Dissertation in Plastics and Sustainability

Recommended Prerequisites

The knowledge acquired during the previous curricular units of the Plastics and Sustainability Master program.

Teaching Methods

Between September and December, students are given a list of topics proposed by teachers in collaboration with companies in the sector by plastics companies. The proposed terms will always have defined a co-supervisor in the company. The work also requires a bibliographic research, reading and study of the bibliography, under the guidance of the supervisor(s).

Learning Outcomes

The objective is to develop a tecnical-scientific work, with an original contribution, in the domain of Plastics and Sustainability. It involves the preparation and writting of a thesis, with rigorous tecnical and scientific standards. The thesis will be subject to public final examination. The thesis's subject, content and organization will be defined under the supervison of the thesis advisor(s). The course aims at developing the following skills: Capability of information management; Capability of planification and organization; Ability to undertsand the language of experts from other fields; Ability to communicate with persons that are not experts in the field; Ability of doing research work; Ability in analysis and synthesis; Ability to formulate and solve problems; Capability of critical thinking; Capability of autonomous learning, of doing research, of oral communication and writting. Capability of inovative enterpreneurship; Capability to adapt to new situations.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The syllabus will be established by the advisor(s) in function of the topic in the area of Plastics and Sustainability that will be developed and/or investigated.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Public defense of the dissertation under a committee: 100.0%

Bibliography

 Livros e artigos científicos de revistas, conferências, etc., em função do tema da tese. / Scientific books and papers from journals, conferences, etc., depending on the thesis topic.