Examination arrangement

Course content

All lectures and supervision in Norwegian.

In the spring semester, the students will carry out a project work in groups of students. The theme for the project work must be related to a course in the field of study «Operation and maintenance technology». The project should preferably be carried out in collaboration with a company and be operation and maintenance oriented. During the month of January, a preliminary project is carried out where the problem and result goals for the project are prepared. Students will work independently under supervision.

Learning outcome

After completing the course, the candidate shall have the following total learning outcomes:

Knowledge:

The candidates will learn to immerse themselves in a specific topic in the field of operational and maintenance technology.

The specialization includes to gain knowledge through contact with the industry, literature studies and other sources, so as to combine this with own knowledge.

Skills:

The candidate will develop the ability to:

1. To identify issues and come up with clear proposals for solutions to problems dealt with in the project work.

2. Use analytical methods and tools, systematically in their proposed solutions.

3. Systematically organizing and carrying out a project work with the preparation of:

• Performance targets for the project
• Implementation plan for the project
• Project report as
  • Answers performance targets
  • Presents theory applied in the thesis
  • Discusses the analytical basis used to answer the performance targets

General competence:

The course will help the candidates to become:

• Good at acquiring new knowledge from various sources
• Independent and good at organizing own workday
• Good at working well in teams
• Good at presenting clearly to different target groups
• Good writing skills
• Good at seeing connections and thinking overall Development-oriented

Learning methods and activities

Team based project work with guidance by NTNU supervisor, min 2, max 4 students pr team. The project team itself is to propose the subject together with a detailed description in a pre-project. The report of the pre-project has to be accepted by supervisor in order to continue work with the project assignment. The accepted pre-project is to be considered as assignment's objectives and scope of work for further evaluation of the final report. It is expected that students are pro-active and use their basic knowledge to acquire new insights and build their professional competence. Students have to take initiative them selves to establish collaboration with industrial partner. Otherwise the course responsible may suggest an internal project at NTNU. Industrial partner shall be approved by course responsible/supervisor at NTNU. Students are advised to organize project groups, provide a project assignment subject and cooperation agreement with a company during the autumn semester before MAST2004 is to commence.

In addition to physical teaching, lectures are streamed and recordings placed on the NTNU's digital learning platform.

Ways of teaching and teaching activities include, but are not limited to:

• Interactive lectures
• Project work / problem based learning in groups (semester assignment)

Mandatory work requirements:

Access to final examination is granted when the candidate has delivered and had approved:

• A membership in a semester project group (individual registration)
• An collaboration agreement for semester project group (group submission)
• An A3 presentation of semester project (group submission)
• A video summarizing the results of the semester project (group submission)
• Monthly status report (group submission)
• Delivered a project plan

The mandatory work requirements must be delivered on the digital learning platform used at NTNU.

Compulsory assignments

• Video - term paper result
• Group registration semester assignment
• Agreement of cooperation semester assignment
• A3 Presentation of semester assignment
• Pre-project report
• Monthly status report

Further on evaluation

The project group must submit a pre-project report that must be approved in order to start and complete the project assignment. The project group must submit a monthly status report to the supervisor. The project group must submit a project report which forms the basis for the grade in the course. The project report must be presented to the course coordinator and fellow students within one week after submission.

Specific conditions

Recommended previous knowledge

Courses MAST2012, MAST2006, and MAST2003

Required previous knowledge

Restricted access to this course. Access to this subject require access to Bachelor studies, mechanical engineering, NTNU.

Course materials

• Viko - https://www.ntnu.no/viko/
• Course material used in MAST2006/MAST2003/MAST2012
• Book - Den gode oppgaven - håndbok i oppgaveskriving på universitet og høyskole by Rienecker / Jørgensen.

Credit reductions