Seminar I on Instrumentation

Recommended Prerequisites

Technical and scientific knowledge dependent on the subject to be addressed. English proficiency required for searching the literature.

Teaching Methods

Research under the guidance of a supervisor and/or the course coordinator or a tutored internship in a company, which will gradually evolve to the individual deepening of a subject, theoretical or experimental, ending with the presentation and discussion of the work before a panel.

Learning Outcomes

- To obtain an overview of the thematic area, including fundamental concepts, main methodologies and current main research challenges.
- To acquire a broad view of the research domain of the doctoral program.
- To improve competences of critical analysis, critical reasoning, autonomous learning, research and group integration.
- Development, organization, planning and public presentation of a scientific topic strongly related to but not coincident with that of the Thesis Project.
- Widening of perspectives in the area of the student's future training throughout the Thesis project and PhD thesis.
- Development of communication soft-skills.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Dependent on the scientific topic selected for presentation.

Head Lecturer(s)

Joaquim Marques Ferreira dos Santos

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Final public presentation before a juri: 100.0%

Bibliography

Bibliografia pesquisada pelo aluno através dos meios de acesso informático disponíveis na UC e/ou Bibliografia eventualmente disponibilizada pelos docentes de escolas avançadas, dependente do tema escolhido.
Bibliography searched by the student using the informatic means available at the UC. Eventual bibliography available from the teachers of advanced schools, dependent on the selected theme.