69687 - RESEARCH PROJECT A

Anno Accademico 2017/2018

  • Docente: Valerio Cozzani
  • Crediti formativi: 6
  • Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese
  • Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria chimica e di processo (cod. 8896)

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

Training on use of specific tools for the development of research activity in prosess and materials engineering.

Contenuti

Skills required to undertake the activity with success:

The activity consists in a research work in the field of chemical engineering. In general, basic knowldedge of thermoynmics, fluid dynamics, transport phenomena and unit operations is required. Knowldege of specific topics may be required by the tutor assigned and should be discussed with him/her before beginning the activity.

Course contents:

Research project A is a research work on a topic chosen by the student, supervised by a univesity tutor. The tutor is chosen by the student, or, if needed, assigned by the Director of Studies. Any type of suitable activity is acceptable: literature analysis, experimental work in a laboratory, theoretical work, modeling and simulation. The activity may be carried out in a university department, in external research institutes, in companies, in Italy or abroad. The activity can be independent or part of that required to prepare the graduation thesis. The activity can be carried out in the first or second year.

In order to start the activity, the student needs to submit a proposal including title, abstract and name of tutor at university of Bologna, to the program board. For AY 2017-18 the reference person to receive the application is Dr. Cristiana Boi.

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

In order to obtain the credits, a report describing the activity carried out (10-20 pages) needs to be issued and a total of 150 hours need to be dedicated to the activity. The report should be delivered to the responsible of the activity together with a letter of the tutor stating his/her approval of the report and that the candidate has actually dedicated 150 hours to the activity.

Pass grade will be awarded to student showing in their report to have understood the topic addressed, to have sufficient knowledge of the theoretical fundamentals of the topic addressed and that were able to discuss the topic in the report with the appropriate use of technical language.

Orario di ricevimento

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