ICo-op
ICo-op equips students in Armenia, Georgia, and Ukraine with industry-ready skills through partnerships, modernizing engineering education with remote labs.
ICo-op
Reference: 530278-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-DE-TEMPUS-JPHES
Title: ICo-op: Industrial Cooperation and Creative Engineering Education based on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation
Funded By: Tempus Programme of the European Union
From 2012-10-15 to 2015
Coordinator: ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Germany)
Participants:
- CARINTHIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES (Austria)
- UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO (Spain)
- TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV (Romania)
- NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY “KHARKIV POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE” (Ukraine)
- IVANO-FRANKIVSK NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OIL AND GAS (Ukraine)
- ZAPORIZHZHYA NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (Ukraine)
- ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY (Georgia)
- SHOTA RUSTAVELI STATE UNIVERSITY (Georgia)
- AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA FOUNDATION (Armenia)
- STATE ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA (POLYTECHNIC) (Armenia)
- UKRAINIAN ASSOCIATION OF IT PROFESSIONALS (Ukraine)
- JOINT-STOCK COMPANY (JSC) “KHARKIV ONLINE” (Ukraine)
- JSC UKRAINIAN INDUSTRIAL ENERGY COMPANY (Ukraine)
- RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION COMPANY ZOND, LTD (Ukraine)
- LEPL INSTITUTE OF MICRO AND NANOELECTRONICS (Georgia)
- TRANSFORMER AND ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT (Georgia)
- KAPAN BRANCH OF STATE ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA (Armenia)
- “NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS ARMENIAN CORPORATION” ARMENIA BRANCH (Armenia)
- SYNOPSYS ARMENIA CJSC (Armenia)
- ENERGOSERVICE COMPANY “ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS” LTD (Ukraine)
- QUALITY AUSTRIA TRAINING, CERTIFICATION AND EVALUATION LTD. (Austria)
Description:
ICo-op was initiated to equip engineering students in Armenia, Georgia, and Ukraine with the skills necessary for a successful career. The program will forge partnerships between universities and industry to modernize engineering education that provides direct access to top-notch facilities with remote and virtual instrumentation. The program will be based on EU best practices, partners’ industry expertise, and knowledge of business demand of target countries.
ICo-op aims to:
- Establish methodology for identification and monitoring of demand for knowledge and skills in industry;
- Deliver learning programs incorporating transversal and using remote laboratories/virtual instrumentation knowledge and competences;
- Build mutually beneficial, sustainable partnerships between academia and enterprises by offering internship programs and up-to-date industry training programs.
