Diploma process
Conditions for submitting the thesis and taking the diploma examination
Pursuant to the study regulations and the study plan, after completing the last semester of studies, the student is required to submit a diploma thesis and take the diploma examination. The condition for admission to the diploma examination is:
- obtaining credits for all modules required by the study program. Failure to pass the credit does not exempt from the obligation to submit the diploma thesis on time.
- obtaining a positive grade for the diploma thesis in accordance with § 33 it. 6.
The date of the examination is appointed by the Vice-Dean (§ 35 item 4)
Submission of the diploma thesis (§34 section 1 Regulations of Studies at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences)
- until January 31 – for students finishing the winter semester;
- until June 30 – for students finishing the summer semester
In the Dean’s Office the following should be submitted:
- a copy paper thesis, bound and signed by the supervisor and the student along with the version saved on an electronic carrier in the form of one PDF file, which was verified in the anti-plagiarism system – intended for the student’s personal files . The author of the work is responsible for the content on an electronic medium (pursuant to §34 section 4 Regulations of Studies at SGGW);
- a copy of the work in the form of a bound printout and on a CD (in a soft envelope glued to one copy of the work) signed by the supervisor and the student – intended for transfer to the Main Library (in accordance with the Regulation No. 22 of the Rector of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences of 30 November 2004);
- anti-plagiarism report signed by the thesis supervisor (point 15 of the Anti-plagiarism Regulations of students’ diploma theses of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences);
- Application for admission to the diploma examination (the form can be downloaded from the Dean’s Office or from the Faculty’s website);
- statement on participation in the PN study “Monitoring the Professional Fate of Graduates” The statement is completed and entered by the student in ehms (virtual Dean’s Office) in the “my data” tab. The declaration should be printed, signed and submitted to the Dean’s Office.
- four photos in 45 × 65 mm format . Pictures should be taken professionally, on photographic paper , clear, aesthetic and reflect the current image of the person on light background, in an elegant lilac outfit headgear and dark glasses while keeping the face evenly lit.
- Guidelines for the preparation of diploma theses at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences
- Anti-poster regulations of the thesis of students of the Warsaw School of The Main Farm
- WULS-SGGW diploma thesis template
- Order No. 46 of the Rector of the Warsaw School of 26 June 2020 on the rules for conducting diploma examinations outside the premises of the University using electronic means of communication
- Application for admission to the diploma examination
Questions for the diploma exam
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List of topics for the post-graduate diploma examination ZIP II
General questions
- Characterize the structure and methods of developing the Master Production Schedule and the location of GHP in the structure of enterprise plans.
- Characterize the method of network programming, types of networks used in network programming.
- Describe methods of design and optimization of production processes and give an example of application in the sector of obtaining and processing biological raw materials.
- Report the rules for determining the water footprint on any example of a food product.
- Report the principles of determining the carbon footprint of any food product example.
- Explain the essence of eco-efficiency of pro-ecological investments and present an example of calculating this indicator.
- Explain what a product life cycle assessment is and provide examples of this assessment.
- Explain the essence of bioeconomy in the context of sustainable development of the food economy.
- State the principles and the practical need for eco-design.
- Characteristics of Data Mining.
- What are random number generators, types, examples.
- What is the Simpson paradox and how does it affect the quality of regression models?
- The importance of standards in industry and trade.
- What steps must be followed in order to obtain the “CE” marking?
- What do the access safety tests to the machine workstation cover?
- Discuss the types of standards harmonized with the Machinery Directive.
- How to carry out a risk assessment for a machine.
- The impact of climate change on agriculture.
- Discuss the impact of agricultural production on the natural environment.
- What is strategic management and what is the role of the strategy?
- Strategic management stages.
- The essence of SWOT analysis and its application.
- Ways of assessing the value of the sector.
- Building a flexible production system.
- Criteria for selecting automated flexible manufacturing means
- Discuss the methodology of designing flexible production systems.
- What is a system model, the use of models.
- Discuss the system modeling method.
- Reductionism in cognition of systems.
- Analysis of the macro-environment and the competitive environment.
IT systems in production
- What is the difference between analog and digital image?
- What is the resolving power of an optical system and what is the criterion for its determination?
- Characterize the three main types of digital image transformations and give examples of these transformations.
- What is a random process, list the methods used to analyze random processes.
- What is a simulation, specify its types.
- Discuss Monte Carlo methods.
- What tasks does the PLC controller perform?
- What languages are PLC programming in?
- List the types of modules used in PLC devices.
- What technical parameters differentiate CPUs of PLC controllers?
- List the basic criteria for selecting an HMI system.
- List the basic functionalities of the SCADA system
- Discuss parametric and non-parametric models.
- List the methods of estimation.
- Discuss the structure of the industrial production control system.
- What are Kohonen networks.
- What is the central agglomeration procedure in cluster analysis and what is its graphical representation?
- Provide methods of obtaining information about the course of the designed technological process.
- What is the purpose of simulating technological processes?
- Give examples of the use of simulation in design.
Sustainable production systems
- How can the speed of the actuators of machines be regulated in hydraulic drives.
- Present the definition of the coupling and characterize the components of the selected one.
- List the factors influencing the internal resistance to movement of tracked vehicles.
- Ecosystem definition.
- Categories of ecosystem services and examples for these categories.
- What is an agroecosystem, what does agroecology do?
- Characteristics of plant production as an economic activity.
- Priorities for modernization and development of agricultural and rural infrastructure in the country.
- Characterize, on a selected example, the key elements of the infrastructure of field production biosystems.
- Discuss the principle of operation and the types of errors eliminated by DGPS differential systems
- How the NVDI Normalized Vegetation Index is determined.
- What is Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and what is it used for?
- What does FMEA error cause and effect analysis allow for?
- List and discuss methods of thermal and thermochemical conversion of biomass into useful energy.
- List and discuss factors influencing the durability of agglomerate from plants for energy purposes.
- Kinds, properties and methods of using base materials in pro-ecological agriculture.
- Laying a compost heap in a small organic farm.
- Equipment and care activities for poultry runs on an ecological farm.
- Please explain what is an ORS model and what does it apply to?
- What are the criteria for the ecological assessment of products, technologies and products according to the European Union Directive?
Agri-food processing engineering
- Apparatus for the separation of heterogeneous liquid / solid systems
- Apparatus for forming and shaping food products
- Apparatus used to increase the concentration of solutions in the food industry.
- Objectives and applications of criterion numbers in process engineering.
- Discuss thermal, diffusion and rheological properties of food products.
- Describe the essence and goals of the rectification process in the food industry.
- Directions of water use in agricultural and food sector plants.
- Make a breakdown and short description of steam boilers with regard to the water-steam cycle.
- The essence of indicators of unit energy consumption.
- Discuss the heat and mass transfer process.
- Characterize an example of a system containing basic processes in food technology.
- What elements influence the improvement of production systems in the agri-food industry. Discuss one of the examples.
- Discuss the structure of the industrial production control system.
- List the basic functionalities of the SCADA system.
- List the basic criteria for selecting an HMI system.
- Chemical and biological methods of food preservation.
- Characteristics and purpose of packaging.
- Explain the concept of Augmented Reality – provide any example of an application of this technology in industry, agriculture or other industry.
- Explain the concept of MES (Manufacturing Execution System). What are the functions of MES systems in industrial production?
- What are RFID tags (Radio-Frequency IDentyfication) and what can they be used for? Give three examples from any industry.
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