The bachelor's thesis is the culmination of the program. The students develop, enhance, and demonstrate their methodological abilities to independently tackle and solve a given research problem. The thesis furnishes the students with their first major research experience, and is a further development of the work done in the basis courses, and usually, the focused study.

Application of didactical methods to topics in mechanical engineering; teaching exercises; selected topics of current subject didactics.

Application of didactical methods to topics in mechanical engineering; teaching exercises; selected topics of current subject didactics.

Introduction to engineering mechanics: statics and elementary dynamics

Introduction to engineering mechanics: kinematics, statics and dynamics of rigid bodies and systems of rigid bodies.

The course provides an introduction to experimental mechanics and covers basic and advanced solid mechanics experimental testing methods. The basic working principles of analogic transducers, testing machines and of optical and X-ray tomographic imaging techniques are illustrated along with an overview of the essential image processing and analysis approaches. ccc

Selected laboratory experiments in physics, mechanical and process engineering. With the Laboratory Training held during the fifth semester, the students learn how to handle and apply measurement methods and devices. Students are offered a diversified choice of laboratory experiments at least eleven of which must be completed. Five of the chosen experiments must be in physics.

Material Properties that are important for the study of micro- and nanosystems will be reviewed. Also methods to characterize materials will be described.In particular, the following topics will be covered:continuum mechanical propertieselectrical propertiesoptical propertiesthermal and transport propertiessurface properties

Basics: Position of a material point, velocity, kinematics of rigid bodies, forces, reaction principle, mechanical powerStatics: Groups of forces, moments, equilibrium of rigid bodies, reactions at supports, parallel forces, center of gravity, statics of systems, principle of virtual power, trusses, frames, forces in beams and cables, friction

Basics: Position of a material point, velocity, kinematics of rigid bodies, forces, reaction principle, mechanical powerStatics: Groups of forces, moments, equilibrium of rigid bodies, reactions at supports, parallel forces, center of gravity, statics of systems, principle of virtual power, trusses, frames, forces in beams and cables, friction

Stress tensor, deformations, linear elastic solids, bending of prismatic beams, numerical methods, bending, torsion, plastic work and deformation energy, energy methods, buckling.

Basics: Position of a material point, velocity, kinematics of rigid bodies, forces, reaction principle, mechanical powerStatics: Groups of forces, moments, equilibrium of rigid bodies, reactions at supports, parallel forces, center of gravity, statics of systems, principle of virtual power, trusses, frames, forces in beams and cables, friction

Strength of Materials: Stress tensor, strain tensor, linear elastic stress strain relation, tension, bending and torsion of beams, numerical methods, elastic strain energy, work energy methods, buckling of beams, introduction to plasticity, time dependent material behavior and fracture mechanics.

Interdepartmental (D-MAVT, D-ITET, D-PHYS) seminar series on Mechatronics and Microsystems, focusing on a new specific scope (field of research) each semester.Speakers from industry and research with an excellent international reputation in their field are invited for presentation and discussion.For a detailed program, please refer towww.mechatronics.ethz.ch