Multidisciplinary and international projects

Author

Peña, Manuel Fernández ; Conesa, Divina Gracia ; Hassan, Houcine ; Ballester, Enrique

Author_Institution

Escuela Tec. Super. de Ing. del Diseno (ETSID), Univ. Politec. de Valencia (UPV), Valencia, Spain

fYear

2009

fDate

22-24 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Students on the European Project Semester (EPS) carry out an interdisciplinary, industrial project in a multicultural environment, and begin to develop the cross-disciplinary language and communication skills, which are so needed in the global economy of today, as well as gaining international experience. The students participate at the beginning of the semester in preparatory courses related to design and management of engineering projects and the formation of efficient teams. The structure, organization and activities of the course are described and some of the areas where international cooperation is especially relevant are highlighted.

Keywords

educational courses; engineering education; European Project Semester; communication skills; cross-disciplinary language; engineering projects; interdisciplinary industrial project; international cooperation; international projects; multicultural environment; multidisciplinary projects; preparatory courses; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Fuel cells; History; Humans; Innovation management; Knowledge management; Project management; Robotics and automation; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

EAEEIE Annual Conference, 2009

Conference_Location

Valencia

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5385-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5386-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EAEEIE.2009.5335454

Filename

5335454