When aluminium technologies become cretive

1
When aluminium technologies become cre_at_tive
Christian Leroy, European Aluminium
AssociationAndrew Green, MATTER Project,
University of Liverpool Conference  From
Copenhagen to Helsinki. Best Practices Supporting
European Cooperation in VET  Helsinki, 4
December 2006
2
What is the European Al Association?

• Founded in 1981, the EAA represents the aluminium
  industry in Europe
• EAA Members
• European primary aluminium producers
• National associations representing rollers and
  extruders
• Organisation of European Aluminium Refiners and
  Remelters (recycling division - OEA)
• European association of aluminium foil producers
  (EAFA)
• EAA Objectives
• Offer support to our members (e.g. statistics,
  lobbying, communication, etc.)
• Secure sustainable growth of aluminium in its
  markets
• Maintain and improve the image of the aluminium
  industry towards target audiences
• Promote aluminium knowledge, research education

3
(No Transcript)
4
What is the aluMATTER project ?

• Developing multi-lingual modular interactive and
  innovative web-based learning resources about
  aluminium materials science and technologies.
• Freely accessible on Internet
• Used as distant self-learning material and
  complementary learning material in vocational
  training programs and in higher education.
• Target audience
• Students/teachers/professors at technical
  universities/colleges
• Technicians/engineers/trainers in the metal
  industry (incl. SME)

5
6 modules developed from 2003 till 2005 partly
funded by
Developed in 2001 2002
Available in EN, FR, DE NL
6
Why did EAA apply for a Leonardo da Vinci Grant
in 2002?

• Wish to develop multi-lingual e-learning
  resources on aluminium fabrication technologies
• From aluminium semi-products to aluminium final
  products or components.
• Expertise in fabrication technology limited
  within the Aluminium Industry
• Needs for establishing a large partnership for
  proper development, translation and dissemination
  towards students and SMEs
• Estimated budget of 1 M on 3-years
• The proposal (pilot project) requested 50
  coverage by the Leonardo da Vinci grant

7
Who contributed to the LdV AluMATTER project ?

• 20 partners assembled from- European
  aluminium industry- European universities-
  National aluminium associations - Technical
  centres

8
LdV aluMATTER partnership (1)

• EAA representing the Al industry which employs
  about 260,000 people in Europe directly
• Co-ordination (through the Education and
  Technology Committee),
• Integration of other initiatives (automotive
  manual, TALAT, aluSELECT, Vocational TALAT, VIR
  projects)
• Dissemination
• 5 main European aluminium producers Hydro,
  Pechiney (now Alcan), Alcan, Corus, Alcoa
• Content development, module piloting and in-house
  testing, dissemination internally and externally
  towards client companies
• Rolling mill (55 in Europe) 78 of the
  customers are SMEs.
• Extrusion plants (330 in Europe) 81 of the
  customers are SMEs.
• 2 Technical Centers CETIM (F), SLV Duisburg
  (D)
• content development, module testing

9
aluMATTER partnership (2)

• 6 Academic partners
• RWTH (D), IFU (D), UMIST (UK), VUB (B), Paderborn
  Univ (D), Cambridge (UK)
• Content development and pedagogic approach,
  module testing by students
• 4 National aluminium Associations
• GDA (D), Skanaluminium (N), GLFA (F), Aluminium
  Centrum (NL), Alu Center Belgium
• Translation, dissemination towards SMEs and
  Universities
• 1 SME
• Remi Claeys Aluminium
• Module evaluation and testing
• 1 IT partner with expertise in Material Science
  and Technology web-based learning environment.
• MATTER project from Liverpool University
• IT encoding and website development

10
Project organisation
11
Consortium of 20 partners
12
Whats behind a module?

• Each module
• comprises about 80-100 computer screens
• corresponds to about 6-8 hours of traditional
  lessons
• includes learning outcomes, pre-requisites,
  interactive animations, multiple-choice
  questions, virtual experiments and simulations
• Web structure designed to allow the content to be
  accessed via three entry points
• Products/applications,
• Materials Science
• Processing

13
The various phases of the module development
14

• www.alumatter.info
• Illustration of the website

15
(No Transcript)
16
(No Transcript)
17
(No Transcript)
18
aluMATTER in 2006

• 9 modules corresponding to about 1000 web pages
  with more then 700 interactive exercises, graphs,
  simulations, etc.
• An intelligent web-based platorm for multiple
  language implementation
• Currently 6 modules available in 4 languages
• Translation into other European languages under
  discussion
• gt20.000 visitors/month
• Used by the European aluminium industry and some
  universities
• New modules under development in 2006-2007
• Introduction to wrought aluminium alloys
• Aluminium in structural applications in relation
  to the new Eurocode 9 coming into force in 2007.
• Aluminium rolling processes
• Aluminium extrusion processes

19
What about aluMATTER long-term objectives?

• To become the reference on-line learning resource
  for aluminium science and technology
• To be adopted within European student curricula
  at graduate and post-graduate level (MSc, PhD
  program, etc.)
• To provide the basis for future European
  qualifying /certifying training programs

20
Enjoy aluMATTER !

• Please visit
• www.alumatter.info
• For any additional information
• alumatter_at_eaa.be