Computational Engineering Science (CES) is a Bachelor and Master study program sequence (first offered in 2002 as Diplom program), combining skills in engineering, mathematics and computer science. Together with the Computational Engineering program at the University of Erlangen running since 2000, CES is one of the very few study programs offering interdisciplinary education from the very start of the Bachelor sequence.

Starting in Winter semester 2007/8, admission in 1st semester is only possible to the Bachelor program. From then on, an additional specialization in Werkstoffinformatik will be possible corresponding to the Diplom program of the same name. The program is coordinated by the departments of mechanical engineering (FB4), mathematics, computer science and natural sciences (FB1) and georesources and materials engineering (FB5).

For an introduction to CES specific to the research at CATS, see our Introduction to Simulation. For a sample of analysis methods being developed, and their applications, see our Research page. CES is one of the areas of excellence in Aachen (see Strategic Agreement between RWTH Aachen and Ministry of Innovation as well as RWTH 2020 Strategy Concept of RWTH as an Elite University); the Master program is the basis for the Excellence Initiative graduate school AICES, along with the non-consecutive Master program in Simulation Sciences (SiSc) organized by the German Research School in Simulation Science (GRS).

CATS Courses in CES

Basic required courses (Bachelor or Vordiplom):
CES Mechanics I (1st semester) • CES Mechanics II (2nd semester)

Advanced courses (Bachelor/Master or Hauptdiplom):
Finite Elements in Fluids (5th or later semesters) • Parallel Computing for Computational Mechanics (6th or later semesters) • Extended Finite Element Method (6th or later semesters)

Notices

CES Curriculum Committee (Unterkommission für Lehre CES): 05.06.2009, 17.07.2009.

CES Examinations & Standing Committee (Prüfungsausschuss CES): 05.06.2009, 03.07.2009.

CES students are required to complete a 300 hour project in groups of three. The project infos from various institutes are posted on the FSMB pages.

Links

• RWTH CES pages: official • Computer Science • Studienberatung • Forum
• FSMB (student association) CES pages: main • downloads • Erstsemesterinfo 2007 (PDF)
• Encyclopedia entries: Wikipedia • Lexikonia
• NSF Simulation-Based Engineering Science report (PDF)
• SIAM CS&E report
• German Association of Computational Mechanics affiliated programs
• CES lecture notes (Math and Thermo)
• CES lecture notes (Math I-IV, others)
• Related (Maschinenbau) site from Martin Brassels
• Maschboard
• Arbeitsgemeinschaft CE
• UC Berkeley also has a CES program