2023-2024 / APRI0010-1

Integrated project of automotive design

Duration

50h Th, 250h Proj., 5d FW

Number of credits

 Master of Science (MSc) in Mechanical Engineering (EMSHIP+, Erasmus Mundus)15 crédits 

Lecturer

Maarten Arnst, Eric Béchet, Olivier Bruls, Christophe Collette, Pierre Duysinx, Tristan Gilet, Jean Stuto

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

All year long

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit 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 learning unit

  • 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.
This course contributes to the learning outcomes I.2, II.1, II.2, II.3, III.1, III.2, III.3, III.4, IV.1, IV.2, IV.3, IV.4, IV.5, IV.6, IV.7, IV.8, V.1, V.2, V.3, VI.1, VI.2, VI.3, VII.1, VII.2, VII.3, VII.4 of the MSc in mechanical engineering.

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, hybrid learning)

Live presence

Recommended or required readings

Copy of lecture and seminars slides

Written work / report

Continuous assessment


Additional information:

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

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Course schedule : 2 half days per week (schedule - see CELCAT) See the shared agenda for details (course website)

  • 50% course and seminars
  • 50% tutored sessions
Mandatory presence to some of the supervised sessions, to the seminars and to company visits.

Contacts

Eric BECHET



  • Computational Geometry
  • Institute de Mécanique B52 +2/438
  • Tel 04 366 9165
  • Email:Eric.Bechet@uliege.be
Olivier BRULS




  • Systèmes Multicorps et Mécatronique
  • Institute de Mécanique B52 +2/416
  • Tel 04 366 9184
  • Email:O.Bruls@uliege.be
Pierre DUYSINX




  • LTAS-Automotive Engineering
  • Institute de Mécanique B52 0/514
  • Tel 04 366 9194
  • Email: P.Duysinx@uliege.be

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