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Energy systems modelling and planning, 2013, MEN115

Your own effort

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

29 svarande

At most 15 hours/week»		6		20%
Around 20 hours/week»		11		37%
Around 25 hours/week»		9		31%
Around 30 hours/week»		3		10%
At least 35 hours/week»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 2.31

- Subjects have been handled before in other courses.» (At most 15 hours/week)
- Reasonable work load» (Around 20 hours/week)
- This due to the other course which was very timespending» (Around 25 hours/week)

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

29 svarande

0%»		0		0%
25%»		2		6%
50%»		1		3%
75%»		11		37%
100%»		15		51%

Genomsnitt: 4.34

- Lectures were alomost repetition of what we had learned in sustainable energy futures.» (25%)
- Other demanding course at the side.» (25%)
- Everything was compulsory.» (75%)
- 90%» (100%)

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

Had to prioritize another course(s)»		7		24%
Same priority as other courses»		14		48%
This was my main priority»		7		24%
Did not attend any other course»		1		3%

Genomsnitt: 2.06

Goals and goal fulfilment

4. How understandable are the course goals?

I have not seen/read the goals»		5		17%
The goals are difficult to understand»		0		0%
The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer»		10		34%
The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn»		14		48%

Genomsnitt: 3.13

- Goals were clear but not at all at the level of masters student» (I have not seen/read the goals)
- They were hard to understand at the start of the course, but now they seem clear.» (The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer)
- Like that there were goals for each lecture in the beginning and as well at the end» (The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn)

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

26 svarande

No, the goals are set too low»		2		7%
Yes, the goals seem reasonable»		24		92%
No, the goals are set too high»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.92

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

No, not at all»		2		7%
To some extent»		13		46%
Yes, definitely»		11		39%
I don"t know/have not been examined yet»		2		7%

Genomsnitt: 2.46

- Unfortunately although being able to answer all aims of this course (including old exam questions and excercises as well as group excercises, the exam was a collection of all the trickiest tasks and in my opinion did not show whether someone had understood the subject. » (No, not at all)
- I have understood the topics of the course, but my mark doesn"t show that.» (No, not at all)
- I didn"t like the exam at all. I think way to much priority was put at doing long, repetitive calculations. Instead of making you think about energy systems and making ingenious conclusions, the exam made you do very long calculations, where room for errors must have been very large. The memory in my calculator ran out several times during the exam. Personally I felt very well prepared before the exam, but in the second part of the exam I felt very stressed and probably made loads of errors. I didn"t have time to answer the last question and the LP question which I saved to the end. For future courses I advice you to make exams that are shorter and more concise, focusing on knowledge rather than stamina when it comes to solving long problems.» (To some extent)
- I felt a bit tricked by the exam. » (To some extent)
- The exam was to difficult to the degree of difficulty that has been practiced during the course » (To some extent)
- the examination was a disappointment. the numericals were a repitition of the same concept over and over again which is not testing the knowledge but just consumes time. I could not attempt the theory questions as i didnt have enough time and the theory questions had lesser points. I would have liked to answer more of the theory questions with analytical reasoning and then numericals (if so many) testing different concepts.» (To some extent)
- Good composed exam. I liked it. It tells that the persons involved in the course want to have it!!» (Yes, definitely)

Teaching and course administration

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

Small extent»		2		7%
Some extent»		10		35%
Large extent»		9		32%
Great extent»		7		25%

Genomsnitt: 2.75

- Without having the slides in advance it is not easy to follow and make notes. Looking at slides afterwards was a problem as well due to lacking information on slides.» (Small 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»		4		13%
Some extent»		9		31%
Large extent»		11		37%
Great extent»		5		17%

Genomsnitt: 2.58

- What course litterature? Better if all relevant articles or whatever are put togheter and distributed as a compendium or such. You can make a little profit and finance your division parties or something.» (Small extent)
- Lecture notes are not good enough. It"s ok for presenting in a classroom, but when we need to revise it at home on our own you cannot connect all the pieces. Side literature is not enough to help with this. If you weren"t concentrated all the time during all the lectures it"s hard to discover what was the message with presentations.» (Some extent)
- More litterature in pdf would be nice.» (Large extent)
- very interesting articles proposed. the lecture slides ok » (Large extent)
- Good litterature, good amount of litterature» (Great extent)

9. How large part of the

- The lectures and projects provided a good understanding of the topics discussed in the course, so much of the litterature felt unneccesary to pass or even get a slightly higher grade. Probably needed for deeper understanding though.»
- Since I had a heavy over-all work load during the period it was hard to ind time to do any further reading. Looking forward to reading it on the beach this summer though.»

recommended litterature did you read?
29 svarande

0%»		2		6%
25%»		6		20%
50%»		3		10%
75%»		6		20%
100%»		12		41%

Genomsnitt: 3.68

further readings did you read?
29 svarande

0%»		13		44%
25%»		10		34%
50%»		5		17%
75%»		1		3%
100%»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.79

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

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		2		7%
Rather well»		17		60%
Very well»		9		32%

Genomsnitt: 3.25

- Much better if lecture slides could be handed out before the lecture so that one can prepare and make notes on these. If the teacher doesn"t wan"t to hand them out before he/she can bring copies too the lecture so that the persons that attend can have a copy to write on during the lecture.» (Rather badly)
- The course literature was very difficult to get» (Rather well)
- It seems to bit tricky to get approved in Ping pong in the assignments, although we passed them. » (Rather well)
- Just some problems with the assignments (e.g. seeing if it is accepted or not)» (Rather 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»		7		24%
Very well»		22		75%

Genomsnitt: 3.75

- Little too dramatic for my taste, but it is clearly the better alternative over being to dull.» (Rather well)
- These lectures were best and most interesting. I thought that the discussion was good.» (Very well)
- Great Job !!» (Very well)
- Good exchange and dialog with the students.» (Very well)
- but lame class discussions.» (Very well)
- very good and thought-provoking lectures. learned a lot» (Very well)

12. How would you assess the performance/quality of the lecture given by Lisa Göransson

25 svarande

Verdy badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		3		12%
Rather well»		12		48%
Very well»		10		40%

Genomsnitt: 3.28

- Swooch. No need for smartphone.» (?)
- The same point with presentations. Too confusing when reading some days after the class.» (Very well)
- engaged in what she do» (Very well)

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

25 svarande

Very badly»		1		4%
Rather badly»		1		4%
Rather well»		18		72%
Very well»		5		20%

Genomsnitt: 3.08

- I honestly don"t remember.» (?)
- don"t remember her...think I was with Joel» (?)
- It was sadly hard to hear hear all way to the back were we sat in the seminar room. We were sitting in groups and could not choose to sit further forward.» (Rather badly)

14. How would you assess the performance/quality of Joel Goop in

- Did not have him in RES assignment so hard to know, so another box in this questionnaire would have been good»
- Very good. Would have been nice with one more "teacher" during the RES assignment. Too much waiting»
- too slow, but good that there were two options»
- A bit slow and sometimes gave the impression of being confused.»
- Was a little bit too slow for me. Therefore I changed to Olivia. »

supervizing the RES assignment
26 svarande

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		1		3%
Rather well»		14		53%
Very well»		11		42%

Genomsnitt: 3.38

Supervizing the exercises
27 svarande

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		4		14%
Rather well»		10		37%
Very well»		13		48%

Genomsnitt: 3.33

15. How would you assess the performance/quality of Olivia Cintas in

- Did not have Olivia Cintas in the MARTES assignment»
- Joel Goop was my exercise teacher not Olivia.»
- Olivia is always smiled which really helps when she say you did something wrong.»
- Still not approved at ping-pong after remainders.»
- fast! but better in the end to explain all of the steps.»
- Very quick and to the point. Maybe too quick for some people. »

supervizing the MARTES assignment
25 svarande

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		3		12%
Rather well»		12		48%
Very well»		10		40%

Genomsnitt: 3.28

supervizing the exercises
23 svarande

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		5		21%
Rather well»		10		43%
Very well»		8		34%

Genomsnitt: 3.13

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

23 svarande

Very badly»		4		17%
Rather badly»		10		43%
Rather well»		9		39%
Very well»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 2.21

- Pure repetition and not important for us. Definitely no need for a compulsory lecture.» (Very badly)
- Must have been the most one-sided lecture ever. Could be a good idea to try and present some sort of limitations or drawbacks with what you are presenting...» (Very badly)
- Hard to bridge the language gap. » (Rather badly)
- When we asked questions she often gave an answer to some other question. Also it was very unclear what structure the report to the MARTES assignment was supposed to have. One structure was presented during the lecture and another one was presented on Pingpong.» (Rather badly)
- DH lect. held quite a low level compared to our prior knowledge. She were ineffective in suprevising classes, since she held long introductions which were not interesting for everyone since some groops were way ahead» (Rather badly)
- No structure and nearly no help if you had questions. Also very strict in marking the report (has a too distinct picture of how the report should look like --> phrases,etc.) Doesn"t allow very much individuality.» (Rather badly)
- Good performance, but the lecture about DH was way too focused on the DH itself, and not so much on DH in the modeling and planning context.» (Rather well)
- sometimes some understanding disapered in translation» (Rather well)

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

27 svarande

Very badly»		5		18%
Rather badly»		1		3%
Rather well»		14		51%
Very well»		7		25%

Genomsnitt: 2.85

- Didnt get all the help that was needed for the assignment. There was no introduction on the exercise which I think is important. Unavailable during the revisions of the assignment.» (Very badly)
- Could also be a good idea and not talk to your students as if they were idiots, or atleast hiding it better that you feel this way. Also when a group is presenting and another is opposing, do not jump in with questions before the presentation is complete. It is rude, it ruins the presentation and it takes away potential questions from the opposing group..» (Very badly)
- Should have been more time for possibilities to get help. There was some congestion during exercises.» (Rather well)
- She sounded bored during the lectures, but the content was very good!» (Rather well)
- But she should go through and explain the matlab string used in assignment.» (Rather well)
- went to the intro, but got really tired, it was ok i guess....didn"t have her in LP asignment» (Rather well)
- Very helpfull and supportive when we had any questions. » (Very well)

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

24 svarande

Very badly»		1		4%
Rather badly»		0		0%
Rather well»		18		75%
Very well»		5		20%

Genomsnitt: 3.12

- I had Lina on this assignment.» (?)
- I had the feeling that he wasn"t that comfortable with the mathematics in and behind LP.» (Rather well)
- It took long to get any help» (Rather well)
- It was ok supervision. But it would eally help if we got a cear structure of how the LP func handle variables! We spent ages trying to figure out which number that should be inte the right place, even though the numbers and constrains were right» (Rather well)
- very helpfull but much help needed.» (Rather well)
- Seemed to be not able to help sometimes. But all in all good supervision.» (Rather well)
- Allways avalible. » (Very well)

19. How would you assess the performance/quality of Thomas Unger from Profu?

27 svarande

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		4		14%
Rather well»		13		48%
Very well»		10		37%

Genomsnitt: 3.22

- It was the only time I fell asleep during the whole course. » (Rather badly)
- Maybe point out the importance of reading the litterature about policy instruments before the lecture. That would lead to a better interaction. » (Rather well)
- interesting» (Rather well)
- Interesting topic.» (Rather well)
- Very interesting area!» (Very well)

20. How would you assess the performance/quality of Peter Fritz from Sweco?

25 svarande

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		8		32%
Rather well»		14		56%
Very well»		3		12%

Genomsnitt: 2.8

- Did not go to this lecture.» (?)
- Completely not interested in a lecture he held which was the reason why was it so hard to follow.» (Rather badly)
- his knowledge was profound but i couldnt follow from some point and on. unfortunately, because in the beginning it seemed a very promising lecture.» (Rather badly)
- couldn"t follow his ideas, not enough background» (Rather badly)
- Interesting topic, but no good presentation skills. Was very hard to follow the lecture.» (Rather badly)
- It was interesting. I didn"t experience him sitting down to be a problem.» (Rather well)
- would need a profound run throgh all of his terms before he started...he was a bit out of our league. And it would help if he used his body language for some parts of the lecture. But in al he was good, but hard to follow» (Rather well)
- Stand up =)» (Rather well)
- On the conrary to the opinions I heard in the "sum-up" lecture I really liked this leccture! It was interesting to listen to someone with so much insight in the electricity market.» (Very well)

21. How would you assess the performance/quality of Anders Ådahl Chalmers Area of advance

22 svarande

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		1		4%
Rather well»		13		59%
Very Well»		8		36%

Genomsnitt: 3.31

- Did not go to this lecture.» (?)
- Would wish he did speed up a little. He had a slightly too slow pace. So nearly bored at some parts» (Rather well)
- It was easy to follow and concentrate on presentation, interesting to listen.» (Very Well)
- really good, interesting guy, good discussion» (Very Well)
- Very interesting. Liked the open discussion and feedback to Anders. Should definitely be part again!» (Very Well)

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

27 svarande

Small extent»		1		3%
Some extent»		3		11%
large extent»		11		40%
Great extent»		12		44%

Genomsnitt: 3.25

- Good repetition and force to thinking and refleting over the problems of the RES.» (?)
- I liked this concept, it was interesting.» (Some extent)
- It was a basic course and not very difficult exercise, but it gave a good base.» (large extent)
- All assignments are very helpful for better understanding of theory.» (large extent)
- got me started with RES, made the problem exrcises alot easier to manage» (large extent)
- the easiest of the assignments, a good introduction.» (large extent)
- After the assignment I didn"t get confused as soon as I saw a RES.» (Great extent)

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

29 svarande

Small extent»		4		13%
Some extent»		12		41%
large extent»		12		41%
Great extent»		1		3%

Genomsnitt: 2.34

- Seriously a software in swedish, if its such a nice software, please take out some time for writing the code for it in english that would definitely help» (Small extent)
- Used the software previously.» (Small extent)
- It was interesting to get to know a tool that is widely used, but since we didn"t go deep into how the program worked it was difficult to get a deeper understanding. The sensitivity analysis was the best part of the exercise, where we got a good understanding of modelling.» (Some extent)
- It was interesting with a "real" project, but most of the assignment I said ugly words about the software that was used.» (Some extent)
- It was very much that was new that should be understood in the program so it was difficult to understand everything that one wanted to.» (Some extent)
- Hard to grasp in such short time.» (Some extent)
- I think it was interesting to see the effects of implementing different policy instruments and stress testing the systems. Also good as a reference when looking at bad things with the systems.» (Some extent)
- Understanding, but not really for the calculations in the exam.» (Some extent)
- olivia went through the exam-exercises in a really good way. MARTES was quite good too. » (large extent)
- very nice to experience a real system modelling software.» (Great extent)

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

29 svarande

Small extent»		2		6%
Some extent»		6		20%
large extent»		10		34%
Great extent»		11		37%

Genomsnitt: 3.03

- Also done this before, although not in Matlab.» (Small extent)
- It was diffuícult to find out what was the meaning with the assignment and we didn"t got any help only revisions...» (Some extent)
- good to lern it in matlab but the simpler exercises/problems gave a better overview, and it wuld be easier to do the small tasks before the big one.» (Some extent)
- I had previous knowledge on LP, but it was very good to get an example from energy systems.» (large extent)
- Interesting tool to use. It gives a good feeling for what a optimization model is and how it is used. Although there was a of time spent on only finding out how to use the LP in matlab. learning how to write the code.» (large extent)
- Helped for the setting of the objective function.» (large extent)
- This was a very interesting part of the course and the seminar at the end was good. I really liked how it was set as a discussion rather then just presentations. I would have appreciated more "discussion-based" teaching during the course.» (Great extent)
- very nice concluding assignment, covered everything, good to understand concepts such as shadow price. matlab a bit hard.» (Great extent)

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

Small extent»		17		58%
Some extent»		10		34%
large extent»		2		6%
Great extent»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.48

- Too small presentaions to cover the whole part. Only numbers which dont cover the understanding of the assignment.» (Small extent)
- Better with a report or a pure presentational summary. Not really interesting to see the other groups results in the way they were presented.» (Small extent)
- soso, it was not that much to talk about. Most had the wrong results/numbers, and weird presentations with strange tables.» (Small extent)
- Helping in developing a better presentation skill.» (Some extent)

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

Small extent»		9		31%
Some extent»		14		48%
large extent»		1		3%
Great extent»		5		17%

Genomsnitt: 2.06

- I didnt like to be interupted by Lina the whole time during the presentations. She need to be more passive.» (Small extent)
- For this and above: You are kind of focused on your on presentation so you really only listen to the one you oppose on. So opposing is a good idea I guess.» (Small extent)
- See previous comment.» (Great extent)

Study climate

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

Very poor»		0		0%
Rather poor»		1		3%
Rather good»		9		31%
Very good»		15		51%
I did not seek help»		4		13%

Genomsnitt: 3.75

- To many questions for only one supervisor.» (Rather poor)
- It could be improved regarding the assignments» (Rather good)
- To long queues in the LP assigment. extra teachers or a more proper introduction of how the LP function works in Matlab. » (Rather good)
- during lab sessions it was hard to ask for help. otherwise very good» (Rather good)
- Long waiting time sometimes during the assignments, but all involved teachers/guest lectures has been really helpful!» (Very good)
- All instrucctors were nice and gave the answers to all questions.» (Very good)

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

Very poorly»		2		6%
Rather poorly»		0		0%
Rather well»		5		17%
Very well»		22		75%
I did not seek cooperation»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3.62

- It was not good at all since all others were 3 while we were 2 and after RES it was i was all alone. It is better to have 2 groups of 4 instead of one group with 2.» (Very poorly)
- Well, at least those I did talk to. » (Very well)
- got in a group with great new people!» (Very well)
- Awesome group.» (Very well)

29. How was the course workload?

Too low»		1		3%
Low»		1		3%
Adequate»		19		65%
High»		8		27%
Too high»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3.17

- Not very intensive course.» (Low)
- It was to much to do in the later part of the course.» (Adequate)
- The assignments took a lot of time.» (High)
- During the last two assignment the load was quite high. But in the beginning it was rather low. Could spread out the work of the course during the whole period.» (High)

30. How was the total workload this study period?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		1		3%
Adequate»		10		34%
High»		12		41%
Too high»		6		20%

Genomsnitt: 3.79

- But from another course.» (High)
- Too many projects.» (High)
- This depends on the other course» (Too high)

Summarizing questions

31. What is your general impression of the course?

Poor»		1		3%
Fair»		3		10%
Adequate»		2		6%
Good»		13		44%
Excellent»		10		34%

Genomsnitt: 3.96 (bidrar till totalt genomsnitt/jämförelseindex)

- Nothing groundbreaking, but some new techniques.» (Fair)
- Very interesting» (Good)
- Thanks for the course. I enjoyed it!» (Good)
- the lectures were really interesting but while doing the numericals during the exam, i felt frustrated maybe because I was expecting the exam to be as thought provoking as the lectures but it was not. we didnt have time to look outside our calculators. For eg, instead of full calculations for 4 different cases in the last problem, it would have been better if it was asked to solve just 1 or 2 cases and maybe the load duration curves for all the cases. » (Good)
- I think this was a very good course. The lecturers in general had a very high quality. I"m very happy that I took it and I"m sure that it will be very useful for me in the future.» (Excellent)
- I have recommended it to students who will start at MPSES next study year.» (Excellent)
- I was erasmus student at Chalmers. This course was very useful for my present and future srudies. I learnt a lot of useful information. It was my favorite course of all courses during my stay at Chalmers University of Technology.» (Excellent)
- one of the best courses so far in mpses. » (Excellent)

32. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

33. What should definitely be changed to next year?

34. Additional comments