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Energy systems modelling and planning, MEN115

Your own effort

1. How many hours per week did you spend on this course?

45 svarande

At most 15 hours/week»		6		13%
Around 20 hours/week»		16		35%
Around 25 hours/week»		13		28%
Around 30 hours/week»		8		17%
At least 35 hours/week»		2		4%

Genomsnitt: 2.64

- Depends on the assignments deadline» (At most 15 hours/week)

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

45 svarande

0%»		0		0%
25%»		0		0%
50%»		3		6%
75%»		19		42%
100%»		23		51%

Genomsnitt: 4.44

- This course collided with another course I took too a large extent, otherwise I usually attend ~100% of the teaching offered.» (50%)
- Interesting lectures, just did not have time to attend all.» (75%)
- When I didn"t it was because of something important. I was not familiar with energy systems before and the lecture were important for me to understand the main principles.» (75%)
- Its to slow we have almost heard everything before in other courses. Were similar to energy futures and electric power systems at some parts. The teaching is better in this course thou.But i whant more information faster from the lectures. » (100%)

3. How did you prioritize this course compared to other courses taken during the same period?

Had to prioritize another course(s)»		6		13%
Same priority as other courses»		20		45%
This was my main priority»		17		38%
Did not attend any other course»		1		2%

Genomsnitt: 2.29

Goals and goal fulfilment

4. How understandable are the course goals?

I have not seen/read the goals»		4		8%
The goals are difficult to understand»		0		0%
The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer»		12		26%
The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn»		29		64%

Genomsnitt: 3.46

- Better explanation of the differences between this course and other similar courses like Sustainable energy future» (The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer)
- Maybe explain quickly what is an "energy system" (energy production in the country ...)» (The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn)
- This is the first course, where not only the goals were clearly stablished at the beggining of the course, but also at the beggining of each lecture. That was really helpfull and should be implemented in all the courses of chalmers.» (The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn)

5. Are the goals reasonable considering your background and the number of credits?

41 svarande

No, the goals are set too low»		2		4%
Yes, the goals seem reasonable»		37		90%
No, the goals are set too high»		2		4%

Genomsnitt: 2

- Some basic things like load duration curves was introduced already in the bachelor studies. focus more on the advanced things, like integrated modelling. The assignments were good!» (Yes, the goals seem reasonable)
- For student in the Sustainable energy systems master it"s a lot of repetition...» (No, the goals are set too high)

6. Did the examination assess whether you have reached the goals?

No, not at all»		1		2%
To some extent»		7		16%
Yes, definitely»		16		38%
I don"t know/have not been examined yet»		18		42%

Genomsnitt: 3.21

- The distribution of points on the exam was not that good. Some sub-question requied 20-30 minute calculation only 1 point but the last question had almost 1/4 of the total exams points and many of Us hadn"t time to solve it, thought it was not that difficult. (too much time consuming question for poor points when very clear description of answer was required by the teacher **so either extra exam time or less question**» (To some extent)
- the exam was too long, hence there was not enough time to answer all the questions.» (To some extent)
- Too long, but the questions were relevant in order to evaluate the goals we were supposed to reach.» (Yes, definitely)
- I think it was good to have many small exercises as this made it possible to cover many aspects of the course.» (Yes, definitely)
- Exam tested theory quite broadly and basically all the calculations in the course.» (Yes, definitely)
- Exam was very long, but it could have been more difficult» (Yes, definitely)

Teaching and course administration

7. To what extent has the teaching been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		2		4%
Some extent»		12		27%
Large extent»		22		50%
Great extent»		8		18%

Genomsnitt: 2.81

- Except teacher assistant for RES assignment.» (Some extent)
- The lectures have had quite similar information as other lectures in earlier courses. Think though that this course have been good.» (Some extent)
- I learned the most of it in an other course "Sustainable energy futures" during the first period, few things were new.» (Some extent)
- The assignments have mainly been the help for my learning» (Large extent)
- All information we get is from the lecture. The papers handed out on the homepage have not been read since all courses have so much assignment so its wery difficult to read material at the same time.» (Large extent)
- It was good to have points with planned discussions in the lecture altough students (including me) could have participated much more. I think that discussioning/reasoning is a quite important tool for our future work.» (Large extent)
- I missed a little bit that we didn"t go really deep into the content in the lectures.» (Large extent)

8. To what extent has the course literature and other material (including lecture notes in ping pong) been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		9		20%
Some extent»		15		33%
Large extent»		14		31%
Great extent»		7		15%

Genomsnitt: 2.42

- Havent used it» (Small extent)
- A course book or selected material in book form would have been helpfull» (Small extent)
- But there must be study questions at the end of each lecture to understand the lecture out comes» (Large extent)
- However, it would be good to have a compendium.» (Great extent)
- I managed to take a look at all (recommended) literature material. The choice was very good as the literature gives a deeper understanding of the lecture contents or provides new, additional information.» (Great extent)

9. How large part of the

- No time.»
- 95% and 10% is more accurate.»
- Some of the literature was a bit to much. Think that the literature that was less than 20 pages gave at least the same info as the longer alternative. It felt like it didn"t say that much more that the shorter onces.»

recommended litterature did you read?
43 svarande

0%»		3		6%
25%»		7		16%
50%»		12		27%
75%»		13		30%
100%»		8		18%

Genomsnitt: 3.37

further readings did you read?
43 svarande

0%»		21		48%
25%»		14		32%
50%»		4		9%
75%»		3		6%
100%»		1		2%

Genomsnitt: 1.81

10. How well did the course administration, web page, handouts etc work?

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		3		6%
Rather well»		22		48%
Very well»		20		44%

Genomsnitt: 3.37

- I don"t see how ping pong was more useful than the classic course homepage.» (Rather badly)
- I don"t like course material to be this spread as it has been, i would rather like to have a compendium with everything collected.» (Rather badly)
- But personally I hate pingpong.» (Rather well)
- Why using ping-pong when the home page can directly be on the student portal.» (Rather well)
- Slow feedback on assignments prior to exam. No feedback if something has been missunderstood in the assignment and no chance to repair before the exam.» (Rather well)
- Remember only one confusion with the early version of the schedule.» (Rather well)
- no problems» (Very well)

11. How would you assess the performance/quality of lectures given by Mikael Odenberger?

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		0		0%
Rather well»		14		31%
Very well»		31		68%

Genomsnitt: 3.68

- Entertaining fellow, bad jokes» (Rather well)
- Sometimes he strays too far away from the subject. He should not be afraid to tell students that they are making no sense if they are not. Sometimes I get the feeling that anything goes when he asks students to participate in discussions.» (Rather well)
- Maybe add more application parts like the 2nd last lecture when we solved exercises with Mikael. Thanks for the funny mood :)» (Rather well)
- Bra inlevelse som gav bra intressanta lektioner. Lite mycke upprepning av vissa saker i slidesen. » (Rather well)
- He at least tries to be inspiring and it really feels like he wants the students to learn. But some times it was hard to follow, but overall I think Mikael did a good work.» (Rather well)
- I missed a little bit that we didn"t go really deep into the content in the lectures.» (Rather well)
- Lectures were good and dynamic, but It would have been better to get more into the details during the lectures.» (Rather well)
- Mikael has been a good lecturer, his encouraging discussions has been great for learning.» (Very well)
- Great teacher!» (Very well)
- He is the best!!!!» (Very well)
- Really good at teaching. Want him to raise the level and speed!!!» (Very well)
- Talented teacher, pedagogic, clear, entertaining. Well exposed material. Makes the lectures interesting.» (Very well)
- The best teacher I ever had.» (Very well)
- Especially in consideration of the fact that it was the first time Mikael gave the lecture he made a good job!» (Very well)
- Very motivational, clear and entertaining!» (Very well)
- Enjoyed the very much the topics as well as the presentation style.» (Very well)
- Mikael"s lectures were excellent» (Very well)
- maybe a litle bit less jokes» (Very well)

12. How would you assess the performance/quality of the lecture given by Erik Ahlgren?

38 svarande

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		9		23%
Rather well»		23		60%
Very well»		6		15%

Genomsnitt: 2.92

- did not attend» (?)
- I guess I was not attending.» (?)
- I haven"t taken his lecture.» (?)
- Boooooooring chap» (Rather badly)
- Medioker föreläsning. Mer inlevelse och roligare slides och exempel vore bra» (Rather badly)
- The goal of the lecture was a bit unclear, and it didn"t give much insight to how scenarios are used.» (Rather badly)
- Good explanations and interesting topics. But especially for the scenarios lecture, it would have been nice if all the time was utilized. It was very short, but the lecture could easily be expanded. Especially with some more specific examples of how scenarios are used.» (Rather well)
- He was god but the information given was mostly known from other courses.» (Rather well)
- Could have lectured little bit more, too short for this interessting and important topic.» (Rather well)

13. How would you assess the performance/quality of lectures/supervision given by Erika Mata?

45 svarande

Very badly»		17		37%
Rather badly»		18		40%
Rather well»		9		20%
Very well»		1		2%

Genomsnitt: 1.86

- did not understand a thing of what she talked about. However the RES system was ok.» (Very badly)
- No enough explanations about the assignment, don"t really listen the students and giving general feedbacks on the assignment for evrybody was useless. » (Very badly)
- She is arrogant and proud.She believe that student know every thing.She give un-clear recommendation and very bad in her communication. She is unhelpful at all.She also made exam question very much confusing.I am feeling bad about these comments but these are true in my exprience.» (Very badly)
- unstructured. Must prepare a simple way to describe the RES at first. Then you can add more compexity» (Very badly)
- The explanations in class were not clear at all. The comments on the reports were not clear enough and sometimes did not correspond to what we wrote in the report. » (Very badly)
- Confusing, over all. But it could easily be fixed. No offence to Erika. Some better pictures and not so much info about "not doing wrong" - more constructive tips, please.» (Very badly)
- bad communication, bad correcting, delay time for reply and correction is too much ( hoping to be replied at June!!!, thoght I had just two small comments on my assignment) I"m really disappointed of that much work and energy I put on this project.» (Very badly)
- Think that she was a bit messy when she was trying to explain the assignment. And when she was doing a calculation example of the RES it was a quick short intro and then she expected us to have understood every thing, let us discuss for 40 minutes and when she wanted to talk about our result it was done in 5 min. No time to ask questions if our result was right calculated (she did a comparison between diff options - or + so no values was presented). Don"t like how she declare the whole class as idiots when she was annonsing the result from the assignment. And telling us how big problem we will have if we wanted to pass the course.» (Very badly)
- The introduction was very unclear, which was shown epecially when the RES assignment was corrected as very specific answers where reqiured. There was no room for individual discussions as they where deemed wrong without much explanations as to why.» (Very badly)
- It was difficult to understand her English.» (Rather badly)
- Her introduction was not structured, she did not seem well prepared.» (Rather badly)
- Explanations were not that clear. Her approach should be more open and helpfull towards the students.» (Rather badly)
- She seemed confused about some notions. For example what do we consider as primary source of energy ... She was not so clear during the lecture introducing to the project.» (Rather badly)
- I think it will be better is she prepared more. I couldn"t understand what she said in the lecture.» (Rather badly)
- A bit harch in the presentation of RES results. Maybe tone down your personal opinions on the results. give more feedback what the purpose of the assignment was and let the ones who got it wrong repare the damage.» (Rather badly)
- Went very fast without making the students follow. I also felt her to be very ignorant.» (Rather badly)
- Took to much time and didn"t really explaine clearly.» (Rather badly)
- Could be clearer.» (Rather well)
- Good supervision, clear comments in the correcting of the exercise. Brave person to speak infront of the class, I know it is difficult! Perhaps supervision in smaller groups would be more efficient for this type of task.» (Rather well)
- It was amusing when she showed the graph which showed that many students did not get the bonus point while saying "You will have a big problem in the exam" but all in all she did a good job.» (Rather well)
- She was strict and sharp, I like here very much!» (Very well)

14. How would you assess the performance/quality of lectures/supervision given by Olivia Cintas Sanchez?

43 svarande

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		8		18%
Rather well»		17		39%
Very well»		18		41%

Genomsnitt: 3.23

- N/A» (?)
- What we should do was very unclear.» (Rather badly)
- Shes good but the time was not enough to learn. Could need a few more hours to be able to discusse during the lectures and get some deeper understaning more than youst ruh to the goal.» (Rather well)
- A bit confusing, but all in all good explaination and leading through the assignment» (Rather well)
- She was available when we had questions. Very good teacher. Clear and concise» (Very well)
- Very good communication and help.» (Very well)
- Olivia did a perfect job! During the computer lab I felt that she understood was she was teaching us (this is not self-evident). But especially when she gave us feedback on our MARTES report her detailed comments were a great help. WELL DONE!» (Very well)

15. How would you assess the performance/quality of lectures/supervision given by Akram Fakhri?

39 svarande

Very badly»		3		7%
Rather badly»		11		28%
Rather well»		20		51%
Very well»		5		12%

Genomsnitt: 2.69

- I was in Olivias group» (?)
- ?» (?)
- A little bit reserved, in a shy way. Not very pedagogic.» (Rather badly)
- She was really really slow when we had questions about our MARTES program. Sometimes she was not even able to explain us where we did a mistake. Sometimes, even other students were more able to help us.» (Rather badly)
- A better introduction of the MARTES project and assignment first lecture would have helped alot. Critical feedback was in some extent a bit too critical, no space for discussions and reflections.» (Rather badly)
- Very precise» (Rather well)
- Very good communication and help.» (Very well)

16. How would you assess the performance/quality of lectures/supervision given by Lina Reichenberg?

43 svarande

Very badly»		1		2%
Rather badly»		2		4%
Rather well»		21		48%
Very well»		19		44%

Genomsnitt: 3.34

- I couldn"t attend the lecture for health reasons, so I don"t know.» (?)
- The pre-lecture on LP was good but the assignment was a mess and now i belive im just afraid of lp and dont feel confident at all about it.» (Rather badly)
- She didnt explain what you asked for and wasnt to any help at all when doing the LP assignment» (Rather badly)
- Gave positive feedback despite minor or major revision. Helpt to reach the learning goals. » (Rather well)
- Felt like she underestimated our knowledge of the energy system in general and she could raise the level for next year. But the LP part was totally new and should be kept a a basic level » (Rather well)
- LP feedbacks were not hand out at the same time and very late.» (Rather well)
- Missing the lecture note from this lecture. I don"t take lecture notes when it"s a powerpoint, I was expected that all the lecture notes was uploaded on the course homepage.» (Rather well)
- Linas presentation of LP was clear and well prepared, she was a great aid at matlab and the closing seminar was good. However, maybe you could inform the students to come prepared to present the different cases, then it will probably go smoother.» (Very well)
- Very good, asked the right questions for the discussion following the LP assignment. Very knowledgeable!» (Very well)
- Very good communication and help.» (Very well)
- Good explainations, clearly structured and very helpful. Nice and cool way of teaching.» (Very well)
- Lina was by far the best one» (Very well)

17. How would you assess the performance/quality of lectures/supervision given by Niklas Vahlne?

36 svarande

Very badly»		1		2%
Rather badly»		3		8%
Rather well»		27		75%
Very well»		5		13%

Genomsnitt: 3

- haven"t been there» (?)
- I haven"t contacted him.» (?)
- N/A» (?)
- Didn"t ask him for help» (?)
- Speak out» (Rather badly)
- He was very willing to help, but somewhere it was a bit hard to understand what he really meant when he tried to explain.» (Rather well)
- Very good communication and help.» (Very well)

18. To what extent has the Assignment RES been of help for your learning?

45 svarande

Small extent»		3		6%
Some extent»		9		20%
large extent»		21		46%
Great extent»		12		26%

Genomsnitt: 2.93

- Due to bad communication and confusing tasks.» (Small extent)
- RES can be a tool that could be used to visualize energy flows, but I don"t see directly where I am going to use it. Perhaps somewhere. Load curves, load duration curves and things were nothing new for me.» (Some extent)
- A bit repetitive from earlier courses.» (Some extent)
- Think that this lecture when this was » (Some extent)
- I liked the assignment. The difficulty was on a good level and on that stage we had lots of time to do and reflect over it. The assignments information could be reorganiced in another way so you can do the calculations in a "straight line" and dont find information in the wrong places. It needs a structure on what do do and then the information should come in the same order or the questions is easily misunderstood. I realy liked this assignment and it gave me a high learning courve so keep it!!! » (large extent)
- This was a great assignment but it will be more suitable with better advising, feedback, communication and more specified question when the supervisor requires very detail answer to the questions without describing in the tasks. but I"m really disappointed of that much work and energy I put on this project as I described above at Question 13.» (large extent)
- After the corrections I got a better understanding of what was asked for, but I think that the corrections could have been better. Most of the times the right answer was there, but not in the correct form, which I believe is not part of the assignment.» (large extent)
- Although, after revision. Before, it was a little bit blur concerning the last part with financial calculations ...» (Great extent)

19. To what extent has the Assignment MARTES been of help for your learning?

45 svarande

Small extent»		4		8%
Some extent»		13		28%
large extent»		17		37%
Great extent»		11		24%

Genomsnitt: 2.77

- Non» (Small extent)
- It is nice to see programs that are in use in industry, even though the interface of the program was sort of terrible. This was something new and interesting, the marginal effects were sort of repetition of old things.» (Some extent)
- A bit to narrow program for non swedish users. Not a good program for beginnners!» (Some extent)
- A better english guide need to be developed in order to take more advantages when learning the MARTES program. It is not enough to have swedish speaker in the group. A guide with images of the contour of the program, could be more useful.» (Some extent)

20. To what extent has the Assignment LP been of help for your learning?

45 svarande

Small extent»		2		4%
Some extent»		9		20%
large extent»		21		46%
Great extent»		13		28%

Genomsnitt: 3

- We didnt have any help from this exercise to understand the calculation exercises for the exam.» (Small extent)
- I don"t know if this is a good assignment as it is now, since most of the problems went to debugging matlab behaviour. Maybe better matlab examples could be given at the same level of model complexity. It is good thing to learn how the equations are formed and the boundary conditions, but tackling to get them into a form in which matlab can read them sucks.» (Some extent)
- I couldn"t attend the introducing lecture, so learned a lot of things by talking with my team members and working on LP exercises during the 2nd last lecture with Mickael» (Some extent)
- Think that the excecise was given same learning as the LP computer assigmnent.» (Some extent)
- More of this, more matlab.» (large extent)
- We need more supervisers for this assignment! Or better organization. In some exercise lessons my group recieved no help despite asking.» (large extent)
- Some examples should be added about real task/goal because every student is not expert of matlab. More help lecture/guidance. Project task take very much time so report and learning goal is disturbed.» (large extent)
- In combination with the theory from the lecture it was very interesting for me to get to know LP (not only for energy purposes).» (Great extent)
- The LP assignment was the best one, you got a good overview of how a power system works.» (Great extent)

21. To what extent was the student presentations for Assignment MARTES been a help for your learning?

Small extent»		14		32%
Some extent»		20		46%
large extent»		8		18%
Great extent»		1		2%

Genomsnitt: 1.9

- Some new insights were gotten to the assignments, but this was not so interesting» (Small extent)
- Non actually» (Small extent)
- Good to discuss results in class» (Some extent)

22. To what extent has the summerizing workshop on the Assignment LP been a help for your learning?

Small extent»		7		15%
Some extent»		14		31%
large extent»		15		34%
Great extent»		8		18%

Genomsnitt: 2.54

- I couldn"t be there for health reason» (?)
- Some new insights were gotten to the assignments, but this was not so interesting» (Small extent)
- Where is the "No extent" option?» (Small extent)
- Good to discuss results in class» (Some extent)
- Much better approach than the presentations in martes. But it would be good if you knew that you were going to present one of the cases.» (large extent)
- Good to have a open debate instead of presentations. It was i bit weird at first but at the end of the presentations we had a good debate of the assignment.» (large extent)
- I definitely prefer this type of discussion of all important concepts to 10 minute results presentation.» (large extent)
- Very good discussions with Lina!» (Great extent)
- I think this workshop gave more to understanding than the Martes presentation given by students.» (Great extent)
- This form of presentation is far superior to the regular ppt presentation we usually have. I learned far more on this lecture than on regular presentations, this is definitely a presentation form to keep!» (Great extent)

Study climate

23. How were the opportunities for asking questions and getting help?

Very poor»		0		0%
Rather poor»		3		6%
Rather good»		12		26%
Very good»		29		64%
I did not seek help»		1		2%

Genomsnitt: 3.62

- The teacher answered the questions rather badly, an some of them was rather rude.» (Rather poor)
- Mikael was happy to help» (Very good)
- If it was from Michael!!!» (Very good)
- Mikael was really helpfull, he explain very well and keep students interested, and also promote the interaction between students in the debates around the topics» (Very good)
- excellent» (Very good)

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

Very poorly»		1		2%
Rather poorly»		2		4%
Rather well»		14		31%
Very well»		27		60%
I did not seek cooperation»		1		2%

Genomsnitt: 3.55

- A way to improve the group work should be to make a written evaluation of the group work individually. A student in my group had no experience of group work and we had some communication problems, wherefore the work load was inequal.» (Rather poorly)
- It"s hard when some in your group doesnt do anything, and what should you do then? do everything by yourself or go up to you and complain? and what are your solution to that problem...» (Rather well)
- Personally, I think it"s a very good idea that each group include at least one Swedish classmate. It"s a good opportunity for Chalmers students and exchange students to learn from each other, not only in academic achievements but also in culture difference.» (Very well)

25. How was the course workload?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		3		6%
Adequate»		28		63%
High»		10		22%
Too high»		3		6%

Genomsnitt: 3.29

- I wuld say it was a bit to high load on the martes and Lp assignment. I feel i need some of that time to go deeper in the subjects disscussed on lectures with self reading.» (Low)
- Low to adequate thanks to previous courses. For students with no background workload is at least adequate.» (Adequate)
- We had a lot of work for the assignments. Maybe the incentive could had been higher than 1 extra point. Maybe the work load could had been better distributed during the quarter. (especially for MARTES where we had to beg to change deadlines.» (High)
- The assignments MARTES and LP didnt give me anything» (High)

26. How was the total workload this study period?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		2		4%
Adequate»		16		35%
High»		21		46%
Too high»		6		13%

Genomsnitt: 3.68

- Between low and adequate» (Adequate)
- Almost too high. Especially during the study time before exam because I had deadlines for my other course at the same time.» (High)
- But that"s my own fault and will. I"m taking three courses at the same time, studying at 150% this period.» (Too high)
- The other course (combustion) took way too much time from this course. This course is much more interesting but I had to do so many hand-ins in the combustion course that I had nowhere near the time I would have liked to have to spend on this course. So the reason why I had to prioritize the other course has nothing to do with this course.» (Too high)

Summarizing questions

27. What is your general impression of the course?

Poor»		1		2%
Fair»		1		2%
Adequate»		8		17%
Good»		23		51%
Excellent»		12		26%

Genomsnitt: 3.97 (bidrar till totalt genomsnitt/jämförelseindex)

- Not that much new material apart from the assignments. Other courses had already mention most of the other stuf » (Adequate)
- Overall very good course. » (Good)
- The only probleme was RES.» (Good)
- Not excellent because I am not passionate about the "energy system" topic. But the course was still interesting. It helped me to get important questions and to see more globally a problem. It helped me with debating also, because I"m from France, and trust me, debating in class is really not common there ! So thank you :)» (Good)
- The lectures with michael was interesting and good, but the assignments was very bad!» (Good)
- It has been a quite good course, but sometimes I felt it was a bit much repetition of things we"ve done before, as for example: Construct and use load duration curves based on chronological load data Understand the interaction between energy conversion technology, environmental impact and economic performance Define and calculate the overall efficiency of a given energy system» (Good)
- The RES assignment should be looked over, other than that it is a very good course.» (Good)
- One of the best course ever » (Excellent)

28. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

29. What should definitely be changed to next year?

30. Additional comments