Duration
40h Pr, 10h Labo., 10h Proj., 2d FW
Number of credits
| Certificate in sustainable automotive engineering (non organisé en 2023-2024) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
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
The course is organised as a series of seminars given by experts from the industry (manufacturers, suppliers, design offices and consultants) or the research world (universities, research centres).
The seminars aim to present current topics and issues in the automotive and railway industry. The seminar programme may change from year to year depending on the availability of speakers. For example, the seminars cover the following topics
- Fuel consumption and vehicle emissions in real-life conditions.
- Alternative fuels
- Innovative propulsion systems
- Test procedures and evaluation of vehicle dynamics, instrumentation
- Innovative components and systemsVehicle weight reduction
- New materials and innovative manufacturing processes
- Recycling and sustainability
- Reliability and operational safety
- Passive and active safety systems
- Safety, accidentology, road infrastructureDriving assistance systems
- Connected and autonomous vehicles
- Mobility as a service
In addition to participating in the seminars, students will be assigned a topic to develop on their own or in pairs. In order to guide them and solve any problems they may encounter in understanding and developing their topic, they will be invited to meet and discuss regularly with the supervisors and, if necessary, with one or more researchers from the university or industry.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The aim of the internship is to prepare the student for the business world and future developments in the transport sectors by discovering the professional environment and specialised techniques in automotive and railway technologies.
The student will have to prove that he/she is capable of carrying out a technological survey on a current topic.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
- Vehicle performance and dynamics
- Internal combustion engines
- Electric and hybrid propulsion systems
- Vehicle architecture and components
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Face-to-face or videoconference seminars
Supervision and coaching sessions for students in their technology watch project
Visits to companies and research centres
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Blended learning
Additional information:
Blended and hybrid learning : face-to-face, visio conferences
Seminars, visio conferences, comany visit
Recommended or required readings
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
The assessment is firstly based on the student's report. There are no formal constraints on the length of the report, but it must be sober and precise.
The student's defence of the report is oral. It includes an oral presentation, a question and answer period, and is followed by a deliberation.
The final grade takes into account the scope and quality of the work done, the quality of the written report and the oral presentation, the relevance of the answers to the questions, as well as the opinion of the jury made up of industrial sponsors.
Work placement(s)
Professors propose internship subjects for which they will act as academic advisor. These subjects are collected from private companies. A student can also make a proposal, but it must be approved by an academic advisor. Students should choose a subject as early as possible, ideally at the end of the previous academic year, if they want to start during the summer holidays. The internship will have a minimal duration of 30 working days spent in the company, not including the writing of the report, nor its defence. It can start as soon as the student has finalized his/her registration, for example during the summer holidays. It is organized according to the terms of a sample agreement signed by all parties.
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The regulation, detailed guidelines, the sample agreement, and proposed internships can be found at: www.ltas.ulg.ac.be
The intership is generally performed from February to August.
Contacts
Pierre Duysinx,
LTAS - Automotive Engineering
Institute of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, Building B52
Allée de la Découverte 13A, 4000 Liège
Téléphone : +32 4 366 9194,
Fax : +32 4 366 9159,
Email : P.Duysinx@uliege.be
Dr Marc Nélis
Courriel : marc.nelis@campus-francorchamps.be