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Solid and fluid mechanics Master Programme Evaluation-10, MPAME

Status: Avslutad
Öppen för svar: 2010-11-29 - 2010-12-19
Antal svar: 31
Procent av deltagarna som svarat: 81%
Kontaktperson: Peter Folkow»

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»23 74%
Sweden - another university»0 0%
University outside Sweden»8 25%

Genomsnitt: 1.51

- The third year of my Bachelor I studied with Erasmus at a university in Germany.» (Sweden - Chalmers)
- I did my Bachelors degree in my native country. » (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»9 31%
Good»15 51%
Very good»4 13%
I did not seek/need information»2

Genomsnitt: 3.75

- Since I was not at Chalmers when I applied, I only looked in some catalogues with information about the master programmes.» (OK)

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»5 16%
Around 40 hours/week»6 19%
Around 50 hours/week»16 51%
Around 60 hours/week or more»4 12%

Genomsnitt: 2.61

- Easliy more» (Around 60 hours/week or more)
- This is hard to estimate. But weekends were seldom weekends» (Around 60 hours/week or more)
- I do thesis now» (Around 60 hours/week or more)

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

31 svarande

0%»1 3%
25%»3 9%
50%»3 9%
75%»7 22%
100%»17 54%

Genomsnitt: 4.16

- Except ond period when I studied advanded computer aided design from Product development, that period I had 100% schedule crash. » (100%)
- 75 is a bit too little. 90% perhaps» (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 Solid and Fluid 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»6 19%
The goals are clear enough»25 80%

Genomsnitt: 2.8

- » (The goals are clear enough)

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

Genomsnitt: 3.03

7. Are these goals fulfilled within the group of mandatory courses?

These courses are Mechanics of solids and fluids, Computations in mechanics, Project in applied mechanics.

31 svarande

No, not at all»0 0%
To some extent»5 18%
Almost»7 25%
Yes, definitely»15 55%
I do not know»4

Genomsnitt: 3.37

- I think that we have had one presentation which i dont think is good enough if you want to be profficient of that. It would be better to skip it entirely or to have many moore. And I dont know what is meant by non-specialist.» (Almost)
- A course in more applied code-writing would be nice.. Make OpenFOAM part of the fluid-programme, it was the best course of my master studies» (Almost)

Programme layout

The masters programme in Solid and Fluid Mechanics consists of two compulsory corses in the first quarter and the compulsory "Project course" in quarter four. Besides that, there are courses in quarter two and three that are compulsory for each track.

8. What do you think of the programme layout?

31 svarande

Poor»0 0%
Rather poor»1 3%
OK»7 22%
Good»21 67%
Very good»2 6%
No opinion»0

Genomsnitt: 3.77

- perhaps a solid course would be good to have as mandatory for the fluid track. and vice verca» (OK)

9. Is it a good thing to have 3 mandatory courses?

31 svarande

There should be less»2 6%
It is OK»23 74%
There should be more»6 19%
No comment»0

Genomsnitt: 2.12

- I do not think that the project course should be mandatory.» (There should be less)
- I think to call is Masters in Solid and Fluid mechanics. there should be mandatory courses from both tracks so that it qualifies more to be called masters in solid and fluid mechanics. » (There should be more)

10. Should there be a more pronounced emphasis on BOTH solid and fluid mechanics?

This could be achieved by further compulsory courses for all programme students within both fields. Expected outcome would be engineers with better overall knowledge in both fields, at the expense of deeper knowledge within each specialisation.

31 svarande

There should be less»2 6%
It is OK as it is»19 63%
There should be more»9 30%
No opinion»1

Genomsnitt: 2.23

- I think it is good that it is possible to choose courses from both fields, but it should not be mandatory to do so. Master students are old enough to decide whether they want specialist knowledge within one field or if they want a broader overall knowledge.» (It is OK as it is)
- Of course it is good to know more about the other track but I think that would have to be the students choice. » (It is OK as it is)

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

31 svarande

Yes»11 35%
No»20 64%

Genomsnitt: 1.64

- biomechanics» (Yes)
- A course with a commercial FE program (the project course does not count since the program was almost impossible to use)» (Yes)
- More useful programs such as ANSYS, ABAQUS, COMSOL.» (Yes)
- I would like to learn more programming, e.g. in C++.» (Yes)
- more fatigue-design courses and more vibration courses» (Yes)
- A cfd course explaining it"s downfalls in more depth than the CFC course do today.» (Yes)
- there is no courses in constrained optimization » (Yes)
- A course in object oriented code writing, like C++ for instance. Matlab is not used by software development companies, and I think that the students from Applied Mechanics should be able to apply for those kind of positions.» (Yes)
- Ā course where You learn to apply your knowledge to specific case. This seem to be requested from the industry» (Yes)
- A even more applied fluid course would"ve been nice» (Yes)

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

30 svarande

Yes»9 30%
No»21 70%

Genomsnitt: 1.7

- fundamental structural mechanics was a bit to hard for me because i didn"t have to right "pre-knowledge"» (Yes)
- Computations in mechanics and Mechanics of solids and fluids should focus less on the fluid applications. The project course could be removed.» (Yes)
- Advanced material mechanics» (Yes)
- The project course is not good in its present form.» (Yes)
- The compulsory project course. The organization was not the best and it was not a good idea to also take in the group dynamics part/value model. Better to just focus on the technical part. » (Yes)
- Material mechanics should be heavily revised. » (Yes)
- Rigid body dynamics! The project in that course is not good, up to 60 pages of hand-written equations (!?) takes all of the focus from the actual content of the course so that we don´,t have time to learn the theory. I know that the project is suppose to reflect the course content but you do not learn it by applying it to ONE case. » (Yes)
- "Computations in Mechanics" should be revised, to make it more clear to the students.» (Yes)
- Multiphase flow needs structure and to be coupled with a course literature book. » (Yes)

13. Impressions of the Computational solid mechanics specialisation.

NOTE! Only answer this question if you attended at least 4 courses in the Computational solid mechanics specialisation (Rigid Body Dynamics, Material Mechanics, FEM Applications, Fatigue Design, Advanced Material Mechanics, Computational Nonlinear Mechanics).
What is your impression of the

Matrisfråga

relevance of the courses to this specialisation?
17 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»0 0%
OK»1 7%
Good»8 57%
Excellent»5 35%
No opinion»3

Genomsnitt: 4.28

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

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»2 14%
OK»2 14%
Good»7 50%
Excellent»3 21%
No opinion»3

Genomsnitt: 3.78

teachers in this specialisation?
17 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»0 0%
OK»3 21%
Good»8 57%
Excellent»3 21%
No opinion»3

Genomsnitt: 4

14. Impressions of the Fluid dynamics specialisation.

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

Matrisfråga

- i cant tell about Gas Turbinr technology and Multiphase flow. since i didnt take those courses »
- Credits to Lars Davidsson, best professor I have ever listened to.»
- There are almost no experimental simulations, this could be improved. »
- More of theory should be covered rather than the use of softwares.»
- Some courses have been really great while some other have been a disappointment in some way so the overall credit is "good".»

relevance of the courses to this specialisation?
22 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»0 0%
OK»2 11%
Good»6 35%
Excellent»9 52%
No opinion»5

Genomsnitt: 4.41

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

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»0 0%
OK»6 35%
Good»5 29%
Excellent»6 35%
No opinion»4

Genomsnitt: 4

teachers in this specialisation?
21 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»0 0%
OK»2 11%
Good»8 47%
Excellent»7 41%
No opinion»4

Genomsnitt: 4.29

15. Impressions of the Structural dynamics specialisation.

NOTE! Only answer this question if you attended at least 4 courses in the Structural dynamics specialisation (Rigid Body Dynamics, FEM Applications, Fundamental Structural Dynamics, Applied Structural Dynamics, Vibration Control).
What is your impression of the

Matrisfråga

relevance of the courses to this specialisation?
18 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»0 0%
OK»1 7%
Good»8 57%
Excellent»5 35%
No opinion»4

Genomsnitt: 4.28

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

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»0 0%
OK»1 7%
Good»8 57%
Excellent»5 35%
No opinion»3

Genomsnitt: 4.28

teachers in this specialisation?
17 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»0 0%
OK»1 7%
Good»7 50%
Excellent»6 42%
No opinion»3

Genomsnitt: 4.35

Programme administration

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

Programme administration means the programme director (Mats Ander), coordinators (Cecilia Hedenstierna, Johan Bankel, Lilian Sandström), student administrators (Carina Schmidt and Ulla Lindberg-Thieme).

31 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»0 0%
OK»5 16%
Good»14 46%
Excellent»11 36%
No opinion»1

Genomsnitt: 4.2

- More information should be good» (OK)
- Have not be in contact with them so much, not even all of them, but the ones I have met, have been kind and helpful.» (Good)
- very helpful!» (Excellent)
- This excellent is more for Mats Ander, » (Excellent)
- I only know Mats Ander but he is always very helpful» (Excellent)
- Easy to get in touch with and quick to reply on any questions. » (Excellent)
- Mats Ander and Ulla are doing a great job. I dont know who the others are.» (Excellent)
- Havent had much direct contact with anyone, but so far everything have worked very well» (Excellent)

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

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

Matrisfråga

- But the scheme that tells which courses that are compulsory or optional for the different specialisations could be much clearer»
- Update the homepage on regular basis. It is embarrassing that a technical university like Chalmers, does not take this seriously. Old thesis are still there etc.»

Program information
31 svarande

Very poor»1 3%
Poor»2 6%
OK»9 30%
Good»16 53%
Excellent»2 6%
No opinion»1

Genomsnitt: 3.53

Specialisations
30 svarande

Very poor»1 3%
Poor»3 10%
OK»8 27%
Good»13 44%
Excellent»4 13%
No opinion»1

Genomsnitt: 3.55

Elective courses
30 svarande

Very poor»1 3%
Poor»3 10%
OK»9 30%
Good»14 46%
Excellent»3 10%
No opinion»0

Genomsnitt: 3.5

Theses
30 svarande

Very poor»1 3%
Poor»2 6%
OK»9 30%
Good»14 46%
Excellent»4 13%
No opinion»0

Genomsnitt: 3.6

18. What is your opinion on the support from the Student centre?

31 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Poor»0 0%
OK»6 27%
Good»8 36%
Very good»8 36%
Did not seek their support or help»9

Genomsnitt: 4.09

Study climate

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

31 svarande

No, not at all»1 3%
To some extent»9 29%
Yes definitely»21 67%
No opinion/did not attend»0

Genomsnitt: 2.64

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

31 svarande

Poorly»0 0%
Rather poorly»1 3%
OK»5 16%
Rather well»7 22%
Very well»18 58%
Did not seek cooperation with my fellow students»0

Genomsnitt: 4.35

- There is always some guy/girl who does not take their responsibility like the rest but except this, it has been very well.» (Rather well)
- its been excellent» (Very well)

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

31 svarande

Bad»1 3%
Rather bad»1 3%
OK»6 19%
Good»7 22%
Very good»16 51%
No opinion»0

Genomsnitt: 4.16

- What is the point of that? I am here for one reason only, to get knowledge about engineering. Mixed groups with respect to culture only means that I have to speak english and that doesn"t help me to get the knowledge.» (Bad)
- it is good, but in some courses the groups were too big (6, on a small hand in task...). » (Good)
- I would have been very surprised if the groups would not have been mixed. My opinion is that active separation of students based on culture or gender would be a violation of the principle of equal opportunities for all students. » (Very good)
- In many courses the groups are already mixed.» (Very good)

22. 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»1 3%
Good»10 32%
Excellent»20 64%
Did not seek contact»0

Genomsnitt: 4.61

- Some persons are there all the time and are very helpful. Others, can not be found or when you find them, they do not have any time anyway. » (Good)
- The teachers are always very helpful.» (Excellent)

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

29 svarande

Not at all»1 3%
To some extent»16 61%
Yes, definetly»9 34%
No opinion»3

Genomsnitt: 2.3

- Not if the teacher think his / her way is the best, it does not matter. Some find it difficult to listen to the students. Critique can be taken in wrong way.» (Not at all)

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

31 svarande

Bad»1 3%
Rather bad»0 0%
OK»3 10%
Good»7 23%
Very good»19 63%
No opinion»1

Genomsnitt: 4.43

- It doesn"t help me to learn. The Swedish tax payers pay for the education so the lectures should be given in Swedish as well. » (Bad)
- I think it is good in general, but I think the discussions within the course would be better if you would talk swedish. » (Good)
- Sometimes the english of the teachers isnt excellent. but neither is mine» (Good)
- It´,s better to learn in English since most literature is in English anyway. It would just be confusing to mix languages within a course» (Very good)
- Does not make a difference because medium of instruction was English through-out our education.» (No opinion)

25. 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»0 0%
OK»11 35%
Good»10 32%
Very good»10 32%

Genomsnitt: 3.96

- I had a lack of knowledge in the Use of softwares, for example- MATLAb, because in our native, emphasis is given on theory rather than computations & simulations.» (OK)
- Jag hade inte FEM eller hållfasthet när jag började, men det löste sig ganska bra förmig ändå. FEM läste jag parallellt under lp2, Hållfasthet läste jag aldrig, men klarade mina kurser ändå utan problem. » (OK)
- Some basic knowledge but no deeper insight. » (OK)
- I had trouble understanding index notation and how to perform calculations with it in the begining. A compendium with more exercises or something would have been nice to have in the beginning.» (Good)

26. 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»1 3%
OK»6 20%
Good»12 40%
Excellent»11 36%

Genomsnitt: 4.1

- It"s too big focus on Matlab. Should be more of ANSYS,COMSOL,ABAQUS and so on» (OK)
- Though, alternative programming languages should be considered.» (Good)
- If you do not have experience with Matlab it is easy to learn. » (Good)
- Atleast after the bachelor on Chalmers, the matlab skills was more than enough.» (Good)
- As long as everybody is informed about it.» (Good)
- Before coming here i never used Matlab, but it is fairly good especially with the support of teachers and friends from course. i think it was really nice to use it.» (Excellent)

Summarizing questions

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

31 svarande

Very Poor»0 0%
Poor»0 0%
OK»4 12%
Good»12 38%
Very good»15 48%

Genomsnitt: 4.35

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

30 svarande

No»1 3%
Yes»28 96%
I do not know»1

Genomsnitt: 1.96

- Especially if Lars is there and willing to teach me again :) » (Yes)
- Even though it seemed difficult, or should I say "hectic", I think I would choose this programme because the courses offered were good. » (Yes)

29. Would an internship system have had any impact on your choice of masters programme?

In the future, there are prospects of enhanced collaborations with the industry at the end of the masters studies. For example, a few of the masters students at this program may be guaranteed summer job and/or a short term project employment with Volvo.

31 svarande

No, not at all»2 7%
To some extent»10 38%
Yes definitely»14 53%
No opinion»5

Genomsnitt: 2.46

- i would like it for myself!» (Yes definitely)
- This can be a great motivation and also a good experience for the students. and i will be jealous :) » (Yes definitely)

30. What should definitely be preserved?

- The mandatory courses are key to the course. i would like them there and the order is good. keep it . »
- Everything»
- Organisation of lectures in programme schedule should definitely be preserved.»
- The competence of the teachers, most of them have very good pedagogical skills»
- The courses in the fluid dynamics track is very good and I think it is better to be preserved.»
- Lars Davidsson !»
- Free universities»

31. What should definitely be changed?

- more info about tracks and course choices»
- i would prefer to have more mandatory courses form both tracks. »
- Less Matlab»
- Nothing»
- We should have more emphasize on lab work and use of commercial softwares.»
- Maybe some teachers could try to have more interactive lectures. The OpenFOAM-course is an excellent example of that. Also, in turbulent flow, CFD and turbulence modelling: When an equation is derived, it is done together with the students on a blackboard instead of powerpoint-lectures.»
- SOme elective courses.»
- Multiphase flows»
- ! no comment :| u know what=>Free universities»

32. Additional comments

- Thanks for such good courses and i hope in future i return the favor by bringing good name to the School in general and this course in particular. »
- No comments»
- More information from the courses on the course homepage, so that information can be taken in even if i haven"t been on lectures.»
- I think that some courses are much simpler to pass than others since some courses give credit points for the exam and others have an equal amount of work in the computer assignmnents but no credit points.»
- I had very less interaction with classmates. we should have had more group work. It would have been nice to work together on few more projects or assignments. Unfortunately I had less interaction with swedish class mates as they already had their friends to work with. Hence I didn"t had much chance to work with them. I rather worked a lot with erasmus students. »
- If it is possible, the variety of elective courses is increased.»
- I would personally do not advise anybody to come here and pay money for education because 1- it is too high 2- there is no guarantee to have job afterward! 3- Sweden is non-English country! have to learn Swedish first!»

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