Undergraduate Admission - Undergraduate programs in Vietnamese language - Automation and Control Engineering

I. INTRODUCTION:

The Automation and Control Engineering is closely linked to industrial processes, where human operations are completely replaced by machines and robots. This discipline provides students with knowledge of modern automatic control systems in the industry. With the support of electronic technology, the creative ideas of industrialization and modernization in all areas will be realized. 

II. THE EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES:

- Apply the ideology as well as current policies of the government;

- Apply general knowledge such as mathematics, physics, chemistry and programming languages;

- Use English efficiently with IELTS 5.5 or equivalent, use Microsoft Office proficiently with MOS 750;

- Analyze basic electronic circuits and basic automatic control systems;

- Apply the specialized knowledge to regular process and systems in automation and control engineering;

- Investigate the practical problems that may happen in automation and control engineering and select the proper methods to solve unusual problems;

- Improve and upgrade the automatic control systems;

- Conduct research to develop new solution for the problems in automation and control engineering;

- Design, implement and operate automatic control systems;

- Provide consulting, to plan, manage and deploy the projects related to automation and control;

- Communicate effectively, including teamwork communication;

- Manage time and resources effectively;

- Display integrity and responsibility, follow strictly the safety rules and professional ethics;

- Demonstrate a passion to self-study and self-research to improve the specialized knowledge to be able to solve the practical problems in engineering or passion to be leaders or entrepreneurs.

III. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: 

- Research centers, instistutions and universities: students are able to become researcher at Vietnam Research Institute of Electronics, Informatics and Automation, National Center for Technological Progress, high-tech parks, etc.; to become lecturers/instructors or researchers in Automation and Control Engineering at colleges and univerities around the country;

- Domestic and international manufacturing companies in variuous fields: design engineer, operating engineer, maintenance engineer in modern production lines including automobile assembling, aviation automation, power plant, food production factories, manufacturing of construction materials and consumer electronic devices, etc.;

- Technical consultant companies, automation equipment vendors or technology transfer agencies: students after graduating are able to become technicians or specialists on consulting, design, analysis, and simulation to provide technical solutions for customers, who are business companies or govermental organizations; to become technical support engineers or sale engineers for the famous manufacturing corporations in automation and control engineering such as Siemens, ABB, Schneider, Bosch, to name a few.

V. ACHIVEMENT:

1. Research topic:

- Robotics: industry, medicine, entertainment, rescue… 

- Artificial intelligence: applications in industry, agriculture, food, medicine…

- Industrial communication networks: Flexible Manufacturing System, Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Modular Production System…

- Power electronics & electrical drives: PWM techniques, multi-pulse rectifier & multi-level inverter, distributed power generation system, wireless power transfer, solid-state transformer, HVDC transmission technology, modern control methods, observers, parameter identification (PMSM, IM…), saving energy, …

- Renewable energy: control/supervise solar cell systems, wind turbine systems

- Image and video processing / computer vision: develop the signal processing algorithm for speed, image, video signals, especially for IoT application development.

- Control theory: Bayesian artificial intelligence, machine learning, neural networks, nonlinear and adaptive control, optimal and robust control, intelligent control, multivariable control

- Metrology: applications in semiconductor technology, precision mechanics, bio-medicine, food…

- Mechatronics: automated guided vehicles, self-adaptive machine tools, digitally controlled combustion engines, contact-free magnetic bearings…

2. Successful Alumni:

- Trinh Van Sang – Automation and Control Engineering K12 - Product Design Engineer – Renesas

- Pham Nguyen Anh Vu - Automation and Control Engineering K14 - Senior Sofware Engineer – BOSCH

- Tran Nguyen Van Đoai – Automation and Control Engineering K12 - Supervisor – TITAN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

- Duong Minh Quan - Automation and Control Engineering K12- Technical chief - ParK hyatt Sài Gòn

V. ADMISSION:

• Code: 7520216

• For more information, go to: https://admission.tdtu.edu.vn/en