Digital Teaching
[u]Online meetings[/u]
The seminar comprises online meetings using the conference application Zoom (technical requirements: internet access, optionally microphone and camera). The times and links for the sessions will be announced in moodle (you will be automatically informed via TU-mail). The participation in the online meetings is mandatory for all students and will not be recorded. The slides (pdf files) will be made available in moodle.
[u]Platform[/u]
Communication of all information and changes as well as materials for the seminar takes place via the moodle course (https://moodle.tu-darmstadt.de/my/), which is activated shortly before the start of the seminar and to which all participants are automatically added. In this way, students can communicate directly with each other and with the lecturers about content-specific or organizational aspects. For further questions, online consultation hours can be arranged with the teachers.
Lehrinhalte
In groups, students develop a concept for a current problem set by Engineers without Borders in a developing country.
The thematic focus this semester is on increasing agricultural productivity in Nepal. The aim is to develop solutions for the use of solar-powered water pumps and their components in and outside agricultural use.
Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl
15
Further Grading Information
Due to the project work in groups, registration for the project module is only possible until 29.10.2021.
The course is held in German.
Official Course Description
In the seminar, annually changing questions from the subject area of development cooperation are dealt with on the basis of a real construction or planning project. The students are expected to develop innovative solutions in relation to technical spatial or infrastructure systems, taking into account the special conditions of infrastructure supply in areas of the global south.
Within the seminar, the necessary technical knowledge is imparted, and the problem is worked on in interdisciplinary project teams.
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[*]Students learn to operate in an increasingly global industry and in intercultural cooperation as well as to include economic, ecological and socially sustainable aspects in planning.
[*]The students are able to develop possible solutions while taking cultural and social structures into account.
[*]The students are able to work in interdisciplinary teams and to explain concepts in a factual and comprehensible way and to justify them professionally.
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Zusätzliche Informationen
For the course achievement (Studienleistung), a group report with an intermediate and a final presentation is to be prepared. The final presentation takes place within the framework of a Germany-wide event organised by Engineers without Borders.
The module grade results from an oral examination at the end of the semester.
Nachhaltigkeitsbezug der Veranstaltungsinhalte
The annually changing themes relate to the development of concepts aimed at the sustainable use of infrastructures in developing countries.
Online-Angebote
Moodle.
[u]Online meetings[/u]
The seminar comprises online meetings using the conference application Zoom (technical requirements: internet access, optionally microphone and camera). The times and links for the sessions will be announced in moodle (you will be automatically informed via TU-mail). The participation in the online meetings is mandatory for all students and will not be recorded. The slides (pdf files) will be made available in moodle.
[u]Platform[/u]
Communication of all information and changes as well as materials for the seminar takes place via the moodle course (https://moodle.tu-darmstadt.de/my/), which is activated shortly before the start of the seminar and to which all participants are automatically added. In this way, students can communicate directly with each other and with the lecturers about content-specific or organizational aspects. For further questions, online consultation hours can be arranged with the teachers.
Lehrinhalte
In groups, students develop a concept for a current problem set by Engineers without Borders in a developing country.
The thematic focus this semester is on increasing agricultural productivity in Nepal. The aim is to develop solutions for the use of solar-powered water pumps and their components in and outside agricultural use.
Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl
15
Further Grading Information
Due to the project work in groups, registration for the project module is only possible until 29.10.2021.
The course is held in German.
Official Course Description
In the seminar, annually changing questions from the subject area of development cooperation are dealt with on the basis of a real construction or planning project. The students are expected to develop innovative solutions in relation to technical spatial or infrastructure systems, taking into account the special conditions of infrastructure supply in areas of the global south.
Within the seminar, the necessary technical knowledge is imparted, and the problem is worked on in interdisciplinary project teams.
[list]
[*]Students learn to operate in an increasingly global industry and in intercultural cooperation as well as to include economic, ecological and socially sustainable aspects in planning.
[*]The students are able to develop possible solutions while taking cultural and social structures into account.
[*]The students are able to work in interdisciplinary teams and to explain concepts in a factual and comprehensible way and to justify them professionally.
[/list]
Zusätzliche Informationen
For the course achievement (Studienleistung), a group report with an intermediate and a final presentation is to be prepared. The final presentation takes place within the framework of a Germany-wide event organised by Engineers without Borders.
The module grade results from an oral examination at the end of the semester.
Nachhaltigkeitsbezug der Veranstaltungsinhalte
The annually changing themes relate to the development of concepts aimed at the sustainable use of infrastructures in developing countries.
Online-Angebote
Moodle.
- Lehrende: Benjamin Kraff
- Lehrende: Hans-Joachim Linke
Semester: WT 2021/22