The program, now in its third year, is a unique partnership with Germany-based, multinational industrial engineering firm, Siemens. Less than 30 institutions worldwide offer the program, which teaches industrial automation using Siemens’ world-class equipment. ¶ˇĎăÔ°AV’s School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering offers the program a few times per year.
¶ˇĎăÔ°AV will soon be the only institution outside of Siemens’ German headquarters to teach the design of automated systems through level 3 certification in the program. Levels 1 and 2 equip participants to understand, service and plan automated systems, with each level building on the other. Many of the program’s participants are ¶ˇĎăÔ°AV students but interested members of the public and industry can also apply.
This month, a cohort of students are visiting from China to take part in level 1. They’ll interact with classroom-sized industrial training systems and learn to troubleshoot when things go wrong — such as when a part gets stuck in a stack, or a component loses power. The training systems they’re using mimic today’s automated factories.