Course content

Bachelor thesis for exchange students in the field of Mechanical Engineering. The topic is decided upon agreement.

The deadline for signing of the agreement is 1st October in order to register for the bachelor thesis in the spring semester. The guidelines, the agreement form and information about supervision will be sent after the request from the exchange student to the course responsible.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

The candidate

• has in-depth knowledge about the chosen topic of Mechanical Engineering
• has knowledge about research and development work on the chosen subject

Skills:

The candidate

• can identify, formulate and solve a relevant engineering problem
• can apply knowledge and relevant results of the the research and development
• work to solve theoretical, technical and practical problems on the chosen subject for the bachelor thesis and argue for his/her choices
• can apply appropriate methods and work systematically over time
• can document and disseminate the results
• can plan and see through an engineering task

General competence:

The candidate

• is able to disseminate engineering knowledge to the different target groups both written and oral in English
• has insight in scientific ethics and understanding of ethical dilemmas
• has insight in the environmental, health and societal issues and its consequences and can put it into ethical perspective and life cycle perspective
• is able to integrate previous experience and knowledge and
• is able to acquire new knowledge during solving of the posed engineering problem

Learning methods and activities

Individual project assignment.

Mandatory activities:

• Approved preproject
• Documentation on the process (MoMs, status reports etc)
• Poster (format A3)
• Oral presentation

Compulsory assignments

• Preproject
• Poster
• Presentation

Recommended previous knowledge

Basic and specialization courses in Mechanical Engineering

Course materials

Available at the beginning of the course.