Interdisciplinary Project 1 - ER

This course unit enables students to carry out an engineering project from start to finish, in the form of an interdisciplinary engineering study focusing on environmental or health impacts, hydrological, hydraulic, and hydrogeological modeling, risk management, and more...

This 5-ECTS course unit is divided into two course units: a 2-ECTS course unit in Semester 3 (Interdisciplinary Project 1: Water Resources), followed by a 3-ECTS course unit in Semester 4 (Interdisciplinary Project 2: Water Resources). These two course units are inseparable, as the second serves as the culmination of the first.

During the UE Interdisciplinary Project 1: Water Resources, the steps will be:

1. Presentations of case studies by faculty members, researchers, or engineering professionals (problem statement, fieldwork, available and required data, stakeholders, calls for proposals, etc.) on topics related to water resource management, risks (flooding, drought, contamination), or, more broadly, environmental impacts. (late September)
2. Project planning phase (formation of project teams and definition of the problem-solving methodology) in conjunction with the “Project Management 2” course
3. Data collection, context analysis, establishing contacts, literature review
4. Preliminary Project Defense (mid-November)
5. Start of the study (data collection, planning fieldwork days, learning how to use specific software, etc.)

This course unit is designed to enable students to develop the greatest possible level of independence, to navigate the challenges of teamwork, and to apply project management methods. They will apply and internalize the measurement techniques learned during field internships, as well as the various modeling and data processing tools covered in the different course units of the Master’s program. They will be required to summarize their work in a written report and present it orally using a slide presentation. Questions from the examination committee will allow them to defend and justify their choices and hypotheses throughout this project.

M1 and M2 Field Internships

Preliminary Project Defense (mid-November)