Duration
Master thesis : 750h Proj.
Integration internship :
Number of credits
| Master MSc. in Aerospace Engineering, professional focus in aerospace engineering | 30 crédits |
Lecturer
Master thesis : Gaëtan Kerschen
Integration internship : Gaëtan Kerschen
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
All year long
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The master thesis is a substantial individual project that can be carried out in a university laboratory (possibly in collaboration with a company), in a company, a research centre, in Belgium or abroad. It is generally considered to represent the equivalent of 4 months of full-time work. The subject must be proposed or approved by a promoter, who must be a member of the permanent academic or scientific staff. The dissertation must be written in English.
For a master thesis made within a company, it is mandatory to spend at least 80 working days there.
Master thesis
The final year project is an individual large-scale project that can be carried out in a ULiège research group, other university, research centre or company, in Belgium or abroad. It is expected that the student will carry out the equivalent of four months of full-time work. The topic must be proposed to and approved by a supervisor, who must be a permanent academic or scientific member of staff.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The goal of the master thesis is to prepare the student to his/her future career in a private company or in academia. The student will have to prove that (s)he can carry out a substantial project based of the theoretical and practical knowledge and skills acquired during his/her studies. This project will almost always include a preliminary study, some substantial development, and a final discussion of the results.
Master thesis
The final year project aims to prepare students for their transition towards industrial work or academic research. Students must demonstrate that they are capable of carrying out substantial work that by applying the practical and theoretical knowledge they acquired during their studies. The report will contain a state of the art, a substantial original contribution, an analysis of the results and a conclusion.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
It is advised to choose the optional courses that will help achieve the thesis objectives.
Master thesis
Students are encouraged to take the courses that will best prepare them for working on their project.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Further information:
The thesis subjects proposed by professors or industrials are found on the JobTeaser platform (http://facsa.jobteaser.com). A student can also make a proposal, but it must be approved by an advisor. Students should choose a subject as early as possible, ideally before the end of the previous academic year, to increase the chances to finish by the deadline. The student will keep his/her advisor informed of his/her progress on a regular basis. The student must fill the required information once his/her subject is chosen on the MATHEO platform, and upload his/her final work within the requested deadlines.
https://matheo.uliege.be/
Master thesis
Blended learning
Additional information:
Academics propose topics that they are willing to supervise. These topics are proposed either by individual academics and are related to their research areas or by companies. Students can also submit their own proposals, but these must receive the approval of a supervisor. Students must chose their topics as early as possible, ideally before the end of the previous academic year, in order to allow enough time to complete the project within the normal deadline. The studies council verifies that each student has a topic and an appropriate examiners' committee. Students must give progress update to their supervisors with reasonable frequency. Progress meetings can be held in person of by videoconference.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Further information:
The final grade will be the result of two factors:
- A mark on the content given by the committee members (to which a copy of the document is to be provided). The assessment of each member will include a mark taking into account both the manuscript and its content.
- A mark for the oral defense given by the jury members present at the oral defense as well as by the president of the jury.
Master thesis
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
Evaluation is based principally on the student's written report. There is no formal constraint on the length of this report, but it contains typically between 50 and 100 pages. Students must describe the context of the work, the problem or specification addressed, the proposed solution with supporting arguments. The report will also feature an evaluation of the results, conclusions and, optionally, appendices. The presentation of the work is oral and public. Each student will present their work for up to 15 minutes, followed by a question-answer session of up to 10 minutes. The examiners' committee will then deliberate for up to 5 minutes. The final grade will reflect the quantity and quality of the work, the quality of the written report and oral presentation and the effectiveness of the student's responses during the question-answer session.
Work placement(s)
The regulation, detailed guidelines and proposed topics can be found at :
https://www.facsa.uliege.be/cms/c_3265897/fr/facsa-travail-de-fin-d-etudes-tfe
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Master thesis
Proposed topics can be found here: http://www.fsasurvey.ulg.ac.be/tfe/list.php
Contacts
President of the jury: Gaëtan Kerschen (g.kerschen@uliege.be)
Apparitorat: Bénédicte Tondeur (benedicte.tondeur@uliege.be)
Master thesis
President of the examiners' committee : G. Dimitriadis (gdimitriadis@ulg.ac.be)
Administrator : B. Tondeur (benedicte.tondeur@uliege.be)