1. ATLANTIS EIM ENGINEERING A NEW GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT UJA-UCF-JTH-UC-ERAU 2010-2014 AGREEMENT NUMBER: 2010-2866-/001-001 CPT EU-US EIM MONITORING VISIT PRESENTATION OCTOBER 23 2014

2. I. Overall Project Data, Partnerships and Management

3. Overall Project Data Start date: September 16th 2010 First report due: January 15th 2012 Intermediate report: September 15th 2012 End date: Septmber 15th 2015 (Extended) Overall funding: 180,000 euros (European side) First Pre-financing payment: 40% (72,000 euros) Inter-atlantic student mobility grants: 24 (in) and 24 (out) Inter-atlantic faculty mobility grants: 6 (in) and 6 (out) New memorandum of understanding for this project signed by all partners

4. Steering Committee UJAEN: Victoria López-Ramón, Sebastián Bruque- Cámara, Nieves Muñoz-García, Monserrat Illana-García, Josep Martí Ribas. UC: Gemma Castro, Amaya Lobo-García de Cortázar JTH: Mikael Palmgren. UCF: Avelino González, Consuelo Stebbins. ERAU: Massood Towhidnejad

5. Communication means On-site personal meetings: Berlin, October 2010; Brussels, March 2012; Melbourne, March 2013. Quarterly virtual meetings starting in September 2012 (skype) E-mail, phone: several hundreds communications held throughout the life of the project (i.e. 320 e-mails in the last 3 years).

6. Project website

11. II. Project timetable, activities and foreseen results

12. Timetable and foreseen results Student mobiltiy objectives achieved (expected to finish SM in 2015) Staff mobility still pending to be carried out in 2015 Academic targets achieved: Apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering and applied environmental issues Design and conduct experiments and interpret results related to environmental issues Work as member of multidisciplinary and multinational teams to acquire leadership skills and organization Communcate effectively in written, oral and graphical forms….

13. III. Student mobility

14. Student mobility grants EU  USA (entire period) Sending lead EU institution: UJ Sending EU partner institution 2: UC Sending EU partner institution 3: JTH WITH GRANT without Grant WITH G RANT without Grant WITH GRANT without Grant Hosting lead US Institution: UCF 9 (0) 6 2 (2)5 (0) 4 1 (1) 6 (1) 3 0 Hosting partner institution 2 : ERAU 2 (1) 4 0 2 (2) 3 0 0404 0 Funding per student: 5,000 euros (1 semester minimum)

15. Student mobility grants USA  EU (entire period) Sending lead institution: UCF Sending partner institution 2: ERAU TOTAL With Grant Hosting lead EU Institution: UJ 5 (0) 6 2 (0) 4 7 (0) 10 Hosting EU partner institution 2 : UC 8 (0) 4 1 (1) 3 8 (0) 7 Hosting EU partner institution 3: JTH 7 (0) 3 1 (1) 4 8 (0) 7

16. Grading scale equivalences for EU students UC UJ UCF ERAU JTHECTSDESCRIPTION Honor (**) A+5+AExceptional 10ADistinction/5AExcellent 9A-4.75 BVery good 8B+4.25 7.57.5 B4 CGood 7B-3.75 6.56.5 C+ 3.25DSatisfactory 6C 5C-/D+Pass/3EPass 4 or <4D/D- Fail <3. 0 FX/FFail

17. IV. Staff mobility

18. Academic staff mobility grants EU  USA ( entire period ) Sending lead EU institution: UJ Sending EU partner institution 2: UC Sending EU partner institution 3: JTH Hosting lead US partner Institution: UCF 1 (1) 1 1 (0) 1 1 (1) 1 Hosting partner institution 2: ERAU 1 (1) 1 1 (1) 1 1 (1) 1 Grant per academic staff member: 5,000 euros, 4 weeks minimum

19. Academic staff mobility grants USA  EU ( entire period ) Sending lead institution: UCF Sending partner institution 2: ERAU Hosting lead EU Institution: UJ 1 (0) 1 0000 Hosting EU partner institution 2: UC 0000 1 (0) 0 Hosting EU partner institution 3: JTH 0000 0101

20. V. Evaluation

21. Evaluation outcomes & Activities Initial and intermediate reports submitted, amended and approved by the EACEA Initial external evaluation reports by American evaluator received (overall positive outcome). External evaluator in the EU belonging of the European Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education. Reports expected in early 2015. EACEA Audit, October 2014.

22. VI. Dissemination

23. Dissemination outcomes Mostly in the period 2012-2014. Website www.ujaen.es/Atlantiswww.ujaen.es/Atlantis Calls and Calls for applications (2011-2015) Press releases. Local and national (in Spain and Sweden). Social networks (Facebook Peregrino Erasmus UJA). One poster sent to NAFSA 2013. One paper to be sent to NAFSA or EAIE 2015.

24. VII. Sustainability

25. Sustainability directions & facts Exchanges will go on among the partner beyond the Project (more than 20 students without Atlantis grant exchanged in the last 4 years). Other funding sources: Own univerisities funding, other potential sources such as Jafarco, Santander or Erasmus+ for non European countries. Current negotiations to create a double International Degree in Informatics between the University of Jaén and UCF.

26. VIII. Financial Management

27. EU budget allocation and remaining amounts UJUCJTH Student mobility 55,000 (5,000) 35,000 (10,000) 30,000 (5,000) Faculty mobility 10,000 (10,000) 10,000 (7,715) 10,000 (10,000) Administration Costs 28,000 (0) 1,000 (0) 1,000 (0) Total amount 94,000 (15,000) 15,9% 46,000 (17,715) 38,51% 41,000 (26,000) 63,41% Total: 180,000 (58,715)

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