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1. Dredging, dredging processes.
   1. Basic soil mechanics.
      1. Soil mechanical properties.
      2. Measurement equipment.
      3. Mohr circle.
      4. Passive and active soil failure.
      5. Darcy's law.
   2. The cutting of water saturated sand.
      1. Soil mechanical properties.
      2. Dilatation.
      3. Equilibrium of forces and moments.
      4. Pore pressure calculations.
      5. Specific energy for sand cutting.
      6. Applications: Cutterhead, dredging wheel, draghead, clamshell, backhoe, etc.
   3. The cutting of clay.
      1. Soil mechanical properties.
      2. Equilibrium of forces.
      3. Strengthening.
      4. Specific energy for clay cutting.
      5. Applications: Cutterhead, dredging wheel, draghead, clamshell, backhoe, etc.
   4. Sedimentation of sand in hoppers.
      1. Grain distribution.
      2. Settling velocity of grains.
      3. The ideal settling tank.
      4. The hopper load parameter.
      5. The loading cycle of a TSHD (Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge).
      6. Effective load and TDS (Tonnes Dry Solids).
      7. Loading efficiency.
      8. Overflow losses.
2. Hydraulic two phase transport.
   1. Grain distribution.
   2. Settling velocity of grains.
   3. Centrifugal pumps.
   4. Hydraulic transport.
   5. Dynamical effects.
3. Transportation and bulk materials handling.
   1. Soil and bulk material mechanics.
   2. Clamshells.
   3. Conveyor belts.
   4. Silo's
   5. Pneumatic transport.
4. Mechatronics.
   1. Definition of Mechatronics.
   2. Design methods.
   3. Project management.
   4. Technical systems.
   5. Drives, transmissions, dynamical behavior.
   6. Instrumental electronics.
   7. Sensors, transmitters.
   8. Actuators.
   9. Analog control engineering.
   10. Digital control engineering.
   11. Case studies.
5. Mathematics.
   1. Differential equations.
   2. Fourier series
   3. Laplace transforms
6. Energy engineering.
   1. Hydraulic transport
   2. Centrifugal pumps.
   3. Introduction thermodynamics.
   4. Internal combustion engines.
   5. Steam turbines.
   6. Gas turbines.
   7. Refrigerators.
   8. Nuclear energy.
   9. Wind energy.