Introduction to Scientific Project

Code:

F581

Acronym:

F581

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Physics

Instance: 2010/2011 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Physics and Astronomy
Course/CS Responsible:	Master's Degree in Physical Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MI:EF	5	Plano de Estudos a partir de 2007	5	-	10	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Each student must develop studies and preparatory work to conclude, in the end of the second academic semester, his MIEF Scientific Thesis/Development Project or Professional Training Report. The result of this activity is collected in a written Report, followed by oral Presentation and discussion.

Program

The specific topics of the individual activity are described in detailed forms (prepared for each student enrolled, and signed by both student and supervisor(s), which contains: names of student and supervisor(s), title of the work, synthetic description of the work, bibliography, facilities available.
The titles of the projects are the following:
- Production and characterization of polarizable periodic heterostructures.
- Generation of high harmonics with intense few cycle laser pulses phase stabilized.
- Preparation and characterization of concentrating photovoltaic cell layers.
- Study of magnetic dynamics in exchange spring systems through computer simulations.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Tutorial sessions and supervised laboratory/computational work.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	0,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

The student should not fail to attend the tutorials by more than 1/4 of the programmed sessions.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final examination includes an Oral Presentation (10 minutes) of the Synthesis-Report of the work developed (witten in Portuguese or English, maximum extent 15 A4 pages), followed by discussion (20 minutes) between panel and candidate.
The panel includes all supervisors and the MIEF course director.
The final mark results from the averaged marks attributted to the Synthesis-Report (45%), to the Oral Presentation (45%), and to the continued work along the semester (10%, attributed by the supervisor(s)).