Course syllabus for Systems engineering

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Course syllabus adopted 2026-02-20 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameSystemkonstruktion
  • CodeEEN221
  • Credits9 Credits
  • OwnerTKAUT
  • Education cycleFirst-cycle
  • Main field of studyAutomation and Mechatronics Engineering
  • DepartmentELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
  • GradingUG - Pass, Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language

    Swedish

  • Application code

    47129

  • Block schedule

  • Open for exchange students

    No

  • Only students with the course round in the programme overview.

Credit distribution

Module
Sp1
Sp2
Sp3
Sp4
Summer
Not Sp
Examination dates
0126 Project 3 c
Grading: UG		3 c
0226 Project 6 c
Grading: UG		 6 c

In programmes

Examiner

Eligibility

General entry requirements for bachelor's level (first cycle)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements

Specific entry requirements

The same as for the programme that owns the course
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements

Course specific prerequisites

Basic Physics, Basic Programming, Mechanics, Electric Circuits, Electric Drive Systems, Automatic Control

Aim

Learn to develop and analyze mechatronic systems, and to independently solve engineering problems by learning to apply previous knowledge in new contexts.

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

The students shall be capable of using a systematic method to design a system, model and understand its function, such that they can sizes its components and understand how the system works in different situations. They shall also understand how the users will experience the system.
They shall demonstrate that they  can describe and motivate a system i a structured manor, both orally and in writing, and they shall be able to cooperate in an organized manor in their groups in order to design the system.

Content

The course is focused on 4 larger hand-in assignments, which step by step go through the system design and analysis process. The lectures presents the method to design, analyze and verify the system and provide the necessary background for doing the project assignments. The project assignments are done in groups, with the purpose of the students trying to design a system based on their own design specification.

Important steps in this are:
- Derive a design specification in a structured way
- Define a system solution which is appropriate for its purpose.
- Size system mechanical parts, electric drive system, actuators and sensors based on the functional requirements.
- Build matematical models of the system, in form of static models and some dynamic models, to verify the system design.
- Describe the task of the control systems function, in terms of how the users can interact with the system and how sensors are used for feedback control.
- Build a functional prototype which can be used to verify some of the systems functions.

Parallel with the above steps, there are lectures and exercises in communication and group dynamics, which teaches skills that shall be used in the design project and in the assignments and project presentation.

Organisation

- approx. 14 lectures
- 4 hand-in assignments done in the project groups (obligatory)
- approx. 12 Project supervision sessions for the project assignments, in which the group can present and discuss their solutions with the supervisor.
- 4 sessions in which the students present their hand-in assignments and answers questions about them. (Obligatory)
- 1 project presentation session (Obligatory)
- 1 Demonstrate prototype (Obligatory)

Literature

No course book is used. The course material for how to work with system design is presented at the lectures and is distributed via the course homepage.
Also, course material from previous courses may be very useful support when solving the assignments.

Examination including compulsory elements

The examination is based on
- the own groups hand-in assignments and prototype 
- discussion of the own assignments and prototype,
- the project presentation session.

There is no written examination in the course.

The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers about disability study support.

The course syllabus contains changes

  • Changes to course rounds:
    • 2026-03-19: Block Block D added by föregående kurs
      [Course round 1]