Study university: Åbo Akademi University
Software safety
The course explores the fundamental of safety systems engineering and the connection to advance methodologies to design complex technological systems. It focuses on teaching new approaches, frameworks, and theories to analyze, design, deploy and manage engineering systems with focus on safety. You will be introduced to new techniques for assisting the determination of requirements in…
Chemistry in energy technology
Materials and their performance play an important role in various energy technology related processes. This course aims to give a basic understanding of the chemistry behind ash related problems and trace metal emissions. Students learn about high temperature properties and chemical as well as mechanical durability of metals and ceramic refractories used in typical environment…
Combustion chemistry
The challenges of combustion processes are today more and more related to chemistry. This course: After completing this course, the students are expected to be able to: Intensive studies organised in Turku. If needed, check the possibility for online participation with lecturer. More information on Åbo Akademi’s course page. You can get a digital badge…
Applied electrochemistry
This course gives students basic knowledge in electrochemistry and some of its common applications, for example scanning electrochemical microscopy. Also theoretical knowledge of other electrochemical concepts such as fuel cells, supercapacitors and batteries will be presented. After the course, the students are familiar with the following electrochemical concepts/techniques/preparation methods: Teaching methods: Lectures, calculation and laboratory…
Engineering thermodynamics
This course is for those who wish to refresh and deepen their knowledge in thermodynamics. During the course you will get acquainted with the foundations of thermodynamics, and how these can be used to tackle some engineering problems using mathematical models. Key topics in the course are the use of macro balances for additive quantities,…
Gas technology
This course makes the students familiar with central processes in gas technology such as gas cooling, heating, storing and combustion. Learning outcomes After this course, the student will be able to summarize the most important pathways utilized for gas, biogas and syngas production. recognize the main technologies used for gas fluid processing in energy technology.…
Advanced project-based management
The course discusses the practical application of project management in different types of projects, especially complex ones, and in different organisations and industries. The course covers advanced project management approaches and methodologies in specific core areas, including organising, scheduling and management of time on project and system life cycles, management of risk and uncertainty, management…
Business models and ecosystems
The course gives an advanced understanding of the key characteristics of industrial project business and its special management functions and areas. Focusing on industrial projects globally and how they are carried out to deliver and integrate new technologies and complex systems in a multi-stakeholder environment, this course goes through techniques, tools and methods for the…
Project management
Through real-life examples and exercises you will learn methods to manage a range of different projects in a firm. The course serves as a basis to a career in project management, especially the starting functions such as project planning and control. Learning outcomes After completing the course the student The course offers the opportunity to…
Advanced process thermodynamics
The aim of the course is to present several important new concepts of energy technology and energy efficiency in (chemical) process engineering, for example exergy analysis, energy storage, thermal radiation and solar energy. The student will obtain knowledge and skills with more modern concepts of advanced thermodynamics, from a viewpoint of more sustainable energy technology…