Course detail

Individual Engineering Project

FSI-URP-AAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course provides students with an opportunity to work on individual projects in the area of mechanical engineering. The skills and abilities acquired during the work on the projects can student later utilize during the work on their master’s thesis and in mechanical engineering jobs. For this reason, the main emphasis is placed on self-study and independent work. Students regularly consult the progress of their projects with the assigned supervisors.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

12

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Pavel Charvát, Ph.D.

Department

Energy Institute (EÚ)

Entry knowledge

Practical knowledge of engineering mechanics, machine design, thermodynamics and heat transfer, fluid mechanics and material engineering. Computer skills (the level must correspond with the requirements of the course project).

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

To obtain the credit, the student must successfully complete the assigned project.
Students are obliged to report the progress of their project to the teacher (project supervisor), who also carries out the final evaluation of the project. The scope and extent of progress monitoring is determined by the project supervisor.

Aims

The goal is to prepare students for independent solution of engineering problems. The course stimulates self-study as a way of obtaining new knowledge, independent proposal and analysis of solutions to engineering problems, and elaboration and presentation of the selected 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 (project supervisor) based on the focus of the course project. Vhodná literatura bude doporučená vyučujícím (vedoucím projektu) na základě zaměření ročníkového projektu. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-ENG-A Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

195 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Pavel Charvát, Ph.D.

Syllabus

The content of the course is independent work of the student on an assigned project under the supervision of the assigned supervisor. The scope of work is determined by the supervisor. The work may include, but is not limited to, self-study, proposal and analysis of various solutions to the assigned problem, engineering calculations, and presentation of results.