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Advanced Solid Mechanics (ASM)
The Advanced Solid Mechanics (ASM) course is designed for students who wish to develop their knowledge and skills in the field of solid mechanics in materials and structural mechanics. The educational process aims to provide students with thorough theoretical, experimental and numerical knowledge to solve advanced engineering problems. The tools and skills acquired can be applied to both civil and mechanical engineering. The program is conducted in consultation with the WUST Faculty of Mechanical Engineering which reinforces the emphasis placed on the mutual interaction of disciplines and ensures the innovative nature of the course.
The master's program is spread over 4 semesters (two academic years / 120 ECTS) and includes 3 semesters of courses and a semester dedicated to the completion of a master's thesis related to current academic research activities or industrial projects conducted by WUST.
The ASM program is directed to motivated students who have academic maturity and a clear vision for their careers. Students are encouraged to increase their autonomy and take an active role in creating learning, for instance through mobility within the Erasmus Mundus.
The courses are taught by academics and supplemented by seminars with leading international experts and industry professionals. The main goal of the joint master's degree program is to create a background for students to pursue doctoral studies or work in various industrial sectors as versatile engineers
All the courses are delivered in English.
Solid mechanics studies the behavior of solid materials, and in particular, their motion and deformation under the action of forces, temperature changes, phase changes, and other external or internal agents. Solids manifest themselves through a wide range of applications, like Manufacturing (material innovation, additive manufacturing), Civil engineering structures, Transport (air, land, space), Health (biomechanics, pharmaceuticals), Environment (contamination, sustainable development), Energy (mainly renewable energies), Food industry (processing methods). Thus, solid mechanics is fundamental for mechanical, civil, aerospace, nuclear, and biomedical engineering, for geology, and for many branches of physics, such as materials science. Given the significant increase in knowledge in all these fields today, there is a need for highly qualified managers and engineers with advanced skills in solid mechanics. Full list of courses (syllabus) can be found under the link and the end of this site or by side or main menu.
- Duration: 4 semesters
- Mode of study: Full time
- Lanugage of instruction: English
- Start date of program: October
- Programme coordinator: Joanna Pieczynska-Kozlowska, Ph.D. joanna.pieczynska-kozlowska@pwr.edu.pl
Applicants must hold a Bachelor of Science or Engineering degree in Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, or equivalent with a strong background in Mechanics, Physics and Mathematics.
For now admission is possible only by the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree Program – STRAINS.
SEMESTER 1
- Mathema'cal Tools for Engineering (5 ECTS)
- Numerical Methods in Engineering (5 ECTS)
- Continuum Mechanics (5 ECTS)
- Constutive Laws (5 ECTS)
- Dynamics and Vibrations (5 ECTS)
- Experimental Mechanics (5 ECTS)
SEMESTER 2
- Functional Analysis - Applications To Boundary Value Problems (5 ECTS)
- Analytical Mechanics (5 ECTS)
- Modeling of Multibody Systems (5 ECTS)
- Design of Engineering Materials (5 ECTS)
- Probabilistic Methods in Engineering (5 ECTS)
- Artificial Intelligence in Engineering (5 ECTS)
SEMESTER 3 (Specialization - Mechanics of Materials)
- Mathematical Homogenizations and Micromechanics (5 ECTS)
- Fracture mechanics (5 ECTS)
- Laboratory identification of composite microstructure properties (5 ECTS)
- Advanced Nano-materials (5 ECTS)
- Reliability and Maintenance Theory and Engineering (5 ECTS)
- Inventive Engineering (5 ECTS)
SEMESTER 3 (Specialization – Mechanics of Structure)
- Risk assessment in geotechnics - implementation of Random Field Theory (5 ECTS)
- Advanced Geoengineering (5 ECTS)
- Advanced steel-concrete composite constructions (5 ECTS)
- Advanced Soil Mechanics and Soil – Structure Interaction (5 ECTS)
- Fracture mechanics (5 ECTS)
SEMESTER 4
- Master Thesis (30 ECTS)