R&D Project (5 cr)
Code: AT00BZ14-3003
General information
Enrollment
15.05.2023 - 01.09.2023
Timing
06.09.2023 - 15.12.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
3 op
RDI portion
5 op
Mode of delivery
40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning
Unit
Faculty of Technology (LAB)
Campus
Lahti Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
- English
Seats
0 - 30
Degree programmes
- Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Wood Technology (in Finnish)
Teachers
- Ilkka Tarvainen
- Markku Levanen
Scheduling groups
- Luennot (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
Groups
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TLTIEX23S1
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TLTIPUU21S
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TLTIWOODDD23SBachelor’s Degree Programme in Wood Technology 23S, Double Degree, Lahti
Small groups
- Luennot 1
Learning outcomes
The student is able to:
- make a project plan including time schedule, responsibilities and target setting
- learn customer communication
- search for professional literature to support the project
- report on the project results and analyse them
- make seminar presentation to customer
Implementation and methods of teaching
Student will learn to
• make a project plan
• search for literature to support the project
• perceive the goals of a research and development project
• report on the project results and analyze them
Contents
Course content:
• Research and Development (R&D) project
• Subjects mainly for industrial companies
• Subjects mainly related to Wood-based panels industry
• Working typically in groups of 2-4 persons
• Project plan creation
• Including project time schedule
• Project management
• Development work implementation
• Development work report
• evaluation of results and conclusions
• Seminar presentation
Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.
Basic knowledge of wood technology and the forest industry is useful but not essential
Assessment criteria
Project plan (groupwise evaluation) PASSED / TO BE COMPLETED
• company evaluation (groupwise evaluation) 25%
• project report (groupwise evaluation) 50%
• project seminar presentation (groupwise evaluation) 25%
• group cross evaluation (individual evaluation), can effect +/- 1..2 grades
• course evaluation grades 1-5
Assessment scale
1-5