Monthly meetings, with every event having a presentation phase, a technical discussion phase, and a scientific writing phase.
Before each event, a homework must be submitted to the examiner with an analysis of the journals under discussion.
FEK3154 Topics in Electromagnetic Interactions with Microsystems IV 3.0 credits
The course is building up on the third course of this course series (FEK3153) and can only be taken if the first course has been completed successfully. The course is arranged as a journal club seminar series with 2 (academic) hours long units once a month. Every unit consists of the presentation and analysis of at least one selected journal paper of relevance to the participants. Every unit has a participant in a dedicated presenter role, and another participant in the moderator role. There is a rotation scheme for these roles between the different events. The journal papers under discussion will need to be approved by the course responsible at least a week before the meeting. At the event, the presenter is presenting the paper, including its background, findings and conclusions. Then there are two discussion rounds in which all participants gets their turns. In the first discussion round, the technical content of the journal is analyzed and discussed, and this round is held like a question&answering session interacting with the presenter. In the second round, the participants discuss the non-technical aspects of the paper: structure, completeness, language, quality of figures, appropriateness of abstracts, substantiation of results, appropriateness of conclusions. As a homework, each participating student must submit a paper analysis before the event. As this is an advanced course round, it is expected that the students have more advanced competence in paper analysis, gained from the first course round, and are able to apply that to scientific papers. In contrast to the previous course instances, in this course round the focus is on review articles. For this purpose, the differences in writing and analyzing review articles as compared to original scientific publications will be emphasized.
Information per course offering
Information for Autumn 2025 Start 25 Aug 2025 programme students
- Course location
KTH Campus
- Duration
- 25 Aug 2025 - 24 Oct 2025
- Periods
- P1 (3.0 hp)
- Pace of study
25%
- Application code
50288
- Form of study
Normal Daytime
- Language of instruction
English
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Course syllabus as PDF
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Course syllabus FEK3154 (Autumn 2025–)Information for research students about course offerings
The course is given continuously. Location is Malvinas väg 10, 5th floor, MST seminar room.
Headings with content from the Course syllabus FEK3154 (Autumn 2025–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )
Content and learning outcomes
Course disposition
Course contents
Monthly meetings, with every event having a presentation phase, a technical discussion phase, and a scientific writing phase. Before each event, a homework must be submitted to the examiner with an analysis of the journals under discussion.
Intended learning outcomes
In the course of these meetings, the student will be able:
- To critically analyze a the technical content of a scientific review article in the field on an advanced level.
- To critically analyze the quality of review paper writing on an advanced level.
- To present a scientific review paper on an advanced level, in his/her field, but not of his/her own work, to a critical audience.
- To write his/her own review papers with improved quality, on an advanced level.
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
MSc degree in electrical engineering, technical physics, or equivalent. Furthermore, the student must be enrolled in a PhD student programme with a project in the interdisciplinary field of electromagnetic waves and microsystems. Successful completion of the FEK3153.
Recommended prerequisites
MSc degree in electrical engineering, technical physics, or equivalent. Furthermore, the student must be enrolled in a PhD student programme with a project in the interdisciplinary field of electromagnetic waves and microsystems.
Having successfully completed the FEK3153 course.
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Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
P, F
Examination
- EXA1 - Examination, 3.0 credits, grading scale: P, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
Other requirements for final grade
To get the full credits after a full academic year period, the student must:
- be present at 10 meetings (corresponding to a full academic year)
- have been at least once in the presenter, and at least once in the moderator’s role
- have submitted all homework assignments in time
Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination
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Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination
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Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
Course room in Canvas
Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.
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Main field of study
This course does not belong to any Main field of study.
Education cycle
Third cycle
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