BAPD1401 Material based Design Course description

Approved laboratory course in KJTS2100 Chemical Engineering, KJM2300 Analytical Chemistry I and KJM2400 Biochemistry and Microbiology, or corresponding qualifications.

Admission to the programme and approved training in Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) in at least two of the department's material areas.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student is capable of explaining:

• theoretical and practical principles for the use of chromatographic techniques, with the emphasis on gas chromatography and liquid chromatography
• the theory and functioning of mass spectrometry, basic interpretation of mass spectra
• general sampling principles and practical techniques for sampling gas, liquid and solids
• important sample preparation techniques for chromatographic analysis, including extraction, preparative chromatography and concentration techniques
• principles for method development, optimization and method validation for chromatography
• principles for quality control and quality assurance in a chemical laboratory
• the importance of planning and preparing laboratory work.
• data processing and analysis of large data sets in analytical chemistry

Skills

The student is capable of:

• performing quantitative analyses in accordance with standardized operating procedures
• calibrating and adjusting common measurement instruments
• choosing the appropriate laboratory equipment and using it correctly
• making their own assessment in the choice of sample preparation and analysis techniques
• preparing calibration standards and generating calibration curves that meet the necessary quality requirements
• reading scientific articles and searching in journal databases to find relevant literature in connection with method development and implementation
• using statistical methods and relevant software for data extraction, data analysis and interpretation and quality assurance in analytical chemistry
• determining the identity of unknown analytes based on chromatographic and mass spectrometry analyses

General competence

The student:

• has insight into the application and limitations of common chromatographic and mass spectrometry analysis techniques
• has insight into requirements for good laboratory practice
• has knowledge of the principles for developing new analysis methods, including sampling, sample preparation, qualitative and quantitative analysis
• has knowledge of how accuracy and precision in measurement results are affected by sources of error and uncertainty in instrumentation, procedures and work techniques
• has a background for understanding developments and future perspectives in the field
• is capable of communicating their own results orally and in writing

Workshops, lectures, demonstrations, workshop practice and individual and group assignments.

The following coursework is compulsory and must be approved before the student can take the exam:

• Research question: One A4 page containing text and inspirational images.
• Workshop and submission of practice results, 3 documents showing a repeated pattern in at least three color variations.
• Form and surface. Workshop and submission of practice results, 3 documents showing a form with at least three different surface compositions.

Portfolio assessment subject to the following requirements:

• Part 1.
  • Physical exhibition consisting of Physical models and manual or digital drawings that show a form development process.
  • Object or object collection.
  • Selected material experiments that have had an impact on the design of the object.
• Part 2:
  • Physical object, idea sketches, models and material testing.
• • Report with documentation of the design process and material exploration, 15-20 pages. The report must show a comprehensive and thorough visual description of the design process, form and material exploration, supplemented by explanatory text. Claims must be professionally substantiated, and source references must be available.

All parts of the portfolio must be passed (grade E or better) in order to pass the exam in the course.

The exam result can be appealed.

All aids are allowed as long as the rules for source referencing are followed.

Grade scale A-F.

Two internal examiners. External examiners are used regularly.

Kristin Andreassen

Grade scale A-F.