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Degree Programme in Energy and
Environmental Engineering
Application Instructions 2017
The application period starts on January 10th and finishes on January 25th 2017 3:00 pm Finnish
time (GMT +2 hrs)
This means you have to start to do the assignments well before the deadline in order to get them
done on time!
What do you need to do next?
All times are Finnish time (GMT +2 hrs)
What
When
1. Do the assignments
(Step 1, pre-tasks 1.1 and 1.2)
Deadline
You can start right away!
25 January 2017 at
3:00 pm
2. Fill in the Official Online Application
(Step 2).
3. Fill in the Personal Online Data Form
(Step 3).
Between 10 Jan 2017 at
8:00 am and
4. Take care that you have sent all the
required attachments to
[email protected]
(see instructions in Step 4).
25 Jan 2017 at 3:00 pm
8 February 2017 at
3:00 pm
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Step 1. Assignments
See the Pre-tasks 1.1 and 1.2. After you have finished the assignments, fill in the Official Online Application (Step 2). The next step (Step 3) is to send your personal data using the Personal Online Data
Form. The assignments (2 files) have to be uploaded to the Online Data Form.
1.1 Writing Assignment: Personal Preparedness for Environmental Studies
Write a maximum 500 word text in English describing what in your opinion is the most significant environmental problem affecting the area where you live. Use 12 pt size Times New Roman font, use paragraphs when answering and 1.5 spacing.
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Describe one environmental problem affecting the area where you live.
How does the environmental problem affect your life?
Suggest a possible solution to the problem.
Read through our curriculum (Degree Programme in Energy and Environmental Engineering) and
tell which courses you think would help you in solving the problem.
Link to the curriculum: http://opinto-opas-ops.tamk.fi/index.php/en/167/en/49534
Output: ONE digital file (doc(x), rtf, odt, pdf), file size max 8 MB. Write your name and application
number on each answer sheet.
Name the file as follows
Familyname_Firstname_Text (for example Miettinen_Mika_Text)
Criteria for evaluation: Credibility, quality of content, language.
1.2 Calculations
At the end of these instructions you will find problems from the fields of mathematics, physics and chemistry. Solve these problems and record your answers. Scan your answers into ONE pdf file and attach
the file to the Personal Online Data Form.
Save your answer sheets! You will need them if you are called for an interview.
Output: ONE digital file (pdf), file size max 8 MB. Write your name and application number on each
answer sheet.
Name the calculation assignment file as follows
Familyname_Firstname_Calc.pdf (for example Miettinen_Mika_Calc.pdf)
Criteria for evaluation: The idea is to show you what type of problems you should be able to solve at
the beginning of your engineering studies. You should attempt all the problems and then give your honest evaluation in the Personal Online Data Form (Step 3) on how you found the tasks and estimate how
long it took to solve them.
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Step 2. Fill in the Official Online Application Form
Note that this form is not available before 8 am Finnish time on 10 January 2017
The official online application form is only available at: www.studyinfo.fi. This official online process generates an applicant number. Without the number your pre-task will automatically be
graded as a fail.
To see the information about the TAMK Degree Programme in Energy and Environmental Engineering at
Studyinfo.fi, search for ”energy and environmental engineering” or ”tamk-k2017” or click here:
http://tinyurl.com/TAMKidee2017-studyinfo
Be careful when choosing your order of preference in the application. The order of preference chosen is
binding and cannot be altered after the application closes.
More information:
http://www.tamk.fi/web/tamken/energy-and-environmental-engineering-bachelor
Step 3. Fill in the Personal Online Data Form and Upload
the Pre-Tasks Digitally
Note that the Personal Online Data Form is not available before 10 January 2017!
Fill in the Personal Online Data Form at:
http://ideeadmission.tamk.fi/
Make sure that you have your application number before filling in the data form. It is not possible to
edit your personal data form after you have sent it. However, it is possible to fill in and upload the
form again and only the latest form (if there are multiple entries) will be evaluated.
The assignments have to be uploaded onto the Personal Online Data Form. The assignments can be
delivered digitally only via the form. The maximum size for one document is 8 MB, you can upload a
maximum of 2 files.
The entire pre-task has to be received by the end of the application period, 3:00 pm Finnish time on
25 January 2017.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR UPLOADING THE ASSIGNMENTS
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Only the most common text document file formats (doc(x), rtf, odt, pdf) and image file formats
(jpg, png, pdf) can be used.
Max file size is 8 MB/attachment
Max 2 attachments
After you have filled in the Personal Online Data Form you need to click SAVE at the end of the
form.
On the next page the online data form requires you to attach your assignments.
Submissions after the deadline will not be accepted.
The pre-tasks will be archived for one (1) year.
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Step 4. Final check
Check that you have sent all the required attachments (copies of certificates and a copy of your passport identity page) to: [email protected] as instructed at Studyinfo.fi. You need to do this by 3:00
pm Finnish time 8 February 2017.
Click the link to see the required attachments in Studyinfo.fi:
http://tinyurl.com/TAMKidee2017-studyinfo
Assessment of the pre-tasks
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Because of the large number of applicants, the pre-task is given an overall grade of pass or
fail only.
For those who pass, your pretasks and application forms will be checked by a committee of
teachers and sixty (60) will be invited for an interview.
All pre-tasks will be checked for plagiarism with the URKUND system (www.urkund.com). If
plagiarism is detected, the pre-task is automatically given a fail grade.
Furthermore, we will not explain how to interpret the pre-task on an individual basis, so please
do not send us emails or call us asking how to implement this pre-task.
The entire pre-task has to be available to us by the deadline, otherwise the pre-task is automatically given a fail grade.
All required attachments in the Step 4 have to be available to us by the given deadline, otherwise your eligibility for the degree programme cannot be assessed.
All the best for your application process!
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Check your level of natural sciences
There are 11 problems to be solved. Of questions 9 and 11, choose either alternative A or B.
Write your solutions on paper with clear handwriting and scan them to be attached to the personal
online data form (see Step 3). Files uploaded to the Personal Online Data Form must be 8 MB or
smaller. Observe how long it takes to solve the problems and write it down to the answer paper as
well. Write your name on each answer sheet together with your application number.
Problems 1-8: Answer to all problems
1. Solve a, b and c.
a) Solve x.
x   x  4   10  1  x 
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2
b) Solve x and y
2 x  y  5
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3 x  4 y  10
c) Solve d1
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d 2  d1
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d1
2. Due to a bad economical situation wages of the employees will be decreased by 4 % or 150 dollars.
a) For Laura both choices lead to the same situation. Calculate Laura’s initial salary.
b) For Tony it is better to decrease his salary by 150 dollars because in that way he will get 35 dollars
more. Calculate Tony’s initial salary.
3. A chemical store has two types of acid solutions. One contains 25 % acid and the other contains 15 %
acid. How many litres of each type should be mixed to obtain 200 litres of a mixture containing 18 %
acid.
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4. A pentagon lies inside a circle (see picture below). Calculate ratio between the area of the pentagon
and the area of the circle.
5. A solid glass ball weighs 2,00 kg. Calculate the diameter of the ball. Density of glass is 2390 kg/m3?
6. Insert some parentheses in the expression 24 : 4 + 8 : 2 +2 so that the result is:
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 6
7. Each puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid containing given clues in various places. The object is to fill all empty
squares so that the numbers 1 to 9 appear exactly once in each row, column and 3x3 box.
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8. Find the length r and the angle , when p = 26,0 m, k = 19,0 m and the shaded grey area is 86,5
m2.
r
k
α
p
Problems 9-11: Answer to either alternative A or B
9. ALTERNATIVE A
Energy management has become a crucial field in increasing the efficiency of our everyday use of energy. One of the most energy consuming activities is the boiling of water. In order to understand the energy consumption, you need to have understanding on thermodynamics and electricity.
Solve the calculation below:
We use an electric immersion heater to heat 2,0 liters water having temperature of 20C to the boiling
point. Specific heat capacity of water is 4,19 kJ/(kg C). The power of the heater is 1,50 kW and efficiency of heating is 80 %. How much time does the heating take?
9. ALTERNATIVE B
Traffic in the cities releases NOx gases into the atmosphere (in the form of NO and NO2). NOx gases
contribute to rainwater acidification by dissolving and transforming into a strong acid (HNO3, nitric
acid) according to the reaction below:
4 NO + 3 O2 + 2 H2O → 4 HNO3
a) 0,001 g of NO dissolves into 1 liter of rainwater and all of it transforms into nitric acid. What is the
molar concentration of nitric acid in the rainwater?
b) Supposing that no other acids are dissolved in the rainwater, what is the pH of rainwater?
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10. ALTERNATIVE A
Transportation consumes huge amounts of energy and much of the transportation relies on fossil fuels as
their primary energy source. For example, the European Union (EU) has pledged to cut its energy consumption by 20 % by 2020. In order to understand the impacts of such savings on transportation you
need to have understanding on speed, distance and travel time calculations.
Solve the calculations below:
a) The velocity of a moving object is shown in the graph. Determine i) how the object is moving and ii)
calculate the total distance moved.
v/ m/s
5
4
3
2
1
0
5
10
t/s
b) Two families Mäkinen* and Nieminen* travel by cars a distance of 185 km. In the middle of the
travel both have a break of 20 min. During driving family Nieminen has an average speed of 90 km/h.
Family Mäkinen drives the first part at an average speed of 70 km/h. What average speed would
family Mäkinen need for the rest of the travel in order to get to the destination at the same time with
family Nieminen.
* Mäkinen and Nieminen are examples of two very common Finnish family names.
10. ALTERNATIVE B
The elementary analysis of 22 g hydrocarbon sample results in 18 g C and 4 g H.
a) Choose the correct chemical formula of the hydrocarbon:
i) CH4
ii) C2H4
iii) C3H8
b) What is the amount of CO2 in grams formed by the total combustion of hydrocarbon? Assume complete combustion, meaning that only CO2 and H2O is formed.
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11. ALTERNATIVE A
Our electricity bills consist of many different forms of energy use. In order to be able to make estimates
on how much different appliances use electricity and how much savings could be done by investing less
electricity consuming ones, you need to have understanding on electricity calculations.
Solve the calculations below:
An electric heater of power 2500 W is connected to a voltage of 230 V.
i) Calculate the electric current going through the heater.
ii) What is the resistance of the heater?
iii) How much energy does it consume in a year, if it is switched on 15 min every day.
iv) How much it costs per year to use the heater when the price of electricity is 0,0479 €/kWh?
11. ALTERNATIVE B
Phosphorous (P) is an indispensable nutrient in food production. According to the estimates, mineral
phosphorous resources will end up within 50 years and consequently new sources of P has to be found.
A human excretes 2,2 g of phosphorous (P) per day on average. In conventional wastewater management system, with flushing toilets, only 1 % of the excreted P is recycled into food production. Dry toilets
could be used as an alternative to the conventional flushing toilets and they can make it possible to recycle 80 % of P directly into food production.
a) Estimate the increase in amount of recyclable P in a country of 5,5 million persons in one year, if alternative dry toilets would replace the conventional flushing toilets.
b) Calculate the mass percentages of P and N in struvite, (NH4MgPO4).
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