Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Have knowledge and comprehension of the Problem Based Learning methods, as it is applied at Aalborg University
• Have knowledge and comprehension within the design, analysis and modelling of offshore energy systems or subsystems with complex dynamics and elements with linear and non-linear behaviour
• Have knowledge and comprehension within test design, modelling and identification of components used in offshore energy systems
• Have knowledge and comprehension within modelling of offshore energy systems based on physics as well as data in the form of stochastic systems or processes

Skills

• Be able to judge the usefulness of the used different scientific methods for the analysis, modelling, and verification of offshore energy systems and/or components
• Be able to verify the analytical and numerical approaches by means of simple laboratory experiments
• Be able to communicate scientific results by means of a project report and an oral presentation in English.

Competences

• Be able to control the working and development process within the project theme, and be able to develop new solutions within modelling and identification of offshore systems
• Independently be able to define and analyse scientific problems for modelling and identification of offshore systems, and based on this be able to make and state the reasons for decisions made for instance with respect to their influences on the environment
• Independently be able to continue own development in competence and specialisation

Type of instruction

Problem based project oriented project work in groups. During the project period you should be able to plan and structure the project work, work in groups and solve conflicts, use consensus versus fight/voting and see differences among group members as a strength. You should also work with the structure of a project report and prepare a problem formulation, set up project limitation and time schedule. The project should be based on modelling and identification of a simple offshore system. The set-up system should be analysed, and models and simulations of the offshore system are to be made. Different system identification methods are to be applied to find the parameters of the system. The set-up models should be verified by experimental tests, either directly on a real offshore system or on a model, or parts of the systems, set up in the laboratory.

Extent and expected workload

Since it is a 10 ECTS project module, the work load is expected to be 300 hours for the student

Exam

Prerequisite for enrollment for the exam

• It is a pre-condition for students who have not studied the Aalborg PBL Model at Aalborg University that they have passed the course in “Project Based Learning and Project Management” prior to the project examination.

Exams

Name of exam	Problem Based Project Organised Learning in Modelling and Identification of Offshore Systems
Type of exam	Combined written and oral examination, Project Exam
ECTS	10
Permitted aids	All written and all electronic aids
Assessment	7-point grading scale
Type of grading	Internal examination
Criteria of assessment	As stated in the Joint Programme Regulations. http:/​/​www.engineering.aau.dk/​uddannelse/​studieadministration/​

Additional information

Project on 1st Semester INTRO of Offshore Energy Systems (OES).