Course detail

Diploma Seminar (N-STG, Machining)

FSI-HD2Acad. year: 2023/2024

The course is intended as a support of elaborating of the diploma thesis. Students are methodically guided in their preparation for successful defence of their diploma theses. They are made familiar with the problems related to writing scientific publications including respective formal aspects. Also discussed are more general problems related to concrete solutions of individual diploma theses.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Miroslav Píška, CSc.

Department

Institute of Manufacturing Technology (ÚST)

Entry knowledge

Students are expected to have the knowledge acquired in the course of previous study, namely in fields of theory and technology of machining, material science, metrology, mathematics, physics. English language is also required.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended the seminars and worked out the diploma thesis, including its presentation.
Participation in the courses is obligatory and can be specified by the supervisor of the diploma thesis.
Attendance at seminars can be substituted by the agreement with the teacher by consultations on solved topics at a professional workplace outside the faculty, or by visiting a technical library.

Aims

The goal of the course is to provide students with skills necessary for scientific work in the branch, and with the methodology of working out individual parts of a diploma thesis. It will familiarise them with the aspects of final formulation, editing and the layout of the diploma thesis. In the seminars, students will practice particular procedures applied when working out the diploma thesis, and will learn about the requirements for and the process of the final defence of their diploma theses.
Students will develop their planning, organizational and management skills, competences in proper selection, decision-making and pragmatic elaboration of technical-economic materials and information. They will be provided with the principles of working out the diploma thesis, work with technical literature, references, citations, text editing, preparing of presentation, and the presentation as such.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Internet http://knihovna.fme.vutbr.cz/?iddm=640
Odborné a vědecké časopisy (CIRP, ASME)
Anoop Desai, Aashi Mital. Production Economics: Evaluating Costs of Operations in Manufacturing and Service Industries. CRC Press, 2018. p. 530 (EN)
ČSN ISO 5966 - Formální úprava vědeckých a technických zpráv. Český normalizační institut, Praha, 1995. 32 s. MDT 06.055. (CS)
Dušan Katuščák: Jak psát závěrečné a kvalifikační práce. Enigma. 2022. s. 162. ISBN 978-80-89132-70-6. EAN 9788089132706 (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-STG-P Master's

    specialization STG , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Petra Sliwková, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Beginning discussion about: conception of DW, concretization of DW topics.
1. Opening discussion: conception of the diploma thesis, concretization of the topics.
2. Analysis of the diploma work in process.
3. Fundamental principles of working out the diploma thesis.
4. Fundamental principles of working out the diploma thesis.
5. Work with the technical bibliography, references, citations, Internet sources.
6. Work with the technical bibliography, references, citations, Internet sources.
7. Text editing and layout of the diploma thesis.
8. Text editing and layout of the diploma thesis.
9. Preparing of presentations.
10. Preparing of presentations.
11. Project presentations.
12. Project presentations.
13. Course-unit credits.

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course