Besides technical knowledge of their degree, the participants of our program are expected to:

• Have established a good work organization through their practical experiences, preferably in the field of renewable energies, sustainable development or energy technique,
• Be able to familiarize themselves with a new topic autonomously (on a basic study level),
• Structure newly given material and judge the importance of details,
• Compare and judge facts out of different sources as well as compile information,
• Estimate their skills and knowledge of an object and further their understanding through concrete questions,
• Be dedicated to work with uncommon subjects,
• Communicate clearly and fluently in English,
• Work on interdisciplinary topics in a multicultural context
• Willingness to share knowledge and work as a team
• Be prepared to transcend common approaches of their previous subject.

We expect factual competences on a basic college level especially in the following subjects

• Mathematics

  • Complex numbers
  • Vectors/ Vector calculating
  • Basic statistic knowledge
  • Integral and differential calculus
  • Differential equation/Differential operators
  • Fluently work with prefactors and (physical) units
  • Correctly build graphs out of value tables

• Thermodynamics

  • First and second law of thermodynamics
  • Thermodynamic balance
  • Work and heat
  • Thermodynamic machines
  • Mechanisms of heat transfer 

• Mechanics of fluids and gas

  • Movement conditions (laminar, turbulent)
  • Buoyancy and friction
  • Pressure, kinetic energy
  • Viscosity, flowline
  • Flow at boundary layers

• Solid State Physics

  • Atom models
  • Crystal structures and lattice characteristics
  • Physical characteristics of all-solids (electrical and heat conductivity, shear forces)
  • Basic ideas of a semiconductor

• Electricity

  • Ohm’s law
  • Kirchhoff’s laws
  • Electrical and magnetical fields
  • Inductance and mutual inductance
  • Complex resistance

• Radiation

  • Radiation laws (Planck, Wien, Stefan-Boltzmann)
  • Black body

• Atom models

  • Types of chemical bonds
  • Chemical reactions, Stoichiometry
  • Law of mass action
  • Displacement series of metals

• Biology

  • Principals of photosynthesis
  • Basic structure of important organic substances: sugar, proteins, fat
  • Basic principals of the aerobic and anaerobic decomposition of organic material

• Chemistry

  • Basic knowledge of stoichiometry

• Measurement technique

  • SI units
  • Measurement processes and methods
  • Confidence level of measuring, measurement faults
  • Linear regression, error propagation