ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 51 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 9 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 75
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Center Higher Technical Engineering School
Call: Second Semester
Teaching: Sin Docencia (En Extinción)
Enrolment: No Matriculable (Sólo Planes en Extinción)
The aim of this course is to provide students with diverse training on basic tools needed to develop a research activity at various stages/levels based on the search for information, research planning and analysis of the results obtained, dissemination of the results obtained and capacity to prepare project proposals for research funding.
The contents developed in the subject are those indicated in the descriptors of the subject in the curriculum of the Master in Chemical and Bioprocesses Engineering:
• Statistical tools for data analysis.
• Experimental planning based on design of experiments.
• Information sources in Chemical Engineering.
• Techniques for writing articles.
• Planning and applying for a R & D project.
The subject is structutured in three different Sections that will be evaluated independently
Section 1 .- TOOLS FOR PLANNING EXPERIMENTS AND ANALYSING RESULTS
• Correlation and linear regression. Comparison among means (t test, ANOVA).
• Introduction to the statistical design of experiments. Comparison with the traditional method. Application procedure.
• Definition of factors and domains of interest. Design matrix.
• Experimentation Planning. Choice of the experimental design.
• First order orthogonal designs. Full and fractional factorial designs.
• Second order designs. Central Composite Design (CCD) and Box-Behnken Design.
• Interpretation of results. Analysis of variance.
• Response Surface Methodology.
The distribution of teaching in Unit 1 is as follows: Lectures (4h), interactive seminar sessions (2 h), interactive computer classroom sessions (4 h).
Professor: Julia González Álvarez
Section 2 .- Preparation and evaluation of R&D projects.
• Techniques for preparing research projects. Individual and consortium projects.
• Preparation of a project
• Project assessment. Evaluation mechanisms.
Section 3.-Scientific and technical writing and review of articles and reports
• The steps of the scientific method and the importance of scientific communication of research results. Scientific writing. The style in scientific communication
• Understand the problem or issue that is under investigation
• Establish a hypothesis and a method of reasoning / deductive decision
• Identification of the preliminary elements: Title, Authors and Summary/Abstract.
• Introduction. Materials and methods.
• Results. Tables and figures. Captions to figures and tables. Footnotes page.
• Discussion and Conclusions.
• Bibliography (references) and Appendix (Supplementary material)
• Critical review of scientific articles
• Search of bibliographic information about scientific papers in Chemical Engineering through the use of databases and journals
Professor: Enrique Roca Bordello
Section 1
Basic
BOX, G. E. P., W. G. HUNTER y J. S. HUNTER. Estadística para investigadores. Introducción al diseño de experimentos, análisis de datos y construcción de modelos. Barcelona: Reverté, 2005. ISBN: 9688708405
BOX, G.E.; J.S. HUNTER Y W.G. HUNTER. Estadística para investigadores. Diseño, innovación y descubrimiento 2ºEd. Barcelona: Reverté, 2008. ISBN: 9788429194234
Papers published in different journals.
http://sfx.bugalicia.org/san/az/
Complementary
LAZIC, Z.R. Design of experiments in chemical engineering : a practical guide. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 2004. ISBN: 3527311424
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/3527604162
Section 2
Information concerning real research projects will be delivered.
Section 3
Basic
Jalongo, M.R., Saracho, O.N. Writing for Publication. Transitions and Tools that Support Scholars’ Success. Suiza: Springer, 2016. ISBN 978-3-319-31648-2 ISBN 978-3-319-31650-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-31650-5.
Ebel, H. F. (2004). The Art of scientific writing: from student reports to professional publications in chemistry and related fields. Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, 2004 ISBN: 978-3-527-29829-7 ES:RB 28
Complementary
Peat, J. (2002). Scientific writing: easy when you know how BMJ Books. ISBN: 978-0-727-91625-9. ES: C 106
Basic and general competences:
CB7 - That students know how to apply the knowledge acquired and their ability to solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study
CB9 - That students know how to communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that support them to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous way
CB10 - That students possess the learning skills that allow them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.
CG3 - Being able to predict and control the evolution of complex situations by developing new and innovative work methodologies adapted to the specific scientific / research, technological or professional field, generally multidisciplinary, in which they carry out their activity.
CG6 - Have the ability to solve problems that are unfamiliar, incompletely defined, and have competing specifications, considering the possible solution methods, including the most innovative, selecting the most appropriate, and being able to correct the implementation, evaluating the different solutions of design.
CG8 - Carry out appropriate research, undertake the design and direct the development of engineering solutions, in new or little-known environments, relating creativity, originality, innovation and technology transfer.
CG9 - Know how to establish mathematical models and develop them through appropriate computing, as a scientific and technological basis for the design of new products, processes, systems and services, and for the optimization of others already developed.
CG14 - Manage Research, Development and Technological Innovation, attending to the transfer of technology and property rights and patents.
Specific competences:
CE2.- Having developed sufficient autonomy to participate in research projects and scientific or technological collaborations within the thematic field of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, in interdisciplinary contexts and, where appropriate, with a high component of knowledge transfer.
CE3.- Apply the acquired knowledge and their ability to solve problems in new or little-known environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the area of Chemical Engineering.
CE7.- Conceptualize engineering models, apply innovative methods in solving problems and adequate computer applications for the design, simulation, optimization and control of processes and systems.
CE11.- Address a real problem in Chemical Engineering from a scientific perspective, recognizing the importance of searching for and managing existing information.
Cross competences:
CT1.- Develop skills associated with teamwork: cooperation, leadership, knowing how to listen. Lead and define multidisciplinary teams capable of solving technical changes and managerial needs in national and international contexts.
CT2.- Adapt to changes, being able to apply new and advanced technologies and other relevant progress, with initiative and an entrepreneurial spirit.
CT4.- Analytical, critical and synthesis capacity.
The methodology of the equivalent course in the new curriculum, which offers face-to-face teaching, will be followed:
P4142110 - Research planning
The assessment system of the equivalent course in the new curriculum, which offers face-to-face teaching, will be followed:
P4142110 - Research planning
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Julia Gonzalez Alvarez
- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- Phone
- 881816761
- julia.gonzalez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Enrique Roca Bordello
- Department
- Chemistry Engineering
- Area
- Chemical Engineering
- Phone
- 881816774
- enrique.roca [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor