Examination arrangement

Course content

In the spring semester, the students will carry out a project work in groups of students. The theme for the project work must be related to a course in the field of study «Operation and maintenance technology». The project should preferably be carried out in collaboration with a company and be operation and maintenance oriented. During the month of January, a preliminary project is carried out where the problem and result goals for the project are prepared. Students will work independently under supervision.

Learning outcome

After completing the course, the candidate shall have the following total learning outcomes:

Knowledge:

The candidates will learn to immerse themselves in a specific topic in the field of operational and maintenance technology.

The specialization includes to gain knowledge through contact with the industry, literature studies and other sources, so as to combine this with own knowledge.

Skills:

The candidate shall be able to organize and complete a project work with the preparation of a project plan, systematic processing of academic information and writing a project report according to the program's project manual.

The candidate must develop the ability to identify issues and come up with clear proposals for solutions to issues addressed in the project work.

General competence:

The course will help the candidates to become:

• Good at acquiring new knowledge
• Independent and good at organizing own workday
• Good at working well in teams
• Good at oral communication
• Good at presenting clearly to different target groups
• Good writing skills
• Good at presenting complex issues in a clear way
• Good for finding and compiling information from various sources
• Good at defining relevant and good issues
• Good at seeing connections and thinking overall Development-oriented
• Good for assessing the consequences of different strategies for problem solving

Learning methods and activities

Team based project work with guidance by NTNU supervisor, min 2, max 4 students pr team. The project team itself is to propose the subject together with a detailed description in a pre-project. The report of the pre-project has to be accepted by supervisor in order to continue work with the project assignment. The accepted pre-project is to be considered as assignment's objectives and scope of work for further evaluation of the final report. It is expected that students are pro-active and use their basic knowledge to acquire new insights and build their professional competence. Students have to take initiative them selves to establish collaboration with industrial partner. Otherwise the course responsible may suggest an internal project at NTNU. Industrial partner shall be approved by course responsible/supervisor at NTNU. Students are advised to organize project groups, provide a project assignment subject and cooperation agreement with a company during the autumn semester before MAST2004 is to commence.

Compulsory assignments

• Pre-project report
• Monthly status report

Further on evaluation

The project group must submit a pre-project report that must be approved in order to start and complete the project assignment. The project group must submit a monthly status report to the supervisor. The project group must submit a project report which forms the basis for the grade in the course. The project report must be presented to the course coordinator and fellow students within one week after submission.

Specific conditions

Recommended previous knowledge

Courses MAST2006 and MAST2003

Required previous knowledge

Restricted access to this course. Access to this subject require access to Bachelor studies, mechanical engineering, NTNU.

Course materials

• Viko - https://www.ntnu.no/viko/
• Course material used in MAST2006/MAST2003/MAST2012
• Book - Den gode oppgaven - håndbok i oppgaveskriving på universitet og høyskole by Rienecker / Jørgensen.

Credit reductions