These include the ban of plastic waste imports to China and the need, as exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, not to become too reliant on global supply chains for particle-based commodities such as pharmaceuticals and medical products. Participants got to learn about various global challenges which demand shifts in emphasis in chemical engineering programmes in general and particle technology in particular. Over six talks, colleagues from universities in the USA, UK, Australia and Germany, and from industry shared their opinion on the situation in their countries and institutions and gave insight to the topics that they teach. The main focus of the first day was on the status of the particle technology and product design curriculum. Although unable to attend live, the FAU Vice President Education Bärbel Kopp warmly welcomed participants to Erlangen virtually via a recorded greeting which also provided some facts about the university and highlighted the long heritage at FAU for innovative teaching. The first day opened with short statements from the workshop organizers, Wolfgang Peukert and Robin Klupp Taylor of FAU and Jim Michaels of IFPRI. Over 175 registrations from 26 countries were received for the workshop, which was realised using two complementary platforms, zoom and MURAL (see images) for video conferencing and virtual whiteboard-based discussion respectively. The day 1 MURAL (interactive whiteboard) where participants could pose questions and discuss the talks, and (after the workshop) re-watch them.
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The workshop, which was free of charge, was targeted towards all those involved in university teaching and continuing education in particle technology and closely related fields as well as to industry representatives and those looking to collect or share experience regarding digital teaching methods in engineering. At the 2021 workshop, over two afternoons, talks and discussions were devoted to the status of the particle technology and product design curriculum and also highlighted new opportunities for online and blended learning, many being directly catalysed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, there is a considerable need for the focus to widen from traditional particle technology unit operations to include product design for multiphase systems for a wide range of application fields.įour years on from the previous workshop and following a year of emergency online teaching, new approaches to the way engineering competences are delivered to students have been highlighted.
In particular, colleagues from industry highlighted the general lack of key competences of new graduates in particle-related topics, while lecturers demanded that relevant aspects of particle technology and product design are integrated to a greater extent in core engineering subjects.
The workshop was organized jointly by the Collaborative Research Center 1411 “Design of Particulate Products” of FAU and the International Fine Particle Research Institute (IFPRI) An IFPRI-sponsored workshop in April 2017 at The University of Sheffield, UK reinforced the need for greater cooperation within the particle science and technology community regarding education in the field. On 10-, university lecturers, industry representatives and students gathered online for the workshop “Particle Technology and Product Design Education – A Digital Leap Forward”.
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