For the practicum part:
- Being able to understand, start-up and operate a R&D experimental set-up including the required analysis systems / equipment
- Being able to understand and optimize the control loops of such equipment
- Having a good basis in laboratory safety
- Practice and creating a good level of reporting, storing, and handing-over project data
- Recapture of error analysis, and implementing this in the project
- Being able to translate a research question into a research plan that contains
- Experimental plan
- Theory and modeling
- Takes into account costs and time constraints
- Coming to the conclusions in-line with the measurements / theory / models, taking uncertainties into account
- Concise reporting
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The practicum is carried out in groups and will take place either in the third or fourth period. Reporting of the practicum is done in a PowerPoint and the results are discussed in a closing session with the teacher. Groups contain 4 to 5 students.
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