It contains numerous design examples, embedded within a structured approach, that illustrate the tricks of the trade in opto-mechanical system design, which increasingly impacts the overall performance of high-tech systems. One of the objectives of the course is to help engineers from the various disciplines develop a common opto-mechanical language.

The latest edition, March 2025, was attended by 25 participants from all over the world, including Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Belgium and Norway – and of course from the Netherlands, home of the design-principles-inspired opto-mechanical system design approach. Overall, the participants gave the course a positive rating: with 78% of respondents ranking it amongst the best courses they have had and 94% of respondents stating they would recommend the course to colleagues and people form their network, with an average score of 8,2 out of 10. The various subjects – from degrees of freedom and sensitivity op optical components, to optical concepts for mechanical design, to mounting and tolerancing, to thermo-mechanics and cryogenics – were rated ‘good’, ‘very good’ and in some cases even ‘excellent’.

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