Course detail

Research and Development Project

FSI-ZKR Acad. year: 2026/2027 Winter semester

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Prerequisites

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Conditions for obtaining credit:
- active participation in exercises,
- submission of a complete project in digital form (CAD data, technical report, drawing documentation, presentation in pptx).
Examination conditions:
- successful defence of the project before the committee (it takes place in a team and is a prerequisite for passing the second part of the exam),
- Successful completion of an individual discussion in front of the committee (the key to success is sharing knowledge about the project solution among all team members), the overall grade is based on
the assessment in both parts of the exam. In total, up to 100 points can be earned, the resulting classification is determined by the ECTS scale.


Exercises and laboratories: attendance is compulsory and controlled by the teacher, maximum two absences are allowed. In the case of long-term absence, compensation of missed lessons is on the competence of the course guarantor.

Language of instruction

Czech

Aims

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The study programmes with the given course

Programme N-KSI-P: Mechanical Engineering Design, Master's
branch ---: no specialisation, 10 credits, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Laboratory exercise

96 hours, compulsory

Syllabus

Depending on the requirements and objectives of a projects, the student usually carries out development or research work in one of the following laboratories:
- Tribology.
- Reverse engineering and additive technologies.
- Technical diagnostics.

Computer-assisted exercise

52 hours, compulsory

Syllabus

– Presentation of project assignments, division of competencies, project map, Gantt chart.
- Problems identification and analysis / – Proposal of prototype variants of solutions.
- First review meeting with presentation of results.
- Experiments / prototype testing planning
- Data acquisition and evaluation of obtained results
- Second review meeting with presentation of results.
- Analysis of obtained results and their publication.