Built environment related technology for health and vitality 7y900, 7y910

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Built environment related technology for health
and vitality (7y900, 7y910)

• General introduction

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Specific scientific knowledge

• 1st semester
• 7y900 Health Comfort
• (Preventing health damage by design and
  maintenance of building services, buildings and
  other built environments)
• 2nd semester
• 7y910 home automation robotics
• (Supportive technology on ICT basis, needs and
  abilities of residents and professionals in
  technology, services care)

Study load 4 ECTS for each of the two courses
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Academic competences

• Specific scientific knowledge
• Research competent
• Design competent
• Scientific approach
• Basic intellectual skills
• Co-operation and communication
• Temporal and social context

Source Criteria for Academic Bachelors and
Masters curricula. 3TU 2005
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The 3 academic educational levels
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Course organisation

• Register in Study Web
• Discussion in Study Web
• Class or consultation
• 4 ECTS
• Report template is available

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Assignment completion
Note Reports in A4, Arial pt 12, margin 2.5 cm
13 points are needed to pass the course
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Assignment report

• Title authors affiliation
• Abstract Executive summary ( title authors)
• Introduction - Background
• Aim
• Methodology to reach the aim, validate the design
• Results of research or design with validation
• Discussion
• Conclusion with generalisation limits
• Acknowledgements
• References
• (Appendices)

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Assessing MSc assignment

• 1. English presentation skill verbal written
• 2. Structured, stepwise problem analysis
  problem segmentation
• (what where when who / how why)
• 3. Data collection
• (observation, structured interview, dedicated
  questionnaire, written sources, physical
  measurements)
• 4. Data mining or collection ? Information ?
  knowledge
• 5. Risk assessment risk analysis distributing
  managing risks
• 6. Choosing between interventions
  reproducibility of results hypothesis theory
• (data collection statistics)
• 7. Assessing probability of failure and success
• (statistics)
• 8. Quantifying failure consequences their
  probability
• (statistics)
• 9. Why will this design / process succeed? How
  to know when where?
• 10. When or where will this design / process
  fail? How to know why?

• Title authors affiliation
• 1 Abstract Executive summary ( title
  authors)
• 2 Introduction - Background
• 2 Aim
• 3/4 Methodology to reach the aim, validate the
  design
• 5-8 Results of research or design with
  validation
• 9/10 Discussion
• 9/10 Conclusion with generalisation limits
• Acknowledgements
• References
• (Appendices)

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Reading lists

• General competences
• Built environment aspects
• Accessibility assisting mobility
• Bird flue, SARS other viral infections
• Epidemiology of health and disease
• COPD lung cancer
• Gerontechnology Gerontology
• ICT infrastructures Ambient intelligence
• Indoor environments
• Mite and fungal allergies
• Occupational safety and health
• Urban factors

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Other resources for assignments

• Data mining in
• Statline http//statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/s
  tart.asp?lpSearch/Search
• Eurostat
• http//epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pag
  eid1090,1_dadportal_schemaPORTAL
• Other databases
• Library search systems
• http//w3.tue.nl/nl/diensten/bib/digibib/zoeksyst
  emen/a_z/
• Reading lists
• Data collection