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G6. INTEGRATED PROJECT DESIGN
(KUL-code: I718)
Lecturer: VERHAEGHE R.J.
ECTS-credit: 5 pts
Contact hours: 90 hrs
Prerequisites: -
Time and place: 2 nd semester, VUB
Course syllabus:
Evaluation: Project report per group and presentation
Comparable handbook:
Course description:
The integrated project design is intended to confront students with a real life project in the field of surface or
groundwater hydrology, irrigation, aquatic ecology or water quality. The overall goal is to learn the trainees
getting the skill to design a project from A to Z, making feasibility analysis with the help of economic tools and
in proposing a management strategy accounting for production system sustainability issues.
In the project, knowledge and skills of different disciplines, taught in different courses, will be integrated and
linked. As such students will be trained to solve problems and projects in a holistic way.
The Integrated Project Design will be taught by engineers working in practice, having a long lasting experience
in the engineering field of water resources planning and management. The tasks to be completed by the trainees
consist of:
(i) a brief description of the project (project location, objectives and environmental features; collected data
characteristics, etc.);
(ii) scope of the works including the planning and layout of ancillary facilities;
(iii) physical conditions of the project;
(iv) design and management criteria;
(v) project design, including a comprehensive reporting on the methodology, criteria and results.
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