Common to the Bachelor's project, the R&D projects and the Master's thesis is that it is your own research projects that develop new knowledge. All projects can be carried out in a research group at the university, or they can be carried out in a company supported by a university supervisor with scientific insight. If you want to carry out your project in a company, you must first make an agreement with a relevant university supervisor. Together with the supervisor you can identify relevant companies. We encourage all our students to have at least one project in a research group at the university and one project in collaboration with a company.
As inspiration for your projects, you can explore the Project Catalog, the department's website or attend the Projectday 2024 on Wednesday, October 2, in Building 3140, Room 120, Gustav Wieds Vej 10A. Once you find an interesting research group, you can send an email to the researcher or visit them in their office for an informal discussion about ideas and expectations.
Projects can be carried out in many ways; here are a few examples of how this can be done in practice:
A purely experimental project, where the student, based on prior literature review, addresses a problem through experimental work. 'Experimental work' is understood in a broad sense, encompassing both lab or workshop activities as well as computer-based experiments, such as simulations, modeling, etc. The project can be conducted either at the university or in collaboration with a company.
A purely literature-based project. This can be approached in various ways, and the following is just one example of this project type. The student is presented with a topic of academic relevance by the supervisor. The student then searches for literature that sheds light on the topic. The literature is critically reviewed, compared, and analyzed by the student. For example, one might compare and evaluate the results from different studies that have used various technologies to address the same issue. Data from these different studies can be compared to identify trends, thereby bringing new insights. Finally, the entire conclusion is communicated in the bachelor's project report, which in this case may resemble a review article.
2 times a year, project days are organised, where students will have the opportunity to hear about some of the different projects you can do at BCE.
The next project day will be held on 3 October 2023 at 16-19. On this day, researchers from BCE will participate and you will have the opportunity to talk to them about possible project opportunities.
