Just a few weeks ago I flew to India for a short holiday/business trip (more on that in my India Blog). During this 8 hour flight there are really only two things you can do. Put your headphones on and watch a movie and ignore the world or when possible get some shuteye…
The SEFI 2014 conference will take place in Birmingham UK with the following theme: Educating Engineers for Global Competitiveness. Fontys University and the Brainport Region in cooperation with the Dutch government have developed a program to create a new educational ecosystem. This abstract gives a glimps of and explains the organization…
Formula 1 is still worlds number one sport. Not so surprising. New technologies really are born here. It is the perfect environment to test new ideas and technological innovations. From engine to body parts and from aerodynamics to light weight constructions with a lot of software and control engineering. And…
This year the RapidPro conference in Veldhoven The Netherlands was just amazing. 3D printing was the main attraction. Fontys Objexlab presented itself and is part of this great adventure on putting 3D printing in plastic and metal in the spotlight of one of the most promising and emerging technologies of…
De opmars van 3D printen gaat vliegensvlug. Het is niet langer een ver-van-mijn-bed-show. Ruim tachtig deelnemers aan het mini-symposium ‘Wat heb ik daar aan’ konden woensdag 19 februari met eigen ogen zien, welke ongekende mogelijkheden 3D printen biedt. In het Bestuurscentrum Boscotondo in Helmond waren voor de gelegenheid drie 3d-printers opgesteld omdeze…
Last year in April 2013 I registered for a course from Granta Design, a spin off of the Cambridge University. The course was about the Material Selector and Design Software called CES Edupack 2013 for designers, engineers and scientists. The course was partly delivered by Prof. Mike Ashby at Cambridge…
One very interesting project @iFontys is the Project called Zero email. This experiment didn’t involved only teachers but also real life situations with students in a college setting. The general idea is to bring back the huge amount of information and data communicated over E-Mail. I guess many of us…
ICT in intelligente voertuigen levert innovatieve systemen op. Deze innovatieve systemen richten zich op maatschappelijke knelpunten (verkeersveiligheid, milieubelasting en congestie) en consumenten waarde. Recent wordt meer nadruk gelegd op maatschappelijke knelpunten. Vijf (5) a tien (10) jaar geleden werd de nadruk gelegd op het creëren van consumenten waarde. Deze innovatieve systemen moeten…
This paper describes a research about the changing role and competences of teachers and the willingness of the teachers to change. The researchers developed and conducted a survey at Fontys University of Applied Sciences department engineering to find out how teachers teach and how they would want to teach. The…
‘Het is leuk om een technisch probleem via animaties duidelijk te maken’ maandag 4 september 2006, door Ingrid Oonincx In België bestaat geen opleiding voor mensen die willen werken in de verwarmings-, koelings- en of klimatisatiesector. Door personeelstekort zien werkgevers weinig mogelijkheden voor onderwijs onder werktijd. Afstandleren per computer lijkt…
