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Onderwijsdag/Education Day 15 oktober 2013Public space around Utrecht station Civil Engineering, Annet de Kiewit

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Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering is about infrastructure and public works

Civil Engineering in Twente does not focus only technical but also non-

technical aspects (so, the structure within its environment)

it is always about complex adaptive systems

it is hardly impossible to think of fake cases with enough complexity without

having to develop all background material yourself

always interaction with the work field (if only by using data)

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B3-project Civil Engineering-background info

‘Old’ BSc-programme, so no TOM

3rd year BSc, 3rd quartile, last group project before individual BSc-thesis

Requirements (based on learning objectives):

Multi-disciplinary: water/traffic/construction and technical/non-technical --> themes

(usually 4)

Integration and application of prior knowledge (almost all technical and subset of

non-technical courses), if necessary knowledge enhancement

Students act as a professional consultancy agency --> client should be ‘’fuzzy’’

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B3-project Civil Engineering-background info

Bounderies:

8 EC

Expertise teaching staff project: coordinator, expert per theme (at the moment no civil engineers in

staff and only one designer)

No tutors

Project rooms available

Organisation

One start-up class

One or two classes per theme

Three feedback moments

Supervision on request by teaching staff

Final report and postermarkt base for grade, group grade

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B3-project Civil Engineering-example cases

Schiphol in zee/Schiphol at sea

Olympische Spelen in Nederland/Olympic Games in Netherlands

Inrichting Zuidplaspolder/Planning and development Zuidplaspolder

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B3-project Civil Engineering-Utrecht

Wish from majority of teaching staff: case in densily populated and/or built

environment --> Utrecht was mentioned as a possibility

Alumnus Robert Oosterwegel contacted me in November 2011 based on

Olympic Games-case: he happens to work for POS, the project organization

of Utrecht municipality in charge of all projects around Utrecht station

At the moment we are running the case for the first time......

‘’Inrichting openbare ruimte rondom Station Utrecht als ruimtelijke uitdaging’’

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B3-project Civil Engineering-contact with Utrecht

Development of case

3 meetings with Robert in Utrecht

Involvement of water expert IBU (IngenieursBureau Utrecht)

1 site visit Annet

2 meetings teaching staff

Many, many emails in order to develop project manual and background material

Running of the case

Excursion in week 1

‘’Intervention’’ in week 7

No role in supervision or grading

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B3-project Civil Engineering-Attention points

Company contacts are usually very enthusiastic but:

Not focused on achieving ‘’our’’ learning objectives

Tend to overestimate their available time (and we sometimes are also too busy :-( to

give them necessary attention)

Usually you can use all (public) available data/information but:

Be very careful in describing scope and bounderies of the student project--> be prepared

to make adjustments ‘’on the fly’’

Make sure that all data/information they need is available and make ‘’own’’ versions if

necessary but also make sure that ‘’the solution’’ is not available

Make sure that your guest speakers etc. know your scope or be prepared for a ‘’reality’’-

clash