Boosting the scientific excellence and innovation capacity of 3D printing methods in pandemic period Erasmus Project

Project Title

Boosting the scientific excellence and innovation capacity of 3D printing methods in pandemic period

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Partnerships for Digital Education Readiness

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Open and distance learning; Health and wellbeing; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

Based on the previous cooperation of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca in the field of 3D printing with the medical institutions (University of Medicine, Oncological Institute, Skull-Maxilla clinics) in the last 15 years within National / EU projects (FP7, HORIZON 2020) emphasized in the developing, testing and producing of medical implants / testing and producing new biocompatible materials /providing solutions that contributed to the saving of more than 200 patients using 3D printing methods & with the support of medical institutions it has been identified a strong need in boosting the scientific excellence level and innovation not only in research, but also in teaching, for preparing specialists in this field in order to get their competences & skills in the field of 3D printing for developing, producing and testing of medical parts, that are stringent, especially nowadays, in the context of the pandemic. In this context a curriculum was defined with the support of the Medical institutions, which comprises not only the 3D printing, but also complementary disciplines CAD/CAE/Materials Science & Strength of Materials/Flexible manufacturing systems/Process optimization & software control/ Medical Engineering), disciplines which were considered necessary for providing competences & skills in developing, producing and testing of medical parts by 3D printing technologies. Boosting of scientific excellence & innovation is needed to be done also in teaching, by bringing practical & motivational methods for engineering students, especially now in the context of the pandemic. Boosting of scientific excellence and innovation is needed to be done not only in research, but also in teaching, by bringing modernized applications that are really practical & motivational for engineering students, especially now in the context of the pandemic. The main objective of the BRIGHT project is to provide teaching resources & methods for professors coming from Higher Education institutions that are interested to find ways in providing their students relevant knowledge, skills & competences in the field of 3D printing methods used for producing medical parts , by providing e-courses that sustains the BRIGHT project curriculum, e-toolkit manuals for digital learning (which are correlated with the support courses & which provides from the experience of BRIGHT consortium previous case studies that were developed, produced & tested in cooperation with medical institutions in the last 15 years in the field of 3D printing, but not as a research book, but as an useful tool for teaching purpose, being an important resource in providing detailed description (on real case studies (e.g. skull implants) which are the required steps to follow starting from CAD, CAE & continuing with 3D printing & testing. Same approach is foreseen to be reached through the BRIGHT e-learning virtual laboratory platform that will be built by the BRIGHT consortium & will be a useful teaching method through which professors & students can follow the chain & see all stages (virtual rooms) in preparing their CAD models, CAE analysis, 3D printing simulation & mechanical / medical testing (with one very intuitive interface & interactive environment), for experiencing in virtual mode all processes that are needed to be followed for developing, producing & testing of medical parts by 3D printing methods, at the end. BRIGHT e-learning webinars on the use of 3D printing technologies in development, producing & testing of medical parts based on videos & explanations that emphasize the pre-processing stages, real 3D printing & testing equipment items (correlated with the examples provided in the e-toolkit & e-virtual laboratory platform) are provided as a useful tool for teaching purpose as well. Last, but not least BRIGHT e-case studies for project based learning method used in developing, testing & manufacturing of new medical products by 3D printing technologies in pandemic period (real case studies) are aimed to be launched on the e-platform of BRIGHT project so professors & students can use the resources provided by the BRIGHT project (e-courses, e-toolkit, e-virtual laboratory, e-webinars) for developing, producing & testing of medical parts that are coming from medical sector, in cooperation with BRIGHT consortium & support of the SMEs). BRIGHT consortium comprises 5 partners coming from different technical universities in Europe – Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, University of Nis (Serbia), University of Poznan (Poland), Sveuciliste Jurja Dobrila University of Pula (Croatia) & Slovak University of Bratislava with high experience in research & teaching & 2 partners coming from the SMEs sector – BIZZCOM s.r.o. company in Bučany (Slovakia) & B.M Plast d.o.o from Optatija (Croatia), all these partners of the BRIGHT consortium having strong expertise in providing all teaching resources that are needed for the support of the BRIGHT project curriculum, at the end.

Project Website

https://bright-project.eu

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 187480 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA CLUJ-NAPOCA & Country: RO

Project Partners

• POLITECHNIKA POZNANSKA
• SLOVENSKA TECHNICKA UNIVERZITA V BRATISLAVE
• BIZZCOM s.r.o.
• SVEUCILISTE JURJA DOBRILE U PULI
• UNIVERZITET U NISU
• B. M. PLAST DRUŠTVO S OGRANIČENOM ODGOVORNOŠĆU ZA PROIZVODNJU PROIZVODA OD METALA I PLASTIKE