Course detail
Diploma Engineering Project
FSI-UD5-A Acad. year: 2023/2024 Summer semester
The course provides students with an opportunity to work on their master’s thesis. The skills and abilities acquired during the work on the thesis can student later utilize in their mechanical engineering jobs. For this reason, a significant emphasis is placed on self-study and independent work.
Language of instruction
English
Number of ECTS credits
21
Supervisor
Department
Entry knowledge
Practical knowledge of engineering mechanics, machine design, thermodynamics and heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and material engineering. Computer skills (the necessary level depends on the topic of master’s thesis).
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
To obtain the credit, the student must have the master’s thesis either fully completed or just before completion at the end of the semester.
The work progress on the master’s thesis is monitored by the master’s thesis supervisor. Students are obliged to report the progress to their master’s thesis supervisors. The scope and extent of the progress monitoring is determined by the master’s thesis supervisor.
Aims
The aim is to create space for the work on master’s thesis and related activities (performing experiments, performing computer simulations, preparing engineering drawings, etc.). Particular emphasis is placed on the ability of students to accurately formulate a problem and propose a suitable solution.
Students will learn to work independently when solving engineering problems. They will learn how to proceed from acquiring of relevant information to the development of the solution and its presentation.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme N-ENG-A: Mechanical Engineering, Master's, compulsory
Type of course unit
Supervision of Master’s thesis
156 hours, optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
The content of the course is independent work of the students on their master’s thesis under supervision of the assigned supervisors. The scope of work is determined by the supervisor. The work may include, but is not limited to, self-study, analysis of various engineering solutions, engineering calculations, preparation, execution and evaluation of experiments, and computer simulations.