Intro Telecom 5EPB0 Electromagnetics II
Semester 3A
Elective VII Elective VIII 5ESC0 Signals II 5ETB0 Communication (incl. OGO) Theory
5ESD0 Control systems 5ECC0 Electronic Circuits II (incl. OGO)
Semester 3B
Elective IX Elective XI Elective X Elective XII 5XEC0 BEP 5XEC0 BEP
Electives
The major is the core of the Bachelor’s program and lays an important foundation for the discipline you have chosen. Next to that, the basis provides a context in which to mould the ‘Eindhoven engineer’. But, as each TU/e student is unique, the TU/e considers it important that, alongside a solid foundation, you can develop your scientific talents and learn to follow your own interests as much as possible within your Bachelor’s program. We have therefore built in a number of elective components. You can find these in the USE component and the free electives. http://w3.tue.nl/en/education/tue_bachelor_ college/use_package/
engineer. To this end the following objectives are central to the study:
1. To give the student a broad knowledge base to enable him/her to accommodate to the sub-fields of the subject through:
a. insight into the physics and related electrical engineering applications. b. deductive skills, learned through the study
of mathematical analysis, algebra and probability theory, for rigorous analysis and derivation of new facts and programs. c. representative knowledge of electrical
engineering disciplines and methods, with an accent on mathematical modeling and a system approach.
d. an operational understanding of system engineering such as translating a societal need into a specification of requirements and subsequent translation to a system configuration.
2. To provide the student with skills to optimize cooperation in a multidisciplinary team through:
a. the ability to recognize, place, formulate and communicate about engineering-science issues from practice.
b. the ability to analyze electrical engineering issues and provide a suitable solution, taking account of a variety of aspects that may emerge or be brought in by others. c. an awareness of the place in and impact
on the life cycle of the product in terms of design.
d. the ability to report competently in straight-forward language and terminology, both written and verbal, on engineering-science results and methods.
3. To prepare the Bachelor properly for an engineering-science Master in Electrical Engineering.
1.1.3 Electrical Engineering Curriculum
The Bachelor's phase lasts three years and is completed with a Bachelor End Project. Each year is worth 60 credits, with each credit equivalent to 28 hours of study. A year is therefore 1680 hours of study, or 42 weeks of 40 hours.
The first year, the propaedeutic year, is designed to give the student insight into the contents of the rest of the study, subsequent studies and professional practice. It comprises basic subjects (including mathematics and physics) and various electrical engineering subjects. There is also plenty of scope for Design Based Learning (OGO in Dutch). For the entire first semester you will be working on the 'Rock-your-Baby' design assignment. Our department also offers a number of other fascinating OGO assignments in the first year in which you will learn to solve electrical engineering problems through working in project teams.
In the second and third years you will explore Electrical Engineering in more depth and will have more time for elective subjects.
Both the propaedeutic year and the Bachelor's phase close with an examination, the propaedeutic exam and the Bachelor's exam. To be allowed at the Bachelor's exam, you will have passed the propaedeutic exam.
First year
The chart below shows the Electrical Engineering Bachelor curriculum for the first year, split into semester A and B. Each semester comprises two quartiles of ten weeks. So for each quartile you have three subjects, each worth 5 credits. Beside
Approval of the Examinations Committee Before you can be awarded your certificate the Examinations Committee has to assess the depth and coherence of your study package. The Committee will in any case approve your free electives if you have taken at least 25 credits in elective packages. If you have made other choices for your electives, you can best discuss this with your coach before you start the program and submit it for approval to the Examinations Committee.
Remedial English course
The study Electrical Engineering along with all the course material and teaching – especially if there are foreign students enrolled – are in English. If you are concerned about your proficiency in English, then you can take part in a course. This is not compulsory but facultative and is offered only in quartile 1. The subject code is 9ST17.
Semester 1A.1
Circuits (5ECA0) Assessment planning & organizing (PRV51) Semester 1A.2
Signals I (5ESA0) Assessment writing skills (PRV31)
Assessment teamwork (PRV11)
Assessment reflection (PRV41)
Semester 1B.4
Systems (5ESB0) Assessment presentation skills (PRV21)
Assessment searching & dealing with information (PRV61) Semester 2A.2
Electromechanics Assessment writing skills (PRV32) (5EWA0) Assessment reflection (PRV42) Electric Power Assessment teamwork (PRV12)
Systems (5EWB0) Assessment planning & organizing (PRV52) Semester 2A.4
Computation II (5EIB0) Assessment presentation skills (PRV22) Semester 3A.2
Signals II (5ESC0)/ Assessment teamwork (PRV13) Control Systems (5ESD0)
Semester 3B.3
BEP (5XEC0) Assessment planning & organizing (PRV53)
Assessment searching & dealing with information (PRV62) Semester 3B.4
BEP (5XEC0) Assessment presentation skills (PRV23)
Assessment writing skills (PRV33)
Assessment searching & dealing with information (PRV63)
Assessment reflection (PRV43)
Chart: Professional skills http://w3.tue.nl/en/education/tue_bachelor_
college/electives/
Be aware of the deadlines in choosing your electives. See http://w3.tue.nl/en/education/tue_bachelor_ college/study_structure/electives
Deepening elective packages for the major Electrical Engineering:
• Introduction in Electrical Engineering (1st year)
• Care and Cure (2nd and 3rd year)
• The Connected World (2nd and 3rd year)
• Smart and Sustainable Society (2nd and 3rd year)
Professional skills
In the chart on the next page you find how and where the professional skills (social and communication
skills) are implemented in the Electrical Engineering major. Results obtained for professional skill have no end date, they are valid indefinitely.
Introduction in Electrical Engineering
5XEA0 Spectrum of Electrical Engineering year 1, Q2/Slot D 5XIB0 Venus exploration design project year 1, Q4/Slot D Care and Cure
5XPA0 Bioelectricity and electromagnetic effects Q1/ Slot A 5XCB0 Electronic and photonic components Q3/ Slot D 5XSA0 Introduction medical imaging Q4/ Slot A The Connected World
5XTA0 Telecommunication systems Q4/ Slot B
5XTB0 Photonics Q1/ Slot E
5XTC0 Components in wireless technologies Q3/ Slot E Smart & Sustainable Society
5XSB0 Signal analysis and Estimation Q2 / Slot E
5APA0 Power electronics Q3 / Slot C
5XWA0 Power system analysis and optimization Q4 / Slot E Chart: Electives major EE
cooperative mobility comprises communication from car to infrastructure (car-to-infra) and from car to car (car-to-car) to boost safety, traffic flow and fuel efficiency.
The Dutch automotive sector wants to excel in several areas of automotive innovation since this will be attractive in terms of the international market as well as tie in with Dutch expertise and international competitiveness. These areas of innovation, which are evident in the Automotive study, are:
• Reduction of traffic jams. The amount of traffic jams represents considerable losses for the Dutch economy, hence the reason for the government to encourage the most efficient use of the road infrastructure and cooperative mobility initiatives. The A270 highway section between Eindhoven and Helmond has been designated as a national test track for research into car-to-car and car-to-infra innovations.
• Cooperative mobility. Involves designing and testing a system that integrates automotive technology and infrastructure via research into
communication/connectivity and traffic
management. Cooperative mobility is one of the keys to maintaining and improving traffic efficiency. • Vehicle efficiency. Focuses on improving combustion-engine vehicles to reduce fuel consumption through research into fuel-saving powertrains, bodywork and chassis. Despite highly promising developments in alternative powertrains, the majority of new vehicles in 2020 will still be powered by combustion engines, so vehicle efficiency remains an important area of innovation. • Electric vehicles. Problems specific to electric vehicles need to be solved through research into electric powertrains, system design, peripheral systems and energy management. For the long term electric vehicles are regarded as the best alternative to combustion-engine vehicles. Technological and market developments will create opportunities in the Netherlands to open niches in the electric vehicle market.
• Platform electrification. Is geared to building fundamental technologies to enable intelligent
1.1.4 Bachelor End Project
You finish your Bachelor studies with the Bachelor End Project (The BEP), which concerns a topic that relates to one of the three paths you have chosen for your coherent elective package. includes a number of professional skills such as presenting, reporting and acquiring information. These basic subjects are therefore not accounted for separately in the third year. The BEP assignment must be carried out during quartiles 3 and 4 of the 3rd year with a start session in week 1 of quartile 3 and a closing session in week 7 of quartile 4. The hours for this subject will be timetabled in for you. You choose a track and select an assignment within that track. There are around 15 assignment options per track, divided evenly across the capacity groups involved in the respective track.
1.2
Major Automotive
---1.2.1. Definition
Smart mobility has been designated one of the university’s three strategic areas. Automotive is a field that fully complements the technological and societal challenges facing the automotive industry. Future developments in the industry will be geared to:
• Smart mobility: how can smart automotive technology help reduce the number of traffic jams?
• Clean vehicles: how can new methods make the car even more fuel-efficient and clean?
TU/e is collaborating with the international business world on intelligent, productive mobility and transport as well as on safe, clean and efficient vehicles. More specifically the Automotive field concerns the following sub-fields and subjects:
• Thinking in terms of systems. Is central to Automotive. To get the highest level of efficiency from the technology, the design of vehicles requires a full system analysis and optimization of the parts/ disciplines that work together in the vehicle. In new cars 50% of the added value comes from microprocessors, electrical, electromechanical and network components. This percentage continues to rise. The challenge to the car industry is to ensure that the integration of sub-systems in the car does not compromise performance, reliability, safety and profitability. This demands a lot of large-scale innovation research.
• In the area of mobility, energy supplies and the environment, automotive research and development can make a valuable (societal) contribution. With the increasing focus on the environmental impact of our mobility, the automotive sector is compelled to make more sustainable cars from an environmental perspective: CO2-neutral or emission-free. European legislation stipulates that CO2 vehicle emissions must be 20% lower within a number of years. For this reason a range of new technologies are being tested, like (plug-in) hybrid and fully electric cars. By using electricity as a flexible and easy-to-regulate energy source, the efficiency of driving can be significantly improved, emissions reduced and government requirements observed.
• Vehicle communication. Is becoming more and more important. A car or truck of the future can be regarded as a computer on wheels that shares data with the (logistics) infrastructure, with other vehicles and with their drivers through all kinds of communication technologies. The core of intelligent systems is cooperative mobility in which the traffic is seen as a variable network of vehicles that record and share information, respond to and are influenced by each other. The development of
Professional skills (social and communicative skills) are largely integrated in the design assignments, supplemented by separate training.
Both the propaedeutic year and the Bachelor phase close with an examination, the propaedeutic exam and the Bachelor exam. To be able to attend the Bachelor exam, you must have passed the propaedeutic exam.
First year
The chart shows the Automotive Bachelor curriculum for the first year, divided by semester A and B. Each semester comprises two quartiles of ten weeks. So for each quartile you have three subjects, each worth 5 credits. Beside the name of the subject the subject code is also shown in the chart. The first year has four general courses, six major subjects and two elective subjects.
Semester 1A
2WBB0 Calculus 3NBB0 Physics (general course) (general course) 0ATA0 Automotive Elective I trends I
5AIA0 Computation 5ASA0 Dynamics + for AU math
Semester 1B
0LAB0 Modelling 0SAB0 USE (general course) (general course) 5AMA0 Auto mobility Elective II 2DE30 Signals+ 5ESB0 Systems Math
Chart: Bachelor's program year 1, Automotive Major.
Second and third year
The general structure of the second and third year of your Bachelor College studies differs little from the first year although there is more scope for elective subjects. The chart below shows the subjects in the second and third years.
Semester 2A
7NXB0 Design Elective IV (general course)
Elective III 5EWA0 Electromechanics (incl. OGO)
5EPA0 Electromagnetics I 5XCA0 Fundamentals of Electronics
Semester 2B
Elective V Elective VI
5APA0 Power Electronics 5AIB0 Sensing, computing (incl. OGO) Actuating
0ATB0 Automotive 4AUB0 Powertrains and trends II (incl. OGO) Vehicle mechanics
Semester 3A
Elective VII Elective VIII
5AIC0 Vehicle 2IWA0 Automotive Networking Software Eng. 5ESD0 Control Systems 5AMB0 Driver-centric Innovation (incl. OGO)
Semester 3B
Elective IX Elective XI
Elective X Elective XII
5XEC0 BEP 5XEC0 BEP
Chart: Bachelor program for years 2 and 3, Automotive major. electronics applications through research into
software, mechatronics, embedded systems and nano-electronics. Electrification of platforms enables applications in other innovative fields.
• Vehicle optimization. Concentrates on developing technology in vehicles to improve safety, user convenience and comfort for the users, and includes research into driver assistance systems, vehicle dynamics and human-technology interaction.
1.2.2 Aim of the study
The study aims to bring you up to the level of Bachelor as an all-round automotive engineer. To this end the following objectives are central to the study: 1. To give the student a broad knowledge base to enable him/her to accommodate to the sub-fields of the subject through:
a. insight into the physics and related automotive applications.
b. deductive skills, learned through the study of mathematical analysis, algebra and probability theory, for rigorous analysis and derivation of new facts and programs.
c. representative knowledge of automotive disciplines and methods, with an accent on mathematical modeling and a system approach. d. an operational understanding of system
engineering such as translating a societal need into a specification of requirements and subsequent translation to a system configuration.
2. To provide the student with skills to optimize cooperation in a multidisciplinary team through: a. the ability to recognize, place, formulate and
communicate about engineering-science issues from practice.
b. the ability to analyze automotive problems and provide a suitable solution, taking account of a variety of aspects that may emerge or be brought in by others.
c. an awareness of the place in and impact on the life cycle of the product in terms of design. d. the ability to report competently in straightforward
language and terminology, both written and verbal, on engineering-science results and methods. 3. To prepare the Bachelor properly for an engineering-science Master in Automotive Technology or related discipline.
1.2.3 Automotive Curriculum
The Bachelor phase lasts three years and is completed with a Bachelor End Project. Each year is worth 60 credits, with each credit equivalent to 28 hours of study. A year is therefore 1680 hours of study, or 42 weeks of 40 hours.
The first year, the propaedeutic year, is designed to give the student insight into the contents of the rest of the study, subsequent studies and professional practice. It comprises basic subjects (automotive, mathematics, dynamics, physics and electrical engineering subjects). There will also be two design assignments (OGO) in which you will learn to solve auto-technology problems through working in project teams.
In the second year you will extend the basic knowledge built up in the first year. Depending on your preferences, you can either broaden or deepen your knowledge by opting to choose specific elective subjects. In the third year, you will probe deeper in one of the Automotive areas through the electives (50%) that are available in both the A and B semesters of the third year, which is completed with the Bachelor End Project.
Professional skills
In the chart below you find how and where the professional skills are implemented in the
Automotive major. Results obtained for professional skill have no end date, they are valid indefinitely.
Introduction in Automotive
5XIA0 Automotive Design Project: Energy challenge Q2 / Slot E 5XSC0 Automotive Design Project: Electronic Differential Q1 / Slot A Smart Mobility Design
0SEUC0 Future of Mobility Q2 / Slot A
1CK200 Mobility and Logistics Q4 / Slot A
4GC20 Design Project: Smart Mobility Design Q1+Q2 Electric and Hybrid Vehicles
5XWB0 Electric Drive Systems Q4 / Slot B
5XWC0 Energy Management Q2 / Slot A
5XWD0 Proj. Energy Man. In Hybrid Vehicles Q3 / Slot A Chart: Electives major AU
Semester 1A.1
Computation for AU (5AIA0) Assessment planning & organizing (PRV51) Automotive Trends I (0ATA0) Assessment writing skills (PRV31) Semester 1B.4
Systems (5ESB0) Assessment presentation skills (PRV21)
Assessment searching & dealing with information (PRV61) Semester 2B.3
Automotive Assessment writing skills (PRV32) Trends II (0ATB0) Assessment planning & organizing (PRV52)
Assessment team work (PRV11)
Assessment reflection (PRV41)
Power Electronics Assessment presentation skills (PRV22) (5APA0) Assessment teamwork (PRV12) Semester 3A.2
Driver-centric Assessment team work (PRV13) Innovation
(5AU25) Assessment reflection (PRV42) Semester 3B.3
BEP (5XEC0) Assessment planning & organizing (PRV53)
Assessment searching & dealing with information (PRV62) Semester 3B.4
BEP (5XEC0) Assessment presentation skills (PRV23)
Assessment writing skills (PRV33)
Assessment searching & dealing with information (PRV63)
Assessment reflection (PRV43)
Chart: Professional skills major AU Electives
The major is the core of the Bachelor’s program and lays an important foundation for the discipline you have chosen. Next to that, the basis provides a context in which to mould the ‘Eindhoven engineer’. But, as each TU/e student is unique, the
TU/e considers it important that, alongside a solid foundation, you can develop your scientific talents and learn to follow your own interests as much as possible within your Bachelor’s program. We have therefore built in a number of elective components. You can find these in the USE component and the free electives.
http://w3.tue.nl/en/education/tue_bachelor_ college/use_package/
http://w3.tue.nl/en/education/tue_bachelor_ college/electives/
Be aware of the deadlines in choosing your electives. See http://w3.tue.nl/en/education/tue_bachelor_ college/study_structure/electives
Deepening elective packages for the major Automotive:
• Introduction in Automotive (1st and 2nd year)
• Electric and hybrid vehicles (2nd and 3rd year)
• Intelligent Vehicle (2nd and 3rd year)
Approval of the Examinations Committee Before you can be awarded your certificate the Examinations Committee has to assess the depth and coherence of your study package. The Committee will in any case approve your free electives if you have taken at least two co-herent elective packages. If you have made other choices for your electives, you can best discuss this with your coach before you start the program and submit it for approval to the Examinations Committee.
Remedial English course
This course along with all the course material and teaching – especially if there are foreign students enrolled – are in English. If you are concerned about your proficiency in English, then you can take part in a course. This is not compulsory but facultative and is offered only in quartile 1. The subject code is 9ST17.
Olaf Borsboom
Bachelor student Automotive
I have been a ski racer for 4 years now. I learned skiing when I was 5 years old and it has been my passion ever since. Things escalated a little when I was in high school, reaching several top 3 results in the Dutch championships, competing on a European level in ski racing and training abroad for over 20 weeks per year. Combining this with my education took a lot of effort, but it was more than worth it for me.
After high school, I knew that I wanted to do something technological. Chances of becoming a professional, considering that we live in one of the flattest countries in the world, are not very big, being a Dutch ski racer. That is why I always wanted to do something I loved on a level that was challenging for me and I didn’t want to make any compromises in this decision.
Automotive was a perfect fit for me. I have never been a huge petrolhead, but taking physics and science and applying it to an object that we have become so familiar with and has been such a huge element in our lives for a very long time, was very exciting for me. And even though the car has been around for so long, I still feel that there are so many opportunities of development in this area.
Combining ski racing with studying at TU/e is not easy. But that was not what I expected it to be. I am working hard, communicating with the university as much as I can and I have to be disciplined. Luckily my efforts are really paying off. Because I like sharing my experiences with others, I decided to join the student's information team.
1.2.4 Bachelor End Project
You finish your Bachelor studies with the Bachelor End Project (BEP). BEP assignments correspond with ongoing research activities within one of the capacity groups or one of the student projects (Automotive Student Teams). The BEP includes a number of professional skills such as presenting, reporting and acquiring information. These basic
subjects are therefore not accounted for separately in the third year. The BEP assignment must be carried out during quartiles 3 and 4 of the 3rd year with a start session in week 1 of quartile 3 and a closing session in week 7 of quartile 4. The hours for this subject will be timetabled in for you.
study
2.1
Types of education
---During your study you will encounter various didactical ways of education. These are described below. Lectures
During a lecture the lecturer deals with the theory and corresponding applications of a subject with the aim of transferring knowledge and insight to the student, often using a presentation that you can also review after the lecture in the digital OASE learning environment. For more on OASE see section 2.4 and http://w3.tue.nl/en/education/Lectures also require an effort from students who must study the material beforehand. It is also important to make notes of the key issues and examples during the lecture. You will have to do assigned tasks. Exercise Sessions
Many lectures have related instruction sessions whose aim is to apply the theory through exercises that you will tend to do individually. The instruction groups are smaller, so the lecturer has more opportunity to deal with individual questions. So use this opportunity! Don’t forget to prepare the instruction sessions well. This has proven to be a successful way of completing a subject.
Tutorials
A tutorial (colstruction) is a blend of lecture and instruction where a piece of theory alternates with doing a number of tasks.
Video-lectures
Most lectures are video-recorded so that you can follow or review a lecture at any time.
Design assignments
The design assignments are essential components of 'Design Based Learning’ (OGO in Dutch) that aims to boost the design competence of students. Communicative, social skills and project-based work play a key role in this. You are also expected to take initiative and responsibility.
In the first year you are automatically enrolled for the design assignments and in the second year you must do this in OASE, see section 2.4.
Experience Mathness
To help your transition from secondary school to TU/e the Pre University College of TU/e has created a supervision program, Experience Mathness, with a focus on mathematics and study skills. The program comprises three components: practice mathematical skills, making an entry test and a follow-up program for those students who have not passed the entry test. You will already have practiced via the website. The entry test is compulsory and is part of the first mathematics subject Calculus. The entry test takes place at the end of the first academic week and lasts an hour. If you fail the entry test, you will then do a follow-up program in which you practice the material one hour a week supervised by a lecturer and student mentors. You have one further opportunity to pass the entry test in the first eight weeks. For more information, see
www.tue.nl/experiencemathness or contact the student counselor, ir. Sjoerd Hulshof (CR 1.04) via [email protected] or 040 247 3713.
Engineering skills
Engineering skills training is part of specific subjects within the Bachelor College in which you learn to apply theory to practice. These skills are structured and timetabled such that they also provide preparation for the design assignments. Other general skills are also taught:
• Measuring quantities, units, standards, measuring instruments, measurement circuits, measurement methods, automated measurement systems like LabView, errors and inaccuracies.
• Simulation and analysis using MATLAB, C++, SPICE and Simulink, among other programs.
The structure of engineering skills during the Bachelor study reveals clear learning paths:
1. from highly prescriptive to sensible individual choice;
2. from “trial and error” to a systematic approach; 3. from simple and straightforward to complex; 4. from practicing and doing to a qualitative test of
problem approach and problem solution; 5. from implementation report to account of work
and results.
Many engineering skills training sessions are held in central competency labs or in the specialized laboratories of the research programs.
Professional skills
The modern engineer not only has to be proficient within his own field but also needs a number of other skills. In industry the work is often project based whereby various disciplines cooperate in teams. In this context, it is important to have the necessary skills to communicate, report in writing, present verbally, cooperate in a project group, have contact with customers and principals, interview, negotiate and acquire information.
Some professional skills take the form of training, and some training sessions you do with your project group at a specific moment in the timetable during your first two years when you are scheduled for other training. When you have actively taken part in training and completed all the tasks satisfactorily, the training is signed as completed and registered in your dossier. For other professional skills you perform your tasks in the design assignment (OGO) group. These may include minute-taking, active participations in discussions and debate in the OGO group and finding information on the subject you are working on. These activities are assessed by your
project leader, a lecturer who is involved or the skills lecturer. You cannot always complete these professional skills in one OGO; the lecturer will keep track of the activities of a particular professional skill you have completed. Once you have finished the required number of activities to a sufficient level, the respective skill is noted and initialed as completed (GN) or assigned a grade. The professional skills are subdivided into five clusters that include the following relevant sub-skills:
1. Communicate: write and present 2. Cooperate
3. Reflect
4. Plan and organize
5. Find and process (scientific) information The information on your own study/curriculum describes in which subjects the various professional skills are integrated.
Training by STU
As part of the professional skills you will also follow a number of training sessions, such as presenting, given by the central STU organization. During the training you are expected to be active by giving a presentation during the presentation training. Preparatory tasks are part of all training. Students who do not complete these tasks or do so unsatisfactorily or too late will not be allowed to participate in the training.
Bachelor End Project (BEP)
The student completes the Bachelor phase with the Bachelor End Project (BEP), to gain experience in the electrical engineering/automotive field. You do this assignment in one of the capacity groups and thus experience research for the first time. The BEP begins with a kick-off meeting at the start of semester B of the third year of your study. During these sessions you select a subject that matches your chosen theme (the Connected World, Care and Cure, Smart and Sustainable Society or Automotive) on which you will work an average of two days a week. At the end of the semester you will have to
give a presentation and hand in a report in the form of a paper.
2.2
Examinations
---Types of examination
The Bachelor study contains different types of examination. For most theory subjects a written exam applies in which you can make supplementary use of sub-tests while so-called observation examinations apply to skills where, for example, the quality of a written report of an engineering skill is assessed. In the subject descriptions in OASE the type of examination employed is stated per subject. (http://w3.tue.nl/en/education/)
Procedure
A written examination lasts a maximum of three hours. You have two moments per year to do a written exam for a specific subject. The first is in the examination period following the quartile in which the subject is taught and then (the re-sit) one quartile later. For a
2.3
Honors program
---The TU/e Honors Academy offers brand-new excellence tracks for Bachelor students, and in the future for Master students as well. The overall goal is to prepare students for scientific, societal and personal leadership in a society that is affected exponentially by changes and developments. At the Honors Academy various Honors Tracks have been launched, addressing major societal and scientific questions and challenges. Examples of these themes include:
“How do we get people to take responsibility for their own health and wellbeing?”
“Rethinking ’Power’, a major challenge for our own environment”
“What new opportunities arise when the merger of the internet, mobility and traffic grows stronger and stronger?”
In the track of your choice you are challenged to take the lead in your own development and in the project you are doing. You get the chance to work together with students from other departments, to meet inspiring coaches, to explore the forefront of know-ledge and to meet with people from industry. Dive into your own discipline or explore other disciplines, it’s all up to you.
The honors work will be on top of your regular work at your own department, and has a workload of about 10 hours per week (840 hours in total; 30 credits). It is divided in two parts of 15 credits each. After the first part your progress and the quality of your work are assessed. This is also a moment of reflection on continuing your honors work or not. Successful completion of the full honors gives you an Honors Degree Certificate, a letter of
recommendation and 30 additional credits. If you only complete the first part you get a certificate and 15 additional credits.
Actual information, see http://www.tue.nl/en/ education/tue-bachelor-college/education-structure/tue-honors-academy/
2.4
OASE, the digital learning and
work environment
---OASE is the digital learning and work environment of TU/e. It enables you to:
• Get information on studies, subjects, examinations and timetables.
• Register for examinations, subjects and groups. • Compile a personal lecture timetable.
• Access subject and group classes for subjects. • Consult results.
• Consult a study package. • Manage email and agenda. Log in
The digital learning and work environment can be found via http://education.tue.nl. You can log in using the same user name and password as for your TU/e email.
How to use
In the upper left of the page you see several tabs: News, Activities, Sources, People and Search. Once logged in, you will see five personal tabs at the bottom of the page: Profile, E-mail, Agenda, Results and Timetable. These tabs contain relevant information for you.
News contains news items of the university and of the subjects for which you are registered. You can personalize the news channels you want to see. subject ending in quartile 4, the re-sit is in a week
(interim week) in August. OER
More details on the regulations for sub-tests and examinations can be found in the education and examination regulations (OER) and the examination regulations on the intranet. However, some important regulations from this document are described below. Registration of exams
Registrations for study components result in automatic registrations for the relevant interim tests and the first subsequent final test. Interim tests are mandatory. If the student is not able to participate in an interim test or does not hand in any work, then the grade will be marked as 0. In case of exceptional circumstances and at the discretion of the
Examinations Committee, the student may request a retake interim test. If a student does not participate in a final test, then he/she may not register for the retake of that final test in the same academic year. Students are obliged, before or during the final test, and at the request of the examiners or the invigilators,
to identify themselves by showing their student card and valid proof of enrollment for the current academic year. If they do not have a student card, students can also identify themselves using a valid form of identification. If the student is unable to do this, he/she may not take part in the final test. A student who did not successfully pass (4.9 or lower) an examination will be automatically registered to take part in a centrally organized retake of the final test, A student who wishes to retake a final test for an examination successfully passed must register at Student administration (PT 1.26) no later than five working days before the scheduled date of the final test period in question.
Marking period for written exams
Lecturers must have marked the examination within three weeks. This applies across the board throughout the university. In the fourth quartile and the interim period, the marking period is a week, given the binding study recommendation for first-year students. So this applies only to first-year subjects.
News channels in OASE
Often the department of Electrical Engineering is contacted by companies who have interesting internships or assignments for students to do, or who have scholarships available for our students. If you don’t want to miss out on any information about Education, Events, Internship/Vacancies related to your study Electrical Engineering or Automotive you can subscribe yourself to one or all three of these news channels on OASE. Once you are logged in and on your OASE page, you find a button NEWS STUDY PROGRAM. If you check this button you find a new button MANAGE MY NEWS CHANNELS at the bottom of the page. Please check and add the channels that you are interested in and learn about all kinds all interesting offers made by companies.
The Activities tab contains information on subjects. Here you can register for subjects and examinations. When logged in, you can see a summary of all subjects for which you are registered. The folder containing documents and notices as well subject timetables can be accessed via this tab. The Sources tab shows your library loan and reservation data. Using the Search tab you can find information within the OASE. The personal Profile tab allows you to see and change your personal details. The E-mail and Agenda tabs bring you to the Outlook Web Access, from which you can manage your email and agenda.
The Results tab lets you see all the assessments you have had while the Timetable tab reveals your timetable according to the subjects for which you are registered.
2.5
Study supervision /
binding study recommendation
---2.5.1 Study supervision in the first year
The study programs of the Electrical Engineering department train you for autonomous, independent professional practice. This is why the study supervision is concentrated in the first year and gradually wound down in the second and third years. Apart from direct intrinsic supervision by lecturers, the supervision comprises:
• coaching
• the mentorate
• course study skills
• first-year study recommendations (pre-Christmas and end of the academic year)
• study planning in the 2nd year
More specialist supervision is provided via the STU. Coaching
The supervision by lecturer coaches, in order to help you in making choices, is a key component of the Bachelor College. Throughout your Bachelor studies you will be coupled to a coach with whom you will discuss issues at various moments during the academic year. These discussions will center on the process of the choices you have to make throughout your study, with the first choices concerning the elective subject choices in quartile 2 and quartile 3/4. The nature of the discussions with your coach is reflective, which means that your coach encourages you to think about the choices you have to make as a Bachelor undergraduate and giving you specific feedback on them. More details about the coaching can be found on the intranet of the Bachelor College.
Mentorate
For a number of years senior second and third-year students have acted as mentors to first-year students, supervising them from the introduction week for a semester. Student mentors assist in the instruction sessions of a number of first-year subjects. They ensure that first-year students quickly find their way in their studies and in the department, that they feel at home and point out their responsibilities for their studies. The mentor acts as a safety net. Mentors also enable the department to respond quickly in the event that there is a threat of something going wrong. The student counselors take care of the coordination of the mentorate and offers support where needed. Study recommendation
After each semester the first-year students receive an individual study advice, based on their study results, among other things. Just before Christmas students receive an initial recommendation based on interim results and observations by the study counselor and the student mentors. Experience reveals that these recommendations tend to be a good indication for the successful completion of studies.
At the end of the first-year each student receives the compulsory official first-year recommendation. This recommendation is binding, which means that the university can prevent a student from re-enrolling in the second year. The department does all it can to avoid such a situation: if the department considers someone unsuitable, the student is informed early on in the first year and then properly supervised towards a suitable study. There are agreements in place with the Fontys Electrical Engineering curriculum for a student to transfer in February to a HBO (higher vocational education) program for a further three and a half years. Automotive students who want to transfer to Fontys, HBO have to do this before Christmas.
Study planning for the second year
At the end of the first year of study students that have significant arrears in their studies are charged to draw up a study plan and discuss this with the student counselor. Only after this plan has been approved can the student be given permission to study in the second year. This prevents students becoming even further adrift and enables the department to monitor progress.
2.5.2 Binding study recommendation
At the end of the first year of study for your Bachelor's degree, you will be given a study recommendation (bsa) which is based on your first year results. Your performance after one year of study provides a good indication of your ultimate achievements at TU/e. In other words, it is possible to provide good advice on your study after you have completed one year at TU/e. There are two kinds of
recommendations: a positive or a negative bsa. Positive recommendation
If you have achieved 40 or more study points in your first year, you will be given a positive recommendation. This means that you can continue with the educational track you are following.
Negative recommendation
If you achieve fewer than 40 study points in your first year you will receive a negative bsa (recommendation). The recommendation is final, meaning that you will not be permitted to continue your studies. You will be excluded from the possibility of enrolling for the course for a period of three years.
The lesson of the experience of recent years teaches that it is the exception that students must be rejected on the basis of the BSA. The structure of the
propaedeutic year (see 1.1 and 1.2) is such that students for whom the study is not suitable are made aware of this well before the end of the academic year (normally around Christmas) and draw conclusions. The student counselors of the department are geared to helping these students subsequently find a suitable study.
2.5.3 Study recommendation in second
and third years
If you successfully complete the propaedeutic year, you can still ask the student counselor for a recommendation, the difference being that the initiative for this more frequently has to come from the student. The supervision differs per person. In almost every case, the planning for the rest of the study is a central thread.
The student counselors check the progress of all Electrical Engineering and Automotive students twice a year and may initiate discussions now and then with the students based on this analysis.
The STU also offers students who are at an advanced stage of their study various kinds of study supervision. At the end of the study you can call on the STU for training to apply for a job, for example. Consult the STU for more information.
2.6
Propaedeutic and Bachelor
examinations
---There is a propaedeutic (P) and Bachelor (B) award ceremony twice a year, in November and in April. You have to enroll for an examination date, and the registration deadline for the P or B examination is stated on OASE. Enter Electrical Engineering or Automotive as search term and check the box ‘also show Exams’. The rest is self-explanatory. There are several examination dates but only two award ceremonies per academic year.
Juul Diks
Bachelor student Electrical Engineering
The truth is that I have always known that I would end up at one of the technology universities. However, choosing a Bachelor was even harder than I thought it would be. I have visited four or five information days at TU/e, trying out Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Software Science and Applied Physics. I have even followed a 6-day Masterclass at Chemical Engineering, which later turned out to be very useful as a final project at my high school. Anyway, none of the bachelors above really got to me. That was until I finally decided to try Electrical Engineering. Electrical engineering felt just right for me. To me this Bachelor was the perfect combination of physics, mathematics and computer science. Electrical Engineering provides a broad spectrum of knowledge, which keeps it interesting. I am a third year student. Which means that I have just handed in my Bachelor End Project (BEP). My BEP
consisted of a human-robot collaboration. I have created a quadcopter that is capable of sensing and adapting itself to its environment. This project is the first step into specializing myself into one of nine groups within our Department. The first impression for new students at TU/e will be the introduction week, coming academic year from the 18th until the 22rd of August. I highly recommend every new student to join. I enjoyed my introduction so much, that I decided to become an ‘intro papa’ in my second year. This basically means guiding new students through their introduction. After this second introduction I also became mentor of my intro group. Sharing my experiences with new students is a good preparation for them to get the best out of them and to make sure that every student gets the attention that he or she needs. After three years, I know the ins and outs of our Department and I can assure you that you will be in good hands!
3.1
The Educational Institute
---As a student there are various ways that you will come across the board and the organization of study in the department.
The education institute organizes the study, comprises the curriculum secretariat, policy and educational support, educational quality assurance, study advice, education desk and coordination of practicals. The education information desk is responsible for the administration and logistics of the studies as well as signals educational bottlenecks, takes care of planning and timetabling, and gives information to students and lecturers.
The student and project administrations are part of the education desk. If you have any questions about routine matters, you can contact student administration (PT 1.26), which processes all the student study data, including results and grades. Enrolment related details must be given to the Student Service Center (STU) in the main building.
Contact: Annelies Meerbach (student administration),
PT 1.26, tel. 040 247 3537, email [email protected],
Lies Termeer (study information coordinator), PT 1.26, tel. 040 247 4429, email [email protected]
3.1.1 Director of Education, student
counselors
Professor dr.ir. Bart Smolders is the Director of Education of the department and responsible for the structure and implementation of studies, proposing education and examinations regulations (curriculum, including content and forms of study) annually. For the study contents he consults the professors and is
advised by the curriculum committee. Within the agreed budget the Director of Education is responsible for attracting the required lecturers from the most appropriate capacity group.
Moreover, the Director of Education is responsible for the quality of the education, informing the curriculum committee of his proposals concerning the curriculum and the quality of the education being provided. The Director of Education advises the research programs on improvements to the quality of the capacity provided.
For automotive matters the Director of Education is assisted by dr.ir. Rob Mestrom who, in his role as Automotive coordinator, supports the Director of Education in shaping the contents of the automotive Bachelor curriculum and other tasks referred to above.
Contact: Rob Mestrom, CR 1.05, tel 040 247 52 48,
email [email protected], Bart Smolders, PT 1.29
tel. 040 247 48 07, email [email protected]
The student counselors of the department are dr.ir. Jan Vleeshouwers (Master EE), ir. Sjoerd Hulshof (Bachelor EE) and drs. Martine Greijmans (Bachelor AU). They inform, advise and supervise students, predominantly in the first years of their study. They signal educational bottlenecks for the department and analyze student data related to study progress. As advisors they are connected to the examination and curriculum committees.
Contact: Sjoerd Hulshof, CR 1.04, tel. 040 247 3713,
email [email protected], Jan Vleeshouwers, PT 1.27,
tel. 040 247 3217, email [email protected],
Martine Greijmans, CR 1.05, tel. 040 247 21 23, email [email protected]
3.1.2 Student Body (Studentenburo)
The Electrical Engineering Student Office (SB) fosters the interests of the students and comprises three students who act as contacts for their fellow students in educational matters. Given their daily contact with students, the Student Office provides early warning of educational bottlenecks as well as organizes various annual councils in which students of the respective year have a seat.
Contact:Studentenburo, PT 2.33, tel. 040 247 3534,
email [email protected]
3.2
Departmental Board
---The departmental board comprises three members: the dean (prof. dr.ir. Ton Backx), research portfolio board member (prof.dr.ir. Ton Koonen), and managing director (ir. Alfons Bruekers). The Director of Education (prof.dr.ir. Bart Smolders) is advisor to the board. There is also a student advisor to the board who attends the meetings to voice the opinions of the students where appropriate. The members and the student advisor are appointed by the Executive Board.
Contact the secretariat:Monique Hunck, PT 1.09,
tel. 040 247 5427, email [email protected]
Greetje van Gemert, PT 1.09, tel. 040 247 3195, email [email protected]
3.3
Departmental Council
---The departmental council (FR) is the department’s representative body and exercises the right
of approval and advice towards the board, which requires this approval in order to make decisions on the department’s regulations and part of the education and examinations regulations. The departmental council is selected from the department’s personnel (every two years) and students (every year). Staff and students have five seats each on the council. For current council members see http://w3.ele.tue.nl/en/organization/.
Contact:dr.ing. Guus Pemen, CR 1.14,
tel. 040 247 4492, email [email protected]
3.4
Examination Committee
---The departmental board proposes an examination committee to administer organize and coordinate the examination. The members of this committee, appointed by the departmental board, are responsible for the education within the curriculum.
The examination committee designates examiners to administer the examination. These personnel are charged with being responsible for the education in the respective subject as well as for experts from outside the institution. The examination committee sets the regulations and guidelines. Where the regulations are inconclusive, the examination committee consults with the students and lecturers concerned to arrive at a decision. The composition of the examination committee is on intranet.
Contact:Annelies Meerbach, PT 1.26,
3.5
Curriculum Committee
---The curriculum committee (OC) is appointed by the departmental board and advises, solicited or otherwise, the Director of Education and the departmental board on all educational aspects of Electrical Engineering (including the education and examinations regulations of Bachelor and Master studies). The curriculum committee also assesses how the education and examinations regulations of Bachelor and Master studies are implemented. The OC advises on the study feasibility and graduation success rates of the curriculum among other things. Does one credit actually correspond to 28 hours’ work? Is the curriculum as it should be or are changes needed? Is the teaching good and how do the study materials rate? Are there pitfalls and, if so, what can you do about them? Are there organizational bottlenecks?
The curriculum committee is also responsible for evaluating the teaching and proposes educational improvements to the Director of Education. One of the tools of the curriculum committee is the post-study questionnaire that normally concerns a single subject: the first-year subjects are surveyed each year while a selection is taken from the subjects that come later on. The committee also evaluates the greater whole, such as the propaedeutic year of the entire study. To this end, too, students are given a questionnaire.
Once the questionnaires are processed
by the Education and Student Service Center (STU), representatives from the curriculum committee discuss the results with the lecturers concerned and try to propose concrete changes where appropriate.
The composition of the curriculum committee, which comprises both staff and students, can be found at http://w3.ele.tue.nl/en/organization/1.
The OC meets once every four weeks. The meeting is announced on the notice board at the porter’s lodge. The best way of contacting the curriculum committee is via the secretariat. You can also speak to one of the members directly.
Contact: Martine Greijmans, CR 1.05,
tel. 040 247 21 23, email [email protected]
3.6
Research programs
---Education and research within the department of Electrical Engineering are contained within the research programs, a list of which is shown below along with the capacity group chair for each program. Meer information at http://w3.ele.tue.nl/en/ organization/researchprograms/.
Group Chairman
Electrical Energy
Systems (EES) prof.ir. W.L. Kling Electromechanics and
Power Electronics (EPE) prof.dr.ir. E. Lomonova Electronic Systems (ES) prof.dr.ir. A..A. Basten Mixed-Signal prof.dr.ir. A.H.M. Microelectronics (MsM) van Roermund
Control Systems (CS) prof.dr.ir. P.M.J. van den Hof Signal Processing prof.dr.ir.
Systems (SPS) J.W.M. Bergmans Electro-optical
Communication (ECO) prof.ir. A.M.J. Koonen Photonic Integration (PhI) prof.dr. K.A. Williams Electromagnetics (EM) prof.dr. A.G. Tijhuis
3.7
Communication and information
---The Communication unit focuses on: • Maintaining the Wall of Fame • Organizing activities for school pupils
(e.g. information- and orientation days EE) • Organizing Public Day
Contact: Pauline van Gelder-Hoen, PT 1.15,
tel. 040 247 46 44, email [email protected]
• Maintaining the website and other (online) communication tools
• Making and editing education guides and brochures
• Organizing activities for school pupils (e.g. information- and orientation days AU)
• Supporting events with regard to communication • Highlighting the department’s research activities • Assisting staff within the department with regard to
communication
Contact: Rianne Sanders, PT 1.15, tel. 040 247 24 22,
email [email protected]
3.8
Connecthor
---The Connecthor is a departmental magazine for the staff, students and alumni of the department. The magazine is made by the department of Electrical Engineering in cooperation with the study association Thor and appears four times a year. For more information or previous issues see http://w3.ele.tue.nl/en/connecthor. This site also tells you how to send your copy to the editors.
3.9
Study facilities
---Library
The TU/e Library is located in the MetaForum building at the center of the campus. its an inspiring place to study, meet fellow students and work together, offering a wealth of information resources. In the TU/e Library you will find an extensive and up-to-date collection of scientific information. A large collection of printed publications (e.g. books, journals and cartographic material are at your disposal. The Library website is the gateway to an extensive digital library. Students may borrow from the Library free of charge using a self-service loan system. Opening hours are Monday-Friday 08.00-23.00 h., and Saturday-Sunday 10.00-22.00 h. The digital library is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
For more detailed information about the TU/e Library go to www.tue.nl/library
Education and Student Service Center
The Education and Student Service Center (STU), provides information o
