Area in charge of providing advanced knowledge in the analysis, development of models, and their application in engineering systems for their design, or improvement of their performance in the solution of complex problems.

Compulsory subjects first semester

• Mathematical and Computational Modeling
• Systems Approach

Subjects for second to fifth semester

• Elective I
• Elective II
• Elective III
• Elective IV
• These subjects may be selected from a set of twenty-one possibilities, depending on the research project to be developed by the student.
  The selection of these subjects will be made at the suggestion of the Thesis Director together with the Review Committee.

It provides the knowledge and tools for the student to use the scientific method and the systems approach when doing research in this disciplinary field. Here the student acquires skills in the planning, execution and dissemination of results of scientific research projects. Four compulsory subjects are considered within this area:

Subjects for first to fourth semester

• Research Seminar: Methodological Introduction
• Research Seminar: Scientific Writing
• Research Seminar: Project Development
• Research Seminar: Publication Process

Its objective is to strengthen and deepen the area of research developed by the student, in addition to promoting the development of his/her skills and abilities to develop and conclude his/her doctoral thesis project under the guidance of his/her Review Committee. In this area the student will use the disciplinary and methodological areas to generate and apply knowledge in an innovative way in the analysis and modeling of engineering systems.

Subjects:

• Thesis Seminar: State of the Art
• Thesis Seminar: Context of the Problem
• Thesis Seminar: System Modeling
• Thesis Seminar: Experimentation
• Thesis Seminar: Results Report
• Thesis Seminar: Document Writing
• Thesis Review and Defense

A series of didactic strategies are contemplated that, when incorporated into the teaching and learning process, allow for an integral formation of the student.

For this educational program, we plan to use mainly lectures, problem-based learning and project-oriented learning, without implying that the academic work should be limited to these strategies.

The courses taught are face-to-face; enrolled students must dedicate full time to the academic activities required of them. In order to be entitled to the corresponding evaluations, the student must have at least 80% of class attendance.

Subjects will be evaluated based on their particular characteristics, in addition to the criteria established by the professor teaching the subject. The evaluation mechanisms that may be used are the following:

1. Theoretical exam
2. Practical exam
3. Projects
4. Exhibitions
5. Research Work
6. Presentation of the results of the doctoral thesis progress

Every year, the Academic Area of Engineering organizes a Research Colloquium, where students can present the results of their research work to the university community that gathers at this event.

In each subject, three evaluations are proposed (initial evaluation, formative evaluation, and summative or final evaluation), the first with a value of 20%, the second of 30% and the third of 50%. Each partial evaluation consists of: A written item with a value from 30 to 40% and a practical item with a value from 70 to 60%, adding up to 100%, the minimum passing grade being 8.