Master Programme

There are various options for the master programme in energy technology.

The Master-Specialization in Energy Technology imparts profound knowledge in core areas of mechanical and process engineering, e.g., materials manufacturing, mechanics, and thermodynamics. The graduate students have deep knowledge of physics and technology of technical components and systems that are made up of them, e.g., in power generation.

However, these technical components and systems continue to become parts of a much more complex and extended infrastructure on which our society increasingly depends on, e.g., a power generator within the national grid. Modelling, analysis and simulation of those higher-ranking technical structures pose a challenge in engineering science: Infrastructure characteristics are networked structures among themselves (e.g., the Swiss grid within the international electricity network) and their interdependency with different infrastructures (e.g., interfaces with information and communication grids). Because of these systems' integration, dependencies and due to the implementation of new technologies, new hazards emerge (e.g., power blackouts). Identification, management and elimination of these hazards label the extended demands on a topical master engineering course. The master courses offered by the Laboratory of Safety Analysis (LSA) encompass an in-depth education in availability assessment methodology, vulnerability analysis as well as in higher-level safety analysis and risk management.

The scope of educational and research activities performed at LSA focus on the up-to-date treatment of safety and risk issues in the design and optimization of critical infrastructures exemplified by the power supply infrastructure. This involves e.g.,
- component and system reliability analysis
- methods of (Probabilistic) Safety Analysis
- decision-support systems for risk management and vulnerability assessment
- comparative risk assessment and risk governance.

These methods aim to support decision support in risk and safety management on different levels of system integration. Approaches and tools are introduced and trained in the LSA's courses.

The specific master's curricula will be coordinated by the Chair of Safety Technology Prof. W. Kröger.

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