Dissertation

Code:

EM0088

Acronym:

D

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Management

Instance: 2014/2015 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	fe.up.pt/projdeig
Responsible unit:	Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Mechanical Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEM	19	Syllabus since 2006/2007	5	-	30	6,5	810

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Individual work of project aiming the integration and application of knowledge, skills and attitudes obtained along the course. The work will take place in business environment or research, promoting the development of capabilities of initiative, decision of individual and group work

Learning outcomes and competences

The work should promote the analysis of new situations, collect relevant information, selection of the approach methodologies and tools, for solving the proposed problems, generate a summary report for the public presentation and discussion of results

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

The student must have successfully completed all UC relevant to the project that will develop

Program

The project take place in a selected institution as full-time, according to a previously defined work program according to specific protocol between that institution and the student FEUP.

The project has a duration of about 20 weeks (30 ECTS - 810 hours) generally involving the following tasks:

- Detailed definition of the problem to analyze

- Literature search

- Development and / or application template (s)

- Collection and quantification of results

- Preparation of summary report

- Final public presentation presented to a jury

Project will have a mentor designated by FEUP and may have an advisor of the project's host institution, company or organization dedicated to research. It is also possible to carry out the project within a research unit of FEUP.

Students have at the beginning of  the UC a session of research support of information given by the  service of documentation and information of FEUP and an introduction session that raises awareness of the problems that can arise and alert to the problem of avoiding plagiarism.

Mandatory literature

Oliveira, Luis Adriano; Dissertação e Tese em Ciência e Tecnologia segundo Bolonha, Lidel, 2011

Complementary Bibliography

Weyers, J. and McMillan, K.; How to Write Dissertations & Project Reports, Prentice Hall, 2011

Teaching methods and learning activities

UC involves every year a selection process of the companies or organizations receiving student, definition of objectives / topics and allocation of projects to students. This process includes the following steps:

- Contact with external institutions by sending a publication with the presentation of the course and graduate students, accompanied by a letter explaining the conditions of realization of the project.

- Definition of the subject and objective of the project, prepared jointly by the advisor of the company and the director of the course

- Presentation of a list of all the projects available to students, as well as an explanation of the selection criteria for the student by the institution.

- Students, having knowledge of the project list, use an application form indicating the preferences. The allocation of students is made according to the selection criteria of the institutions and the preferences expressed by the students

- Monitoring of projects through monthly meetings supervision, always bearing in mind the student, the advisor of FEUP and an advisor of the institution (except when the project takes place in a unit of FEUP).

Software

Software Registado

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	405,00
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	81,00
Estudo autónomo	81,00
Realização de Estágio	81,00
Trabalho de campo	81,00
Trabalho de investigação	81,00
Total:	810,00

Eligibility for exams

As set forth in the regulatory standards for the master course, the project must take place on an exclusive basis.

The frequency is dependent on:

1. Before the start of UC:      

- Reception of proposals and award of themes and objectives of the projects

- Allocation of projects to students

- Assignment of the respective advisors

- Scheduling of deadlines for submission and final presentation to a jury

2. During the occurrence of UC:

- Oriented work project , including the preparation of the report and the final presentation. The work must be performed in accordance with the rules of the host institution, especially in terms of assiduity and punctuality.

- Scheduling the date of final assessment

- Nomination of the judges for final evaluation

 

 3. Final evaluation by the jury according to the rules defined by FEUP

Calculation formula of final grade

- A classification of 10 to 12 corresponds to a work relatively easy, where the minimum objectives have been reached.

 - A classification of 13 to 15 corresponds to a work of average difficulty, carried through with reasonable autonomy and where all the objectives were reached.

- A classification of 16 to 17 must correspond to a good work, of high difficulty, carried through with a high autonomy level, being the declared objectives fulfilled or exceeded.

 - A classification of 18 must correspond to an excellent work, presented and defended in an exemplary way, with a report very well organized, concise and complete, with a remarkable autonomy and performance and enhanced by the supervisor during its accomplishment.

 - Classifications above of 18 must be truly exceptional and must be attributed only to students who have reached levels of excellence in all the evaluation components and where innovative solutions have been found. They must be attributed by unanimity and be supported by a document that defends and justifies them, signed by all the members of the jury.

 

Examinations or Special Assignments

Progress reports.

- Final report.

- Public presentation and discussion

Internship work/project

 

Work 810 hours, about 22 weeks, conducted exclusively

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

not applicable

Classification improvement

Not applicable, since the rating is assigned by a jury.