The primary purpose of this project is to develop the capacities in the field of Electrical and Hybrid cars in Jordan, and bring together and strengthen the cooperation between companies and HEIs through the empowering the engineers with needed skills in that meet the market need. This include providing specialised engineers to work in servicing and maintaining EV/HEV companies and also providing the vocational training centres with qualified trainers to graduate qualified technicians that able to meet market needs.
The specific objectives are:
· Establish a collaboration Network between HEIs, enterprises, and Vocational training centres;
· Capacity building for academic staff on recent Electrical and Hybrid vehicles and new teaching methodologies (i.e. blended learning), to let them acquire the needed knowledge and skills to teach the diploma.
· Accredited Professional Vocational and career oriented diploma on EV/HEV targeting engineers with the true integration of enterprises and Vocational training centres; to graduate engineers and technicians meet the market demand. The diploma will consist of 8 courses. The courses will be designed with clear learning outcomes and materials, accredited in each partner university, jointly taught and delivered, tailored to utilize new technologies;
· Integrating courses with existing B.Sc., and M.Sc. programmes (Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering).
· Enhance a vocational training diploma programs for students who don’t have access to universities
· Establish Electric and Hybrid Vehicle labs to recognize the different parts of the vehicle and conduct experiments
· To exploit the results by organizing knowledge transfer events to other practitioners.
· Developing a Professional and career oriented diploma on Electrical and Hybrid vehicles for Engineers. The minimum requirement for admission in such diploma is a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineering.
· Improve University enterprise cooperation through doing internships in vehicles companies
Partners:
1- The University of Jordan (Project Coordinator), Jordan
2- Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan.
3- Mutah University, Jordan.
4-Tafila Technical University, Jordan.
5- Al-Balqa Applied University, Jordan.
6- Al-Hussein bin Abdullah II Technical University, Jordan.
7- Applied Science University, Jordan.
8- Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Jordan.
9- Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-LIPPE, Germany.
10- Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany.
11- Universidad de la Iglesia de Deusto Entidad Religiosa, Spain.
12- Budapesti Muszaki es Gazdasagtudomanyi Egyetem, Hyngary.
13- National Technical University of Athens, Greece.
14- Universita Degli Studi Dell'aquila, Italy.