Monthly seminars given by participants on scientific papers on
the subject chosen in collaboration between student and teacher.
The presenting student makes a short critical report about the
paper after the seminar.
This course aims at bringing the student in a position to better
understand and critically relate to research articles within the
field of biorefinery and sustainability. The objective is achieved
by thorough analysis and discussion of important scientific papers
improving the student’s ability to communicate and discuss
scientific standpoints.
Læringsmål:
En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:
Critically relate to research results within the field.
Review the methods and results in a scientific publication
within the field of biorefinery and sustainability.
Perform a well-structured and clear presentation of an issue or
method within the field of biorefinery and sustainability.
Communicate and discuss personal scientific standpoints in a
constructive way.
Present research results in English.
Critically evaluate the content and structure of a scientific
paper according to points considered when reviewing a paper for a
journal.
Define and describe the latest trends in sustainability
assessment related to biorefinery.
Define contemporary challenges in sustainability assessment
related to biorefinery.
Kursusindhold:
The world is facing huge challenges due to increasing global
population and limiting resources (e.g. fossil oil) at the same
time as the ecosystems have to mitigate and adapt to climate
change. Emerging technologies of biorefining propose an alternative
to the fossil based society. How can we assure that the biorefinery
technologies contribute to a sustainable development? The course
will focus on presentations by the students of scientific papers
from recognized journals dealing with sustainability assessment of
different technologies related to biorefinery. Papers are selected
by the student doing the presentation for the actual course day in
collaboration with the responsible teacher. For each course day,
all students are expected to have read the selected paper.
The student presentation (visual) includes the goal, results and
conclusions of the selected paper as well as a critical review of
methods, results and conclusions. Following the presentation, the
results and their implications for the research of all participants
are discussed. At latest two weeks after the presentation, the
student will send the presentation slides and the report, a
learning journal and critical evaluation with a given structure
provided to participants. The presenting student spends about 20
hours in total for the seminar and report whereas other participant
spend 5 hours in total for each seminar.
Mulighed for GRØN DYST deltagelse:
Dette kursus giver den studerende en mulighed for at lave eller
forberede et projekt som kan deltage i DTUs studenterkonference om
bæredygtighed, klimateknologi og miljø (GRØN DYST). Se mere på
http://www.groendyst.dtu.dk
