Prerequisite/Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Purpose
The purpose of the project unit is to contribute to students’ attainment of knowledge about how to design intelligent control-, diagnostic- or surveillance systems with the consideration of reliability. 

Content
The project is based on a design problem for reliable control system. The considered physical system can be a (petro-) chemical process, mechanical system, or any other safety-critical systems. The control system design should take fault tolerant control into consideration. The strategies and methods for fault tolerant deign is determined for the considered system possibly using some intelligent approaches as support tools. The chosen solution has to be implemented on a real-time platform and tested, either by the computer simulations or a dedicated hardware system. The students in the project work shall demonstrate their ability to handle complex problems by scientific methods.

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Have knowledge and comprehension for how to design control-, diagnostic- and surveillance systems by taking the reliability into consideration.
• Have knowledge and comprehension of different advanced control methods and their potential application in intelligent reliable system development. 

Skills

• Be able to judge the usefulness of the used different scientific methods for the design of intelligent control-, diagnostic- and surveillance systems for engineering systems.
• Be able to apply quantitative and qualitative, intelligent and/or model-based methods for reliable system design

Competences

• Be able to control the working and development process within the project theme, and be able to develop new solutions within intelligent control-, diagnostic- and surveillance of engineering systems.
• Be able to show entrepreneurship to define and analyze scientific problems in the area of control-, diagnostic- and surveillance of engineering systems, and based on that make and state the reasons for decisions made.
• Be able to set up innovative ideas within the area of control-, diagnostic- and surveillance of engineering systems
• Independently be able to continue own development in competences and specialization

Type of instruction

Extent and expected workload

Since it is a 20 ECTS project module, the work load is expected to be 600 hours for the student

Exam

Exams

Additional information

Elective project
On this semester one project must be chosen out of two elective projects (total: 20 ECTS).