Upskilling Academy

Product development by additive manufacturing

Apply additive manufacturing to real components – a cross-disciplinary project course spanning design, materials and full AM process chains.
Subject area
Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing
Course Duration
200 hours 16 weeks
Location
Online Chalmers University of Technology, Campus Johanneberg

About the course

Additive manufacturing (AM) allows engineers to re-think designs and applications for a wide range of applications from aerospace and biomedical applications to automotive and consumer products. The technology offers high levels of design freedom and customization of components. This makes the technology highly interdisciplinary itself as specialist knowledge has to be considered not only from the design and manufacturing side but also from the material and end-application side.

General information

The course is project based and students are going to work together in cross-disciplinary groups focusing on the development of the additive manufacturing chain for specific components/applications. Participants will write a report detailing their project, problem analysis with particular emphasis on AM, and proposed solution for the entire process chain, including a rough cost evaluation to understand the feasibility of AM applications. At the end of the project period the groups will present their results in a short workshop.

How to apply

Apply to all Tracks courses at antagning.se / universityadmissions.se
Search for the course code TRA260

To assess your application, please add a short motivation letter (max. 1 page A4) and transcript of your courses from Chalmers detailing course of study and experience in additive manufacturing to your application. The letter of motivation requested is an opportunity for each student to express specific interests and experience that cannot be seen from transcripts only. The purpose of the motivation letter is to assist the teachers in grouping students with respect to background and interests.

If you have a specific project idea in mind which would be suited to this frame of work, please don’t hesitate to include it as well.

Upload the letter of motivation on your account at antagning.se / universityadmissions.se.

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Details

Teachers: Lars Nyborg
Course dates: Study period 1 and 2
Credits: 7.5
Level: Advanced level

Course code: TRA260

Language of instruction

English

Tracks – a unique concept

These courses provide hands-on experience solving real-world problems, fostering a collaborative mindset, and expanding your professional network. Operating in close partnership with industry, society, and cutting-edge research, Tracks courses are also continuously changed to be as up to date as possible.

Collaboration and entrepreneurship

With a Tracks course, you will become better at collaborating with people from different countries and backgrounds. You will also learn more about ethics, communication, and entrepreneurship. These skills will equip you with a head start in working life. When you take a Tracks course, you also work in our brand-new makerspace: Fuse, which is a creative meeting place with 3D printers, a variety of studios, and workshops where your creativity can flourish.

If you have already attended Chalmers and chosen to take a Tracks course, you will have the advantage of familiarizing yourself with a current critical subject and building on your current knowledge. Together with other engineers, architects, and entrepreneurs of the future, you will gain new perspectives in your future professional life.

Most Tracks courses use Chalmers makerspace Fuse – a creative meeting place where education, research, industry and the community come together to test and implement ideas.

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Who is this course for?

Course Participant profile

Each group must be interdisciplinary, consisting of students from at least 2 disciplines. In order to ensure a successful project, at least half of the students in each group needs to have experience in Additive Manufacturing (e.g. passing course MTT120 Additive Manufacturing, MTT125 Additiv Tillverkning or IMS075 Additive Manufacturing – summer course). The number of students will be limited to max. 30 due to practical reasons of the course.

The course is intended as Master level course but can be available for highly motivated Bachelor students.