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Code
SE-SEP1
Version
6.0
Offered by
Supply Engineering
ECTS
10
Prerequisites
The students must participate in the applicable courses and the requirements of the project work must be met.
Main purpose
Expanding cities are a challenge – how can we accommodate that growth in a sustainable way?
In this context the semester project focuses on turning a green field into an environmentally friendly residential area. The amount of drinking water and wastewater must be forecasted in order to balance supply and demand. Additionally, rainwater must be handled locally.
The focus of the PBL teaching in SEP1 is LEARNING TO LEARN, project methodology and PBL, including a basic introduction to study techniques and team-based project work.
Knowledge
The students must obtain an understanding of planning and design of sustainable systems and climate change adaptation in urban area.
The students must gain basic knowledge in the processes for producing drinking water, treating wastewater and collecting rainwater.
Skills
Through the design of a sustainable urban supply structure, the student must become familiar with organisation/stakeholders basic understanding of the two utilities (and synergies) in terms of resource, production, processes (plant) and consumption/demand. Through completion of the project, group cooperation, report writing and presentation technique will be put into practice.
PBL skills learning objectives:
- Establish and contribute to a collaboration with the group and the supervisor
- Apply covered theories on group dynamics, teamwork, and conflict resolution
- Formulate and enforce a group contract with the group.
- Identify relevant problems, formulate a problem statement, and explain proposed solutions.
- Apply knowledge about references and source management.
- Apply academic and technical writing style, report structure and rules for plagiarism.
- Communicate the results of the project work in writing, graphically and orally to different target groups.
Competences
At the end of the semester, the students must be able to: analyse and design supply systems for a small urban area using competencies, skills and knowledge obtained in the individual courses including
- Applying sustainability as a concept.
- Analyse and calculate demands for supply.
- Identify resources for water supply.
- Identify wastewater treatment solutions.
- Identify climate challenges and design the rainwater management.
- Include basic technical aspects.
PBL competency learning objectives:
- Apply and reflect on covered theories on learning and motivation.
- Describe and reflect on the group’s cooperation.
Topics
Teaching methods and study activities
Problem based learning will be applied. The students will be participating in defining the knowledge needed to complete the project.
The project period is 15 weeks, incorporated into the schedule for the first 12 weeks and then full time project work during the last 3 weeks. The working hours for each student are approx. 275 hours.
The following courses are directly related to the semester project:
SE-CIA1, SE-BUD1 and SE-GEO1.
Resources
Please see each individual course description.
Evaluation
Examination
Exam prerequisites:
Project description must be duly handed in and approved.
Type of exam:
Group exam with individual assessment based on project report and process report submitted before the deadline. Students' individual weighting of academic subjects must be specified in the process report.
Group presentation approx. 20 minutes, followed by joint examination with joint discussion and individual question rounds for approx. 20 minutes per student including voting.
Individual assessment based on an overall assessment of the submitted work and the individual's performance during the test.
Internal assessment
Tools allowed:
The handed in project.
Re-exam:
Same as the ordinary exam.
Based on the submitted project, the examiner gives the student guidance on necessary improvements in relation to passing the exam (possibly, that a new project should be prepared). The students are informed about specific deadlines and details of the project work. Project groups are formed if possible. No guidance is provided in the period leading up to submission.
The project is assessed at an oral exam.
Grading criteria
Grading based on the Danish 7-point scale.
Additional information
Responsible
Natalia Nowak
Valid from
01-08-2024 00:00:00
Course type
Keywords
Data acquisition, validation and application, demand calculations and patterns, legal framework and municipal plans, basic process design
Learn to learn. Project methodology and PBL. Own learning process. Report writing. Teamwork