Within the individual study program, all fellows can deepen the content of their doctoral project with special lectures. For this purpose, suitable courses can be selected from the catalogue of master's degree programmes at TU Ilmenau (Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Micro- and Nanotechnologies, Optical Systems Technology/Optronics).

  • Measurement uncertainty and measurement data evaluation - measurement systems and strategies for measurement data evaluation; statistical analysis; evaluation of incomplete knowledge; measurement uncertainty evaluation according to the ISO GUM method; measurement uncertainty evaluation according to GUM; correlation and regression calculation; Bayes measurement data evaluation.
  • Nanometrology - Overview of dimensional measurements in the nanometer range with regard to the structure, function and properties of the devices and procedures as well as the current measurement possibilities and the assurance of uniform measurements on a national and international level.
  • Force Measurement and Weighing Technology - Mass and force measurement; mass metrology; measurement arrangements of force measurement and weighing technology; analysis of measurement tasks and selection of suitable measurement methods.
  • Precision drive technology - design of special precision drive systems and assessment of the suitability of precision drives for various applications; control of drives (structure and parameters).
  • Mechanical-optical functional assemblies - solving design problems for the development of mechanical-optical assemblies in devices
  • Laser application in manufacturing - physical basics of laser technology, advantages and disadvantages of different types of lasers; laser beam processing; application of laser technology
  • Nanoelectronics - Overview of the development from microelectronics to nanoelectronics; structure and function of nanometer MOSFETs; other important nanoelectronic components (e.g. nanotube and nanowire transistors, single-electron transistors, spin transistors)
  • Control and systems engineering - fundamentals of analogue and digital control engineering. Special control loop architectures.
  • Special problems of nanostructure technology - analysis of requirements for nanostructures, special technologies for the production of nanostructures.
  • Design of microsystems - capture of complex systems with intensive domain coupling and mapping into models.