Objectives of general skills

• Implement an engineering approach dealing with a set problem taking into account technical, economic and environmental constraints
• Understand the stages of an engineering approach
• Identify and describe the problem to be solved and the functional need (of prospective clients) to be met considering the state of technology
• Design, evaluate and optimise solutions addressing the problem
• Communicate the approach, results and prospects to a client or a board
• Identify and acquire the information and skills needed to solve the problem
• Understand the theoretical and methodological fundamentals in science and engineering to solve problems involving these disciplines
• Identify, describe and explain basic scientific and mathematical principles
• Identify, describe and explain the basic principles of engineering particularly in their specialising field
• Understand laboratory techniques: testing, measuring, monitoring protocol, and security
• Select and rigorously apply knowledge, tools and methods in sciences and engineering to solve problems involving these disciplines
• Collaborate, work in a team
• Interact effectively with other students to carry out collaborative projects.
• Communicate in a structured way - both orally and in writing, in French and English - giving clear, accurate, reasoned information
• Argue to and persuade customers, teachers and a board both orally and in writing
• Give an effective oral presentation, using presentation materials appropriately
• Present analysis or experiment results in laboratory reports
• Demonstrate thoroughness and independence throughout their studies
• Develop their scientific curiosity and open-mindedness
• Learn to use various resources made available to inform and train independently

UE's Learning outcomes

To be able to solve the industrial problems of the electrochemical processes ; to apply Faraday's laws ; to know the galvanic cell behaviour and the electrolysis process and calculate their efficiency ; to identify the electrode reactions and the limiting steps of the studied system ; to distinguish faradic and capacitive phenomena ; to identify the losses of the electrochemical processes and the ways to reduce them ; to know the main industrial applications : batteries, storage cells, electrocoatings, fuel cells...

UE Content

electroactivity domain ; galvanic cells and electrolyzers ; electrolytic medium ; activity and activity coefficients ; electrodes and selective electrodes ; fundamental equation of a galvanic cell ; electrode potential ; second principle of the thermodynamics and generalised equation of Nernst ; conductivity and transport number ; electrochemical double layer and electrocapillarity ; activation overvoltage ; concentration overvoltage ; applications (polarography, electrocoatings, batteries and fuel cells, storage cells, ...)

Prior experience

Not applicable

Term 1 for Integrated Assessment - type

• Presentation and works
• Oral examination
• Quoted exercices

Term 2 for Integrated Assessment - type

• N/A

Term 3 for Integrated Assessment - type

• Presentation and works
• Oral examination
• Quoted exercices