Conference Proceeding
Refine
Year of publication
- 2016 (81) (remove)
Institute
- Fachbereich Medizintechnik und Technomathematik (17)
- Fachbereich Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik (16)
- Fachbereich Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik (14)
- IfB - Institut für Bioengineering (14)
- Fachbereich Maschinenbau und Mechatronik (9)
- Fachbereich Chemie und Biotechnologie (8)
- Fachbereich Energietechnik (8)
- Fachbereich Bauingenieurwesen (7)
- MASKOR Institut für Mobile Autonome Systeme und Kognitive Robotik (4)
- ECSM European Center for Sustainable Mobility (3)
Document Type
- Conference Proceeding (81) (remove)
Keywords
- Assessment (1)
- Building Systems (1)
- Business Simulations (1)
- Diversity (1)
- Drinking Water Supply (1)
- Engineering Education (1)
- Gamification (1)
- Gender (1)
- Higher Education (1)
- Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Optimisation (1)
Is part of the Bibliography
- no (81)
Entwicklung eines Kletterroboters zur Diagnose und Instandsetzung von Windenergieanlagen (SMART)
(2016)
Turbulent dispersion in bounded horizontal jets : RANS capabilities and physical modeling comparison
(2016)
Label-free Electrostatic Detection of DNA Amplification by PCR Using Capacitive Field-effect Devices
(2016)
A capacitive field-effect EIS (electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor) sensor modified with a positively charged weak polyelectrolyte of poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH)/single-stranded probe DNA (ssDNA) bilayer has been used for a label-free electrostatic detection of pathogen-specific DNA amplification via polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The sensor is able to distinguish between positive and negative PCR solutions, to detect the existence of target DNA amplicons in PCR samples and thus, can be used as tool for a quick verification of DNA amplification and the successful PCR process.
Future engineers are increasingly confronted with the so-called Megatrends which are the big social challenges society has to cope with. These Megatrends, such as “Silver Society”, “Globalization”, “Mobility” and “Female Shift” require an application-oriented perspective on Diversity especially in the engineering field. Therefore, it is necessary to enable future engineers not only to look at the technical perspectives of a problem, but also to be able to see the related questions within societies they are developing their artefacts for. The aim of teaching engineering should be to prepare engineers for these requirements and to draw attention to the diverse needs in a globalized world.
Bringing together technical knowledge and social competences which go beyond a mere training of the so-called “soft skills”, is a new approach followed at RWTH Aachen University, one of the leading technical universities in Germany. RWTH Aachen University has established the bridging professorship “Gender and Diversity in Engineering” (GDI) which educates engineers with an interdisciplinary approach to expand engineering limits. In the frame of a sustainable teaching concept the research group under the leadership of Prof. Carmen Leicht-Scholten has developed an approach which imparts a supplication-specific Gender and Diversity expertise to engineers. In workshops students gain theoretical knowledge about Gender and Diversity and learn how to transfer their knowledge in their special field of study and later work. To substantiate this, the course participants have to solve case studies from real life. The cases which are developed in collaboration with non-profit organizations and enterprises from economy rise the students to challenges which are inspired by professional life. Evaluation shows the success of this approach as well as an increasing demand for such teaching formats.