IDENTIFYING DATA 2010_11
Subject (*) FINAL MASTER'S PROJECT Code 205151110
Study programme
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2006)
 Cycle 2nd
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
30 Compulsory Second Only annual
Language
Anglès
Department Enginyeria Química
Química Analítica i Química Orgànica
Coordinator
RIUS FERRÚS, FRANCISCO JAVIER
 E-mail fxavier.rius@urv.cat
magdalena.constanti@urv.cat
jordi.riu@urv.cat
ioanis.katakis@urv.cat
ciara.osullivan@urv.cat
teresa.mairal@urv.cat
mayreli.ortiz@urv.cat
franciscojavier.andrade@urv.cat
Lecturers
RIUS FERRÚS, FRANCISCO JAVIER
CONSTANTÍ GARRIGA, MAGDALENA
RIU RUSELL, JORDI
KATAKIS ., IOANIS
O'SULLIVAN ., CIARA
MAIRAL LERGA, TERESA
ORTÍZ RODRÍGUEZ, MAYRELI
ANDRADE ., FRANCISCO JAVIER
Web http://moodle.urv.net/docnet/docencia/
General description and relevant information This is the most important subject of the master programme. It consists of developing an original research work at the laboratory. The work performed must be written and defended in English in a public session.

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
  Research
Type B Code Competences Transversal
  Research
  BR1 Resoldre problemes de manera efectiva.
  BR2 Treballar de manera autònoma amb iniciativa.
  BR3 Capacitat de gestió de la informació.
  BR4 Capacitat d’organització i planificació.
  BR5 Presa de decisions.
  BR7 Teamwork.
  BR9 Capacity to adapt to new situations.
  BR11 Capacity for generating new ideas (creativity).
Type C Code Competences Nuclear
  Common
  Research
  CR1 Comunicar-se de manera efectiva en la pràctica professional i com a ciutadà.
  CR2 Dominar l’expressió i la comprensió de, pel cap baix, un idioma estranger.
  CR4 Tenir adquirides les competències bàsiques en TIC.
  CR5 Ability to communicate with experts of other professional fields.

Learning aims
Objectives Competences
Students must acquire and practice a range of skills that are in many cases, complementary to those acquired in other subjects. As the subject consists entirely in practices at the laboratory, students must have initiative and creativity, must be critical, need to know how to plan experiments and organize the time and work, etc.. At the same time, the work will be performed within a team, so they must have the skills to engage and work with colleagues BR1
BR2
BR3
BR4
BR5
BR7
BR9
BR11
 CR1
CR2
CR4
CR5

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1 Study and selection of master work to perform. Clear identification of objectives.
The student must know how to motivate the selected work and the added value it represents.
2 Once the experimental work has been selected, you need a thorough literature review to ascertain the state of the art. You need to know how to select the literature and acquire the foundations for the relevant research project.
3 Preparation of the experimental work. Preparation of procedures, reagents, instruments to be carried out. Programming the experimental design.
4 Implementation of the laboratory work. Discussion of results with the supervisor.
5 Drafting of the document that includes all work done. This document will be formatted like a research paper for publication in a scientific journal. It will be written in English.
6 Presentation of the work in front of a panel made of three professors/researchers involved in this or other master's programs.

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours Hours outside the classroom (**) Total hours
Introductory activities
5 5 10
 
Debates
18 18 36
Presentations / expositions
4 0 4
Assignments
600 0 600
 
Personal tuition
50 50 100
 
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Presentation of activities related to the master work to be performed and supervisors with whom the students will work together.

Debates Continuous discussions with the supervisor throughout the research work so as to be guided in all aspects involved in the methodology of experimental work.
Presentations / expositions Presentation and defence of experimental work. Usually with the aid of a ppt that has to be prepared beforehand.
Assignments The experimental work should be reflected in a written report that takes the form of a research paper publishable in a scientific journal.

Personalized attention
 
Personal tuition
Description
Continued meetings with the student, either individually or in the frame of the research team work to continuously monitoring each stage of the described work.

Assessment
  Description Weight
Presentations / expositions Presentation and defence of the master thesis work in front of a jury composed by three members from the academia or the industry, related to the master subject. 100
 
Other comments and second exam session

Sources of information

Basic

Every master work has its own bibliographic references and data sources. There are general sources of information such as scientific journals, encyclopedias and handbooks, but in general, each research work requires specificity in the information sources.
Complementary

Recommendations
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.