Student course calendar
ILI courses overview
Course | Period | Department | Description |
Building Physics and Building Services Engineering (7S4X0) | Q1 - Timeslot D | Built Environment
| You will gain insight in the elementary quantities of aspect of building physics air, sound, light and heat. The basics principles of building services will be explained for: air handling and air conditioning, thermal comfort in buildings and end systems for room condition. |
Liberation of Light technical Project (7HK40) | Q1 - Timeslot E | Built Environment
| You work in project teams on a design challenge formulated by the Intelligent Lighting Institute (ILI) in collaboration with an external client. Assignments consist of an exploration, prototype design, and prototype testing. There is always a clear and explicit consideration of the user perspective. The technical character of projects may vary and have an emphasis in architectural lighting design, innovative controls & interaction, dynamic lighting applications, or energy efficiency/smart materials. |
Physics of light and Lighting Design (7HK30) | Q3 - Timeslot B | Built Environment
| After the course, you are able to design and validate an electrical lighting plan for a given situation. It prepares you for entering further classes in the 'Engineering Intelligent Lighting' program, prepares you for making architectural lighting designs, and also for doing research in this area. Topics include: Light and architecture; photometry and colorimetry; light sources; energy efficiency; controls and interaction; light and materials; measurement & validation methods of light designs; Dialux simulation software. |
Introduction Building physics and material Science (7S3X0) | Q3 - Timeslot D | Built Environment
| This course is an introduction into Building Physics and Material Science. When designing a building we aim for sustainability, energy efficiency, safety, user comfort and architectural expression. Knowledge on the characteristics of building materials and insight in the physical processes that take place in the building envelope which separates outdoor conditions from indoor conditions, is essential for designing buildings which meet the before mentioned criteria. |
Secret life of light USE project (USE) (0HAUA0) | Start in Q1 or in Q4 - Timeslot A | Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences | In this module, you work in project teams on a challenging project formulated by the Intelligent Lighting Institute and external clients. Projects may have a research or design orientation but are grounded in a basic understanding of user contextual and technical requirements of innovative light applications, and involve empirical data gathering and analysis i.e. user-research. Examples: Shop of the future, Tools for teaching, Shining light on task difficulty, Stress reducing light, Smart urban lighting. |
Context matters! ( USE Line responsible innovation for the world) (0SEUD0) | Q1 - Timeslot A | Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences | In the Learning Line Responsible Innovation for the World you will learn how to develop responsible innovations for the world. You will work on real-life projects and will be supervised by entrepreneurs and innovators from the private and public sector. Throughout the three quartiles you will work in groups in the Innovation Space on concrete innovations. In quartile 1 you learn about why and how “context matters” – and apply this to your respective innovation projects. |
Light & Experience (USE) (0HEUA0) | Q2 - timeslot A | Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences | Three developments have spurred a revolution in lighting: the societal need for sustainable lighting, new insights in light’s impact on human health & behavior, and the introduction of LED. Lighting solutions will become increasingly tailored in order to optimize human performance, health and wellbeing, and to balance human needs with environmental impact. This course introduces you to the basics of this multidisciplinary field and will prepare you to take part in the lighting revolution. |
Make it matter (USE Line responsible innovation for the world) (0SSUI0) | Q2 - timeslot A | Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences | In the Learning Line Responsible Innovation for the World you will learn how to develop responsible innovations for the world. You will work on real-life projects and will be supervised by entrepreneurs and innovators from the private and public sector. Throughout the three quartiles you will work in groups in the Innovation Space on concrete innovations. Quartile 2’s motto is “make it matter” – and you start making concrete design decisions for your innovations and begin concretizing/manifesting your ideas. |
Advancing light for human functioning (USE) (0HSUA0) | Q3 - timeslot A | Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences | In this quartile of the Secret Life of Light we offer more in-depth knowledge in two modules of your choice. This course gives you a more thorough understanding of the user, societal issues, or entrepreneurship in the domain of light & lighting. |
Advancing light for human functioning - entrepreneurship in Lighting (0BTE00)
| Q3 - timeslot A | Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences | In this course we offer more in-depth knowledge in the domain of lighting in two modules of four weeks each. One module centers on entrepreneurship – business models for light innovation – the second module relates to either Measuring & understanding consumers' reactions or to interaction design, depending on scheduling and your preference. |
For the World (USE Line responsible innovation for the world) (0SAUG0) |
Q3 - timeslot A | Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences | In the Learning Line Responsible Innovation for the World you will learn how to develop responsible innovations for the world. You will work on real-life projects and will be supervised by entrepreneurs and innovators from the private and public sector. Throughout the three quartiles you will work in groups in the Innovation Space on concrete innovations. Quartile 3 will be about making sure that your responsible innovation will actually “land” in the world and make an impact. |
Innovation space Bachelor End Project (ISBEP) | Start in Q1 or Q3 - Timeslot D | Innovation Space | The ISBEP has the same learning goals as your departmental BEP. During your ISBEP, you work on a real world challenge that is connected to a cross-disciplinary research theme as formulated in the TU/e Strategy 2030 . This means all challenges in the ISBEP need input from multiple disciplines, both from the individual and from the team as a whole. During two quartiles, you and your team go through the complete process of a project. |
Master courses lighting
Course | Period | Department | Description |
Lighting Technology (7S880) | Q2 – Timeslot C | Built Environment
| The aim of this module is to provide a fundamental scientific basis for “Lighting Technology”. In addition to the in-depth introduction of photometric, radiometric and colourimetric quantities and measurements, the course will concentrate on indoor lighting by means of daylight utilization, electric lighting, and controls. You will get acquainted with the theory and will learn the evaluation and design of indoor lighting design in practical assignments consisting of field work and computer simulation |
Capita Selectra Lighting Technology (7LL7M0) | Q3 - Timeslot E | Built Environment | The aim of this module is to provide an in depth understanding on selected chapters of “Lighting Technology” covering the most relevant topics. The list of topics is expected to change over the years to guarantee the students an insight in current questions in building lighting. In addition to the lectures, you will research a lighting topic on your own with the aim of generating a set of materials on a coherent subject. The course provides both, scientific lectures as well as individual and independent research on a scientific topic. |
Psychology of light & Time (0HM200) | Q2 - Timeslot E2 | Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences | Light, darkness and color have a profound impact on biological and psychological processes, far beyond ergonomics and performance on visual tasks. Whereas aspects of visual performance and visual comfort may be addressed in courses on perception and lighting design respectively, this course centers on the biological and psychological impact of the light conditions we live, work and play in. Through lectures and interactive discussions on selected readings, you are introduced to the domain of chronobiology, and then learn about the image-forming and non-image forming pathways of light relevant to psychological functioning. Relevant application domains include health, wellbeing, cognitive performance, mood and (social) behavior change. |
Technology entrepreneurship (1ZM20) | Q2 - Timeslot A | Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences | Entrepreneurship is a unique type of creative problem solving process that transforms an idea into an enduring and effective institution in the real world (either on your own or as part of an existing organization). Entrepreneurs not only bring together products and markets, but often also create the products and markets as part of the new business development process. Throughout this course, you will learn to apply flexible and adaptive approaches towards decision making in new business development along with more familiar planning and prediction-based approaches. Using adaptive and flexible approaches (like effectuation), entrepreneurs take small organic steps during their decision making process and apply validated learning approaches as a way to deal with uncertainty. |
Innovation space Project (1ZM150) | Start in Q1, Q2, Q3 & Q4 – Timeslot D | Innovation Space | This course aims toward challenge-based, project-based learning in interdisciplinary student teams, working on open-ended assignments in close interaction with high-tech companies and societal organizations. It combines the design and engineering of a product/service/system and new business development. The course involves no lectures, but studio style group work, self-study and personal and team development. Several out-of-the box workshops will be given, either online or offline. You are in the lead of their own learning processes. The course is part of educational innovation in TU/e innovation Space. |