Draft Thesis in Structural Integrity

Recommended Prerequisites

Those required to enter the program cycle

Teaching Methods

The UC establishes no specific teaching methodology, each student will be supervised by a professor / senior researcher according to the theme and scientific field. The supervisor should specify a tutorial program that allows the student to gradually acquire autonomy in the development of literature review and other research tasks. The responsible academic staff member must assign a (tentative) advisor as early as possible, at the beginning of the academic year, in accordance with the research interests expressed by the student during its application.

Learning Outcomes

To acquire improved knowledge concerning a particular research topic, to identify the problems to be considered and to identify possible methods to solve them. The main outcome of the Draft Thesis is a written document which must include:

a) The presentation of the thesis objective, specifying the topic being investigated and identifying the branch of Structural integrity;

b) The context of this subject in a scientific field, state of the art and prospects of development of scientific knowledge in the area;

c) The potential contribution of the thesis to the evolution of scientific knowledge in the area;

d) The work plan to achieve the objective of the thesis.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Understanding what is a doctoral thesis and the degree requirement.

2. Identify and discuss some methods of preparing theses in the scientific field.

3. Contextualize the topic to be developed in a scientific domain, describe the state of the art and prospects of development of scientific knowledge in the area;

4. Identify the potential contribution of the thesis to the evolution of scientific knowledge in the field of Structural integrity;

5. Submit a detailed plan to achieve the objective of the thesis work.

Head Lecturer(s)

Marta Cristina Cardoso de Oliveira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 100.0%

Bibliography

Luis Adriano Oliveira ; Ética em Investigação Científica, Lidel 2013

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Lima, Jorge Ávila; Pacheco, José Augusto; Fazer Investigação, Porto, Porto Editora, 2006.

Pereira, Alexandre; Poupa, Carlos; Como Escrever uma Tese, Monografia ou Trabalho Científico Usando o Word, Lisboa, Edições Sílabo, 2008.

Vasconcelos e Sousa, Gonçalo; Metodologia de Investigação, Redacção e Apresentação de Trabalhos Científicos, Porto, Livraria Civilização Editora, 2005. 

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A bibliografia específica baseia-se em artigos científicos a pesquisar nas bases de dados internacionais sob recomendação do orientador.