PhD Programme History and success storyIndustrial Engineering and Reliability
Industrial Engineering and Reliability
Objective
The general objective is the third (graduate) level education of researchers and experts in the various areas of Industrial Engineering and Reliability, such as mechanisms and machines theory, vehicle dynamics, mechatronics, robotics, rotordynamics, bioengineering, advanced numerical modelling, additive manufacturing, Quality, reliability and safety, diagnostics & maintenance management
Specific fields
- Design, simulation and testing of wearable robotic devices.
- Design, simulation and testing of underwater technologies.
- Development of guidance, navigation and control strategies for mobile robots, both for monitoring and for intervention purposes.
- Development of artificial intelligence techniques for mobile robots/vehicles.
- Smart material-based devices for biomedical and bioinspired mechatronic systems
- Optimization of railway vehicle dynamics and railway networks.
- Design of railway, tramway and subway vehicles based on innovative materials.
- Wheel – rail interaction: contact, adhesion, wear and fatigue.
- Multi-physic modelling and design of rotating machines.
- Design of turbomachinery components based on innovative materials.
- Structural optimization and additive manufacturing of rotating machine components.
- Design, simulation and optimization of production and logistics system
- Healthcare System Engineering
- Lean production and management
- Servitization and digitalization in manufacturing
- Quality, reliability and safety in production systems
- Advance diagnostics & maintenance management
- Product Lifecycle Management