Skills

Robotics

Robot kinematics and dynamics. Inverse kinematics and trajectory planning. Image processing and computer vision. Torque, force, velocity and position control. Project work with a 4DoF robotic arm.

Dynamics and Vibrations

Modelling of single and multiple degree of freedom systems for vibration analysis. Lagrange equations. Modal analysis. Techniques for dealing with resonance problems. Modelling vibration of continuous systems: strings, rods, beams.

Linear Control Design 1

System modelling. Linearisation. Transfer functions. Frequency analysis and stability with bode plots and Nyquist plots. Controller design and performance evaluation. Disturbance and noise suppression.

Strength of Materials 1 and 2

Solving trusses, beams, frames. Determining buckling modes and criteria. Analytic 3D stress and strain states in simple structures. Yielding criteria. Fatigue analysis.

Finite Element Analysis

Finite Element Methods theory and writing basic solvers in python. Meshing strategies and techniques. System simplification for compute cost reduction. Model validation and convergence studies.

Heat Transfer

Transient and stationary analysis of conduction and convection in cartesian and cylindrical bodies. Efficiency of convection fins. Convection due to external and internal flow. Boundary layers. Numerical methods. Heat exchangers.

Basic Fluid Mechanics

Bernoulli's equation. Dimensional analysis. Turbomachines. Pipe flow. External flow.