Curricula

Objective

Proto- and Simulation Lab is a learning environment enhancing students capabilities to conduct development, design and prototyping in a multi-discipline context. Students engage to hands-on innovation work developing novel product concepts either for their own business idea or for a local or global company. Students grow understanding of prototyping and simulation work, develop a proto development plan and take main responsibility of their teams work and performance. Prototyping and simulation development projects come from various fields. For academics, Proto- and Simulation Lab targets to develop new pedagogy and learning methods to support learning skills for current and future working life.

EA-IV EUR-ACE Investigations: The students are able to design and conduct appropriate experiments, interpret the data and draw conclusions. They develop their workshop and laboratory skills.

EA-ER EUR-ACE Engineering practice: The students are able to select and use appropriate equipment, tools and methods. They are able to combine theory and practice to solve engineering problems. The students understand applicable techniques and methods and of their limitations.

YHTYR Entrepreneurship skills: The students have the abilities required for entrepreneurship. They have the ability to look for customer-friendly, sustainable and economically-viable solutions. The students are able to take responsibility for their own actions and the consequences of those actions.

YHTVI Communication skills: The students are able to communicate in product development well, both orally and in writing in their mother tongue and know how to use communications technology in user-centred product development projects. The students are able to work in product development networks.

Content

Different prototyping possibilities, virtual designing, visualization, reverse engineering, additive manufacturing, crowd sourcing in product development, conception and design thinking, virtual reality innovations, gaming, pitching, project management, protolab simulation of mechanics. The teams will evaluate the performance of their project together with clients (if any) and teachers.

Qualifications

Understanding of project management and project processes, basic studies of own field.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Excellent (5): As the previous level, however, the problem is specifically demanding and the implementation is very successful. From project you can identify features on innovation. During the project the student utilizes widely knowledge and understanding of other courses.

Very good (4): As the previous level, however, the problem is more demanding and the implementation is more successful. In the project´s implementation there has been utilized very much knowledge given in other courses and research work is very versatile. The student reach very well the goals of the task.

Good (3): The student handle moderate demanding project´s implementation, the project has no time table problem and in implementation there has not been utilized some knowledge given in other courses. Problem solving and research work are versatile. The student reach mainly the goals of the task. The report has been written according to JAMK´s bachelor thesis report instructions.

Satisfactory (2): The student has slight lacks in project´s complete implementation, the project has little time table problem nor in implementation there has not been noticeable utilized knowledge given in other courses. Problem solving is simple and research work is narrow. The student reach only partly the goals of the task. The report has not been wholly written according to JAMK´s bachelor thesis report instructions.

Adequate (1): The student has lacks in project´s complete implementation, the project has time table problem nor in implementation there has not been utilized knowledge given in other courses. Problem solving is simple and research work is very narrow. The student reach only partly the goals of the task. The report has not been written according to JAMK´s bachelor thesis report instructions.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3): The student handle moderate demanding project´s implementation, the project has no time table problem and in implementation there has not been utilized some knowledge given in other courses. Problem solving and research work are versatile. The student reach mainly the goals of the task. The report has been written according to JAMK´s bachelor thesis report instructions.

Very good (4): As the previous level, however, the problem is more demanding and the implementation is more successful. In the project´s implementation there has been utilized very much knowledge given in other courses and research work is very versatile. The student reach very well the goals of the task.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5): As the previous level, however, the problem is specifically demanding and the implementation is very successful. From project you can identify features on innovation. During the project the student utilizes widely knowledge and understanding of other courses.