Research
- Published: Friday, 28 October 2016 08:38
Programme Summary
Major: 13.04.02 Power Industry and Electrical Engineering
Degree: Master
Course units:
- Acquaintance with research topics in the area of automatic drives and choice of topic.
- Drafting a research plan.
- Study of one’s thesis subject using print media and patent databases. Discussion of one’s findings at a R&D seminar.
- Setting a research task. Selection of research techniques and measurement tools. Preparation for research activities.
- Carrying out experimental and theoretical research. Processing results. Verification of theoretical results. Writing an abstract and discussing it.
- Discussion of research results, drawing up and submitting a report for a R&D conference.
- Revision of the research plan.
- Revision of the research plan.
- Discussing the research findings at the R&D seminar. Stating the originality and practical value of the research findings.
- Preparation and discussion of the research materials to be published.
- Discussing the research findings at a R&D seminar involving employers and leading researchers. Assessment of competence related to forming one’s professional views and culture.
- Preparation of a report and public defense of the research findings at a R&D conference.
- Presentation of the research findings in the form of a Master’s thesis and public defense of the thesis.
Course contents:
Research work is an important part of Master’s programmes. It enables a postgraduate to practice his or her skills in carrying out research, engineering and manufacturing activities, understand major issues of his or her field of study to tackle which one has to face difficult choices that require advanced research techniques. It also allows a postgraduate to apply scientific findings and established methods to tackle new scientific and engineering issues, carry out experiments and evaluate the results.
Activities:
- Extracurricular self-study of the teacher’s assignments and tasks, including the use of educational facilities (obligatory);
- Office-hours.
Total hours – 648
Total points – 18
Midterm assessment –Pass/fail examination
