Level of study
BAC +4
ECTS
10 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Description
This module is devoted to an internship of 3 months minimum in a research laboratory or industry.
Objectives
getting familiar with the conduction of a research/R&D project
- Synthesis and physico-chemical characterization of materials
- Developing skills in research work using the initiative, the autonomy and the student's curiosity
- literature survey
-use of classical synthesis methods in solid state chemistry : solid state reaction, sol-gel method .
-Characterization by traditional methods used in Materials Science: X-ray diffraction, electron diffraction thermogravimetric analysis, UV-visible and IR spectroscopy, Imaging techniques, Conduction measurements...
Knowledge control
The final grade will be the average between internship tutor's grade, presentation grade and internship report grade.
Syllabus
This module is devoted to an internship of 3 months minimum in a research laboratory or industry.
- Choice of the internship topic
- Getting organized and conduct a research project in an operating research group
- Literature analysis and summarizing the state of the art of the research topic
- Needs analysis and definition of the research project
- Laboratory work: synthesis/characterization of materials
- Scheduling and exercising the necessary tasks for the research project
- Documentation (written internship report) and presentation (oral PowerPoint presentation)
Additional information
Administrative contact(s): Secretariat Master Chemistry master-chimie @ umontpellier.fr @