The mission of the polytechnic universities as a provider of future engineers must take into account theneeds of the stakeholders and promote collaborative activities that take into account the requirementsof the industrial sector and, with the student’s employability in mind, that will be close to the professionalexperience. Multidisciplinary approach is promoted in the curricular program and among the teachingstaff. More recently, considering this integration, subjects with a transversal approach based on CDIOmethodology have been implemented, to develop training in technological, managerial and socialcompetencies.This paper presents the training methodology adopted for the subject “Development and managementof industrial construction projects” at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales (ETSII)of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) and the interaction between teaching and industrial staffthroughout the academic year, with the definition of the degree of participation, expected competencesand degree of satisfaction. This subject is oriented towards project-based learning. The project will becarried out by groups of students with different specialties, who will start their project with a feasibilitystudy and develop it into an extended basic project. The evolution of the work will be followed with theelaboration of technical workshops and partial deliveries. The role played by the collaboration of differentindustrial agents will be evaluated in this paper.The lessons learned in the experiences of the first and the last four academic years linked to themultidisciplinary approach and the changes implemented after the annual analysis of results will beanalyzed. The current degree of commitment of the companies in the definition of needs will bepresented. The monitoring of this methodology has been carried out through surveys and interviewswith industry representatives, teachers, graduates and trainees.
The mission of the polytechnic universities as a provider of future engineers must take into account theneeds of the stakeholders and promote collaborative activities that take into account the requirementsof the industrial sector and, with the student’s employability in mind, that will be close to the professionalexperience. Multidisciplinary approach is promoted in the curricular program and among the teachingstaff. More recently, considering this integration, subjects with a transversal approach based on CDIOmethodology have been implemented, to develop training in technological, managerial and socialcompetencies.This paper presents the training methodology adopted for the subject “Development and managementof industrial construction projects” at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales (ETSII)of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) and the interaction between teaching and industrial staffthroughout the academic year, with the definition of the degree of participation, expected competencesand degree of satisfaction. This subject is oriented towards project-based learning. The project will becarried out by groups of students with different specialties, who will start their project with a feasibilitystudy and develop it into an extended basic project. The evolution of the work will be followed with theelaboration of technical workshops and partial deliveries. The role played by the collaboration of differentindustrial agents will be evaluated in this paper.The lessons learned in the experiences of the first and the last four academic years linked to themultidisciplinary approach and the changes implemented after the annual analysis of results will beanalyzed. The current degree of commitment of the companies in the definition of needs will bepresented. The monitoring of this methodology has been carried out through surveys and interviewswith industry representatives, teachers, graduates and trainees. Read More
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