The University of Luxembourg and Paul Wurth have signed an agreement for teaching collaboration.
Under that framework, highly qualified engineers and researchers from the Luxembourg-based company Paul Wurth will give lectures in engineering at the Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication. The contract was signed on Wednesday 31 August 2016 in the presence of Paul Heuschling, Dean of the Faculty, Hans-Jürgen Lessmann, Senior Vice president Global HR, and Stefan Heilmann,Senior, Manager HR of Paul Wurth.
Under the present contract, engineers and researchers from Paul Wurth will give lectures to bachelor and master students in engineering. In a first period, the courses given by Paul Wurth engineers will focus on state-of-the art technologies, such as project management techniques in “machine-plant and civil engineering”, “engineering drawings” and “materials science”. In the further course of this cooperation, the University and Paul Wurth will decide together in which other field of engineering science the teaching collaboration is meaningful. Students will learn a lot from the “field perspective” and they will have the chance to discover the latest technologies, to understand industry issues and to get an idea about the development of their individual competences which will be useful for a career as an engineer working in industry.
This agreement complements the ongoing cooperation between the two entities, which has been mutually beneficial since the signature of a first collaboration in 2010. Since then, informal and formal exchanges, research projects, student and staff exchanges were carried out.
For Paul Heuschling, these positive results are encouraging “Since 2010, the cooperation with Paul Wurth, which is not only worldwide leader in ironmaking technologies but also active in diverse engineering science fields, such as coke making; energy and environmental technologies, civil engineering, logistics etc., has fostered synergies between academic and industrial research and has given students a solid foothold in the industry. Today, a new step is being taken, which I am very pleased about, this is a great opportunity for the University of Luxembourg to attract more students in engineering.”
Hans-Jürgen Lessmann of Paul Wurth looks forward in an enthusiastic manner: “Our common research projects have been really fruitful; we benefit a lot from the top level research done at the University of Luxembourg. Besides, by welcoming students for an internship and/or for a visit in our company, we share our passion, expertise and experience. But we wanted to go further and formalise our offer to teach directly to engineering students who will become the next generation of experts and leaders. This practical oriented approach in teaching engineering students will in our understanding foster the strong engineering base here in Luxembourg”.
Photo by Michel Brumat © University of Luxembourg, (L-R): Hans-Jürgen Lessmann, Paul Heuschling, Stefan Heilmann at the signature of the collaboration agreement.
