Professional M. S Program in Mechanical Engineering

The Graduate Program in Mechanical Engineering - Professional Master had its operation authorized by CAPES in the 1st half of 2011.
The main objective of this Master program is "the training of human resources in advanced professional practices and processes, by incorporating the scientific method and foundations, focusing on innovation and technological improvements to specific problems."

Research Lines

The program focuses on Design and Manufacturing, and research is structured along three lines:

  • Design of Mechanical Parts and Systems
  • Manufacturing and Production Processes for Parts, Tools and Molds
  • Energy Systems- Performance and Control

The Professional Master Degree Program is conceived as a graduate stricto sensu course, with the objective of stimulating the formation of master degree graduates, who are able to develop technical-scientific activities and work on essentially technical subjects. The Professional Master Degree Program confers the degree of Master in Engineering, granting the same rights as the Academic Master Degree Program.
The main research activities are in Design and Manufacturing. This area approaches understanding and use of methods and tools to support the design process related to applied mechanics, and to computational and experimental methods of mechanics in the analysis of components, systems, mechanical manufacturing processes and industrial plants. It aims at understanding the variables that control the performance and response of mechanical systems, thereby providing a technological basis for improvements.

Research in the Master Program is structured along three research lines:

  • Design of Mechanical Parts and Systems - This line aims at applying mathematical and computational models, methodologies, and techniques to products and systems development, using experimentation, to study, describe and analyze project problems from technical and economic points of view.
  • Manufacturing and Production Processes for Parts, Tools and Molds - This line focuses on advanced studies in manufacturing processes with emphasis on machining and processing materials from powder. It includes topics on the evaluation and characterization of tools and machined parts as well as on process and production system parameters. It studies emerging technologies such as rapid prototyping manufacture, gel casting, DCC, LPIM, among others and strategies, techniques and production methods. It also deals with simulation studies and optimization of production processes in order to evaluate and improve production management indicators. Thus, scientific methods of Operational Research, such as mathematical modeling, statistics and algorithms for decision-making in complex real-world problems are approached and are related to planning and execution of an organization's operations.
  • Energy Systems - Performance and Control - This line of work covers theoretical and experimental research, development and application of systems applied to industrial air conditioning and refrigeration, ventilation and exhaust, heating, lighting, energy storage, co-generation and distributed power generation. It also studies energy systems with potential for use as alternative and renewable energy resources, involving the adaptation and application of control systems.

Intended Students

This master program accepts students from most engineering disciplines and related fields  in order to support its diverse range of engineering activities.

Graduate Profile

The Mechanical Engineering Professional Master will have developed skills and abilities to meet the demands of applied research fields, involving the identification of performance requirements and/or problems associated with the design and manufacture of components as well as mechanical and energy systems, including modeling thereof, and will be able to propose solutions based on scientific and technological principles.

Duration

The student must obtain 24 credits after his initial enrollment, with 12 credits from required subjects and 12 credits from elective subjects. In addition, the student must pass a proficiency exam in the English language and present a dissertation (6 credits). The time for completion of the course (subjects + final thesis) will be 24 months.

Selection Process

The admission of 20 students per year for the Master Program will be through a selection process regulated by a specific notice issued by the Administration of this Institution.

Program Coordinator

Rodrigo Panosso Zeilmann

Professional M. S Program in Mechanical Engineering
Secretary - ppgmec@ucs.br - Phone: 55 (54) 32182875
Universidade de Caxias do Sul
Rua Francisco Getúlio Vargas, 1130 - Building V, room 302
95020-560 - Caxias do Sul - RS, Brazil



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