NX-492 / 7 credits

Teacher: Profs divers *

Language: English

Withdrawal: It is not allowed to withdraw from this subject after the registration deadline.


Summary

The student applies the acquired skills to a scientific, industry or a clinical project.

Content

Students are required to realize an engineering project integrating several aspects of Neuro-X. This project will allow them to apply their technical and transversal skills acquired during their studies to resolve a practical problem. The list of labs where students can search for a project is available on the web site of SNX.

This project could be carried out in a lab as Neuro-X project I, or in collaboration with an industrial (a company) or a clinical partner (a hospital) upon the lab supervision.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

  • Manage a research project
  • Apply the competences to a specific subject
  • Assess / Evaluate the results critically
  • Compose he project in written form in a scientific report
  • Develop expertise in a specific area of research
  • Represent data in a consistent and efficient way

Transversal skills

  • Access and evaluate appropriate sources of information.
  • Collect data.
  • Write a literature review which assesses the state of the art.
  • Write a scientific or technical report.
  • Communicate effectively, being understood, including across different languages and cultures.

Assessment methods

Autumn : The written report must be returned to the laboratory no later than the Friday of the second week after the end of classes.

Spring : The written report must be returned to the laboratory no later than the Friday of the first week after the end of classes.

In the programs

  • Semester: Fall
  • Exam form: During the semester (winter session)
  • Subject examined: Neuro-X project II
  • Project: 7 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Type: mandatory
  • Semester: Spring
  • Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
  • Subject examined: Neuro-X project II
  • Project: 7 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Type: mandatory
  • Semester: Fall
  • Exam form: During the semester (winter session)
  • Subject examined: Neuro-X project II
  • Project: 7 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Type: mandatory
  • Semester: Spring
  • Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
  • Subject examined: Neuro-X project II
  • Project: 7 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Type: mandatory

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