Digital Manufacturing Master Degree to set specialists for the dawn of the Industry 4.0 Erasmus Project

Project Title

Digital Manufacturing Master Degree to set specialists for the dawn of the Industry 4.0

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 : Strategic Partnerships for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Cooperation between educational institutions and business; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

1. Objectives
The main objective of the project is to elaborate a master programme study related to digital manufacturing in order to meet the needs and challenges of Industry 4.0 and therefore to improve the performance of the companies. This objective can be reached through the following actions:
– inventory of relevant digital technologies in order to elaborate a guideline for alignment of the Industry 4.0 to actual digital devices for fabrication process
– elaboration of minimal requirements to introduce a new innovative master programme study related to digital fabrication
– elaboration of new innovative curriculum related to digital manufacturing
– elaboration of digital lessons materials in order to improve technical and digital competences of the students
– elaboration of learning management system for an open education in digital era
– promotion of new innovative programme study to industry stakeholders, HEIs and students

2. Target Groups
– teachers who must have digital competences in order to better perform in a digital environment
– students who needs to have technical and digital competences as a prerequisite for acting in digital manufacturing
– stakeholders from industry who will need qualified personnel in the field of digital manufacturing

3. Activities
3.1. Transnational Project Meetings
TM1. Craiova, RO – kick off meeting
TM2. Lisbon, P
TM3. Budapest, HU
TM4. Cluj, RO

3.2. Intellectual Outputs
O1. Guideline to align requirements of Industry 4.0 to existent and designed digital technologies
O2. Sheet containing all data required to apply the proposed Master Degree course
O3. Elaboration of lessons materials, teaching notes and examination system
O4. Elaboration of DIGIMAN – Learning Management System

3.3. Learning Teaching Training
C1. Robotized Welding
C2. Digital Manufacturing
C3. Digital Tools for Teaching/Learning/Assessing

3.4. Multiplier Events
E1. Workshop RO
E2. Workshop P
E3. Workshop P
E4. Workshop D
E5. Workshop HU
E6. Workshop ES
E7. Workshop RO

3.5. Project Management

4. Results
– increasing the level of technical competences for students in order to meet requirements of digital manufacturing
– increasing the level of digital competencies for students and teachers
– increasing the level of cooperation between HEIs and industry stakeholders
– improving the pedagogical competences of teachers by introducing XR/AR/VR/MR and simulated processes in teaching process
– improving transnational cooperation between universities, technologies developers and industry stakeholders
– improving the level of education by using blended learning environment
– improving the teaching/learning framework among Europe by providing lessons materials, real life study cases, videos, etc. in digital form embedded in a learning management system

5. Outputs
– 1 survey regarding the evaluation of digital manufacturing competences required in industrial engineering field
– 1 survey regarding the evaluation of Industry 4.0 requirements
– 1 survey for stakeholders related to necessary competences provided by the foreseen curriculum
– 1 survey for teachers/students related to quality of the project products
– 1 curriculum for master programme study related to digital manufacturing
– 12 lessons materials covering disciplines of the programme study
– 1 database with questions and answers for examination process
– 1 learning management system for the master programme study developed
– 3 short-term courses
– 16 teachers trained during short-term courses
– 14 teachers trained after short-term courses of teachers from organizations participating in project
– 16 certificates for teachers participants to short-term course
– 14 workshops in countries participating in DIGIMAN project
– 280 participants to multiplier events for the whole project
– 1 Quality Plan
– 1 Dissemination Plan
– 2 technical and financial reports to Romanian NA
– 1 report on quality of outputs, results and products of DIGIMAN project
– 1 report on dissemination activities
– 1 project website
– 7 webpages in national languages on partners websites
– 4 articles published in newsletters
– 600 flyers in national languages (100 flyers/partner)
– 6 roll-ups in national languages (1 roll-up/partners)
– 60 posters (min A3) with project objectives, activities and results (10 posters/partner)

6. Future activities after project completion
– implementation the digital manufacturing programme study in UCV educational offer
– continuous update of the content of lessons materials for the next 4 years
– continuous consultation of the industry stakeholders in order to improve the educational materials and teaching methods and tools

Project Website

http://digimanproject.eu/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 259394 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSITATEA DIN CRAIOVA & Country: RO

Project Partners

• HOCHSCHULE HEILBRONN
• UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA
• AUGMENTED TRAINING SERVICES, S.L.
• UNIVERSITATEA TEHNICA CLUJ-NAPOCA
• BUDAPESTI MUSZAKI ES GAZDASAGTUDOMANYI EGYETEM
• EUROPEAN FEDERATION FOR WELDING JOINING AND CUTTING