Aldert Kamp
Director of Education Aerospace Engineering
Leader 4TU.Centre for Engineering Education
CDIO Co-director-
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- How to transform disposable fulltime lecturers into innovative power? 18/09/2017
- If you can’t change your curriculum fast enough with innovation and entrepreneurial skills, try a complementary programme 03/09/2017
- Do professional role models or profiles enable students to jump head-first into the world of work, get the job they really want, and achieve results? 20/08/2017
- Toekomst van hoger technisch onderwijs in de maritieme sector 03/07/2017
- My “A” in STEAM is all about street theatre 20/06/2017
- A workshop about worldwide innovations in engineering education. Be inspired or confused. 14/06/2017
- Different ways to include Global Engineering Preparedness and Entrepreneurial Mindset Learning in engineering programmes 30/05/2017
- If you can invent a second wheel, you don’t want to reinvent the wheel, do you? 13/05/2017
- What trends and developments do 70 engineering deans in Europe care about most? 22/04/2017
- Why entrepreneurial behaviour is a must for all young engineers 05/04/2017
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Category Archives: Future engineering skills
If you can’t change your curriculum fast enough with innovation and entrepreneurial skills, try a complementary programme
After the CDIO Annual Conference in June, an icewalk on the Athabasca glacier, a visit to Lake Louise with its vivid turquoise waters, followed by a hike to Lake Agnes in the Banff National Park, and spectacular views of the … Continue reading
Do professional role models or profiles enable students to jump head-first into the world of work, get the job they really want, and achieve results?
Why do so many students begin an academic study in engineering? Often it is the promising good employability! Is n’t it surprising then that many students in academic engineering studies start thinking about their future career at a late stage … Continue reading
Toekomst van hoger technisch onderwijs in de maritieme sector
Stilstaan gevaarlijker dan meebewegen met onzekere verandering Vinden afgestudeerden met een academische opleiding in de maritieme techniek over tien tot vijftien jaar nog steeds gemakkelijk een baan? Of zijn de kennis en vaardigheden die worden aangeleerd in hedendaagse curricula tegen … Continue reading
A workshop about worldwide innovations in engineering education. Be inspired or confused.
What if 86% of the employers in your country would say they have difficulty in recruiting people with the right skills? You think it is unrealistic? It is not. A recent study (2016-2017) about talent shortage by ManpowerGroup shows that … Continue reading
Different ways to include Global Engineering Preparedness and Entrepreneurial Mindset Learning in engineering programmes
In my role of the TU Delft academic liaison for the Global E3 university network I attended the Global E3 Annual Meeting in Bethlehem (US) 22-26 May. This city is home to Bethlehem Steel, famous for its historic huge steel … Continue reading
What trends and developments do 70 engineering deans in Europe care about most?
Deans of engineering programmes face a wide range of rapid developments. Interdisciplinary engineering research and education are gaining momentum. Yet, teachers and researchers are struggling with the boundaries that are created by departments and faculties, and current metrics for performance … Continue reading
Why entrepreneurial behaviour is a must for all young engineers
At some point in their careers, most, if not all engineers, will move to positions of technical or engineering leadership. That ranges from becoming a leader of a project team to a leader of an entire technical enterprise. Or simply taking responsibility … Continue reading
What makes social scientists think engineering students should not learn how to design?
“Can engineers design? Social science easily proves they cannot”. This is the first line of Bauke Steenhuisen’s essay in the independent university magazine Delta of TU Delft March 2017. In his essay he questions design and design education. Bauke is … Continue reading
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Interdisciplinary education: a wave of the future?
Also at my university, though rigidly organised in disciplinary silos and producing disciplinary programmes, I hear the buzzwords “multidisciplinarity” and “interdisciplinarity” almost every day. Obviously there is a shift of interest towards exploring questions and solving problems that cross borders … Continue reading
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Labs and makerspaces create a sense of belonging and bring students face-to-face with engineering practice
At the festive opening of the new and renovated Aerospace Structures and Materials Lab at TU Delft Faculty of Aerospace Engineering 27th January 2017, I presented my viewpoint that educating the next generation of aerospace engineers should address more skills … Continue reading
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Educating engineers for a resource constrained future: do we understand what we are doing?
Has it ever been different? “Engineering Opportunities in a Resource Constrained Future”. When I read this theme of the CDIO European Regional Meeting at Trinity College Dublin on 12-13 January 2017 the very first time, I wondered: “Has it ever … Continue reading
Vision on TU Delft Aerospace Engineering Education 2020
A new Long-term Vision Mid November 2016, my faculty of Aerospace Engineering published its long-term vision in the form of the online magazine “Long-term Vision of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering TU Delft 2016 – 2020: ‘It’s all about connections“. … Continue reading
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Preparing for change before it happens
“The chief characteristic of the modern world is the scope and speed of change” (Tony Blair) Last summer I published the 2nd revised edition of my vision on engineering education of the future. With this vision I call higher management, … Continue reading
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