Intelligent Technologies

This semester, you'll learn to design, analyze, build, and test intelligent solutions that seamlessly integrate hardware and software. Think of self-driving cars, medical devices, smart factories, robotics, climate control systems, and many more.

You'll develop problem-solving, communication, and research skills while gaining insights into electrical concepts, microcontrollers, and sensors and actuators such as motion detectors and environmental sensors and various types of motors. You'll also explore the possibilities and limitations of embedded systems. Beyond that, you'll learn to write technically sound software and design larger systems using industry standard tools where separate modules communicate and collaborate to achieve a common goal.

Equally important, you'll refine your interpersonal skills in Agile teams, working on a solution for a partner company. You’ll apply structured development processes, and using tools like Scrum, version control, and work management systems. Finally, you'll discover your talents, explore what drives you, and use these insights to shape your personal learning path.

Group track
In this project you’ll work on an intelligent embedded solution in cooperation with a partner company. The focus is on teamwork, communication, research, development processes and system integration.

Individual track
In this project you explore technical concepts in depth that help you build solutions in the project

Personal and professional development
You actively work on, monitor, review and refine your professional development goals in relationship to the group project, the individual project and your personal talents and interests.

Structure
All tracks are organised in sprints and use the same timeline. During each sprint you collect evidence, ask for regular feedback and build a portfolio which you deliver at the end of each sprint.

Inflow: Basic programming skills at semester 1 level are advised. Experience with the Arduino platform is an advantage. Example projects include small embedded systems that you built by integrating various libraries and components to make a proof-of-concept. Examples include a hotel safe deposit box, turnstile pool access based on a card reader, a simple thermostat for controlling an electric heater, etc.

Outflow: Continue with Intelligent devices in semester 3, smart industries