ELTS3900 Bachelor Thesis Course description

9 studiepoeng overlapp med RAD1200 Anatomi og fysiologi.

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 using and further developing their knowledge and expertise from several of the subject areas in the bachelor’s degree programme to carry out a realistic engineering assignment

Skills

The student:

• is capable of planning and carrying out a large-scale project in the field
• is capable of leading project meetings and communicating solutions both orally and in writing
• has practical experience of the basic principles behind scientific work methods, including searching for, assessing and using specialist literature and writing a scientific report
• is capable of searching for and assessing relevant specialist literature and writing the theoretical part of a scientific report based on this material

General competence

The student:

• is capable of translating knowledge into practical solutions
• is capable, in an independent and systematic manner, of carrying out an engineering assignment based on a practical industrial or research-related issue
• is capable of communicating electronic engineering and information technology knowledge both orally and in writing, in both Norwegian and English
• masters both independent work and team work, including the planning and implementation of a large-scale engineering project
• demonstrates a responsible and ethical approach in their professional expertise

The assignment of bachelor’s theses is based on the guidelines applicable to the faculty and the study programme. The thesis is preferably written in cooperation with a business or research community. A supervisor from the study programme will be appointed. For projects carried out in cooperation with an enterprise or public agency, an external supervisor will also be appointed.

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

• two lectures (start-up and report writing)
• preliminary project
• one meeting with the course coordinator
• one oral presentation

Students may be required to write the thesis in English.

Knowledge of linear dynamic systems;is important in many applications, including electronics, signal processing, communications, biomedical engineering, robotics and control systems. The;course deals with analysis of;linear;dynamic systems;in the time domain and the frequency domain. The course also is an introduction to modeling of systems as differential equations and solving them by application of the Laplace transform. The systems are;analyzed;by their transfer function and frequency response. The frequency response also reveals the filter characteristics of the system and how it;affects;the frequency content of a signal.;

No requirements over and above the admission requirements.

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 has knowledge of:;

• Modelling first and second order physical systems (e.g.,;mechanical, electrical, thermal, and fluid systems) as ordinary differential equations;
• Unilateral;Laplace transformation and its main properties (including calculations of Laplace transformation of functions such as impulse, step, ramp, exponential, sinusoidal);

• Inverse Laplace transform using partial fraction expansion;to find the systems time response;
• Stability analysis of transfer functions;
• Frequency response analysis of stable systems;
• The Fourier transform and its main properties;
• Concepts of;basic;filter;design;(such as low-pass, band-pass, and high-pass) and how a signals changes after filtering (both time domain and frequency domain aspects);

• Properties of first order and second order systems (such as time constant, rise-time, overshoot, settling time);

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Skills;

The student is capable of:;

• Setting up mathematical models of simple physical systems;

• Solving ordinary differential equations with the use of the unilateral Laplace transform;
• Finding the time response of linear time invariant systems (such as impulse response and step response);
• Finding the frequency content of a signal by using the Fourier transform;
• Designing;filters and finding;their frequency response;
• Identifying first-order and second-order systems based on their response in time and frequency domain;

• Using;MatLab;to solve relevant problems;

General competence;

The student is capable of:;

• Setting up a mathematical;model;of a physical system;in form;of;differential;equations;and solving them by application of the Laplace transform;
• Analyse linear systems both in the frequency and time domain;

• Design filters;to;limit the frequency content;of a signal;