Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
4 credits
45.0 h
Q1 and Q2
Teacher(s)
Declerck Stephan; Gaigneaux Eric; Gerin Patrick (coordinator); Ghislain Michel;
Language
French
Prerequisites
Knowledge and skills acquired throughout the whole science and engineering courses of the BIRC programme.
Main themes
1. Concepts vus au cours :
The integrated exercise require the students to synthesize the scientific and technological state of the art of a multidisciplinary subject relevant to chemical and biotechnological engineering on the basis bibliographical research. These exercises involve the use of bibliographic search methods, the identification of the relevant sources of information, the collection of the documents and of the relevant data, their understanding, their analysis, their structuring and their synthesis. The result of this synthesis is communicated as a written report and as an oral presentation, which must be understandable by a reader with a general scientific background, but not a specialised one. These exercises require the students to organize themselves as a team to be able to handle in a sufficiently complete way the various aspects of their subject.
Wherever possible, the subjects are offered in various areas related to the fields of the BIRC program options.
The integrated exercise require the students to synthesize the scientific and technological state of the art of a multidisciplinary subject relevant to chemical and biotechnological engineering on the basis bibliographical research. These exercises involve the use of bibliographic search methods, the identification of the relevant sources of information, the collection of the documents and of the relevant data, their understanding, their analysis, their structuring and their synthesis. The result of this synthesis is communicated as a written report and as an oral presentation, which must be understandable by a reader with a general scientific background, but not a specialised one. These exercises require the students to organize themselves as a team to be able to handle in a sufficiently complete way the various aspects of their subject.
Wherever possible, the subjects are offered in various areas related to the fields of the BIRC program options.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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a. Contribution de l'activité au référentiel AA (AA du programme) 1.1, 1.4, 1.5 2.1, 2.4 3.1., 3.2, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8 5.3 6.1, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8 b. Formulation spécifique pour cette activité des AA du programme (maximum 10) At the end of this activity, the student is able to synthesize the state of scientific and technological knowledge available on a complex issue related to chemical and biochemical engineering, i.e: - Collect relevant bibliographic information by using bibliographical research tools; - Cite and refer to this information in a scientific text according to the bibliographic citation rules accepted in the scientific community; - Understand scientific articles and critically use their content; - Identify, acquire and integrate the new knowledge needed to complete the project; - Distinguish the key elements of a complex problem, reformulate objectives and define the limits of the project; - Communicate in a structured, rigorous and synthetic way, orally and in writing; - Formulate recommendations and argue; - Orally defend his claims. |
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
The students have to describe the scientific and technological state of the art on multidisciplinary subjects (questions) related to chemical and biochemical engineering. The subjects are proposed by the teachers (according to their fields of interest and competences) as concrete and open questions. The tools that can be used at UCL for the bibliographic research are presented to the students. The later organise themselves as teams of 3-7 (preferably 4-5) students and to organize their work : 1. to seek and gather the relevant information concerning their subject; 2. to analyse, structure and synthesize this information; 3. to write a structured and synthetic final report that answer the initial questions; 4. to present and defend orally this report.
Teaching methods
To help students to efficiently achieve the course objectives, learning is based on 1 ) an introduction to the course (in classroom) ; 2) an introduction to bibliographic search tools (in computer room) ; 3) an introduction to team-work and project management; 4) alternating personal work (bibliographic research and writing ) and team work ; 5 ) written reports; and 6) common oral presentations of the project progress. The composition of students teams is imposed. The organization of team work and the frequency of their meetings are managed by the students themselves. The students' work is completed under the weekly guidance of one teacher who can advice them. Coaches are available to help student to manage their team dynamics. At one third and two thirds of the work, joint sessions allow each team of students to present orally its progress, to hear the work of other teams and get comments and suggestions (feedback) from all the teachers, on both the content and the form of their presentation.
This activity can be organized in Englih
This activity can be organized in Englih
Evaluation methods
Final written report of each the student team, that has to define the initial questions in their context, and build and argue answers to these questions.
Oral presentation and defence (answer to questions and justifications) of this report, as a team.
criteria:
- Respect of the bibliographic citation rules
- Relevance and rigour in the presentation and structuring of the subject
- Relevance and extent of information search
- Clarity and completeness of the communication, quality of writing
- Critical analysis of scientific and technological aspects
- Synthetic communication of the subject
The individual contribution of each student to the success of the team is evaluated by the peers on the basis of the criteria developed in the Dynamo module on Moodle
Oral presentation and defence (answer to questions and justifications) of this report, as a team.
criteria:
- Respect of the bibliographic citation rules
- Relevance and rigour in the presentation and structuring of the subject
- Relevance and extent of information search
- Clarity and completeness of the communication, quality of writing
- Critical analysis of scientific and technological aspects
- Synthetic communication of the subject
The individual contribution of each student to the success of the team is evaluated by the peers on the basis of the criteria developed in the Dynamo module on Moodle
Other information
The course is organised from october to may. It is therefore not accessible to students who are not present at Louvain-la-Neuve during one single semester (eg. mobility students).
It is strongly recommended to BIR22 students who would have to participate to this course during their last year to contact the course coordinator no later than at the beginning of the first semester in order to better connect this course with their master thesis.
Activities following this activity: LBIRC2201 Industrial project in chemical and biochemical engineering, master thesis
This course can be given in English.
It is strongly recommended to BIR22 students who would have to participate to this course during their last year to contact the course coordinator no later than at the beginning of the first semester in order to better connect this course with their master thesis.
Activities following this activity: LBIRC2201 Industrial project in chemical and biochemical engineering, master thesis
This course can be given in English.
Online resources
Moodle
Bibliographic databases accessible via the UCL libraries
Bibliographic databases accessible via the UCL libraries
Bibliography
La recherche bibliographique utilise les bases de données accessibles à l'UCL, et est guidée par les enseignants en fonction du problème posé.
Des documents de base et des recommandations de rédaction sont mises à disposition sur icampus.
Des documents de base et des recommandations de rédaction sont mises à disposition sur icampus.
Faculty or entity
AGRO
Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)
Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Chemistry and Bioindustries
