The LTI program consists of 7 semesters of classes, with 12 mandatory courses, including Industrial Internships and visits to the MIT campus, in addition to the PhD Thesis. The classes are taught in intensive blocks of one week per month, in full time regime (Monday to Saturday, 9am to 8pm). Lectures take place at the University of Minho (Guimarães, Portugal), Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto (Porto, Portugal) and Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon, Portugal), on a rotating basis. Students travel as a group throughout the Portuguese universities and live locally to attend the various courses. Course curriculum, teaching methodologies and evaluations are carried out by a team of Portuguese and MIT professors, led by a Portuguese and an MIT professor. LTI students are required to take an industrial internship and spend a minimum of three months and a maximum of twelve months working on-site with EDAM industrial affiliates. At least three months must be spent with a single company; any time beyond this may be spent at additional companies. The coursework of the Doctoral Program in Leaders for Technical Industries (LTI) is described in the figure below. The total of courses makes a total of 71 ECTS but at some of the participating schools (e.g. IST) only 60 ECTS are required.
Advanced Technology Seminar1st Semester, 6 ECTS Faculty Team Francisco Pires (FEUP)
Luis Rocha (UMinho) Main Contents - MEMS fabrication techniques
- MEMS device concept
- Polymers and their processability: key issues
- State-of-the-art of polymer processing
- New trends in polymer processing
- Technology and product integration
- Advanced Metal Fabrication
- Composite Materials
- Structural Health Monitoring
- Shape Memory Alloys
- Active Control of Vibrations
- Nano-materials
Objectives To help students: - Acquire an awareness of the existence of new materials and production techniques.
- Understand the processing techniques for polymers and polymer-based composites, focusing on advanced polymeric systems and complex part geometries
- Understand the basic physical principles that govern the behavior of smart materials and their application in sensing/actuation systems.
- Recognize and understand advanced technologies fabrication processes.
Companies & TechnologiesFaculty Team Eduardo Beira (UMinho) MainContents A course about the experience of manufacturing based corporate life , based on the exploitation of visits to relevant companies / factories and discussion of business cases to related to the visited companies / industry sector and other active learning methods (invited visitors with significant business life experience and eventually selected movies – 3 visits and 10 business cases, several visitors are planned). The course combines the discussion of design and manufacturing activities together with the identification and development of basic skills to analyze companies and sectors and their basic competitive positioning in different business and institutional environments, as well as the organizational politics and drama of engineering based corporate life. Objectives - To homogenize and to integrate students with different backgrounds in the manufacturing and corporate environments
- To visit relevant companies and to understand / to explore the related business environments and technologies trends / roles in the market place
- To train students to analyze engineering based business situations and to discover / evaluate the associated management decisions
- To provide basic and fundamental frameworks about engineering based management activities
Learning outcomes include - To appreciate / to understand the role of emotion, conflict, politics and drama in complex engineering works, product design and manufacturing operations, both at the individual and the corporate level
- To identify / to understand important manufacturing process
- To contrast / to evaluate different corporate business models and cultures and its implications in manufacturing organization and operations
Engineering Systems Reasearch Methods2nd Semester, 6 ECTS Faculty Team Anne MacCants (MIT)
Carlos Lucas de Freitas (IST)
Lia Patrício (FEUP)
Madalena Araújo (UMinho)
Susan Silbey (MIT) Main Contents - Formulation of a research topic
- Modeling engineering-economic systems for real-world applications (data analysis, systems modeling and judgment of importance)
- Overview of research methods (the design and structure of research projects, development of constructs and measures, the selection and use of various quantitative and qualitative research methods, data analysis, and reporting)
- Critical revision of the literature - Cases of real world applications of systems models used to demonstrate the art
- Research strategy approaches
- Project management - skills and methodologies
- Research ethics
- Data selection and collection
- Data analysis
Objectives The goals of the course are (1) to examine the steps required to frame an empirical research question guided by theory, (2) to introduce students to the range of research methodologies used by social scientists, (3) to examine the strengths and limitations of each, and (4) to practice some of the steps involved in research design and implementation By the conclusion of the course each student should be able to write a proposal that answers the following questions: - What is the topic?
- Why is it relevant, why do we care?
- What do we already know about it?
- What we want to add to that?
- How are we going to collect the data - what instruments or data collection tools have been devised and tested?
- What forms of data analysis will be used (e.g. statistical regression, grounded theory)?
- What will the research product be (e.g. articles in academic journals)?
Engineering & Manufacturing Systems2nd Semester, 6 ECTS Faculty Team António Araújo (FEUP)
António Relogio Ribeiro (IST)
Daniel Whitney (MIT)
Ricardo Simões (UMinho) Main Contents - Tools & concepts of systems thinking
- Visual thinking
- Standards & Protocols
- Systems verification & validation
- Re-use architecting
- Assembly as a system
- Reliability of machines
- New products interactions with society
- Ethics
- Decision-making under uncertainty
Objectives The course builds upon the understanding of product development and also in the integration between technology and management, taught in the previous semester, and provides ways of thinking about products and product development in a broader and deeper context. Learning outcomes include: - Appreciation of the role of different modes of thinking.
- Familiarity with advances in thinking about complex systems and recognition of the overlapping role of social and technical complexity in these systems.
- Understand and be able to utilize the key constructs for understanding systems - namely function, structure and history
- Appreciate the importance of multiple perspectives in understanding systems
- To be able to quickly put problems into a broader context in a useful way
Innovation Management2nd Semester, 6 ECTS Faculty Team José Manuel Mendonça (FEUP)
Luis Perez-Breva (MIT)
Rui Baptista (IST) Main Contents - Case Histories of Innovation and entrepreneurship
- Technology Trends
- User valuation and new wants
- Opportunity identification and assessment
- Technology, Competition and Competitive Strategy
- The valuation of technology
- Technology and Strategy
- Assessing the Innovative Capabilities of an Organization
- Developing a Strategic Plan for Innovation
Objectives The main objective of the course is to provide students with an overview of the tools required to explore, analyze and manage the path “from idea to market” for an emerging technology. Learning outcomes include: - The role played by technological change and, in particular, academic R&D in industrial development and economic growth;
- Researching and selecting the most promising market applications for an emerging technology;
- Analyzing markets, customers and competitors;
- Identifying and selecting an intellectual property protection strategy;
- Assessing funding needs and identifying milestones in the development and commercialization strategy;
- Identifying and selecting a “go to market” strategy and a business model.
Integrating Technology & Management1st Semester, 6 ECTS Faculty Team Frank Field III (MIT)
Jeremy Gregory (MIT)
José Sampaio (FEUP)
Luis Faria (IST)
Luis Rocha (UMinho) Main Contents - Technology, engineering and design
- The role of engineers
- The knowledge of engineers
- Management and technology management
- Technology strategy
- Introduction to Engineering Systems
- Decision-making with multiple indicators
- Decision-making and uncertainty
- Scenarios – dealing with uncertainty
Objectives - Explore the gaps in conventional engineering and management paradigms.
- Help students gain an awareness of the strengths and limitations of traditional engineering approaches to problems.
- Examine technology management strategies within firms.
- Motivate the students to learn about fields that complement their current skills.
- Introduce students to the field of engineering systems and the TME curriculum.
- Have students demonstrate the capability of combining engineering and management skills through an in-depth course project that requires engineering systems thinking.
Leadership2nd Semester, 6 ECTS Faculty Team António Paisana (UMinho)
Bernardo Almada Lobo (FEUP)
Partha Ghosh (MIT)
Paulo Peças (IST) Main Contents The program builds on Partha Ghosh's personal experience of leading and working with Corporate, Political, and Government leaders across cultures in more than a dozen nations. It is based on a fundamental premise that irrespective of the background an individual represents, he/she has the innate leadership qualities which could be cultivated, in every person's search for a meaningful and an effective life, through well balanced use of the right and left brain in resonance with his/her inner consciousness. The Leadership we will talk about is not necessarily a set of skills that can be taught by the classical approach to education; they are personal qualities that must be uncovered, nurtured and developed in experiential learning environment, in a continuum with conventional disciplines of science and technology. The objective is to train students in problem solving and in intellectual resiliency, making them able to bring people, from multiple backgrounds and multi levels of intellectual preparedness, together, and able to bring about mega scale changes. Objectives - Make students understand what makes a person an effective Leader - “The Art of Becoming” - Encouraging students to listen to their inner voice: Know thy self
- Developing a 360º perspective on the emerging possibilities in students- Sensing their passion in the universe of possibilities - helping students Internalizing the 21 Golden Rules in Cultivating the Essentials of Leadership
- Encourage students to craft their own agenda in seeking Self-fulfillment
Management for Engineering2nd Semester, 6 ECTS Faculty Team Madalena Araújo (UMinho)
Joel Clark (MIT) Main Contents - Modeling of Decision Problems
- objectives and alternatives
- decision levels and analysis paradigms
- quantitative and qualitative aspects in decision-making
- Problem structuring methods
- SWOT Analysis; Cognitive and mental maps
- Strategic options development and analysis; soft systems methodology
- Financial aspects of Decision-Making
- Time dimension
- Decision analysis methods
- Uncertainty and risk
- Dynamic strategic planning
- Multiple criteria
- Multi-attribute utility analysis
- Investment Projects Analysis: basics and practical issues
- Collaborative Project Management
- General principles; assessment and selection of ideas
- Organizational issues; management structure; documents and information flows
- CPM and extensions; resource management
- Project control and monitoring
- Collaborative issues; software packages for project management
- Advanced use of spreadsheets for supporting decision-making
Objectives Students should be capable of: managing tools and procedures most used in technological based businesses; - Understanding and performing elementary investment project analysis;
- Evaluating, setting up, organizing and managing complex projects, considering uncertainty and multiple criteria;
- Setting up collaborative environments for project management
Operations Management1st Semester, 6 ECTS Faculty Team Américo Azevedo (FEUP)
Jorge Pinho de Sousa (FEUP)
Valério de Carvalho (UMinho) Course Contents - Introduction to Operations Management. Operations strategy
- Process Planning and Design. Process Analysis
- Facility Layout
- Capacity management
- Location Strategies
- Forecasting
- Aggregate Planning. Independent demand management
- Inventory Management
- Manufacturing Requirements Planning
- Short-term Scheduling
- Production Flow and Lean Manufacturing
- Quality Management: Approaches & Tools
- Waiting lines models
- Simulation
Objectives
Product Design & Development1st Semester, 6 ECTS Faculty Team António Oliveira (FEUP)
Arlindo Silva (IST)
Gustavo Dias (UMinho)
Qi Hommes (MIT) Main Contents - An overview of development processes and organizations
- Product planning
- Identifying customer needs
- Product specifications
- Concept generation
- Concept selection
- Concept testing
- Product architecture
- Industrial design
- Robust design
- Design for Manufacturing
- Prototyping
- Product development economics
- Managing product development projects
Objectives The course is intended to provide students with the following benefits: - Competence with a set of tools and methods for product design and development.
- Confidence in your own abilities to create a new product.
- Awareness of the role of multiple functions in creating a new product (e.g. marketing, finance, industrial design, engineering, production).
- Ability to coordinate multiple, interdisciplinary tasks in order to achieve a common objective.
- Reinforcement of specific knowledge from other courses through practice and reflection in an action oriented setting.
- Enhanced team working skills.
Production Management2nd Semester, 6 ECTS Faculty Team Elsa Henriques (IST)
Alcibiades Paulo Soares Guedes (FEUP)
Maria do Sameiro Carvalho (UMinho) Main Contents - Logistics and the integration of the supply chain (SC)
- Overview of enabling information technologies
- Supply chain configuration
- Supply chain tactics
- Integrated planning of the supply chain
- Detailed analysis of a particular industry’s supply chain for a given industry, detailed analysis and mapping of the SC
- Historical perspective from craft and mass production to lean. What is lean production?
- Waste & Value. Lean Thinking & lean pillars.
- Value specification and identification of the value stream. Value stream mapping.
- Standardized work. Layout issues and cellular manufacturing. Quick change over. Basic Factory dynamics.
- Perfection and variability reduction. Performance and variability. In-station process control.
- Total Productive Maintenance. Equipment efficiency.
- Lean manufacturing implementation. Metrics for leanness assessment
- Lean enterprise: people, technology, process, and management.
- Integration of lean principles/dimensions across the entire enterprise. Synergies between lean and agile manufacturing systems.
Objectives To provide participants with skills to understand the main Supply Chain issues and the strategic role of SCM and the capability of reading the implications of their decisions in the Supply Chain. Learning outcomes include: - Developing an integrated view of the main Supply Chain issues and of the strategic role of SCM
- Developing skills in managing the various operational aspects of the SC
- Analyzing, discussing and designing SC strategies for various types of contexts
- Analyzing, discussing and applying the most appropriate planning approaches and techniques.
- Understanding the organizational implications of SCM decisions
- Understanding the global trade-offs in terms of costs and customer service and of the need to align the logistics processes with business partners, i.e. clients and suppliers.
- Understanding of principles and concepts of Lean Manufacturing, and acquisition of competences and skills in the tools and techniques that support the design and the continuous improvement of lean manufacturing systems
Technology Evaluation & Selection1st Semester 6 ECTS Faculty Team Jorge Lino (FEUP)
Júlio Viana (UMinho)
Mihail Fontul (IST)
Randolph Kirchain (MIT) Main Contents - Materials data and selection criteria (performance, manufacturing, socio-environmental, economical)
- Materials and process selection screening (e.g. Ashby plots)
- Interrelationships between properties and manufacturing/processing technology
- Preliminary FEA calculations and prototyping to decide on material and/or technology
- Decision Analysis
- Multi-attribute utility analysis
- Dynamic strategic planning
- Production and cost functions
- Investment appraisal techniques of engineering projects
- Life cycle assessment
Objectives To make students understand the implications of materials and of technologies selection in the full process of product development and to select a material and proper technology for a given product application, taking into account full cost implications and conflicting requirements (evaluation of alternatives based on costs). |
