Described are the results of a study that was set up to get insight into the appreciation of students for distance learning, especially concerning online lab-experiments. We wanted to know whether an online lab-experiment is more or less effective than a regular one and how it can be used in IPD-projects. …

De projecten op gebied van "Integrated Product Development" (IPD) bij Fontys worden beschreven. Aan de orde komen de verschillende vormen, waarin deze projecten in de loop der jaren zijn uitgevoerd en de samenwerkingsverbanden die hieruit zijn ontstaan. Er wordt aandacht besteed aan de onderwijsvormen, …

Een aantal studieonderdelen van de Fontys-opleiding Technische Informatica, met name op het gebied van de Industriële Automatisering worden nader toegelicht. In het begin van de opleiding zijn er oriënterende eenheden, zoals de module Productiesystemen (PRS) en het project Industriële Automatisering …

Al jaren lang klaagt de industrie steen en been over de teloorgang van het vakgebied Industriële Automatisering. In het algemeen verstaat men hieronder de softwarematige (maar deels ook hardwarematige) oplossingen die nodig zijn voor het besturen en monitoren van industriële processen. Te denken valt …

An investigation in the learning effects of integrated development projects. In two subsequent semesters the students were asked how they rated their competencies at the start of the project as well as at the end of it. The students voluntarily filled out a questionnaire. After the last questionnaire …

An on-going investigation in the learning effects of IPD projects. In three subsequent semesters the students were asked how they rated their competencies at the start of the project as well as at the end of it. Also questionnaires were filled out and students were interviewed. A lot of students tended …

Our IPD-projects have changed: more international partners became involved and simultaneously we started to carry out real projects for real companies. This caused a number of problems. In order to be able to give full support to the projects and conclude them with a nice, formal symposium we need financial …

The paper summarizes two models for engineering education, as discussed in earlier papers. The first model (Corporate Curriculum) aims to bring Industry into the school, while the second model (I3) intends to bring the school into Industry. The contribution of the presented models to the Bologna Declaration …

This article deals with automatic object recognition. The goal is that in a certain grey-level image, possibly containing many objects, a certain object can be recognized and localized, based upon its shape. The assumption is that this shape has no special characteristics on which a dedicated recognition …

Two models for engineering education that may answer the needs for "Renaissance Engineers" are described in this paper. They were the outcome of an educational renewal project, funded by the Dutch Ministry of Education and industrial companies. The first model (Corporate Curriculum) aims to bring Industry …