STUDY PROGRAM

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

FOR MANUFACTURING

Question:      Our world is heading towards a climate crisis. Due to the increasing CO2 pollution humanity is changing the climate in a way destroying or even harming natural habits and human living environments. Do we have any counter measures against this process?

Answer:         Yes, there are! Developing and using climate-neutral products and production systems can limit the climate change on a reasonable level and is an important support within the management of the climate crisis by humanity.

Within the systems engineering master program you will study methodologies supporting the development and use of climate-neutral products and production systems like methods for evaluation of energy consumption by products or production systems and methods using this evaluation to design and control energy efficient production systems useable to create products with minimal energy footprint. Also, you will learn how renewable energies can be applied in production systems in a most sustainable way.

By the way, also the engineering of products and production system requires energy that shall be used in a most efficient and effective way.

Question:      Each year the Earth Overshoot Day is coming earlier. Especially the inhabitants of the most developed countries consume much more natural resources the works can regenerate each year. Does it need to be this way?

Answer:         No, we can prevent this situation! Sustainable products and production systems as well as sustainability oriented thinking in all fields can be a solution as indicated by the seventeen United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. 

Within the systems engineering master program we will discuss different sustainability related topics like, how to design, implement, and use sustainable products and production systems, how to use reference architectures within these processes, and the value of reuse and further use also within production systems for sustainability.

By the way, we will also examine the apparent antagonism between maximising profits and acting responsible in ecological, social and economic direction and show that meaningful bordering conditions can dissolve this antagonism.

Question:      Everyone intends to get the products and services most suiting to its intentions and needs. But can this individualization result in chaos in technical and social spheres?

Answer:         This might happen, but we have ideas and methods to avoid this problem.

Within the systems engineering master program we will present architectures applicable to design, implement and use most flexible production and logistic systems, applicable to product products following customer specifications. In parallel these production systems will be able to fulfil the requirements of staff within production systems with respect to a healthy, eclectic, and satisfying work environment.

By the way, such production system can easily support inclusion action also for persons with handicaps or other limits.

Question:      Apps, services, social networks, internet, digitalization is reaching all spheres of our live. It provides essential benefits but also risks. New business models and more comfort are accompanied by data breaches, hacker attacks, and an increasing cancel culture. Is that necessary?

Answer:         Digitalization is an essential and necessary step toward our industrial future. Based on advanced information and communication technologies, it enables us to collect, transfer, store and process all necessary information to ensure design, creation and use of climate-neutral, resource efficient and sustainable products and production systems.

Within the systems engineering master program you will learn which information and communication technologies can be used in which use case with which advantages and risk. Thereby you will be trained to evaluate benefits and challenges of the application of information and communication technologies along the complete life cycle of products and production systems and become able to design and implement efficient and secure systems.

By the way, safety and security of production systems go hand in hand requiring a more advanced consideration as usually done in IT sciences.