Level of study
BAC +4
ECTS
8 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Description
The professionalization project provides a link between the traditional practical work and the internship in a laboratory or company. It is carried out in the form of a tutored project consisting of putting the student in a professional situation through collaborative (group) work based on the realization of a project in response to a problem set by a company, community, association or academic. It is part of the core curriculum of the Chemistry Master's program and is carried out under the responsibility of a member of the teaching team (university or industry). Carried out throughout the semester, this project aims to relate and anchor the knowledge/know-how acquired in the framework of the Bachelor's degree and the beginning of the Master's degree through this professional situation. These situations will be directly linked to the Master's program chosen by the students. In addition to the disciplinary skills of chemistry, other relational, organizational and communication skills, intrinsically linked to project management, will also be acquired and will arm the students for their future professional life.
Answer a research problem: example of synthesis of new phosphorescent materials.
Hourly volumes* :
CM : 5h
TD : 5h
Practical work : 40h
Objectives
The objectives associated with the tutored projects are for the student to:
- Know how to answer an industrial or academic problem
- Be able to position this problem in a more general context and in relation to the state of the art,
- To be able to elaborate specifications related to the problem and to propose original solutions,
- Develop a plan of experiments in collaboration with the other members of the group
- Manage your safety and that of others, act as a responsible chemist
- Implementing the security adapted to a synthesis
- Master analysis and characterization techniques from different fields to carry out the assigned project,
- Know how to analyze/interpret data based on the knowledge acquired during their studies or on data from the literature,
- Carry out a critical analysis of the results obtained in relation to the initial objectives and the state of the art, be able to adapt one's approach according to the successes and failures.
- Communicate the results associated with the project through a scientific publication in English and an oral presentation to a jury.
Necessary pre-requisites
Bachelor's degree in Chemistry (Organic Chemistry, Chemistry of Materials, Chemistry of Life), Biochemistry or Chemistry-Physics
Basic knowledge of chemical synthesis and analysis.
Knowledge control
Continuous assessment + Final oral
Syllabus
Introduction to Scientific Ethics
Bibliographic research
Risks and safety in chemistry
Preparation for the defense/writing of a report in English
Experimental work of 40 hours on an industrial or academic problem: Synthetic and analytical approaches related to the course chosen by the student
Use of synthesis and analysis equipment (microwave synthesis, hydrothermal, FT-IR, Raman, NMR, mass spectrometry, scanning electron microscope, chromatography systems, ...)
Combining different skills to realize a project: example of reverse opals synthesized by combining macromolecular and soft chemistry by sol-gel process (left) and observed by scanning electron microscope (right).
Example : Synthesis and characterization by NMR and Mass Spectrometry of an intermediate for the preparation of a commercial acyclic antiviral nucleotide (Adefovir)
Additional information
Administrative contact(s):
Secretariat Master Chemistry
https://master-chimie.edu.umontpellier.fr/