Invitation to the CDIO Academy in Trondheim, Norway, 26–29 June, 2023

There are still some places available for entering students to the CDIO Academy 2023!  

The CDIO Academy will start with preparatory activities just after the Easter holidays. There are still some places available if you wish to enter students for the CDIO Academy 2023. We have decided to extend the acceptation deadline until March 15. 
 

The CDIO Academy at NTNU in Trondheim, Norway, invites you to participate in a student-led, team-based, case-based, cross-disciplinary innovation challenge with the theme “Student-active learning through wicked problems”. Together with students from around the world you are invited to participate in an innovation challenge focusing on specific engineering problems of importance for the UN Sustainable Development Goals. 

What is the CDIO Academy?

The CDIO Academy is an opportunity for engineering students that are active at CDIO institutions to work on design-implement projects, team up with their peers from engineering programmes around the world across disciplines and cultures and learn from prominent leaders in engineering education. For the CDIO Academy and Innovation Challenge, the focus is primarily on the engineering innovation aspects of the CDIO Concept: Conceiving, Designing, Implementing, and Operating systems in the enterprise, societal and environmental context — and the innovation process.

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More about the CDIO Academy in 2023

This will be the first time since 2019 in Aarhus that the CDIO Academy will be arranged. The physical part of the CDIO Academy 2023 takes place during the 19th International CDIO Conference at NTNU in Trondheim, Norway, from 26–29 June 2023, and there is a specific programme for the participants of the CDIO Academy. Before the conference, all participants are assigned to multi-disciplinary, multi-institution teams. Each participant does preparations from home, in collaboration with the rest of the team and an NTNU supervisor, via Zoom meetings. The online teamwork is planned to commence on 11 April, 2023. 

During the conference, the CDIO Academy challenge takes place in a shared physical area designed for the teams, with access to relevant workshops and labs. When arriving at NTNU for the Academy challenge area each team get their own workspace.

Application and registration

Preparation online

ON SITE in Trondheim

Some more information about preparatory activities

We will arrange three on-line seminars for the teams between 12 April and 4 May. The seminars will be both about the engineering case, and about aspects about Teamwork & Collaborative Learning (TCL). The time for the on-line seminars has been set to 13–16 Central European Time (CET).

Seminar 1–12 April, 13:00–16:00 CET

• TCL: Getting to know each other in the team
• CASE: Introduction to the case challenge, ocean autonomy, and the partner the Ocean Autonomy Cluster (OAC)

Seminar 2–18 April, 13:00–16:00 CET

• TCL: Project development based on competencies – understanding each other
• CASE: Creating opportunities using the Wayfaring-method

Seminar 3–4 May, 13:00–16:00 CET

• TCL: Relevance to society and further developing your project – through team exercises
• CASE: Presenting initial ideas for case challenge solutions w/feedback and discussions.

Throughout the period April–June the teams are encouraged to set up their own work agenda. Each team will be offered an additional on-line session (TBD) on their own with the CDIO Academy project management. In addition, each team will have the opportunity to set up a meeting with a resource person from OAC if they submit a set of concrete questions, at a time to be decided between the team and the resource person.

Finally, in the week before the conference we will also offer an on-line session for all participants to prepare for the visit to Trondheim. A fully detailed description of activities will be sent out together with the acceptance notices.

CDIO Academy 2023:
Designing and Prototyping Autonomous Cargo Ships

The challenge for the CDIO-Academy is titled “Designing ad Prototyping Autonomous Cargo Ships” with the subtitle “Addressing the Supply Chain Crisis Using New Technology”. Our industry partner is the Ocean Autonomy Cluster, Norway’s leading hub for expertise on ocean autonomy. You can read more about OAC on oceanautonomy.no.

OAC will offer us insight into the industry, their partner companies, as well as into technologies, challenges and opportunities they are working on. OAC will also host an on-site visit during the conference days in Trondheim.

While the main focus of OAC is on ocean-based solutions, their activities are relevant for all kinds of contexts since they work with systems to develop logistics on land, in the air, and at sea. This includes for instance control systems, mechanical interfaces, etc. Thus, the CDIO-Academy 2023 is highly relevant for all engineering disciplines and you will be part of an engaging learning experience in line with our goal of “Student-active learning through wicked problems”.

Further details about the project brief will be given after the groups have been put together around the end of March, 2023. The briefs will also deal with sustainability and other real world aspects, in line with the conference theme of Engineering for a smart, safe and sustainable future. The final works will be reviewed according to a set of criteria by a jury and feedback be given. The outcomes will be presented at the final day of the conference.

To apply for CDIO-Academy, a coordinating contact person from each participating education institution needs to be present at the CDIO Conference. The coordinator will provide a list of students, including names, email addresses, study program, and present year of studies.

Please note: The fee does not include accommodation, transportation, or meals outside programme hours. NTNU will not cover travel or accommodation costs. Information on budget accommodation can be found on the conference website here; www.ntnu.edu/cdio/budget-accommodation

CDIO Academy, Kanazawa 2018