Study Programmes 2015-2016
APRI0005-3  
Integrated mechanical project
Duration :
50h Th, 250h Proj., 5d FW
Number of credits :
Master in mechanical engineering (120 ECTS)15
Lecturer :
Maarten Arnst, Eric Béchet, Jean-Luc Bozet, Olivier Bruls, Jean-François Debongnie, Pierre Duysinx, Tristan Gilet, Jean Stuto
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
All year long, with partial in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
The integrated project of mechanical engineering aims at developing the students' ability to carry out a design project from idea and conceptual design to prototyping and pre manufacturing steps.
This course at extending the education of mechanical engineering students in providing elements of technology and giving them the tools and methodology to fetch the missing knowledges when necessary.
The students will have to solve a open design problem in a group of two students.
The project will be basd on:
  • Theroretical lectures by university members
  • Seminars given by field experts generally from industry
  • Practical training such as lab session and visits of plants
Learning outcomes of the course :
  • Master background technologies in mechanical engineering.
  • Management of a design project in mechanical engineering from design to prototyping and preparation of manufacturing phase. Besides technical developments, this includes the management of the organization, planning and budget.
  • Define the specification for a mechanical project.
  • Design a mechanical component or system.
  • Apply theoretical concepts (for instance in physics, material science, heat transfer, thermodynamics, CAD, modelling methods) to the study of a mechnical system.
  • Present in a clear and synthetic manner complex enginering problems and their solution in front of people of the field.
  • Prepare a technical file related to a design problem.
  • Search for scientific and technical information and exploit it.
  • Work in a team.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Matters delivered during the mechanical option delivred in the bachelor in engineering sciences at University of Liege
  • Heat and mass transfert
  • Applied thermodynamics
  • Dynamics of mechanical systems
  • Physics of materials
  • Resistance of materials
  • Finite Elements method
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
The project work will be completed by :
  • Theroretical lectures by university members
  • Seminars given by field experts generally from industry
  • Practical training such as lab sessions and visits of plants
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Live presence
Recommended or required readings :
Copy of lecture and seminars slides
Assessment methods and criteria :
The integrated mechanical project will be assessed as follows:
  • Intermediate evaluation at Xmass or january: 30%
  • Oral presentation of the final project in June: 30%
  • Final technical report and prototype: 40%
The project will also be monitored by intermediate milstones at mi point of quadrimester.
Work placement(s) :
None
Organizational remarks :
Course schedule : Monday PM and Wednesday AM (1st semester)/ Friday PM (2nd semester), from september to may.
  • 50% course and seminars
  • 50% tutored sessions
Mandatory presence to some of the supervised sessions, to the seminars and to company visits.
Contacts :
Pierre Duysinx
  • LTAS-Automotive Engineering
  • Institute de Mécanique B52 0/414
  • Tel 04 366 9194
  • Email: P.Duysinx@ulg.ac.be