Project

The Project component is pursued at the end of the master degree.

The contact hours are tutorial orientation type. Teaching methodologies are based on active and collaborative
learning in order to promote positive interdependence, encourage individual responsibility and autonomous work,
improve communication, develop interpersonal skills and support periodic self evaluation and progress
assessment.

The evaluation includes an informal distributed component resulting from the meetings between all involved
persons. It also includes a progress report when planned and the public oral presentation and discussion of the
Project Work in the presence of a jury. This presentation is performed according to the
master regulation document. The evaluation is defined by the jury considering at least the following aspects:
Quality of the technical and scientific contents;
Quality of the presented document;
Quality of the presentation and ability to discuss arguments;
The contribution of the work to the company (if one involved), school and society.

Project/Internship/Dissertation Component – Project:

In the Project component the student will have the opportunity:
– To demonstrate autonomy and originality;
– To develop the capacity to plan and organize a project of some size over an extended period;
– To put into practice the knowledge and techniques acquired and developed during the master’s course.
– To develop the capacity to document an extended engineering work according to scientific research methodologies;

At the end of the Project the student should demonstrate the ability to:
– Participate in a project, select components, supervise the installation and ensure efficient operation and maintenance of equipment and systems;
– Apply critical analysis and demonstrate ability to investigate;
– Use and integrate knowledge to solve complex problems.

Project/Internship/Dissertation Component – Project:

Development of an original individual project, focusing on themes that can integrate several areas in the
Electrical Engineering field, within the scope of the Master, and associated with real cases.
The theme of the project can be proposed by a teacher or by the student. Each project is assigned one or more supervisors,
according to the involved areas, who will support the student throughout the school year.
The student and supervisors will agree on a Work Plan for the project.
The Work Plan includes the objectives and scope of the project as well as a schedule of activities to be developed.
Students should develop the various phases of the Work Plan, namely: definition of the problem and definition
of an approach strategy, the conceptual design phase, the detailed design phase and the phase for the elaboration
of the project support documentation. The use of software tools is valued, especially if developed by the student
for calculations, dimensioning or simulation. The construction and testing of a prototype will also be valued.

Application areas: Power Systems, Automation, Communications.

NAO

Specific to each Project.