Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

Thesis

Outline

• General • MSc EE Process• Rubrics• QnA

Brief Background~2011 the thesis process will be evaluated

by Högskoleverket.Värdens Bästa Magister Arbete (VBMA)

project. (coodinated @ COM level)Aim; Generate HIGH quality thesis works. Students get good work experience, and can start working directly in industry. We get publications, that increases our rating.

MSc Thesis Project

• Work in pair of students– Academic supervisor, faculty reviewer and

examiner• 30 ECTS points

20 weeks of FULL TIME WORK1600 hours of work, ~1 full year of work!Scientific work!

MSc Thesis Project

• Independence!– You need to show that you can identify

problems and solve them, without external aid.

• Time planning!– You must plan your time, in accordance with

your supervisors availability!• You are responsible to handle your thesis

project!

Thesis - Project - Research

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Research

• Add to the current human knowledge (CHK)– i.e. your own knowledge growth is not enough

• Identify a “gap” in CHK, fill it.• Do some thing new and/or differently!• Show that it is NEW and/or DIFFERENT

What is good research?

• Open minded• Critical • General• Considering alternatives• Motivates choices• Usable – Some one takes interest

Why do we use templates?

• Structure information• Similar structure across many documents• Simplifies reading and re-reading of a

document• Unified look on documents!

• You find the templates that YOU are to use at : www.bth.se/com/mscee material

Documents/Files• When exchanging documents, use PDF

(there are no options!)• NAME your documents like:

<ThesisNumber>_title_<subject>You can see your thesis number on; www.bth.se/com/mscee/ status –

writing/working• Chose subject suitable, if its needed.

Readable English

• Your English must be GOOD– Or you fail and/or get a very low grade!

• Study the “Lecture on writing English” on the course page.

• Take the “Academic English Writing” course

Know your limitations!

• Select an topic/area that you have good knowledge in!

• Choose method(s) that you can handle!• Don’t doo too much!• Less is More!

– The number of pages is usually inverse-proportional to contribution/grade.

Course Aims • have deepened knowledge within the field of electrical

engineering• be able to carry out independent work which comprises a

deepened knowledge in relation to earlier studies within the subject. The student’s own ideas and analytical and critical thinking should, in particular, be encouraged.

• through planning, implementation, and reporting get experience of scientific work within electrical engineering

• be prepared for research studies• have obtained deepened knowledge based on experience in

electrical engineering as a preparation for tasks in a working life.

Communication

• E-mail– Subject; [MscEE;Thesis Nr]: -----– Email from same email as registered in thesis

system, and state the you full name (as registered in thesis system) in the body of the message.

• Response time 3~4 days.

Deadlines

…are deadlines.

Thesis Process -- Overview

2x3x40=240h 2x15x40=1200h

2x2x40=160h

Start Phase

Inactive students, will be randomly assigned to a supervisor, two weeks into the course. Supervisor selects topic.

Proposal

Work

Defense

Thesis Project Proposal• Base Info (name, email, p.nr.)• Suitability (courses)• Background of topic• Aims and Objectives• Research Questions• Outcomes• Research Methodology• Time Plan• References

Project Thesis

ProjectThesis

ProjectThesis

Rubrics

• Used during evaluation of work/report.• Proposal Rubric• Thesis Rubric

How to start?

• LP1 2011, Talk to Anders Nelsson.