MSc Program Systems and Control

Introduction

As of September 2003 Delft University of Technology has installed a new two-year MSc programma in Systems and Control. The start of this MSc programma is strongly related to the establishment in 2003 of the Delft Center for Systems and Control (DCSC), a merging of three former systems and control groups of the departments of Electrical Engineering (EWI), Mechanical Engineering (3mE) and Applied Physics (TNW). This center is housed at the Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering (3mE). The program is part of the 3TU MSc program in Systems and Control within the joint 3TU Graduate School

• The study guide is available in pdf-format.
• TU Delft Study Guides (on-line)
• The course schedule is on-line available .

MSc program, first year:

In order to enter the MSc-programme the student should set up an individual study program using the following ingredients: compulsory courses, the current ideas about the theme of the thesis work, the specialization courses that bridge the gap between the compulsory courses and the thesis project, and the use of the free elective space. This list of should be approved by the MSc coordinator at the earliest convenience, but certainly before the end of the first semester. .

Profiles

To facilitate the choice of elective DCSC courses, the following list provides an indication of how they could be selected to produce four specific profiles.

1. Systems and Control Theory
2. Mechatronics Systems
3. Process Control and Optimisation
4. Information Technology and Control

Courses in profile A place a particular emphasis on the fundamentals in systems and control, with an explicit orientation towards research. Courses in B and C are suited to the development of expertise concerning control systems in conceptually different application domains, and courses in profile D focus on the relationship between control and information technology. This profile distribution is only meant to provide an idea of how an individual course programme may be compiled and in now way imposes any formal restrictions.

Smart Optics

A relatively new research line within DCSC is the field of Smart Optics Systems. Smart optics systems are optomechatronic systems for increasing imaging resolution by compensating for dynamic disturbances. Originally they are used in astronomical telescopes, but smart optics systems have found application in other disciplines where high resolution is needed, such as in lithography, microscopy, camera systems, optical communication, etc. The main disciplines in smart optics systems are system theory and control, optics and image processing. For students, interested in doing an MSc project in this area, the following list provides recommended elective courses.

1. AP3121 D       Imaging Systems  (strongly recommended)
2. ET4283           Advanced Digital Image Processing (strongly recommended)
3. SC4120           Selected Topics in Signals, Systems and Control (if focused on Adaptive Optics)
4. AP3391           Geometrical Optics
5. BM3155         Medical Imaging
6. AP2331TU D Medical Imaging
7. BM1150R       Biomedical Image Processing
8.                         Detection of Light (University of Leiden, dr. Kenworthy)

MSc program, second year:

The MSc students of DCSC are cordially invited to participate in the MSc colloquia.

Some more information can be found on this page and on the official education site of the faculty 3mE. You may also contact the MSc coordinator Peter Heuberger.

The time-schedule for the academic calendar can be found here.

MSc students of DCSC can join Out of Control, a group for students and by students.

Thesis project within other MSc programs

For students in other MSc programs there is a possibility to do the final MSc project in the field of systems and control engineering.

• Information for Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Media & Knowledge Engineering.
• Information for Applied Physics.
• Information for Mechanical Engineering.