Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Have gained comprehensive knowledge and understanding of fabrication and modelling used, used in the area of nanomaterials and nanophysics.

Skills

• Be able to choose a material or material system for a given application
• Be able to fabricate and/or model a material or materials system for a given application
• Be able to demonstrate understanding of the micro- or nanostructured material or materials system and its influence on the desired application.
• Be able to give a critical evaluation of the methods applied for characterization, fabrication and/or modelling of nanostructured materials.
• Be able to compare theoretical, numerical and experimental results.

Competences

• Be able to devise an experimental method and a numerical model to falsify or validate a given hypothesis.
• Be able to use advanced experimental and numerical techniques within the field of nanomaterials and nanophysics.
• Be able to apply the background theory and the insight obtained, to synthesize and model materials for a given application.

Type of instruction

The teaching is organized in accordance with the general form of teaching. Please see the programme cirruculum §17.

Extent and expected workload

Since it is a 15 ECTS project module the expected workload is 450 hours for the student.

Exam

Exams