Master project in Life Sciences Engineering

Summary

The Master project is the culmination of a student's work of analysis, design and implementation, which proves his/her engineering capacities. Students will engage in laboratory-based projects in the field of life sciences engineering.

Content

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

• Manage an individual research project
• Develop expertise in a specific area of research
• Implement appropriate technologies to address the scientific or engineering problem being studied
• Conduct experiments appropriate to the engineering problem being studied
• Assess / Evaluate data obtained in wetlab and computational experiments
• Integrate data obtained in wetlab and computational experiments
• Optimize experimental protocols and data presentation
• Plan experiments to test hypotheses based on obtained results

Transversal skills

• Assess progress against the plan, and adapt the plan as appropriate.
• Plan and carry out activities in a way which makes optimal use of available time and other resources.
• Use a work methodology appropriate to the task.
• Continue to work through difficulties or initial failure to find optimal solutions.
• Keep appropriate documentation for group meetings.
• Demonstrate the capacity for critical thinking
• Demonstrate a capacity for creativity.
• Write a scientific or technical report.
• Collect data.
• Make an oral presentation.

Assessment methods

Written report and oral presentation