1. Commercial Engineering at UFSIA

2. * 5 years of study >2nd cycle: 3 years - 180 UFSIA-credits >1st cycle: 2 years - 120 UFSIA-credits * based on the complete curriculum of business economics + technology courses

3. Commercial Engineering at UFSIA * 80 % of courses/credits: business/society related * 20% of courses/credits: technology related

4. Commercial Engineering at UFSIA *technology related: 3 types of courses > (technical) sciences > applied sciences (engineering) > technology management courses

5. Commercial Engineering at UFSIA *technology related: 4 (broad) engineering fields (>90 % of industrial activity) >mechanics, fluid mechanics, energy, thermodynamics, machinery, production, … >chemistry, materials, processes, … >electricity, electronics, automation, … >information/communication technology,...

6. Commercial Engineering at UFSIA * 3 majors: > technology management > quantitative management > information management

7. Commercial Engineering at UFSIA * business related: > 5 pilars > 3 majors > 8 minors

8. Commercial Engineering at UFSIA * business related: 5 pilars > philosophy, ethics,... > economics, business and management > mathematics > sciences related to society > languages/communication skills

9. Commercial Engineering at UFSIA * business related: 3 majors > general economics > business management > quantitative management

10. Commercial Engineering at UFSIA * business related: 8 minors = marketing = accountancy = finance = transport = informatics = international management = economic and diplomatic international relations = production management and logistics

11. Commercial Engineering at UFSIA LABOTHEEK © alias LABORARY ©

12. Commercial Engineering at UFSIA LABOTHEEK © -LABORARY © Set-up * A library of lab experiments * Continuously at the disposition of the student * The students perform the experiments with PC based support * Real experiments no simulations !

13. Commercial Engineering at UFSIA Developed experiments * Equilibrium and pH * The applied capacitor (in development) * The Diode (in development) LABOTHEEK © -LABORARY ©

14. Commercial Engineering at UFSIA Applied methods * The PC guides the students through their lab experiments. * All necessary information is provided by interactive non linear HTML pages, combining: - Text - Movies - Images - Sound LABOTHEEK © -LABORARY ©

15. Commercial Engineering at UFSIA Applied methods * If necessary, LabView © is used for the communication between the experiment and the PC. * The HTML pages are combined with LabView © in one interactive Document. LABOTHEEK © -LABORARY ©

16. Commercial Engineering at UFSIA Survey * We carried out a survey among 133 students. * In this survey the students could assigning a score to several statements. The sore ranged from 0 to 10: - 0 totally disagree - 5 no opinion - 10 totally agree * The results of this survey are positive. LABOTHEEK © -LABORARY ©

17. Commercial Engineering at UFSIA Survey The PC offers enough information for the practical aspects of the lab. Score Number of students LABOTHEEK © -LABORARY ©

18. Commercial Engineering at UFSIA Survey The PC offers enough information for the theoretical aspects of the lab. Score Number of students LABOTHEEK © -LABORARY ©

19. Commercial Engineering at UFSIA Survey The use of the PC hardly poses any problem. Score Number of students LABOTHEEK © -LABORARY ©

20. Commercial Engineering at UFSIA Conclusion * The use of the PC doesnt pose any problem in the experimental set-up. * The computer provides enough information for both the practical and theoretical aspects of the experiments. * The first attempts to build experiments which can function in a LABORARY © environment are successful. LABOTHEEK © -LABORARY ©