Master Thesis Research
Full course description
The curriculum of the master culminates in a master thesis. This part of the curriculum is your final proof-of-capability. It allows you to demonstrate that you have gained sufficient knowledge, competences and skills to perform independent scientific research and/or research-based engineering within your specialisation in instrumentation imaging engineering or molecular imaging engineering. You either conduct an entire scientific cycle or a research-based engineering design cycle. The scientific cycle consists of analysing lacking knowledge, formulating a hypothesis, drafting a research plan, executing experiments and reporting. The research-based engineering design cycle consists of formulating a problem, setting the design requirements based on scientific evidence, generating a concept and provide the (most) optimal solution.
The master thesis comprises 32 weeks of work and accounts for 48 EC of your degree. The number of weeks and EC allow you to contribute to the field of molecular imaging and engineering with your research and/or research-based engineering. During the master thesis, you prepare for the next step in your career, in line with your knowledge, competencies and personal.
Course objectives
During the master thesis, you complete the following tasks:
- write a proposal, which includes a clear scientific background overview on the thesis topic (including knowledge gaps), research question or aim, hypothesis, relevant contexts, the design requirements and a manageable project plan (methods, analysis, equipment, time etc.);
- execute the research and/or engineering plan and troubleshoot encountered problems to improve and develop the project;
- analyse and process data and/or possible engineering solutions and report the results, discuss results in the context of the existing literature in the field, and elaborate conclusions in a written master thesis;
- present and defend the thesis project in an oral presentation.
Recommended reading
Will be discussed with your thesis coordinator.
- R.M.A. Heeren
- K. Saralidze