Development of professional competencies in the teaching of engineering

This paper describes the experience in the development of the course “Thermal Energy Technology” for the fourth level of the Chemical Engineering career under the Curriculum Design established by the UTN for the career and with a focus on the development of transferable skills and competencies to the future professional performance of students. Strategies were applied with an emphasis on active student participation, aimed at solving problems through teamwork. Simultaneously, it has sought to update and improve the methodology of teaching - learning process, using Information Technology and Communication (ITC). We used a learning management system, integrated with the Virtual Campus of the University, allowing to optimize the time between theoretical developments and practical work of selection, calculation and design of equipment, improving students´ ability to solve engineering problems.