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This page describes the information about the writing of the project work in Autumn semester and master's thesis in Spring semester. The project work corresponds to 15 ECTS and the master's thesis work corresponds to 30 ECTS. The project work is around 20 weeks. Master thesis work is for complete one semester. The Department of Energy and Process Engineering (EPT) is administratively responsible for the project and master thesis students. Students from the following degree programme are generally selected.
- Energy and the Environment 5-year programme, all branches, MTENERG
- Energy and the Environment 2-year programme, MIENERG
- Electric Power Engineering (international master programme) MSELPOWER
- Mechanical Engineering 5-year programme, branch Sustainable and Energy Efficient systems, MTMASKIN
- Mechanical Engineering 2-year programme, branch Sustainable and Energy Efficient systems, MTMASKIN
- Sustainable Energy (MSSE)
- Hydropower Development (MSB1)
Students, who selected the project with Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug and Chirag Trivedi, generally work in the Waterpower laboratory. The work can be either experimental or numerical or both depending on the allocated tasks. Students selected for the project work in the Waterpower laboratory are largely continue master's thesis work on the same topic in Spring semester. Following courses are recommended for the project and master's thesis work.
- Autumn semester project work
- Spring semester master's thesis work
- TEP4906: Bærekraftige energisystemer, masteroppgave
Work space and location
A dedicated place to work, a desk, a chair and a computer will be provided to the selected students. The allocation of the desk and computer is generally occur before the startup date and it will be communicated via email. We have 20 desks with permanently fitted computers in the laboratory, and the allocation is carried out depending on the tasks in the project work. The student use same place and computer everyday during the Autumn and Spring semesters. The allocation will be terminated soon after submission of the master's thesis. In addition, the students will also have access to the kitchen, refrigerator and coffee. The students also have access to the 3d printing machine, training equipment, dedicated space for lunch and study room (must be reserved prior to use). The students will also have access to the local library, which includes several books, master thesis and phd thesis.
Location: https://link.mazemap.com/99uUh32B
Startup
Tasks for the project work and the master's thesis are assigned by the main supervisor therefore it is important to contact the supervisor and request the tasks as soon as possible, preferably before the semester startup date. Tasks are generally allocated as an agreement with introductory information and expectations from the students as project work. The project work and the thesis submission date is either provided by the EPT administration or marked in the task agreement.
At the start of the Autumn semester, a common meeting (general assembly) is called with all students, researchers and staff in the Waterpower laboratory. All students are expected/recommended to join the first meeting. The important information related to the project work, work environment, health, safety, and expectations is conveyed. Everyone affiliated to the Waterpower laboratory join the meeting and introduce themselves. Representative from the Waterpower laboratory will send the meeting invitation and location at the start of the semester. The meeting is generally organized in the study room (https://link.mazemap.com/CXy3RbiH) of the laboratory. Broadly following topics are covered during the general assembly:
- Introduction by the supervisors, Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug and Chirag Trivedi.
- Introduction by the researchers and staff working in the laboratory.
- Introduction by the students and oral presentation of the project topic.
- Information on work environment, health, safety, and emergency evacuation.
- information related to resources in the laboratory, weekly duties, mainly kitchen cleaning and maintaining workspace in the student area.
- Handling of windows near desk during summer time.
- Practicality on coffee machine.
- Spring semester excursions (Tour to Nepal).
- Weekly progress meeting with supervisors and presentations.
- Guideline to usage of resources, such as 3d printing, library books, IT resources, etc.
- AOB.
It is also important to make plan for the project work or master thesis at the start of the semester and discuss with the supervisor. Students are recommended to use the available template and update the corresponding tasks.
Download project plan template.
Progress
During the semester, the students usually carry out the assigned tasks and complete the project / master's thesis work. Supervisors usually arrange a weekly progress meeting with the students, where the students make their presentation on the tasks carried out during the week and proposed future activities. Sometime, phd students also join the meeting, if the research topic is in the similar field, to address practical question related to the project tasks.
Project report and master thesis writing
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Bibliography / references are generally placed before the appendix. Here you will list all the references you have used in the chapters. There is no specific guideline on how many minimum numbers of references should be included. It is equally important to avoid very few or very high number of references. Also avoid citing nonscientific websites or contents. For citation of references, we generally follow numbering style. That means the references are cited in sequence as you go on citing the references. The current citation style is borrowed from the ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering. Some examples of citations can be found here: References - ASME. The required BibTeX (*.bst) for the LaTeX reference organization is already included in Overleaf. This file is also available at the repository: https://ctan.org/pkg/asmejour?lang=en. You can directly export bibtex styled references from zotero using export options and citation type BibTeX. Read Appendix A in the template for more information on bibliography.
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How to cite your project work Since the project work of Autumn semester is not publishable, you need to create bibliography manually in 'bibliography.bib' file. It is acceptable to cite your project work in the master thesis. Use following guide to create bib item manually to cite project work: @mastersthesis{..., % Write citation id here, your last name and year.
address = {Trondheim, Norway},
title = {...}, % Write title of your project in small-case
school = {Department of Energy and Process Engineering,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology},
author = {..., ...}, % Write your last name, first name
year = {...} % Write year of project submission
} |
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