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Nowadays new and emerging materials are a key driver for product innovation. However, a gap between the research and development of new materials by universities and research centres and the integration of those materials in the design of products that meet user’s needs still exists. This gap delays the adoption of new materials by the industry and consequently reduces the economic return on the investment of Europe in researching more sustainable and with better performance materials. This article presents preliminary findings of the ongoing research project “DATEMATS” funded by the European Commission in the Erasmus + programme. This project aims to develop novel teaching methods for both design and engineering students in the field of Emerging Materials. Tecnun's team participating in this project is focusing on Nanomaterials. We present in this article the activities developed in the first 18 months of this project that included the review of the state of the art regarding teaching methods, and the design and testing of a pre-mobility on-line experience for students. The objective of the pre-mobility was to introduce the participant students in the key concepts related to the nanomaterials and to inspire talks about their potential applications in the field of product design.
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The research work reported here was made possible by DATEMATS project (Knowledge & Technology Transfer of Emerging Materials & Technologies through a Design-Driven Approach Agreement Number: 600777-EPP-12018-1-IT-EPPKA2KA) that is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.
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Rodríguez-Ferradas, M.I., Cazón-Martín, A., Morer-Camo, P. (2022). Exploring Novel Teaching Methods for Design and Engineering Students in the Field of Nanomaterials. In: Cavas Martínez, F., Peris-Fajarnes, G., Morer Camo, P., Lengua Lengua, I., Defez García, B. (eds) Advances in Design Engineering II. INGEGRAF 2021. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92426-3_29
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