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Post graduate course Community Service Engineering

Post graduate course Community Service Engineering. Technology for empowerment, quality of living and independence Technology as support for social profit organisations Prof.Jan Engelen. Results of the question: how important are the following issues for your potential future

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Post graduate course Community Service Engineering

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  1. Post graduate courseCommunity Service Engineering Technology for empowerment, quality of living and independence Technology as support for social profit organisations Prof.Jan Engelen

  2. Results of the question: how important are the following issues for your potential future occupation or job?

  3. Engineering students in Flanders Source: Agoria DO WE WANT TO REMEDY THIS? NO !!

  4. Zijn we alleen?… We are not alone...

  5. What is the Cera Award? • There is a lot of innovation potential in the social profit sector • Engineers can contribute more to the sector if they understand more clearly the needs and challenges of the people and organisations their engineering projects serve. IN PRACTICE THIS MEANS… Yearly prizes for research and development projects in the social profit sector: awards for students, organisations and one “senior” researcher in the field. What did we learn from the Cera Award

  6. Engineers should focus on end users Directly for their benefit or quality of living, e.g. • Accessibility (buildings, websites, services, vehicles,…) • Activities of daily living (eating, drinking, physical hygiene, …) • Communication (oral, by telephone, internet…) • Entertainment/leisure time • Learning (reading, studying, maths,…) • Living • Mobility (moving from place A to B) • Seeing and/or hearing • Working

  7. Engineers should focus also on social profit organisations • Adaptations of the workplace • Human resources and training (physical and mental well-being of staff) • Client administration • General management • Architecture and design of buildings • Communication & cooperation • Team building & leisure To strenghtenand optimise their functioning, e.g. through

  8. “Community Service Engineering” Is a postgraduate level educational course • For Engineers (all disciplines) • Focussing on engineering tasks in the social profit sector. It is organised: • On an international scale • Using blended (and remote) learning techniques • With a balanced programme of theoretical and hands-on courses. It is organised by: • KU Leuven (2 Engineering faculties) and Thomas More • from Sept. 2014 onwards • And can be combined with your actual job

  9. A glimpse on the curriculum

  10. A strong focus on interdisciplinarity

  11. A strong focus on practical solutions:just one example Local video Anderslezen app: listening to books, magazines and daily newspapers Demonstration by Steven Bladt (Techtouch) & interview Bert Paepen (Pyxima)

  12. www.iiw.kuleuven.be/cse

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