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Mechatronic Engineering Online - Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
Faculty of Engineering & Technology via distance learning
Mechatronic Engineering via distance learning
Mechatronic engineers use computer computational hardware and software to control mechanical systems. Mechatronic systems are widely used in various aspects of industry: as combined with robotics in the manufacturing industry, in the control of motors in automobiles, in complex laser tracking systems in dvds and cds, and in the auto-focusing, aperture, and shutter control systems of automatic cameras, etc. This program requires the integration of electrical and mechanical engineering with computer technology to solve mechanical problems.
Academic Supervisor : Higinio Menendez Milanes
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Mechatronic Engineering Online via distance learning
Specialist, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctor - Mechatronic Engineering.
This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's & Ph.D. (Doctor) Degree Programs. This academic program is designed at the postgraduate level (Master’s or Doctoral). This module may also be adapted to complete the course requirements of Specialist, Expert Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree. A further option is the enrollment into each of the courses listed within this specialization module. This module may be combined or completed with other modules from this faculty. For example: Agricultural Engineering - Chemical Engineering - Civil Engineering - Computation Engineering - Earthquake Engineering - Electrical Engineering - Electronics Engineering - Energy Engineering - Engineering Economics - Engineering Science - Environmental Engineering - Geotechnical Engineering - Hydraulic Engineering - Industrial Engineering - Maintenance Engineering Management - Materials Science Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Military Engineering - Mining Engineering - Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering - Project Engineering Management - Social Engineering - Software Engineering - Structural Engineering - Telecommunication Engineering .
Specialist - Expert Diploma - Mechatronic Engineering Online
Tuition Fee: 1.050 Euros (1.350 US$) ... 1.470 Euros (1.890 US$).
Specialist - Expert Diploma Online: 15 ... 21 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Mechatronic Engineering via distance learning = 42 Academic credits - Select 5 courses for the online diploma of Specialist or 7 courses for the Expert Diploma from the total of courses from the specialization module. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board.
Bachelor's Degree - Mechatronic Engineering Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 3.510 Euros (4.420 US$) ... Max. 6.800 Euros (8.700 US$).
Bachelor's Degree Online: 130 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Mechatronic Engineering via distance learning = 42 Academic credits + 40 credits in General Education (may be transferred from previous education and professional experience) + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Engineering & Technology from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Robotics & Automation.
Master's Degree - Mechatronic Engineering Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 4.680 Euros (6.120 US$) ... Max. 7.020 Euros (9.180 US$).
Master's Degree Online: 36 ... 54 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Mechatronic Engineering via distance learning = 42 Academic credits + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Engineering & Technology from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Robotics & Automation. + 13 Academic credits (Research methodology and final project or thesis. More info...).
Doctor Ph.D. Degree - Mechatronic Engineering Online
Tuition Fee: Min. 5.850 Euros (7.650 US$) ... Max. 9.360 Euros (12.240 US$).
Doctor Ph.D. Degree Online: 45 ... 72 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program. More info...
Composition: Mechatronic Engineering via distance learning = 42 Academic credits + Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Engineering & Technology from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: Robotics & Automation. + 18 Academic credits (Research methodology and final project or thesis. More info...).
Payment plans are available upon request up to 36 monthly installments. More info...
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Mechatronic Engineering Online
Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 academic credits):
1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credits (30 hours of study).
You may study any subject as an independent online continuing education course. More info...
Machine Elements
This course deals with mechanical engineering design and materials, including significant theories of machine elements failure, stress analysis, material fatigue and machine elements duration, safety factors, elements connections, critical speed and mechanical balancing, deformations, power transmissions, sizing, and lifecycle calculations.
Academic Supervisor: Higinio Menendez Milanes
Hydraulics & Pneumatics
This course presents industrial hydraulics and pneumatics, its system components, the design of hydraulic and pneumatic circuits, and its role in computer, robotics, and electro-mechanical devices.
Academic Supervisor: Higinio Menendez Milanes
Mechatronics
This course explores the design of mechatronic components and equipment, their construction, and their function. Mechatronic integrates the engineering aspects of electronics, mechanics, and microelectronics into an effective problem solving approach for many technological applications and industrial process.
Academic Supervisor: Higinio Menendez Milanes
Feed Back Control System
This course studies the design of digital control systems. It presents the operating principles and conventions for Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) using algorithms and Boolean (bit) logic to control systems containing digital sensors and actuators. It explains how to monitor and control analog processes and to exchange data with other PLCs and computers.
Academic Supervisor: Higinio Menendez Milanes
Motion Planning, Sensing & Control
This course examines the computational issues involved in robot motion planning, sensing, and control including representation and handling of uncertainty for motion planning/sensing/control, computational complexity of different motion planning problems, sensor-based motion planning and control, active vision, and robot learning.
Academic Supervisor: Higinio Menendez Milanes
Mechanics: Statics
This course reviews static mechanics, force systems, equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies, center of gravity, areas, masses and volumes, inertia, friction, kinematics of particles, and the application of static mechanics to structures and machine elements.
Academic Supervisor: Higinio Menendez Milanes
Mechanics: Dynamics
This course reviews dynamic mechanics, the motion of rigid bodies, vibration, translation and rotation, impulse, momentum, work and energy, and the application of dynamic mechanics to projectiles, gyroscopes, machine elements, and other engineering systems.
Academic Supervisor: Higinio Menendez Milanes
Integrated Circuits
This course presents electronic circuits based on semiconductors with different technologies and integration procedures. It reviews the integrated circuits performance, characteristics, behavior, and implementation. Finally, it considers integrated circuits performance with low-power and high-performance demands.
Academic Supervisor: Kenneth K. Pembamoto
Microprocessors
This course studies the connection and operation of microprocessors' components and interfaces. It examines the physical principles, design, and microfabrication technologies pertinent to input (sensor) and output (actuator) devices for multimedia, data process, interfaces, and micro-electro-mechanical systems.
Academic Supervisor: Kenneth K. Pembamoto
Automation Management
This course presents an evolutionary process perspective on technology strategy, automation, and innovation. It covers managing innovation, technology life cycles, forecasting, and managing R&D, personnel, and projects. It teaches how to integrate technology and automation to further develop a firm's technological competencies and capabilities. It also covers current methods, tools, and associated equipment used for current industrial automated processes.
Academic Supervisor: Higinio Menendez Milanes
Computer Integrated Manufacturing
This course explores manufacturing principles, metal cutting technology, and forms and methods of computer integrated manufacturing. It explains the planning, combination and design of machines, robots and control systems for handling equipment and manufacturing, and the integration of information, and material flow in manufacturing to develop a successful computer integrated manufacturing strategy.
Academic Supervisor: Wolf Dettmer
Mechatronic Design
This course explains the mechatronics design philosophy and the key elements in the engineering design of mechatronic systems. Power, electronics, mechanical, and hydraulic systems are combined and applied in the control of industrial, energetic, and technological process.
Academic Supervisor: Higinio Menendez Milanes
Robotics & Automation
This course introduces the history and use of robots in industry. It examines topics related to robotics, automation configurations, and hardware such as principles of path control, motion sensing, speed and position control, and servo-actuators. It reviews various types of robot controllers ranging from stop-to-stop automation to servo-controlled robots that use high-level control languages.
Academic Supervisor: Higinio Menendez Milanes
Mechatronic Engineering
This course explores a wide diversity of mechatronic engineering applications. These range from the physical integration and miniaturization of electronic controllers with mechanical systems to the control of hydraulically powered robots in manufacturing and assembly factories. It also includes the design, production, and procurement of the required electro-mechanical equipment.
Academic Supervisor: Higinio Menendez Milanes
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Mechatronic Engineering Online via distance learning
Recommended Professional References.
Joining the proper association is the best way to become an updated professional.
Bircham International University graduates may join many professional associations. Membership requirements for each association may vary depending on the degree program, specialization and graduate resume en each occasion. BIU can not guarantee membership in all instances. BIU does not intermediate in these procedures. Bircham International University provides a list of available memberships and professional references from each faculty where some BIU graduates may belong. Contact directly the ones you select. More info...
AAEE - Australasian Association for Engineering Education
AEMT - Association of Electrical and Mechanical Trades
AMM - Asociación Mexicana de Mecatronica
ARTEMA - Syndicat des Industriels de la Mécatronique
ASEE - American Society for Engineering Education
ATEMEC - Associação dos Técnicos, Engenheiros Mecânicos e Áreas Afins
BARA - British Automation & Robot Association
ENGC - Engineering Council (UK)
FEBRAE - Federação Brasileira de Associações de Engenheiros
IACEE - International Association for Continuing Engineering Education
IAENG - International Association of Engineers
IESF - Ingénieurs et Scientifiques de France
IET - Institution of Engineering and Technology
IFEES - International Federation of Engineering Education Societies
IRED - Institute of Research Engineers and Doctors
LACCEI - Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions
NAAAEA - National Arab American Association of Engineers and Architects
NSBE - National Society of Black Engineers
SBA - Sociedade Brasileira de Automática
SBMicro - Sociedade Brasileira de Microeletrônica
SEFI - Societé Européene pour la Formation des Ingénieurs
SHPE - Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
SWE - Society of Women Engineers
WFEO - World Federation of Engineering Organizations
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Admission requirements - Mechatronic Engineering
Specialist - Expert Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
For official admission status at Bircham distance education university; you need to send in a filled out, dated, and signed official Application for Admission. You may download this application form from the website or request it by email or mail. Please send this application and enclosed documents to our address. You may also submit this application and attached documents by email in a PDF Format. More info...
Bircham International University issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the distance learning degree program's major. Bircham University can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission. More info...
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METHOD OF INSTRUCTION: Distance Learning Higher Education
This distance learning education program is completed by a traditional correspondence instruction method. Once you sign up for the course, Bircham International University will send you (to your mailing address) the suggested textbooks. After reading the book, you will be asked to write a 20 to 35 pages report that reflect your understanding of the book. This report is equivalent to the exam and can be submitted by email or mail. Bircham International University will evaluate your written work. If passed, BIU will issue the corresponding diploma. For more instructions about BIU pedagogy, tutoring, and evaluation, please read our distance learning education study guide. More info...
Students enrolling into this distance education program should be aware that:
1. Location: Bircham International University needs a functional geographical location to ship the book and materials for successful completion of this program of study.
2. Communication: Email, courier, phone are key communication instruments with Bircham University that play an important role in the progress and support of this program of study.
3. Capacity: Any impediment, physical or psychological, to read a book and write a report must be communicated to Bircham International University prior to enrollment into this distance learning program.
4. Technology: No specific technology is required to complete this distance education program.
5. Language: Book reading and report writing in other language than English must be requested (and approved by BIU) prior to enrollment in any distance learning program.
6. Discrimination: There is no discrimination with respect to race, color, gender, beliefs or religion.
7. Age: Check the admission requirements for each distance education degree program. More info...
Duration - Mechatronic Engineering Online via distance learning
For a program of 21 credits, the estimated time for completion is 21 weeks. For 45 credits, the estimated time for completion will be 45 weeks, and so on. Calculations are approximate. The length of each distance learning degree program is calculated based on an average of 15 hours of learning per week. It also depends on the number of validated credits from previous knowledge and the level of commitment to the studies. More info...
All information related to the distance learning degree programs is in English, although you may, upon request and approval, submit the required assignments in other languages.
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Faculty of Engineering & Technology via distance learning
Mechatronic Engineering Online
Specialist - Expert Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Doctor Ph.D. Degree.
