Duration
12h Th, 12h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in environmental bioengineering (120 ECTS) | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French 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
Mitigating the impacts of agricultural practices aims to limit the undesirable environmental and health consequences of agriculture.
The mitigation course is a course in the discipline of Systems Engineering / Production Science. It aims at optimising production processes according to a set of criteria, and in particular environmental criteria in the agricultural field. This approach is in fact very generalist and implements "virtual engineering" which is based on the digital representation (modelling) of physical entities and their environment. The underlying paradigm is the 'Digital Twin' which is based on these digital representations.
After having provided an overall version of the problem of mitigation of the environmental impact of human activities, the course presents the mitigation approach through the theme of crop protection and in particular the use of phytosanitary products.
The students will be led to transpose the concepts seen in the theoretical course to an original agricultural issue in a practical application based on the scientific literature which uses Python programming in the practical work.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
After completing the course, the student is expected to be capable to apply the mitigation concept to a new agricultural problematic.
It will be able to mobilise the sciences of product design in a data-driven approach.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Physics (fluid mechanics,..)
Biology (plant and animal physiology,..)
Chemestry
Systems dynamics (dynamic modelization)
Programming
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
On the basis of theoretical concepts illustrated through the plant protection products application, the student is asked to transpose these concepts to an other probelmatic
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Hybrid learning
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Face-to face and distance learning
Online evaluation independent of sanitary context
Recommended or required readings
Jones, D., Snider, C., Nassehi, A., Yon, J., & Hicks, B. (2020). Characterising the Digital Twin: A systematic literature review. CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology, 29, 36-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirpj.2020.02.002
Assessment methods and criteria
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
Any session :
- In-person
oral exam
- Remote
oral exam
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred remote
Additional information:
Report and oral presentation
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
f.lebeau@uliege.be