Duration
20h Th, 80h Proj., 1d FW
Number of credits
| Master of Science (MSc) in Mechanical Engineering (EMSHIP+, Erasmus Mundus) | 8 crédits | |||
| Certificate in sustainable automotive engineering | 8 crédits |
Lecturer
Olivier Bruls, Georges de Pelsemaeker, Grigorios Dimitriadis, Pierre Duysinx, Vincent Lemort
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Innovation is a fundamental engine of perrenity of entreprises. Innovation can have a technological or marketing nature, but its characteristics is to always be oriented towards the satisfaction of customers' need should it be explicit or implicit. The course aims at developing students ability to carry out an innovation approach.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- Understand the innovation concept
- Identify innovation needs of customers
- Define target setting
- Validate the innovative concept
- Validate the innovative concept
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
- Integrated Projects (all disciplines)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Pitch seminars introducing the innovation concepts and the process of development of innovation in industrial context (Prof. G De Pelsemaeker)
Project based learning: development of an innovative concept in the framework of an international contest (for instance Valeo Innovation project, Henkel, Rolex, Airbus competitions...)
Four milestones during which students have to present the project progress in font of the class:
- Phase 0: Subject selection
- Phase 1: Target seeting
- Phase 2: Conception validation
- Phase 3: Definition and validation
- Final presentation (exam)
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
- In person lectures (seminars, presentations during milestones)
- Travail de groupe
Recommended or required readings
Assessment methods and criteria
- Evaluation of the presentation during the 4 milestones. The students write reports on the discussions and the future actions. The reports are evaluated and are accounted for in the final mark. (20%)
- Oral presentation and discussion in front of a jury during the January session. (50%)
- Final report (30%)
Work placement(s)
None
Organizational remarks
Organized as seminars during first semester.
Contacts
Pierre Duysinx,
LTAS - Automotive Engineering
Institute of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, Building B52
Allée de la Découverte 13A, 4000 Liège
Phone : +32 4 366 9194,
Fax : +32 4 366 9159,
Email: P.Duysinx@uliege.be
Prof. Dr. G. de Pelsemaeker
Research & Innovation Director
R744 Program and R&D Director
Thermal Systems Business Group
Phone: +33 6 03 64 65 40
Email: georges.de-pelsemaeker@valeo.com
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
The course has been given at Q1 and doesn't need any adaptation
Assessment subjects
Same chapters as in January
Assessment methods
Session June
The first session of exams has taken place in January
Session September
If sanitary conditions allow it, the second session will be classically based on the evaluation of the projects according to the pedagogical contract.
Contacts
Pierre Duysinx email: p.duysinx@uliege.be Mobile phone: +32 475 98 22 87 Acronyme SKYPE: pierreduysinx Link LIFESIZE: https://call.lifesizecloud.com/1230571