Real Life Problem Solving

INTERNATIONAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (5 ECTS)

is an international real life problem solving project that involves students with a background in mechanical engineering, mechatronics or business engineering.

During this project two international groups compete against each other in order to find a solution for an engineering problem that is posed by a company partner. The groups consist of 4-8 students and 2-4 professor as supervisors. The projects last one semester. After the final presentations of the results, the company decides whether the results will be implemented in their future product development.

The main goals of Real Life Project Solving Projects are as follows: • Develop intercultural competence

• Solve a practice-relevant problem

• Contact with international companies

• Gain interdisciplinary project skills

• Gain knowledge in project management

• Increase social competence, communication skills and ability to work in a team

ROBERT BOSCH POWER TOOL PROJECT IN AUTUMN 2014 

The purpose of the project was to deepen cooperation between ME and JAMK. The objective was that the students master the implementation of an international product development project.

 

Topic: „Design of a multifunctional battery garden tool”

 

Purpose of the task:

• Design a 14,4 V or 18 V battery operated, hand-held garden tool

• Collect customer requirements based on daily gardening tasks

• Based on the main requirements, choose the top three main functions of the tool

• Collect solution principles and build function tree variants

• Evaluate solution variants and choose one

• Design parts based on main functions and requirements

GROUP B

Members (from left to right): Miklós Mezei, Beáta Kublik, Kaisa Oinonen, Tamás Birta, Krista Kivihalme, Gábor Kiss, Dániel Hervst, Paavo Parkkonen

Members (from left to right): Attila Szója, Maria Rentola, Bernadett Spisák, Tibor Puskás, István Szántai, Gergő Nagy, Jarno Mattila, Jarmo Jalkanen

MAIN CONCEPT OF THE GROUP

MORPHYCHANGE AND PLAY

MAIN CONCEPT OF THE GROUP

BOSCH PYTHON

GROUP A

Some DETAILS OF THE WORK

THE COMPONENTS OF MORPHY

THE CONCEPTION OF FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF THE SHAKING HEAD

FIXING OF THE HEAD TO THE ARM OF THE TRANSMISSION

CONNECTION BETWEEN RODS

THE COMPONENTS OF BOSCH PYTHON

MOTOR HOUSE

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Weight  of  the  tool Appearance  of  the  tool Space  it  occupies  when  not  used

ANALYSIS OF THE PRICE

THE CONCEPT OF SMART APPLICATION

ANALYSIS OF THE PRICE

ANALYSIS OF THE CUSTOMER

Some Pictures from the Work

WHAT WE HAVE TO DO? IN THE STARTING MEETING

AND FINALLY THE PRESENTATION

ICEBREAKING IN MISKOLC

FIRST, MEET WITH THE PRODUCTS

THEN DIVING INTO WORK

…AND WORK

… AND MORE WORK

BEFORE SOME WELL DESERVED REST

Real Life Problem Solving

As a supervisor I have not had any experience in tutorial of systematic team work to solve student projects at the  Faculty  of Mechanical Engineering and Informatics in Miskolc University before. I think both Hungarian students and we supervisors learned a lot, and we will encourage the rest of the Faculty in Miskolc to implement this method more widely in our educational practice. It was a pleasant surprise to me what the students of both teams could show up in c rea t i v i t y. The cont inuous  improvement  of  the participating  Hungarian  students  in English  presentation  skills and convergence to that of the Finnish students are also appreciated.

CREDENTIALS

Krista Kivihalme

JAMK University of Applied Sciences,

Jyväskylä, Finnland

Tibor Puskás University of Miskolc, Hungary

After Leon Group and Bosch Tool projects I can really say that we have succeeded in widening our international project model to two new countries, companies and universities.

The students in both projects worked hard, became more international, learned a lot and achieved very good results, which were the main goals of the project. I am more than ready to continue the real life problem solving project and to expand this model to new countries, companies and universities.

Both Teams has managed the project properly. They chose project leaders and the other project responsible persons. They have solved the necessary international communication and data exchange tasks. The improvement of the English presentation skills was visible during the project. The differences between the project focus of the two teams was natural. The product ideas designed for solution of the project were very valuable. Both teams has used the methods learned during the first intensive week on a professional way; they collected the further necessary knowledge. It has to be emphasized, that besides the technical solutions, both team has worked out the marketing and financial aspects too.

Anneli Kakko Coordinator and Supervisor of the ICP project, Jyväskylä, Finnland

Dr. József Kakukk

Robert Bosch Power Tool Kft. Miskolc, Hungary

Tamás Szabó

University of Miskolc, Hungary

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This is a unique chance and it will give great benefit in the future. Getting to know other cultures is also great! 
I learnt new engineering perspectives.

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It was a great way to learn again from another culture and combine new ways to work with new ones. This experience gave me more confidence to face new situation and challenges in work life.

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This project has provided a good opportunity practicing the group working and project planning, it gave a lot of experience in these areas. It helped improve my English skill and the communication with foreign people. I loved we could visit another country, different culture and the lifestyle at another university. Beside the previous I could say taking part of this project is a good point in a CV also.

István Szántai

University of Miskolc, Hungary

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