IRMGR43524 Energy Technology Project (Autumn 2025)

The student's learning outcomes after completing the course

Knowledge:

The student

• has specialized insight into one topic within energy technology

• is able to utilize knowledge within new fields of energy technology

• has developed insight and understanding of the logic of scientific thinking and writing, as well as the ethical considerations related to a research project.

Skills:

The student

• can analyze and critically examine scientific literature

• can structure and formulate technical arguments and reasoning

• is able to plan a research project, in agreement with existing ethical norms

• can analyze relevant ethical research problems within energy technology.

General competence:

The student

• is able to write a scientific report

• knows how to search for scientific literature

• is able to orally present a scientific project for both specialists within the field and the general public

• can acquire new knowledge within a field by self-tuition.

Content

In the course, the students will learn about scientific research design. This insight will be the knowledge base and the basis for independent reflections when the students perform a literature search to find current research literature related to the planned topic of their Master Thesis. Based on this literature, they will write a report that outlines the state-of-the-art within this topic.

Based on the state-of-the-art report, the students will:

• define the objective(s) of their Master Thesis

• clarify how the objective(s) are progressing beyond the state-of-the-art

• determine how to meet the objective(s), within the framework of both research design and ethics

• decide which methods and experimental techniques they will use

• make a first assessment of which experiments should be conducted

• put up a realistic progress plan for the Master Thesis

• write a project planning report that clarifies all these points including explanations for the choices that are made.

Workload

250 - 300 hours

Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam

Deliver project report

Examination

Oral presentation from project report. 

Grades from A to F, where A is the best grade, E is the lowest passed grade, and F is failed.

Literature

The reading list will be published in Leganto.