Integrating the fields of mechanics and electricity is one of the major challenges of the civil engineering student in electro-mechanics.
The master’s degree in Energy Engineering from UCLouvain promotes a multidisciplinary education and the ability to manage interface issues arising from the integration of various disciplines within equipment or systems.
It combines the fields of electricity and mechanics into a coherent whole, where fundamental knowledge is emphasised to facilitate the deepening or reorientation of expertise throughout one’s career.
Students will acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to become:
- Specialists in mechatronics (electronics, mechanical production, automation and robotics)
- Practitioners capable of applying their skills and using advanced research and technology tools
- Managers who lead projects within teams.
Polytechnic and multidisciplinary, the training provided by the École Polytechnique de Louvain (EPL) focuses on acquiring competencies that blend theory and practice. This includes aspects of analysis, design, manufacturing, production, research, development, and innovation, while integrating ethical considerations and sustainable development.
On successful completion of this programme, each student is able to :
1. Demonstrate mastery of a solid body of knowledge in basic science and engineering science allowing the student to learn and solve problems pertaining to electro-mechanics. (Axis 1)
- 1. Identify and use concepts, laws and appropriate reasoning from a variety of fields in mechanics and electricity to solve a given problem:
- Electricity (in the broad sense)
- Electro-technics (conversion, controls, activation)
- Electronics (digital electronics, instrumentation, sensors)
- Automation
- Computer sciences (real time)
- Mechanics (modeling, design)
- Robotics and automation.
2. Identify and use modelling and calculation tools to solve problems associated with the aforementioned fields.
3. Verify problem solving results especially with regard to orders of magnitude and/or units (in which the results are expressed).
2.3 Evaluate and classify solutions with regards to all the specification criteria: efficiency, feasibility, ergonomic quality, environmental security, and environmental and social sustainability. (for example: too expensive, too complex, too dangerous, too difficult to manipulate).
3. Organise and carryout a research project to learn about a physical phenomenon or a new problem relating to the field of electro-mechanics. (Axis 3)
3.2. Suggest an experimental model or device by first constructing a mathematical model, then by using laboratories to create a device simulates system behaviour and tests relevant hypotheses.
3.3. Synthesize conclusions in a report that shows the key parameters and their influence on the behaviour of the phenomenon under study (choice of forms and materials, physio-chemical environment, conditions for use).
4. Contribute, through teamwork, to a multidisciplinary project and carry out the project while taking into account its objectives, resources, and constraints. (Axis 4)
4.1. Frame and explain the project’s objectives taking into account the issues, constraints and domain interfaces that characterise the project’s environment.
4.3. Make team decisions to successfully complete the project whether they be about technical solutions of the division of labour, identify the contributions and limits of each discipline, dialogue on the same project.
4.4. Make decisions as a team when there are choices to be made: whether on technical solutions or on the organization of work to bring the project to a successful conclusion.
5. Communicate effectively (speaking or writing in French or a foreign language) with the goal of carrying out assigned projects. (Axis 5)
5.1. Identify the needs of all parties: question, listen and ensure the understanding of all the dimensions of the request and not just the technical aspects.
5.2. Present your arguments, advise and convince your interlocutors (technicians, colleagues, clients, superiors, specialists from other disciplines or general public) by adopting their language.
6. rigorously mobilize their scientific and technical skills and their critical sense to analyze complex situations by adopting a systemic and transdisciplinary approach, and to adapt their technical responses to the current and future challenges of the socio-economic-ecological transition, thus actively contributing to the transformation of society.
6.1. Acquire a knowledge base on the socio-ecological issues and use multi-criteria tools to evaluate the sustainability of a technology, in quantitative and/or qualitative terms.
6.2. Define, specify and analyze a problem in all its complexity, taking into account its various dimensions (social, ethical, environmental, etc.), scales (time, place) and uncertainty.
6.3. Identify, propose and activate engineering levers that can contribute to sustainable development and transition (eco-design, robustness, circularity, energy efficiency, etc.).
6.4 Demonstrate critical thinking vis-à-vis technical solutions or methodological approach regarding the involved actors, be aware of its limitations, and take a personal stand on ethical, environmental and societal issues.
6.5. Evaluate one’s own work.