CONTENTS
Background
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)
Startup
Students, who selected the project in the field of Turbomachinery and Hydropower, 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
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 some background and main activities to be carried out during the semester. The project work and the thesis submission date is either provided by the EPT administration or marked in the task agreement.
Work location and space
The students generally spend substantial time to carry out the research work during the semester. At the semester ending, students deliver the thesis describing the research results and main findings of the project. This guideline is valid for both project report and the master's thesis.
The project report and master's thesis are generally delivered via Inspera assessment system in NTNU. This page is dedicated to providing valuable detail on writing good quality scientific thesis and connection of different elements of chapters. Almost all students write monograph type thesis in NTNU, and the students in our research group also prefer to write monograph. Thus, information presented here is directed towards academic monographs.
Experience indicates that writing a high-quality thesis requires minimum of four weeks. Hence, you should prepare well in advance to avoid overload at last moment. If you have done excellent research but could not translate into good writing, it is not beneficial. Examiners may not know you personally nor your day-to-day work activities. Examiners read your thesis, interpret the results, and award grade based on their understanding. You should consider spend sufficient time to write a good quality thesis or project report.