This course is offered every summer term for Master's students from WING and MSE. It is tought in English and is structured as follows: 

1. Introduction 
2. Unconstrained optimizaiton
3. Constrained optimization
4. Optimization using local approximations
5. Trusses in a nutshell
6. Optimization of truss structures 
7. Finite element analysis in a nutshell 
8. Optimization of continuum structures

This course is offered every winter term for MSE Master's students and tought in English. We discuss fundamentals of structural materials: 

1. Mechanical properties of materials
2. Failure of materials 
3. Atomic structures and crystal structures
4. Imperfections in solids and strengthening
5. Phase diagrams
6. Phase transformations
7. Metals
8. Polymers
9. Ceramics and glasses
10. Composites 
11. Natural materials and bio-based materials 
12. Materials selection and sustainable design