Master Thesis Projects

Here you can see the current thesis projects that are available at the department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences.

To submit a thesis project to this page, please send to webb.m2@chalmers.se In PDF.

Internal research related projects

Division of Combustion and Propulsion Systems

Kinetic modeling of soot oxidation inside diesel particulate filter (DPF)

Division of Dynamics

Design and Optimization of Piezoelectric Microenergy Generators for IoT application
(Joint project with MC2)
Rigid Body Modal Analysis of a Vehicle Driveline – Excitation Sensitivity vs Modal Energy Characterization
(Joint project between the division of Dynamics and Volvo Cars)
The closest isotropic and transversely isotropic elasticity tensors to orthotropic material for Boussinesq problem.
(Joint project with the department of ACE)
Applying a new Exponentially-Gradient element for contact of rigid/elastic and elastic media to a Boundary Element Method
(Joint project with the department of ACE)
Development of a reliable calculation model for deflections in Timber-Concrete composite panels with partial interaction
(Joint project with the department of ACE)

Division of Fluid Dynamics

Numerical and Experimental Study of Novel Heat Flux Measurement Method
Poster MsC Thesis
Design of elastic mooring systems for floating wave energy converters
(Joint project between divisions of Marine Technology and Fluid Dynamics)
Large Eddy Simulation Techniques for Predicting Turbulent Combustion of Renewable Fuels
Numerical and experimental evaluation of particulate matter deposition in diesel particulate filters (DPFs)
Computational fluid dynamics of wind power using the Lattice-Bolzmann method on GPUs

Division of Marine Technology

Method Development for Designing Waterjet Pump
Waterjet Ship Power Prediction in Full-Scale
Numerical analysis of oil spill in ship collision and grounding
Design of elastic mooring systems for floating wave energy converters
A study on ice-induced resistance of ships in summer Arctic
Microbubble Drag Reduction
(Joint project with the division of Marine Technology and Fluid Dynamics)
Variable resolution PANS for submarine simulations
OC6: modeling of floating offshore wind using OpenFOAM
CFD investigation of wind powered ships under extreme condition

Division of Vehicle Safety

Division of Vehicle Engineering and Autonomous Systems (VEAS)

A novel approach to the design of rear airfoil PYLONs on high performance cars
(Project in collaboration with Lamborghini)
Electric Vehicle Powertrain Control and Driveshaft Torque Estimation

"Exjobbskväll"

In the link below you will find ads presented at the "Exjobbskväll", that took place the 7th of October.

Projects presented at exjobbskväll

External projects

The ads below here are Master's thesis project suggestions from external parties, e.g. industry. If you should want to apply for any of these, please contact the Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences first, in order to find a suitable examiner at the department. Alternatively, you may contact a potential examiner directly. Thereafter, you should proceed according to the Instructions for theses on the Master of Science in Engineering, Architecture and Master of Science Programmes.

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