The graduate school is organised within the Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences.
Director of Graduate Studies: Srdjan Sasic
Syllabus
(approved by the Pro-Vice-President on 17 May 2005. Ref. nr. C2005/604)
(revised 15 October 2007)
(revised 27 September 2013)
1 Description of the Discipline and Educational Objectives
The basis of the programme is thermodynamics and fluid mechanics,
both theoretical aspects like turbulence modelling and multiphase flow
and technical applications like heat transfer, turbomachinery and
internal combustion engines. The aim of the graduate programme is to
give good knowledge of fluid flow, turbulence and heat transfer and
their applications both through the use of numerical and experimental
methods.
2 Entrance Requirements
The applicant is required to hold a Master’s degree in engineering
with at least 240 credits relevant to the postgraduate programme.
Applicants who within Sweden or abroad has acquired equivalent
qualifications may also be admitted.
3 Programme organization
An examiner, an advisor and at least one co-advisor are assigned to
the student. The examiner is one of the professors of the department
and can be identical with the advisor or co-advisor.
The Ph.D. student together with the examiner develops an individual
plan for the studies. The programme consists of a number of courses and
research work. A plan for the research work should be formulated upon
the student’s admission to the programme. The research work should be
presented at regular intervals at seminars or conferences. The student
should be involved in the undergraduate education programme.
The student must be enrolled in the graduate school in Thermo and
Fluid Dynamics but can also belong to an additional graduate school
within Chalmers or nationally organized.
4 Special Tracks
No special tracks.
5 Courses
For a PhD exam courses corresponding to 67,5 credits (hp) are
required, for the licentiate exam 52,5 credits. Relevant courses from
undergraduate education may be credited in the graduate programme. A
maximum of 30 credits in the graduate program may be obtained before the
PhD studies commenced. This applies to students that their adoption at
least 270 credits from their undergraduate studies. Graduate students
adopted with 240 credits may not use any credits from undergraduate
studies, and between 240 and 270 credit level applies a gradual
transition. Within this framework, however, the examiner determines how
many and which undergraduate credit that may be counted.
Doctoral students admitted after 1 September 2012 are required to
take 15 hp from the area of Generic and Transferable Skills. Of these, 9
hp are mandatory for the licentiate degree. For the PhD degree another 6
hp are mandatory.
5.1 Compulsory courses
The following courses are required for a licentiate degree:
- General introduction for doctoral students, (0 hp)
- Introductory course at the department (1.5 hp)
- Teaching, learning and evaluation (3 hp), GTS course
- Research ethics and sustainable development (3 hp), GTS course, or
- Sustainable Development: values, technology in society, and the researcher (3 hp), GTS course
- Career Planning – Your Personal Leadership (1.5 hp), GTS course
For PhD students that also belong to an additional graduate school other course may be compulsory.
5.2 Elective courses
At the department a number of PhD courses are offered (course responsible given in parentheses):
- Aero acoustics (7,5 hp, Professor Lars-Erik Eriksson)
- Multiphase flow (7,5 hp, Associate Professor Srdjan Sasic)
- CFD with OpenSource software (7,5 hp, Professor Håkan Nilsson)
- Direct injected gasoline engines (5 hp, Associate Professor Petter Dahlander)
- Modelling of spray formation, ignition and combustion (5 hp, Professor Michael Oevermann)
- Turbulent reacting flows (7,5 hp, Professor Michael Oevermann)
- Optical measurement techniques (7,5 hp, Professor Mark Linne)
- Implementation of a finite volume solver for two-dimensional laminar flow (7,5 hp, Professor Lars Davidsson)
The courses to be included in the graduate program are compiled by graduate students in consultation with the examiner.
6 Dissertation
6.1 The thesis of Licentiate
The thesis should be written in English and should correspond to
67.5 credits. It should be written in English. The content must be of
such quality that is expected if it is to be published in international
journals with peer-assessment.
6.2 The PhD thesis
The thesis should be written in English and should correspond to
172.5 credits. The thesis is normally written as a compilation thesis,
and the goal shall be that at least two of the papers in the thesis will
be published in peer reviewed scientific journals.
7 Requirements for Degrees
7.1 The Licentiate Degree
The Licentiate degree requires a total of 120 credits, of which
shall include 52.5 course credits including the mandatory courses (see
Item 5 above).
7.2 The PhD Degree
The PhD degree requires a total of 240 credits, of which shall
include 67.5 course credits including the mandatory courses (see Item 5
above). Information of the Dissertation can be found at Chalmers web
page.
8 Supervision
All professors at the department can act as examiners. All PhD
students must have a supervisor and a co-supervisor. A supervisor must
be professor or associate professor. A co-supervisor employed at
Chalmers must hold a PhD degree. A co-supervisor in industry should have
an equivalent qualification.
Otherwise refer to the general instructions on the home page for graduate studies and theses.