PENG9530 Advanced Topics in Building Services Engineering Course description

The course offers in-depth study of solutions within the fields of building services engineering and integrated energy design of buildings, focusing on solutions that improve the sustainability and climate-adaptiveness of the built environment

The course will be offered once a year, provided 3 or more students sign up for the course. If less than 3 students sign up for a course, the course will be cancelled for that year.

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Students who complete the course are expected to have the following learning outcomes, defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge:

On successful completion of the course, the student:

• has a good understanding of the latest developments in the field.
• has a deep understanding of the fundamental scientific theories, standards and methods that are applied in the field.
• can evaluate the appropriateness and application of various scientific methods and approaches to research and development in the field.
• can contribute to the development of new knowledge, theories, methods, standards, interpretations and documentation in the field.

Skills:

On successful completion of the course, the student can:

• deal with complex technical questions and challenge established knowledge and practices within the field.
• formulate questions, and plan and carry out research development work at an international level in the field.

General competence:

On successful completion of the course, the student can:

• manage complex interdisciplinary tasks and projects
• pursue their research ethically and with professional integrity.
• participate in debates in international fora.
• communicate research and development though recognised national and international channels

Where appropriate, individual students will be introduced to specific parts of the course by attendance at selected lectures in master courses in the autumn:

• Seminars/lectures where students present specific parts of the subject matter.
• In addition, appropriate exercises (calculation or written) will be given, connected to the student's PhD project subject area

The following required coursework must be approved before the student can take the exam:

• All planned seminars must be completed.
• The given exercises must be passed

• Online course material for preparatory reading (flipped classroom approach)
• Lectures
• Group tutorials with live demonstrations
• Group exercises applying tools and techniques for attack, testing and defense
• Home assignments (written and practical, e.g. attacking or securing virtual machines)

• Blue-Red-team competitions in defender and attacker roles

The following required coursework must be approved before the student can take the exam:

• Five assignments composed of the following: search for information, find vulnerabilities in virtual servers, scan/attack virtual machines, find attack patterns, competitive exercises (capture the flag, red-blue-teaming). Assignments may need presence or collaboration with other students on campus.
• Participation in a round of hacking or defense-attack competition and a written report based on the activity

An individual written portfolio consisting of five assignments based on activities undertaken in the course. Each of the assignments has a word limit of 1000 words (+/- 10%), or 7 minutes (+/- 1 minute) for video or audio submissions.

The portfolio is assessed as a whole and given one single grade, but all assignments must be passed in order for the portfolio to receive a grade E or higher.

All assignments in the portfolio must be written in either English or a Scandinavian language.

The exam can be appealed.

All aids are permitted, provided the rules for plagiarism and source referencing are complied with.