Course detail

Diploma Engineering Project

FSI-UD5-AAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course provides students with an opportunity to work on their master’s thesis. The skills and abilities acquired during the work on the thesis can student later utilize in their mechanical engineering jobs. For this reason, a significant emphasis is placed on self-study and independent work.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

21

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Pavel Charvát, Ph.D.

Department

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FSI)

Entry knowledge

Practical knowledge of engineering mechanics, machine design, thermodynamics and heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and material engineering. Computer skills (the necessary level depends on the topic of master’s thesis).

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

To obtain the credit, the student must have the master’s thesis either fully completed or just before completion at the end of the semester.
The work progress on the master’s thesis is monitored by the master’s thesis supervisor. Students are obliged to report the progress to their master’s thesis supervisors. The scope and extent of the progress monitoring is determined by the master’s thesis supervisor.

Aims

The aim is to create space for the work on master’s thesis and related activities (performing experiments, performing computer simulations, preparing engineering drawings, etc.). Particular emphasis is placed on the ability of students to accurately formulate a problem and propose a suitable solution.
Students will learn to work independently when solving engineering problems. They will learn how to proceed from acquiring of relevant information to the development of the solution and its presentation.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BUDYNAS, Richard G., J Keith NISBETT and J. Joseph Edward SHIGLEY, Shigley's mechanical engineering design. New York, McGraw-Hill Education 2015. ISBN 9780073398204. (EN)
ÇENGEL, Yunus A. a Michael A. BOLES. Thermodynamics an engineering approach. 8. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2015, 1115 s. ISBN 978-0-07-339817-4. (EN)
DOWLING, Norman E, Mechanical Behavior of Materials, 4th Edition, Pearson, 2013. ISBN 9780131395060. (EN)
INCROPERA, Frank, David DEWITT, Theodore BERGMAN a Adrienne LAVINE. Principles of heat and mass transfer. 7th ed., international student version. Singapore: John Wiley, c2013, xxiii, 1048 s. ISBN 978-0-470-64615-1. (EN)
ZIENKIEWICZ, O. C., Robert L. TAYLOR a D. D. FOX. The finite element method for solid and structural mechanics. 7th ed. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2014. ISBN 978-1-85617-634-7. (EN)

Recommended reading

Appropriate literature will be recommended by the teacher (master’s thesis supervisor) based on the topic of the master’s thesis. Vhodná literatura bude doporučená vyučujícím (vedoucím diplomové práce) na základě zaměření diplomové práce. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-ENG-A Master's 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Supervision of Master’s thesis

156 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Pavel Charvát, Ph.D.

Syllabus

The content of the course is independent work of the students on their master’s thesis under supervision of the assigned supervisors. The scope of work is determined by the supervisor. The work may include, but is not limited to, self-study, analysis of various engineering solutions, engineering calculations, preparation, execution and evaluation of experiments, and computer simulations.