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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear colleagues of Physics and Astronomy,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">This e-mail is complementary to yesterday’s presentation at the staff meeting. If you were not present, here is a quick summary:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-GB">To complete their BSc, students in Mechanical Engineering need to carry out a project in the spring semester (2 last blocks).
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-GB">These projects can be external, but a lot of them are usually in research groups, sometimes at UT but also at VU. The type of projects range from theoretical models
(CFD, FEA,…) to designing and building experimental setup, or software programming to automate data acquisition and/or interpretation.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-GB">A new element that will be introduced this week is an assignment/project market here at VU. Our students can pick assignments here at VU or at UT and there was previously
a combined market at UT, which many VU colleagues could not attend, resulting in low demand for VU projects. This year, there will be 2 markets, students as well as VU potential supervisors will be invited to both, but in practice, we think most will focus
on the VU one. With this, we hope to create good connections from the start between VU supervisors and ME students and ultimately have more students chose project that you propose.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-GB">General timeline: potential supervisors submit projects between now and January, market on Feb 3<sup>rd</sup>, projects allocated on 12<sup>th</sup> , literature
review and definition of research from this point until mid-April, “full-time” work from students (4.5 day/week) from mid-April to end of June (12 weeks).<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Submitting a project:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB">If you already have UT credentials
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">you can fill in the application form directly </span>
<span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://forms.office.com/e/bGtUvTTbRe">https://forms.office.com/e/bGtUvTTbRe</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB">If not </span>
</b><span lang="EN-GB">you can fill in the attached Word file and we will fill in the UT form on your behalf.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">Since some projects here at Physics may constitute or be tied to sensitive IP, we sometimes get questions about confidentiality and NDA’s. I hope the attached document on IP answers your questions/concerns.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">If you still have questions, feel free to ask by e-mail or find me for a quick discussion (usually in 3B-131), I will do my best to find an answer quickly even if I am new in this coordinating
role. I do have experience supervising such assignments and a good notion of what skills and knowledge our ME students (should) have.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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