Course code: wbtp303
Course name: BSc Research Project
(Temporary Course description)

DUT credits:     6
ECTS credits:   9

Subfaculty of Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology

Lecturer(s): Wieringa, dr.ir. P.A.; Thijs, dr.ir. W.L.Th.

Tel.: 015-2785763, 015-2785852

Catalog data:
Research, problem analysis, model creation, hypothesis formation, design and execution of experiments, data analysis, research presentation.

Course year: 3
Semester: 5
Hours: 6 consecutive weeks
Other hours: none
Assessment: congress presentation and paper
Assessm.period(s): n.a.
(see academic calendar)

Prerequisites:
completed curriculum first 3 years except maximally 13 creditpoints (including this BSc Research Project)

Follow up: MSc programme

Detailed description of topics:
Autonomous small scale research conduction. One BSc assignment per 2 students. The students investigate and analyse a given problem, design a research scenario, formulate hypotheses, design experimental tests, perform measusements, analyse and interprete data. The results are presented by writing in the format of an abstract of a congress-paper, and also during an oral presentation at an internal faculty-congress.

Course material:
Handout BSc Research Project; Syllabus Statistics (wi380) Kraaikamp. Parts of 'Onderzoeksmethodologie', Hendriks, De Graaff en Bakker, CToz4030, Civiele Techniek.

References from literature: -

Remarks (specific information about assesment, entry requirements, etc.):
Entry requirement is the (close) completion of the curriculum of the first three years. Idealy only this BSc Research Project shall be lacking. For sceduling convenience a deficit of maximally 7 other DUT creditpoints will be accepted. Statistics (Kansrekening en Statistiek) wi380 shall be completed, however.
The assesment is based on the presentation at the internal faculty-congress. Abstract, (possibly a paper), oral presentation and coping with questions will be judged.

Goals:
To stimulate an engineering research attitude and to master basic skills to perform some (small scale) research. Enlarging experience of oral and written presentation.

Computer use:
Dependant on specific assignment.  Experiments may be performed on a computer in specific cases.

Laboratory project(s): The BSc Research Project will be performend in a DUT or TNO laboratory or in an industrial real-world setting.

Design content: Dependant on specific assignment. In general there will be no mechanical engineering design component, the students will be stimulated to investigate and practice revolutionary new research concepts.