Duration
9h Th, 27h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in environmental bioengineering (120 ECTS) | 6 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
Controlled environment agriculture is a new agronomic paradigm that aims at a crop production fully independant from outdoor conditions. If space eploration has been the fist technical field to be work on this for long stay, recent technological developments bring this agriculture closer to economical viability. Furthermore, this technology may offer some environmental virtues as water savings, pesticide free agriculture, very high yields or easy integration in urban environment for short food supply chain.
The course aims to train students in the technlogies of this industrial sector and to make them explore its development through immersion in the laboratory's research on this theme.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The course train students to the design of technological solutions that aims to define equipments, systems and infrastructure of food production that respect the environment
The student must succeed to conduct a project whose specifications are complex and interlinked without any predefined methodology on the basis of partial information
The student aims to achieve engineering objectives in the strategic context of the project and applies multidisciplinary knowledges and skills (systems dynamics, mechanics, control engineering, building physics and special techniques, irrigation, plant physiology, environmental metrology, image analysis,...) in a digital environment.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Physics
Mathematics
Biology
Chemistry
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Research and project-based learning
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face to face and distance learning
Project
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Distance learning
Online evaluation
Recommended or required readings
Kozai Toyoki, Niu Genhua, Takagaki Michiko, 2015, Plant Factory - An Indoor Vertical Farming System for Efficient Quality Food Production, ISBN : 0-12-801775-9
Kozai Toyoki, Fujiwara Kazuhiro, Runkle Erik S., 2016, LED Lighting for Urban Agriculture, ISBN 978-981-10-1848-0
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:
Written report and oral examination
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The project requires a face-to face or distance participation and is not subject to an assessment in second session
Contacts
f.lebeau@uliege.be