Transcript Leonardo da Vinci Pilot Project Educational materials for

Pilot project of Leonardo da Vinci programme
Educational materials for designing
and testing of timber structures
CZ/06/B/F/PP-168007
„TEMTIS“
Basic information
 10/2006 – 09/2008
 Coordinator: VSB-Technical University of
Ostrava, Faculty of Civil Engineering
 Number of partners: 11 from 7 countries
 Budget: 427 602 EUR
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Leonardo da Vinci grant: 320 701 EUR
Own sources: 106 901 EUR
Project partners (1)
 VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Faculty of
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Civil Engineering (CZ) – Doc. Ing. Alois Materna,
CSc., MBA
Institute for Metal Constructions (Slovenia) – Dr.
Robert Cvelbar
Graz University of Technology (Austria) – Prof.
Gerhard Schickhofer
Czech Chamber of Chartered Engineers (CZ) –
Ing. Jiří Plíčka
Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of
Civil Engineering (CZ) – Doc. Ing. Petr Kuklík, CSc.
Project partners(2)
 First North Business (CZ) – Ing. Arnošt Kuděla
 Vitus Bering Denmark (Denmark) – Anders Søvsø
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Hansen, MSc.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
(Norway) – Prof. Kjell Arne Malo
Opole University of Technology (Poland) – Prof.
Jan Kubik
University of Maribor (Slovenia) – Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Miroslav Premrov
Slovak Chamber of Civil Engineers (Slovakia) –
Mgr. Diana Zlatňanská
Partnership
 7 universities
 1 research institute
 2 professional chambers
 1 production company
Project aims
 To prepare educational materials of high quality for designing
and testing of timber structures that are easily accessible;
 To improve abilities and qualifications, quality and accessibility
of further study in the field of timber structures to professional
and laic public;
 To establish and deepen relations among project partners;
 To create a database of timber structures and constructions for
documentation of successful utilisation of timber;
 To provide information on new trends in the field of timber
structures and constructions;
 To create a website for database and educational materials;
 To translate some of the materials from English to local
languages (Czech, Slovak, German, Polish) for educational
purposes and self-study.
Target groups
 Students of technical universities of study
programmes of:
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Civil Engineering
Architecture
Architecture and Civil Engineering
 Members of professional chambers (ČKAIT, SKSI,
ČKA…)
 Participants of lifelong learning
 Professional public
 Potential users of project results:
 Engineers of civil and materials engineering,
construction companies, investors, interested public.
Project products
 Handbook 1 – Timber structures (250 pages)
 Handbook 2 – Design of timber structures according to EC 5 (115
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pages)
Case studies – 14 case studies with basic information on the timber
structures, parts of the project documentation, photos and visualization
of the whole process and methodical instructions for teachers.
Instruction handbook to elaborated case studies
Database of timber constructions - will include information on
various types of timber constructions built in the EU countries.
A template for preparing an entry into the database of timber
constructions
Project website – in English and 3 local languages
Seminars on the issue of timber structures and timber based
constructions
Handbooks – local language versions
Seminars as project products
2 types:
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Country seminars:
 April 2007 – Brno (CZ)
 June 2007 – Graz (AT)
 September 2008 – Horsens (DK)
Teaching seminars:
 March 2008 – Opole (PL)
 June 2008 – Prague (CZ)
Dissemination
 Website – fast10.vsb.cz/temtis/en
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Posting of products – electronic forms – better
availability, information up-dating
Easier communication among project partners
 DVD – will contain both Handbooks, sets of case studies and
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Instruction manual for lecturers
Seminars on new trends in the field of timber structures
Project presentation at conferences and seminars
Information on the project at partners´ website
Publications in magazines
Leaflets
Use of project results in preparation of new projects in new
programmes and initiatives
Emphasis put on continuation of activities after the project ends.
Thank you for your
attention!
Assoc.Prof. Alois Materna, Ph.D., MBA
[email protected]
Tel: +420 597 321 919
Website: Fast10.vsb.cz/temtis/en