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Applied Mechanics Master Programme Evaluation-14, MPAME

Status: Avslutad
Öppen för svar: 2014-12-09 - 2014-12-23
Antal svar: 31
Procent av deltagarna som svarat: 70%
Kontaktperson: Peter Folkow»
Utbildningsprogram som genomför enkäten: Maskinteknik 300 hp
Utbildningsprogram studenten tillhör: Maskinteknik 300 hp

Background

1. Where did you study for your Bachelor degree?*

Please comment if you studied in another country than your native country.

31 svarande

Sweden - Chalmers»21 67%
Sweden - another university»2 6%
University outside Sweden»8 25%

Genomsnitt: 1.58

- I did my Bachelor in Mondragon university in Basque Country (4 years) but at my last year I went as an exchange student (Erasmus) to the university of Skövde.» (University outside Sweden)
- INP-ENSEEIHT - Toulouse - France» (University outside Sweden)

2. What is your opinion on the information about the master programme when you applied?

Information from home pages, programme administration etc.

31 svarande

Poor»0 0%
Rather poor»1 3%
OK»4 13%
Good»12 41%
Very good»12 41%
I did not seek/need information»2

Genomsnitt: 4.2

Your own effort

3. How many hours per week have you spent studying at this programme?

We mean total time, that is, it comprises the time you spent in class and the time you spent on your own work. Try to estimate the average time over the entire programme.

31 svarande

Around 30 hours/week or less»2 6%
Around 40 hours/week»8 25%
Around 50 hours/week»15 48%
Around 60 hours/week or more»6 19%

Genomsnitt: 2.8

- Some weeks some less, but during some study periods I was at Chalmers 12 hours a day during week and studying some during weekends.» (Around 60 hours/week or more)
- some weeks more than 60 hours» (Around 60 hours/week or more)

4. How large part of the teaching offered did you attend?

31 svarande

0%»0 0%
25%»1 3%
50%»1 3%
75%»10 32%
100%»19 61%

Genomsnitt: 4.51

- More than 75 % but not all.» (75%)
- I missed some lectures, I would say I came to more than 95%.» (100%)
- I missed some lectures during each periods, but i attended to most lectures, maybe 92 %» (100%)

Goals and goal fulfilment

The programme syllabus states the goals in terms of learning outcomes, i.e., knowledge, skills and attitudes to be acquired by the student during the education. The learning outcomes are (excerpts):

After the master programme in Applied Mechanics the students should be able to

-formulate mechanical engineering problems as mathematical models.

-use advanced topics regarding mathematical modelling as well as computational and experimental techniques relevant for the specialized tracks.

-show insight and ability to work in teams and collaborate in groups with different compositions.

-be able to give written and oral presentations of their conclusions and knowledge to specialist and non-specialist audiences.

5. How understandable are the programme goals?

31 svarande

The goals are difficult to understand»0 0%
The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer»5 16%
The goals are clear enough»26 83%

Genomsnitt: 2.83

6. Are the goals reasonable for a master degree?

31 svarande

No, the goals are set too low»0 0%
No, the goals are a bit too low»1 3%
Yes, the goals seem reasonable»30 96%
No, the goals are a bit high»0 0%
No, the goals are set too high»0 0%

Genomsnitt: 2.96

- Why is there no question if the programme fulfills the goals? Understandable and reasonable does not guarantee fulfillment.» (Yes, the goals seem reasonable)

Programme layout

The masters programme in Applied Mechanics consists of two compulsory courses in the first quarter (Mechanics of solids, Mechanics of fluids) and the compulsory course "Project course" in quarter four. There are also several semi compulsory courses.

7. What do you think of the programme layout?

31 svarande

Poor»0 0%
Rather poor»0 0%
OK»4 12%
Good»15 48%
Very good»12 38%
No opinion»0

Genomsnitt: 4.25

- I think the project course is a well needed input for the otherwise verry theoretical MP. One thing I don"t like is that the basic semi compulsory courses can"t be. change for more advanced semi compulsory» (Good)
- Most courses uses computer assignments, good! Great way of learning! But I feel that half of the time I"m writing reports. I"m missing doing excercises with pen and paper, which is good for my understanding. » (Good)
- Mechanics of solids and fluids are very good to get every one to the same level. Also the project course was really good and helpful. » (Very good)
- The first two compulsory courses give you the opportunity to know if you want to take the Solid or Fluid path. For example, in my case, it help me to realize that I wanted to take the Solid path and do not take any course on Fluids at all.» (Very good)
- It is nice that you can choose your own courses!» (Very good)

8. Do you miss a course or a topic in the master programme?

31 svarande

Yes»6 19%
No»25 80%

Genomsnitt: 1.8

- One more fluent course in the basic semi compulsory section.» (Yes)
- There is missing a good course for the fluid mechanics in the first period of the last year (fifth year). There is a course in turbomachinery but another one aiming on the fluid dynamics is missing. » (Yes)
- More training in tensor algebra! » (Yes)
- I would like to have a course in large deformation theory.» (Yes)
- Contact mechanics» (Yes)
- Large strains mechanics» (Yes)
- I heard someone say it"s possible to choose phD students courses to include in the master. If that"s so, maybe some information about this could be good. I feel I chose some courses in the second year because out of the courses available in the master, they were the most suitable.» (No)
- Maybe something about crash and contact mechanics in some course.» (No)

9. Are there any courses that you think should either be heavily revised or even removed from the programme?

29 svarande

Yes»4 13%
No»25 86%

Genomsnitt: 1.86

- Structural dynamics - control» (Yes)
- Strucutral dynamics control should be heavily revised in all aspects. FEM structures should be revised on quality of lectures and also somewhat on content.» (Yes)
- Structural dynamics control » (Yes)
- Structural dynamics control. Too much talk Too little action » (Yes)

10. Impressions of the Computational solid mechanics specialisation.

NOTE! Only answer this question if you attended at least 3 courses in the Computational solid mechanics specialisation (Finite element method - structures, Composite mechanics, Material Mechanics, Fatigue and fracture, Finite element method - solids).
What is your impression of the

Matrisfråga

- I think maybe some fatigue should be included in the compulsory section so fluent people also learn this. »
- Some lack of teaching skills »
- I did put "Good" for teachers in this specialisation although the difference within these courses are significant. I would say that we have everything form "Poor" to "Very good" within these courses.»
- Coupling to industrial problems: it could be more related. More examples and exercises related to industrial problems. Explanation of good in teachers: some of them were really good and some of them not so good. It is much harder to follow teachers that use slides and do not write on the whiteboard.»
- It is very hard to follow teachers that use slides without writing anything on the blackboards.»
- Fem courses too theorethical. The theory doesnt help with practical understanding at all. The theory on paper are miles away from practical application, which basically means that there are two courses to learn in one: implemented fea and theorethical reasonings which are too difficult too prove during a course, but with more unproved simplifications and special circumstances still funny to test on an exam...»

relevance of the courses to this specialisation?
26 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»0 0%
OK»0 0%
Good»6 28%
Very good»15 71%
No opinion»5

Genomsnitt: 4.71

balance between theory and numerical/experimental simulations in this specialisation?
26 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»1 4%
OK»4 19%
Good»6 28%
Very good»10 47%
No opinion»5

Genomsnitt: 4.19

coupling to industrial problems in this specialisation?
26 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»4 19%
OK»6 28%
Good»5 23%
Very good»6 28%
No opinion»5

Genomsnitt: 3.61

teachers in this specialisation?
26 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»0 0%
OK»2 9%
Good»7 33%
Very good»12 57%
No opinion»5

Genomsnitt: 4.47

11. Impressions of the Fluid dynamics specialisation.

NOTE! Only answer this question if you attended at least 4 courses in the Fluid dynamics specialisation (Computational Fluid Mechanics, Compressible Flow, Turbulence Modelling, Turbomachinery, Gas Turbine Technology, Multiphase Flow).
What is your impression of the

Matrisfråga

- The lecturer in the compressible flow were not as good as in the other courses. The only course where I did not feel the need to attend classes. »

relevance of the courses to this specialisation?
17 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»0 0%
OK»0 0%
Good»4 40%
Very good»6 60%
No opinion»7

Genomsnitt: 4.6

balance between theory and numerical/experimental simulations in this specialisation?
17 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»0 0%
OK»2 20%
Good»4 40%
Very good»4 40%
No opinion»7

Genomsnitt: 4.2

coupling to industrial problems in this specialisation?
17 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»0 0%
OK»4 40%
Good»3 30%
Very good»3 30%
No opinion»7

Genomsnitt: 3.9

teachers in this specialisation?
17 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»0 0%
OK»0 0%
Good»5 50%
Very good»5 50%
No opinion»7

Genomsnitt: 4.5

12. Impressions of the Structural dynamics specialisation.

NOTE! Only answer this question if you attended at least 3 courses in the Structural dynamics specialisation (Structural dynamics, Rigid Body Dynamics, Structural dynamics model validation, Structural dynamics control).
What is your impression of the

Matrisfråga

- I did put "Good" for teachers in this specialisation although the difference within these courses are significant. I would say that we have everything form "Poor" to "Very good" within these courses.»
- Coupling to industrial problems: even if it was good, I would like to have more examples and exercises related to that. The teachers were very very good in this specialisation.»

relevance of the courses to this specialisation?
23 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»0 0%
OK»0 0%
Good»6 33%
Very good»12 66%
No opinion»5

Genomsnitt: 4.66

balance between theory and numerical/experimental simulations in this specialisation?
23 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»0 0%
OK»0 0%
Good»9 50%
Very good»9 50%
No opinion»5

Genomsnitt: 4.5

coupling to industrial problems in this specialisation?
23 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»0 0%
OK»3 16%
Good»6 33%
Very good»9 50%
No opinion»5

Genomsnitt: 4.33

teachers in this specialisation?
23 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»0 0%
OK»0 0%
Good»8 44%
Very good»10 55%
No opinion»5

Genomsnitt: 4.55

Programme administration

13. What is your general impression of the programme administration?

Programme administration means the programme director (Lennart Josefson) and student administrators (Carina Schmidt and Ulla Lindberg-Thieme).

31 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»0 0%
OK»4 14%
Good»14 50%
Very good»10 35%
No opinion»3

Genomsnitt: 4.21

- Carina is very helpful!» (Good)

14. What is your opinion of the information as a current student within the program?

Information about programme layout, specialisations, elective courses, theses, PhD studies.

Matrisfråga

- There was a master thesis presentation where nobody from fluid department showed up.»
- Zmart should be mainly marketed for the fifth year"s students and not the 1:st or 2:nd year, as it is now. »
- Information of phD studies were given at a FEM lecture recently. It was very good, and it is good to know a bit about it before we graduate in case it"s something we consider.»

Program information
31 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»2 6%
OK»4 12%
Good»10 32%
Very good»15 48%
No opinion»0

Genomsnitt: 4.22

Specialisations
31 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»1 3%
OK»7 23%
Good»12 40%
Very good»10 33%
No opinion»1

Genomsnitt: 4.03

Elective courses
31 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»2 6%
OK»1 3%
Good»13 41%
Very good»15 48%
No opinion»0

Genomsnitt: 4.32

Theses
31 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»1 3%
OK»5 16%
Good»10 32%
Very good»15 48%
No opinion»0

Genomsnitt: 4.25

PhD studies
31 svarande

Very poor»2 6%
Poor»5 16%
OK»8 26%
Good»9 30%
Very good»6 20%
No opinion»1

Genomsnitt: 3.4

15. What is your opinion on the support from the Student centre (Johan Bankel, Lilian Sandström)?

31 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»1 4%
OK»3 14%
Good»9 42%
Very good»8 38%
Did not seek their support or help»10

Genomsnitt: 4.14

- Lilian is super. Sometimes it might be hard getting a straight answer from bankel but mostly good.» (Very good)

Study climate

16. Did you feel welcomed by Chalmers and the staff at the master programme during your first days?

31 svarande

No, not at all»0 0%
To some extent»4 15%
Yes definitely»22 84%
No opinion/did not attend»5

Genomsnitt: 2.84

- When I came the fist day I was not enrolled in the program because of some problem and I spent the first week going around fixing things: registration, e-mail, schedule...» (To some extent)

17. How well has cooperation between you and your fellow students worked?

31 svarande

Poorly»0 0%
Rather poorly»0 0%
OK»2 6%
Rather well»8 25%
Very well»21 67%
Did not seek cooperation with my fellow students»0

Genomsnitt: 4.61

- It has been really enriching to work with my fellow students.» (Very well)

18. What do you think of the principle of having mixed groups (culture, gender) in some of the courses?

31 svarande

Bad»0 0%
Rather bad»1 3%
OK»2 6%
Good»6 20%
Very good»21 70%
No opinion»1

Genomsnitt: 4.56

- Having mixed groups sounds very good but has this deliberate mixing ever been the case? We have random groups for some projects but has there ever been a specific principal to have mixed groups based on culture and gender? In what way has this been enforced?» (Very good)

19. How are the opportunities to come in contact with teachers?

General impression of the staff"s accessibility.

31 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»0 0%
OK»0 0%
Good»9 29%
Very good»22 70%
Did not seek contact»0

Genomsnitt: 4.7

- Sometimes it was difficult to find some teachers at their office, but it is understandable, they have other things to do.» (Good)
- Very easy to ask teachers questions and get quick responses.» (Very good)

20. Are your impression that the student opinions and results from course evaluations have significant impact and are taken seriously?

30 svarande

Not at all»2 7%
To some extent»11 39%
Yes, definetly»15 53%
No opinion»2

Genomsnitt: 2.46

- I hope they are, because I feel I have given some good review on the course evaluations, but I do not exactly know since I did not have an impression for before and I still do not know if the courses which I give review on will be changed.» (To some extent)

21. What do you think of attending an education given in English instead of in your native language?

31 svarande

Bad»0 0%
Rather bad»0 0%
OK»0 0%
Good»10 32%
Very good»21 67%
No opinion»0

Genomsnitt: 4.67

- I would learn more in my native language» (Good)
- It"s good to practise.» (Very good)
- It has been a problem sometimes because I could not understand some of the words and because the communication when trying to explain something really difficult was more complicated, but I feel it is a really good opportunity to learn English and get into this world with English vocabulary, which is how we will probably work in the future.» (Very good)

22. To what extent is your knowledge/competence from your bachelor degree sufficient to attend this programme?

Did you have the prerequisites that you need to start and follow the courses in the programme? If you feel that you lack any knowledge, please comment.

31 svarande

Poor»0 0%
Rather poor»1 3%
OK»3 9%
Good»13 41%
Very good»14 45%

Genomsnitt: 4.29

- At the beginning of the program, I felt that everyone had more knowledge than me, but after studying hard for a while, 3-4 first weeks, it felt better, I understood more during lectures. » (Rather poor)
- I have found the program very complicated, but I have always managed to catch up.» (OK)
- Since I did the bachelor at H-sektionen, I did not have any theoretical background at all in FEM.» (Good)

23. What is your opinion about that you are expected to have computer skills in Matlab?

When attending this programme, you are supposed to have some knowlege in Matlab.

30 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»0 0%
OK»1 3%
Good»11 36%
Very good»18 60%

Genomsnitt: 4.56

- I learned Matlab through initial assignments, so it was not a problem.» (OK)
- I think Matlab is one of the most vital software to meet the goals of this programm» (Very good)
- Reasonable since we use it in almost every course, which is good.» (Very good)
- I think to use Matlab as a tool in this program is a very good idea, because it is really useful and you can see the insight of the courses. However, I did not have any Matlab knowledge before I start with the master, and this has been a problem and a huge effort during the whole master, mainly in the first courses.» (Very good)

Summarizing questions

24. What is your general impression of the programme so far?

31 svarande

Very Poor»0 0%
Poor»0 0%
OK»1 3%
Good»11 35%
Very good»19 61%

Genomsnitt: 4.58

- The layout of the courses are very similar and it whould have been nice to have some more differences » (OK)
- I think everything is outstanding.» (Very good)
- I have put lots of hours into studying and completing the assignments, but I feel it was worth as I have learnt a lot.» (Very good)

25. Considering your experience from this programme, would you choose this programme if you could turn back time?

31 svarande

No»0 0%
Yes»29 100%
I do not know»2

Genomsnitt: 2

- This is everything I wanted from my masters studies.» (Yes)
- A lot of hard work and time spent but very interesting and good courses.» (Yes)
- definitely» (Yes)

26. What would be the best way to keep in contact for the future?

We would like to keep in contact with you after graduation, preferrably in such a way that you can easily come in contact with other former students as well.

31 svarande

Mail»19 63%
LinkedIn»10 33%
Facebook»1 3%
Other»0 0%
Not interested»0 0%
No opinion»1

Genomsnitt: 1.4

27. What should definitely be preserved?

- The project course»
- The teachers»
- The project course, but include some more problems to choose of.»
- The course in composite mechanics»
- everything can be preserved»
- The teachers, they are always open for questions which is very nice!»
- The course layout, with some mandatory and some elective courses is very good. »
- Course structure»
- I am very happy with the Structural dynamics specialisation.»
- Everything»
- Well designed larger assignments»

28. What should definitely be changed?

- All the FEM courses are very dry»
- It should be harder to pass courses, this is a master program that should be harder to pass. Only when studying 150% the load sometime reaches 40h a week and i"m not very bright. »
- Examples other than engines and wind turbines. Our knowledge can be applied to so many different things so it would be nice to hear something about that. »
- Using university admissions to apply for the school. My application arrived 1 day to late due to snow storm in my home country, so the post was not delivered. University admissions didn"t care about that and didn"t even want to see a signed letter from the post office explaining the reason why the application was late. Also I think that it is not necessary to have FEM background to get in to fluids dynamics. »
- Less workload»
- nothing»
- More presentation technique of technical projects »
- I would like to see more industrial examples (problems or projects) and more inspirational examples by teachers.»
- It gets really difficult to follow the lectures when the teachers use slides and just talks, because you do not follow the derivations, so I would rather if they use the whiteboard.»
- Nothing»
- Split up fluid and solid departements completely »
- Less written reports, or at last better report guidelines. Sometimes more effort is put on the report than the assignment themselves. Of course I understand the significance of reporting and documenting work, but in this school environment it sometimes becomes ridicuolus. »

29. Additional comments

- Would be nice with some applied mechanics hangaround like TD or PPU, but i know this is to expensive.»
- free coffee on Fridays :)»

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