Fluid mechanics plays an important role in many industries such as automotive, semiconductor, material- and food-processing and energy. After you graduate as a Mechanical Engineer in the EFM track, you can choose from a range of opportunities including:
Fluid Dynamics Engineer: using experimental, numerical, and theoretical tools, you design, analyze, and optimize systems that involve flowing gases and/or liquids. You work together in a team of experts, applying your specific knowledge of fluid mechanics to the challenge at hand.
Energy Engineer: similar to the Fluid Dynamics Engineer, but your specific focus is on energy-related problems. For example, you investigate how a process can be made as energy efficient as possible. Other jobs in this area focus on renewable energy technologies such as wind-turbines.
CFD Engineer: you use your specific knowledge of CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) to design numerical methods, develop simulation software and/or analyze simulation results. Your results are used to optimize existing processes, and design new processes in the most efficient way.
Research Scientist: you work at the forefront of science in the field of fluid mechanics on cutting-edge technologies such as rarified gases and nanofluidics. Your work can involve the development of new experimental and numerical methods for the investigation of fluid flows. This job can be done at a company or a university, where the latter generally also involves teaching responsibilities.
And many more jobs that involve fluid flows!
We hope that this illustrates the EFM Master’s track…
- …offers a unique mix of experimental/numerical/theoretical fluid mechanics, covering the whole range of fundamentals all the way up to industrial applications
- …is well-embedded in Brainport Eindhoven, including all the industries located in this high-tech region of the Netherlands
- …places the students center-stage, with close connections to the tutors, other students, the department, and the university.