Dragan Kusić

Activities during last six months: Finalizing The Online Training Modules: After uploading the whole training contents in both technical and transversal fields to the platform which has been done by KIT, the revising and finalizing process has been started by ILI. During the finalizing process the partners can check their content’s preveiw and keep informed about the quality of  movies and pictures uploaded to the platform. IO3/A4.3. Evaluation & IO4.Guidelines for mentors During the September, according to the main topics… Read More »SAMANTHA – Report of Last six months activities

The SAMANTHA partnership is already working on the last IO of the project. This IO5 aims to present to the VET authorities the actions that the consortium considers as priorities for adopting the curriculum and the training course SAMANTHA: Additive Manufacturing for the Toolmaking and Habitat Sectors (EQF 4, 97 hours in total). This document is structured into 4 main sections: Section 2 briefly describes how the habitat and toolmaking sectors are expected to evolve in the future (scenario year… Read More »Priority actions addressed to VET authorities to adopt SAMANTHA curriculum & course

On 18th February 2022, TECOS held via MS Teams platform the first webinar of the pilot phase for the project SAMANTHA. The webinar was split into two parts. The first part has been dedicated to the official pilot phase launch by presenting the SAMANTHA platform, and in the second part TECOS presented the three webinar speakers. Before the end a simple Q&A section was held. The three speakers were: – Matic Vogrin – mechanical engineer specialized in Additive Manufacturing (3D… Read More »TECOS LAUNCHES THE SAMANTHA TEST PHASE

The launch event for the SAMANTHA pilot in Germany took place on 10 December 2021. The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the Innovation in Learning Institute of the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg had jointly invited to this introductory event. The participating teachers and students briefly introduced themselves and their wishes and expectations. Afterwards, they received an introduction to the SAMANTHA qualification concept with its T-shaped competences regarding technical and transversal skills. Each individual learning module was presented in terms of its… Read More »SAMANTHA launch event in Germany

On the 21st February 2022, CEIPES and CENTROCOT held on the MS Teams platform the first webinar of the pilot phase for the project SAMANTHA. The webinar was held with a clear agenda. CENTROCOT coordinated the first part that has been dedicated to the launch of the pilot phase, with the presentation of the SAMANTHA platform, after that, it presented the three speakers of the webinar. In conclusion was held a round table for a Q&A. The three speakers were:… Read More »CEIPES AND CENTROCOT TOGETHER TO LAUNCH THE SAMANTHA TEST PHASE

Innovative online training course for teachers and VET students to promote knowledge in 3D printing. The SAMANTHA project gives the opportunity to VET teachers and students, as well as professionals interested in this sector, to improve their knowledge and technical and transversal skills in an online course on 3D Printing focused on the production of tools or habitat products. One of the most important skills in the professional, personal and social areas, as stated by the European Commission.                      The course… Read More »SAMANTHA offers the latest in 3D printing in its online training course in Spain

The use of 3D printing for tooling and production primarily benefits humans, either directly through medical and consumer applications, or indirectly by improving systems and processes that humans use. But 3D printing is also benefiting animals in a variety of ways, some of which may come to bear on how it will help humans in the future. I discussed five instances of additive manufacturing’s overlap with animals (pets and otherwise) in this week’s episode of the AM Radio podcast. Learn… Read More »Lessons from Animals and Additive Manufacturing

3D printed raw earth house showcased at COP26 TECLA, the first 3D raw earth printed house – we already presented in the last February SAMANTHA project’s news – was just showcased at COP26 the 12th of November. It was just one of the 17 Build Better Now – you can visit the exhibition by clicking on this link – projects virtually exhibited in Glasgow. The architect Mario Cucinella explained: “It is an almost zero-emission project. Its envelope and the use… Read More »COP26: 3D printing role in environmental protection

During the month of October AMUEBLA has participated in various events where it has been able to actively promote the SAMANTHA project, which will soon begin its pilot course On the occasion of the ERASMUS DAYS, on the 14th of October, from Amuebla’s website and its official Twitter account, the training programme that will make up the course on which the project partners have been working for months, and which is in a decisive phase, was presented exclusively. The different… Read More »AMUEBLA promotes the SAMANTHA project with its promotion at the FMY and the ERASMUS DAYS

In December, the pilot courses of the SAMANTHA project will start with the aim of testing the validity of the training course that the partners have developed during these two years of activity. The e-learning pilot courses are part of the Intellectual Output 3 and will continue until next June. Further the partners will support a mentorship activity entrusted to experts in the field of AM in order to create open debates and the acquisition of knowledge through direct testimonies.… Read More »IO4 – SENIOR TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE: The role of the Mentors