Tempus IV International Joint Master programme on Material and Energy Flows management Project number: 544364-TEMPUS-1-2013-DE-TEMPUS-JPHES Tempus International Joint Master programme on Material and Energy Flowws Kick-off meeting in Birkenfeld Germany, January 20 th -24 th 2014
544364-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-DE-Tempus-JPHES International Joint Master Program on Material and Energy Flow Management Kick-off meeting in Birkenfeld, Germany, January 20 th -24 th 2014. MINUTES OF THE MEETING The Meeting was attended by: Trier University of Applied Sciences Institute for Applied Material Flow Management (IfaS), DE Peter Heck Michael Knaus Nina Runge Klaus Helling KatholiekeUniversiteit Leuven, BЕ Alexis Versele ClaesKoen Budapest University of Technology and Economics, HU AndrásKovács University of Maribor, SL DanijelaDoberšek University of Novi Sad, RS Zoltan Zavargo JelenaJerković DamjanTomanek University of Belgrade, RS Đorđe Janaćković PetarUskoković University of Niš, RS Milorad Cakić External expert, RS DraganŠkobalj
Monday, January 20 th 2014 Arrival of the participants Joint dinner Tuesday, January 21 st 2014 Environmental Campus Birkenfeld 1. Welcome address and introduction of the study programs at the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld Prof. Dr. Klaus Helling, Dean of the faculty UW/UR, ECB welcomed the participants, presented the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld as well as the study programs at the Campus. 2. Welcome address and introduction of the IMAT programs Dr. Michael Knaus presented the innovative education at IfaS: study topics, interdisciplinary course contents and high practical relevance of the organisational structure and awarded international dual degree. The IMAT (International Material Flow Management) study courses have political and industrial supports. There are German- Turkish, German Japanese, German-Moroccan and German Brazilian IMAT programs.some IMAT programsare financed and supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as well as the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). 3. Presentation of TEMPUS project structure Objectives Management Work plan and Financial plan Nina Runge presented the objectives, work and financial plan, management structure of the project, next steps (work packages in 2014) as well as the project proposal evaluation report. Decisions: Concerning Evaluation report Consortium agreed that it will pay more attention to the realization of lifelong learning courses within the project. Public services will be integrated in the future project activities, and regularly invited to the future meetings in Serbia. Concerning the equipment purchasing, all partners will review and explain how the equipment will be used in the future. The purchased equipment will be in accordance with the partners needs, as well as with the aims of the project. The information about consortium members and their references, as well as their role in the project, will be cleared by their CVs, which will be put on the project web site. Consortium agreed that EU partners will be involved in the process of review of written material. Detailed information on currently available master programs at partner universities and available courses for public services will be provided in the review foreseen in work package 1, including an analysis of the labor market needs in the energy field. The appropriate ECTS will be included in documents for the accreditation. Definition of learning outcomes, study programs, content of the master program will already start during the kick-off meeting, and be further developed during the retraining sessions, in order to finish program details by August 2014. 2
Quantifiable indicators will be included in the accreditation material. The risks related to the combination of the existing programs and new program will be indicated in current master programs review. Implementation strategies, conflict and decision making mechanisms will be defined in the cooperation agreement. Specific dissemination activities for public services will be included in the dissemination plan. The sustainability of the project will exist throughout accredited master program offered to students, and LLL programs which will also be accredited after the law on LLL programs is adopted (in the next two years). The master program will be a regular program offered at university level after the accreditation. Master programs will be financed at the beginning by students, and later, the government will be asked to take over one part of the financing (scholarships). 4. Zero Emission, Circular Economy and Material Flow Management: Introduction of the global research portfolio by IfaS Prof. Heck spresentation covered the following topics: Global necessity of Zero Emission and Material Flow Management, Zero-Emission Campus Birkenfeld, Introduction IfaS Methods & Green Economy (Material Flow Management and Zero-Emission System Design) as well as (Inter -) National IfaS Next Practice Examples. The presentation covered the zero emission approach, its main features and benefits to the society, as well as its global perspective, explainedin detail. 5. First discussion round on focal educational areas Prof. Dr. Peter Heck, IfaS Dr. Michael Knaus, IfaS The focal educational area of the master program is material and energy flow management, whereby the research portfolio of IfaS focusses mainly on material flow management, renewable energies, energy efficiency, technical and economical feasibility studies as well as on education on different topics (seemodule guidebook of IMAT study program) and the research portfolio of the Serbian universities is rather engineering oriented (e.g. chemical engineering). The selection and combination of the focal educational areas of the future master program will be harmonized in the upcoming meetings in order to fulfil the requirements of the international joint master program. Lunch Campus restaurant 6. Campus tour The campus was presented to the participants of the meeting. The tour included a visit of the laboratories, solar panels (photovoltaic & solar thermal applications), heat pumps, rain water recovery system, library, etc. 7. Presentation of the (relevant) study programs of the project partners KULeuven KU Leuven was presented byalexisversele. In his presentation, the mission statement of KU Leuven was presented: to offer qualitative higher education, to organize service to society and to carry out applied research projects. Study programs interesting for this project are: Industrial science and Engineering, 3
Business studies and Biotechnology. Tthe master programfor building engineering with special attention to sustainable buildings was presented in detail. The KULeuven has also international master programs. Two programs seem to be interesting to this project: Food Science and Technology. Relevantstudy programscover energy efficiency and sustainability, mainlysustainable buildings. BME Budapest University of Technology and Economics The Institution was presented by AndrásKovács. The Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Process Engineering are dealing with water and waste water treatment, membrane separation technology, biomass utilization options, life cycle assessment, geothermal energy and computer modelling and process design. RelevantstudyMSc programs Environmental engineering Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering. UM University of Maribor The UM was presented by DanijelaDoberšek. The institution deals with the following topics interesting to this project: Energy efficiency of process equipment,optimization of process systems,techno-economic studies of combined heat and power generation,efficient energy use,alternative energy sources and Gasification of coal and biomass. Relevant study programs Chemistry, Chemical engineering, Environmental engineering and sustainable development, Thermo energetic. UNS University of Novi Sad The UNS and Faculty of technology were presented by Zoltan Zavargo. The study program and its structure as well as international cooperation at the Faculty of technology were also presented. Relevant study programs Eco-energetic Engineering Most important one, combination of energy efficiency and environmental protection, Chemical-process Engineering, Materials Engineering and Biotechnology. UN University of Niš The Institution was presented by Milorad Cakić Relevant studyprograms cover the following topics: principles of sustainable development, monitoring environment, elements of cleaner production, managing dangerous waste, business communication. 4
Decision All presentations held during the meeting can be downloaded on https://www.dropbox.com/sh/aif2kbng18l5nkv/qvmqroa2xk and will be available on the project website by the end of February. Wednesday, January 22 nd 2014 1. Presentation of the (relevant) study programs of the project partners UBg University of Belgrade UBgand Faculty of technology and metallurgy were presented by Đorđe Janaćković. Relevant study programs Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Materials Engineering. 2. Perceived challenges and lessons learned within the internationalization of the IMAT program The presentation was held by Dr. Michael Knaus from IfaS. Different possibilities about joint master programs were presented, and some will be discussed in detail in the following meetings. There are three possibilities for joint programs (joint degree, dual degree, with or without study semester and thesis in Germany). The future joint master course, as an outcome of this project, can be divided in two parts: the first part, two semesters of lectures would be organized at universities in Serbia, and one additional semester of lectures at IfaS in Germany. Joint master thesis semester will be organized together by universities from Serbia and IfaS.Concerning the degree, it was proposed that it would be a dual degree, one from the Serbian partner, and one from the German partner. The master program will be conducted at University of Novi Sad and University of Niš, and LLL program at all three Serbian universities; The Joint program seems to be interesting to University of Belgrade, so they will take into consideration their potential involvement in joint master program. The joint master program should be harmonized with the existing IfaS program. 3. Discussion The consortium discussed about the structure of the master program. It was agreed that Serbian partners consult the Commission for Accreditation at national level about the program structure and obligations for its accreditation with regards to joint and dual degree programs. 4. Presentation of the results of the former TEMPUS project and lessons learned Prof. Dr. Zoltan Zavargo presented the results from the previous TEMPUS project Creation of University-Enterprise Cooperation Networks for Education on Sustainable Technologies, which was realized from 2010 till 2013. The outcomes, results and conclusions from this project will be important and valuable for the newproject.it is very important that all activities should be done according to the work plan and on time. Extra activities are welcomed, but they need to be discussed with EACEA. Reports should be done during the meeting and put on the project web site immediately after the meetings. All published documents should have English language revision. The volume of written material should be appropriate and realistic. Meeting decisions 5
should also be realistic. All published documents should have their own attractive visual identity, as well as the project web site. The new draft version project web site www.memflows.com was presented, and it will be completed until February 15 th 2014. The project web site will be user-friendly and more attractive than the website of the previous TEMPUS project. 5. Discussion European partners will support the review ofwrittenteaching material. Lunch Campus restaurant 6. Workshop 1) Educational Focal Points of the designated TEMPUS master program Dr. Michael Knaus from IfaS presented the curricula of one course that is running at IfaS. Michael Knaus presented the existing master study program of the IMAT studies in detail. Also, he presented the educational and organizational structure of the international dual programs. At this point, it seems that dual master degree can be adopted in our case,as well. Discussion Michael Knaus will provide the IMAT module guidebook to all the consortium members 7. Workshop 2) Organizational aspects of the project It was agreed that EU experts visits dates will be fixed by e-mail communication; the visit will be shortened to 3 days, and video conferences will be organized if necessary; An educational conference will be organized in June, as a result of the retraining sessions Each EU partner should propose possible dates for the retraining sessions foreseen in the respective countries until the end of next week (till January 31 st 2014); Each Serbian partner should deliver the list of participants for retraining until the st end of next week (till January 31 2014); Each Serbian partner should deliver project team members; CVs of all consortium members will be delivered until January 31 st 2014, and for all other participants from partner universities, successively; The appropriate plans should be finished by the dedicated project partners until th February 15 2014 and put on the project web site: o Work Plan (IfaS) o Financial Plan (IfaS) o Dissemination Activities Plan (UNS) o Equipment Purchasing Plan (UNS) o Plan for Retraining in EU (IfaS) o Master Program Implementation Plan (UNS, UN) o Plan for Consortium Meetings (UNS) IfaS will prepare a draft cooperation agreement and forward it to the partners until 15 th of February 2014 Explanations for the completion of time sheets, mobility reports and staff conventions were given 6
Thursday, January 23 rd Transfer to Morbach 1. Renewable energy landscape Morbach (PV, wind, biogas, etc.) Michael Grehl, municipal administration Morbach Transfer to Trier Lunch Campus restaurant, Trier University of Applied Sciences 2. Visit of the University of Applied Sciences Trier Christoph Lex, Erasmus Institutional Coordinator, International Office Presentation about the study programs offered at the campus of Hochschule Trier in Trier Visit of different laboratories City trip Trier Friday, January 24 th 2014 Departure of the participants 7