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2026-2027 / PROJ0023-1

Integrated project in mechanical engineering (Service Learning)

Advanced mechanical design

Integrated project in mechanical engineering

Duration

Advanced mechanical design : 30h Th, 15h Pr
Integrated project in mechanical engineering : 10h Th, 250h Proj., 5d FW

Number of credits

 Msc. in Mechanical Engineering, professional focus in materials and manufacturing15 crédits 
 Master Msc. in Mechanical engineering, professional focus in mechatronics15 crédits 
 Master MSc. in Mechanical Engineering, professional focus in sustainable automotive engineering15 crédits 

Lecturer

Advanced mechanical design : Pierre Dupont
Integrated project in mechanical engineering : Eric Béchet, Olivier Bruls, Pierre Duysinx, Tristan Gilet, Loïc Salles

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

All year long

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Advanced mechanical design

Advanced Mechanical Design lectures aim to familiarize you with advanced machines and industrial equipments design. Starting from design methodology, it is focused on description of the most used in industry machine elements, on the knowledge of their main performances and on their sizing methodologies. You will exploit sizing methodologies within these lectures in order to justify your design selections. Specific engineering tools in machine design will be used. A specific attention to machine design standards (ISO, DIN, ANSI, ...) will also be drawn all along the lectures. A specific attention will be made on safety considerations in mechanical engineering design.

Design methodology

Industrial applications 

Technical drawings recognition and function identification

Tribology : lubrication, coatings and wear phenomenae

Numerical tools in mechanical engineering design (Machine design)

Guidance elements (Rolling element bearings, plain bearings, spherical plain bearings and rod ends, slewing rings, linear guidance systems, ...).

Driving elements (Profiled screw drives, ball screw drives, roller screw drives, satellite roller screw drives, ...)

Driven linear units (Actuators, linear modules and tables, ...) or Webinar on Servo-motors & drives depending on available time

Industrial Clutches and Brakes depending on available time 

Fatigue sizing of shaft lines following DIN743 or FKM guidelines

Industrial visit or failure analysis case study (With senior failure analyst)  

Integrated project in mechanical engineering

The integrated project of mechanical engineering aims at developing the students' ability to carry out a design project from idea and conceptual design to prototyping and pre manufacturing steps.

Working in groups of two or three, students will solve a design problem, from the preliminary design phase through the creation of drawings and the planning of the manufacturing process. Project-based learning that supports and fosters students' creativity.

The project will be basd on:

  • Theroretical lectures by university members
  • Seminars given by field experts generally from industry
  • Practical training such as lab session and visits of plants
In the first four-month term, a series of lectures on advanced mechanical design will be given on advanced machines and industrial equipments design. Starting from design methodology, these lectures are focused on description of the machine elements that are used the most in industry, on the knowledge of their main performances and on their sizing methodologies. Students will exploit sizing methodologies within these lectures in order to justify their design selections. Specific engineering tools in machine design will be used. A specific attention to machine design standards (ISO, DIN, ANSI, ...) will also be drawn all along the lectures. A specific attention will be made on safety considerations in mechanical engineering design.

  • Design methodology
  • Industrial applications
  • Technical drawings recognition and function identification
  • Tribology : lubrication, coatings and wear phenomenae
  • Numerical tools in mechanical engineering design (Machine design)
  • Guidance elements (Rolling element bearings, plain bearings, spherical plain bearings and rod ends, slewing rings, linear guidance systems, ...).
  • Driving elements (Profiled screw drives, ball screw drives, roller screw drives, satellite roller screw drives, ...)
  • Driven linear units (Actuators, linear modules and tables, ...) or Webinar on Servo-motors & drives depending on available time
  • Industrial Clutches and Brakes depending on available time
  • Fatigue sizing of shaft lines following DIN743 or FKM guidelines
  • Industrial visit or failure analysis case study (With senior failure analyst)
This variant of the integrated project of mechanical design is labeled Service Learning. The students registered to this variant of the course will work on a project that directly responds to a need expressed by the civil society (by opposition to private companies or university laboratories). The projects usually comprise a strong social or medical component. The students will be in touch with the beneficiaries and will discover their problems and constraints. A reflection on the role of engineers in the society will be initiated, and evaluated at the end of the project. 

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Advanced mechanical design

Being able to read and understand an industrial drawing (What do(n't) I understand within an industrial drawing ?)

Being able to identify main machines functions (How does it work ?)

Descriptive knowledge of the most used machine elements (What is the purpose of this machine element ?)

Sizing practice of the most used standard components (What and how to check this machine element ?) 

Get close to industry related practices (Guidelines, Standards, Recommendations)

Integrate some environmental considerations within modern designs (Energy consumption, Materials saving, CO2, Reuse, valorization)

Integrated project in mechanical engineering

  • Master background technologies in mechanical engineering.
  • Management of a design project in mechanical engineering from design to prototyping and preparation of manufacturing phase. Besides technical developments, this includes the management of the organization, planning and budget.
  • Define the specification for a mechanical project.
  • Design a mechanical component or system.
  • Apply theoretical concepts (for instance in physics, material science, heat transfer, thermodynamics, CAD, modelling methods) to the study of a mechnical system.
  • Present in a clear and synthetic manner complex enginering problems and their solution in front of people of the field.
  • Prepare a technical file related to a design problem.
  • Search for scientific and technical information and exploit it.
  • Work in a team.
  • Being able to read and understand an industrial drawing (What do(n't) I understand within an industrial drawing ?)
  • Being able to identify main machines functions (How does it work ?)
  • Descriptive knowledge of the most used machine elements (What is the purpose of this machine element ?)
  • Sizing practice of the most used standard components (What and how to check this machine element ?)
  • Get close to industry related practices (Guidelines, Standards, Recommendations)
  • Integrate some environmental considerations within modern designs (Energy consumption, Materials saving, CO2, Reuse, valorization)
  • Think about the role of engineers in the society.
  • Discover the problems and constraints of various people, and take them into account in a mechanical design. 
This course contributes to the learning outcomes I.2, II.1, II.2, II.3, III.1, III.2, III.3, III.4, IV.1, IV.2, IV.3, IV.4, IV.5, IV.6, IV.7, IV.8, V.1, V.2, V.3, VI.1, VI.2, VI.3, VII.1, VII.2, VII.3, VII.4 of the MSc in mechanical engineering.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Advanced mechanical design

You are concerned with industry, technical drawing, strength of materials, material performances and properties, how to select and size your machine components, how to evaluate their performances, ... then let discover these lectures ! We will use together geometry, trigonometry, calculus.

Integrated project in mechanical engineering

You are concerned with industry, technical drawing, strength of materials, material performances and properties, how to select and size your machine components, how to evaluate their performances, ... then let discover this course !

Matters delivered during the mechanical option delivred in the bachelor in engineering sciences at University of Liege

  • Heat and mass transfert
  • Applied thermodynamics
  • Dynamics of mechanical systems
  • Physics of materials
  • Resistance of materials
  • Finite Elements method

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Advanced mechanical design

Sizing practice

Machine design softwares usage 

Parametric analysis in machine design

Integrated project in mechanical engineering

The project work will be completed by :

  • Theroretical lectures by university members
  • Seminars given by field experts generally from industry
  • Practical training such as lab sessions and visits of plants
  • Sizing practice
  • Machine design softwares usage
  • Parametric analysis in machine design
  • Meetings with the beneficiaries of the project. 

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Advanced mechanical design

Face-to-face course


Further information:

Face-to-face course

Further information:

Lectures will be mainly given "on site" at the University. It may be anyway possible that some industrial contributions will be given virtually.

Integrated project in mechanical engineering

Live presence

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Advanced mechanical design

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
- MyULiège
- Microsoft Teams


Further information:

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- MyULiège


Further information:

Information relative to the treatment of data of personal character during the usage of the calculation software Bearinx-online For full english translation, please feel free to contact me or your GRDP contact : dpo@uliege.be, Mister the Delegate to the Data Protection, Bât. B9, Cellule « GDPR », Quartier Village 3, Boulevard de Colonster 2, B-4000 Liège, Belgique

Lors de l'utilisation du programme Bearinx-online, des données à caractère personnel vous concernant (Salutation, nom et prénom, adresse électronique, numéro de téléphone, groupe d'utilisateurs attribué, données d'utilisation du programme) seront traitées par Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Industriestrasse 1-3, 91074 Herzogenaurach, Allemagne, agissant en sous-traitant RGPD de l'Université de Liège. Ces données seront traitées sur la base de la mission d'intérêt public de l'Université en matière d'enseignement et de recherche.

Ces données seront conservées par Schaeffler jusqu'au terme du contrat unissant Schaeffler et l'Université.

Conformément aux dispositions du Règlement Général sur la Protection des Données (UE 2016/679), vous pouvez exercer vos droits relatifs à ces données à caractère personnel (droit d'accès, de rectification, à la limitation, à la portabilité et d'opposition) en contactant le Délégué à la Protection des Données de l'ULiège (dpo@uliege.be - Monsieur le Délégué à la Protection des Données, Bât. B9 Cellule « GDPR », Quartier Village 3, Boulevard de Colonster 2, 4000 Liège, Belgique). Vous disposez également du droit d'introduire une réclamation auprès de l'Autorité de protection des données (https://www.autoriteprotectiondonnees.be, contact@apd-gba.be).

Integrated project in mechanical engineering

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
- MyULiège


Further information:

Further information:

Information relative to the treatment of data of personal character during the usage of the calculation software Bearinx-online For full english translation, please feel free to contact me or your GRDP contact : dpo@uliege.be, Mister the Delegate to the Data Protection, Bât. B9, Cellule « GDPR », Quartier Village 3, Boulevard de Colonster 2, B-4000 Liège, Belgique

Lors de l'utilisation du programme Bearinx-online, des données à caractère personnel vous concernant (Salutation, nom et prénom, adresse électronique, numéro de téléphone, groupe d'utilisateurs attribué, données d'utilisation du programme) seront traitées par Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Industriestrasse 1-3, 91074 Herzogenaurach, Allemagne, agissant en sous-traitant RGPD de l'Université de Liège. Ces données seront traitées sur la base de la mission d'intérêt public de l'Université en matière d'enseignement et de recherche.

Ces données seront conservées par Schaeffler jusqu'au terme du contrat unissant Schaeffler et l'Université.

Conformément aux dispositions du Règlement Général sur la Protection des Données (UE 2016/679), vous pouvez exercer vos droits relatifs à ces données à caractère personnel (droit d'accès, de rectification, à la limitation, à la portabilité et d'opposition) en contactant le Délégué à la Protection des Données de l'ULiège (dpo@uliege.be - Monsieur le Délégué à la Protection des Données, Bât. B9 Cellule « GDPR », Quartier Village 3, Boulevard de Colonster 2, 4000 Liège, Belgique). Vous disposez également du droit d'introduire une réclamation auprès de l'Autorité de protection des données (https://www.autoriteprotectiondonnees.be, contact@apd-gba.be).

Copy of lecture and seminars slides

Advanced mechanical design

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Continuous assessment


Further information:

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Continuous assessment


Further information:

An oral exam where you will have to read a given industrial drawing of machinery, to identify its main components, to understand its functions and to list its the main technical checks to be performed while designing such a machine is foreseen.

Integrated project in mechanical engineering

Written work / report

Continuous assessment


Further information:

The integrated mechanical project will be assessed as follows:

  • Intermediate evaluation at Christmas or January
  • Oral presentation of the final project in June
  • Final technical report and prototype
  • Reflections associated to the Service Learning
The project will also be monitored by intermediate milstones at mi point of quadrimester.

If students fail the first session (June), they must resubmit their project in the second session (September), taking into account the instructions given by the professors. It is not possible to change topics, but groups of students may be separated.

The advanced mechanical design portion is assessed through a written exam during the January exam session.

Work placement(s)

Advanced mechanical design

Please keep in touch in case of interests

Integrated project in mechanical engineering

None

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Advanced mechanical design

Lectures are given alternately in English and French.

As far as possible, students will be familiarized with the German speaking terms related to machine design and machine elements.

Integrated project in mechanical engineering

The detailed schedule is available in the shared agenda (course website)

  • course and seminars
  • tutored sessions
Mandatory presence to some of the supervised sessions, to the seminars and to company visits.

Contacts

Advanced mechanical design

For any further information or question : pierre.dupont@uliege.be

Integrated project in mechanical engineering

Eric BECHET

  • Computational Geometry
  • Institut de Mécanique B52 +2/438
  • Phone: 04 366 9165
  • Email:Eric.Bechet@uliege.be
Olivier BRULS

  • Systèmes Multicorps et Mécatronique
  • Institut de Mécanique B52 +2/416
  • Phone: 04 366 9184
  • Email: O.Bruls@uliege.be
Pierre DUYSINX

  • LTAS-Automotive Engineering
  • Institut de Mécanique B52 0/514
  • Phone: 04 366 9194
  • Email: P.Duysinx@uliege.be
Tristan GILET

Loïc SALLES

  • Vibration of Turbomachines
  • Institut de Mécanique B52
  • Phone: 04 366 9177
  • Email: L.Salles@uliege.be
Pierre DUPONT

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