What is a "Projet fil rouge"?
What is a "projet fil rouge" ?
In the framework of our studies in the ENSIACET, we had the opportunity to participate in the “projet fil rouge”.
“Projet fil rouge” ? It is certainly obvious but let’s explain what it is.
It is a project which stretches over three studies years that is 4 complete semesters and is dedicated to research, enrichment of our knowledge and experiments on this topic. All through of this project, a tutor guide and support us in our work.
Our project, originally entitled “Be inspired by nature to design materials and structures of tomorrow. Interest of a multi-scale approach”, includes a lot of different exploration fields.
First, we decided to reduce our study to cellular materials to do bibliographic research. Cellular materials can be inspired by nature but they can be synthesised in order to answer to a lot of features.
During the first semester, we chose to adopt an approach focused on the acoustic properties of these materials and then we studied physics properties.
For this project, we bought sound insulating materials used in construction industry (polyurethane foams)and for human ear (eargplug) in order to characterise them and to understand how they work.
The deadlines
Here few lines which can be useful if you want do a “Projet fil rouge”.
Students begin the project during the 2nd semester of the first year. They continue during the two semesters of the second year and they finish it in the 1st semester of the third year.
The first year
1A2S
- A report in French (coefficient 1) is submitted in June.
The report should not exceed 40 pages, excluding annexes. Annexes should not exceed 10 pages.
It contains, minimum :
° A synoptic record (project’s name, acronym, partners, organization, objectives, task list, table of deliverables and references)
° A Gantt’s diagram updated
° A short description of the main results
° A review and a perspective of the work done - An oral presentation (coefficient 1) is given in June.
The oral presentation has two parts :
° First, a presentation of the results by the students, with a computer support (powerpoint).
This presentation is 30 minutes regardless of the size of the group.
° Then, a discussion with the jury.
The duration of the discussion with the jury is 20 minutes. All students have to participate in the discussion.
After this oral presentation the jury gives a grade which can be different for the different members of the team.
Students involved in the “projet fil rouge” must attend to all presentations with the same jury.
The second year
2A1S
- A poster (A3 size) must be made in December.
It should show simply your work to the other students and teachers of the school.
It’s composed minimum of :
° Project’s name, acronym, partners and an organization chart
° The objectives
° Task list, table of deliverables and references
° A short description of the main results
° A review and a perspective of the work done - A progress report of the project is to be made in February.
It is written in French
Number of pages id free. This report must contain all the management, past, present and future.
2A2S
- A second report (coefficient 1) is submitted in June.
It has the same criteria as the 1A2S report. - An oral presentation (coefficient 1) is given in June.
It has the same criteria as the 1A2S oral presentation, but it is in English.
The third year
3A1S
- A report (coefficient 1) is given in February.
- An oral presentation (coefficient 1) in French is realized in February.
Our opinion of the project
Lucie
"I wanted to do this project in order to work over the long term with the same project team. I think the conventional projects are too short to get really invested, and because of the lack of time research and experiments cannot be done as whished.
With this project, we can plan our experiments and our meetings as we like that makes the management easier.
In addition, Staying with the same team is also important for me. By knowing the strengths of everyone, the division of the different tasks is faster and suitable for all the group members.
Finally, this project allowed us to choose the subject we wanted to study. Consequently, the work is more interesting and enjoyable! "
Charles
For me, such a project is interesting to learn working in the long run with the same team
It provides us with a new approach of what a team project is and how do we can deal with it.
The duration of this project forced us to establish an effective communication between the group members. Also, we learned how to set up goals, do long-range planning and stick to it all along.
I really feel like doing a work close to what my future engineer job is going to be. "
Edwin
"The main reason that led me to choose this project is working on the long term. I think normal projects are too short and therefore, you don’t have enough time to deal with interestinf topics.. Moreover, working with the same team during a long time is a very good experience because in the future we will be working with the same team fora few years. "
Charlotte
"The thing I liked with the idea of doing the “projet fil rouge” was to see how a long-term project is managed. Indeed, traditional projects do not allow us to see this aspect because they last only a few weeks while a project like this requires a labor organization in the long run. We also have to call on some professional’s services such as the ONERA or the IUT Paul Sabatier to help us. Meeting new people and visiting different places make the work more interesting and rewarding. "
Baptiste
"I had several reasons to get invested in this project. First, I started later than the others so I integrated an already cohesive and organized team. It was a good experience for me because I had to adapt to the situation quickly.
Also, as others mentioned, making a long-range planning with accurate goals and structured tasks has been motivating for me. In addition, I discovered cellular materials and working on this theme has been very interesting and has aroused my curiosity. "