Erasmus+
Cerca Trova team members have over 18 years of developing ICT solutions and in participating in European Union funded research projects. From the early days of its founding the company’s diverse engineering portfolio naturally expanded towards academic & educational activities, to share the know-how and initiate new ways of thinking among young entrepreneurs & professionals, by developing a range of internship abroad programs.
By combining the above expertise, on engineering and internships, Cerca Trova formed interdisciplinary consortia (academia & industry) and wrote three proposals to the Erasmus+ (KA2) program which raised a total of €2.75M funding for creating two MSc courses on “Smart Maritime & Marine Surveying Systems” & “Smart Agriculture Systems” and one course on “Electro-mobility”.
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Over the past 5 years, IoT technology has grown rapidly and it is expected that by 2025, IoT may reach a total potential market impact of up to $11.1 trillion. Large shipping corporations are already investing heavily in IoT solutions in their fleet to improve transparency, safety, and cost efficiency by optimizing procedures, maintenance & energy efficiency. Shipowners are set to spend an average of $2.5m, each, on IoT solutions over the next 3 years. In addition, the marine surveying infrastructure transformation through IoT technologies is expected to enable the shipping industry, port authorities or environmental agencies, to inspect shipping assets, offshore structures, waterways & ensure compliance with various standards or specifications.
In contrast, formal Maritime & Surveying IoT training on development, installation, service, maintenance & sustainability awareness is at its infancy, especially in the EU. The Surveying & MARiTime internet of thingS EducAtion (SMARTSEA) project aims to develop an advanced interactive certified MSc course related to Maritime & Surveyor IoT applications that will train individuals with the necessary skills & knowledge to work in the rising “Smart Maritime & Surveying” industry. The course is also formulated to stimulate transversal competences such as the increased sense of initiative & entrepreneurship. It will follow the ECTS credit standards for certification recognition across the EU.
The innovative curriculum is comprised by interactive teaching methods & partnerships with expert academic & maritime organizations to give to the students a solid background for starting a fruitful career in the industry. The course duration is 8 months, plus a 1-month maritime (on the job) experience. In addition, in 2 mobility periods,the students & educators from one university will travel to the other and vice-versa, to participate in the large-scale laboratories, whereas a 3rd period is reserved for the maritime on-the-job training. For more information: www.smart-sea.eu
The bEyonD the boRder of electrΙc VEhicles: an advanced inTeractive cOURse (E-DRIVE TOUR) project aims to develop an advanced interactive course related to Sustainable Electric Mobility Engineering that will train individuals with the necessary skills & knowledge to work in the electrical automotive industry as well as in the Ultra Lightweight Vehicle (ULV) that comprises e-bikes and e-cargo bikes.
The course is also formulated to stimulate transversal competences such as the increased sense of initiative & entrepreneurship. The course is designed to follow the European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System (ECTS) credit standards for certification recognition across the EU.
The innovative curriculum comprises of interactive teaching methods & partnerships with expert academic & industrial organizations in order to give to the students a solid background for starting a fruitful career in the industry. For more information: www.edrivetour.eu
Over the past few years the Industry 4.0 revolution managed to rapidly transform all major industrial sectors, including the agricultural domain where the total addressable market is expected to reach 26.8 billion by 2020. The agricultural IoT infrastructure transformation is enabling crop producers to receive status information from interconnect farms, crops, crop/field, equipment, storage and livestock. Agricultural corporations down to small family farms are now able to monitor the entire plantation ecosystem, spanning from: crop field physical parameters (temperature, light, humidity, soil moisture etc), local climatic conditions and control its irrigation, fertilization and automation (greenhouses).
In contrast, formal Agricultural IoT training on development, installation, service, maintenance & sustainability awareness is at its infancy, especially in the EU. The masTERs course on smArt Agriculture TECHnologies (TERRATECH) project aims to develop an advanced interactive certified MSc course related to Agricultural IoT applications that will train individuals with the necessary skills & knowledge to work in the rising “Smart/Precision Agriculture” industry. The course is also formulated to stimulate transversal competences such as the increased sense of initiative & entrepreneurship. It will follow the ECTS credit standards for certification recognition across the EU.
The innovative curriculum is comprised by interactive teaching methods & partnerships with expert academic & agriculture organizations to give to the students a solid background for starting a fruitful career in the industry. The course duration is 8 months, plus a 1-month maritime (on the job) experience. In addition, in 2 mobility periods, the students & educators from one university will travel to the other and vice-versa, to participate in the large-scale laboratories, whereas a 3rd period is reserved for the agricultural on-the-job training. For more information: www.terratechmsc.eu
With a growing world population estimated by the United Nations to be over 9 billion people by 2050, consumption patterns are changing, and it is estimated that demand for food will increase by 70%. Yet, our current farming model is ill suited to respond to future demands and we will need to make some changes in the agricultural production. A sustainable production would be achieved not only by managing the economics, but also by including other factors such as soil fertility, soil erosion or water use. In this context, digital farming appeared as a promising model to help achieve these objectives through precision technology. With this premises “AGRI Smart” (AGRI’s) Cooperation Partnership project aims at:
- Promote agriculture entrepreneurship as a sustainable farming model;
- Develop precision agriculture in Europe to answer the growing need of food and promote a new model of farming towards a more sustainable one
- Empower adults with digital and entrepreneurial skills in the Agro-food industry to become actors of a sustainable future and become more competitive actors at the same time
For more information: www.erasmus-agrismart.com
A plethora of “smart” devices (applicable in vessels, vehicles, buildings, factories etc) are beginning to infiltrate every level of our everyday lives. These form the Internet of Things (IoT), a network of physical devices that are embedded with electronics, software, sensors and actuators to allow interconnectivity between them and to exchange data without (or with minimal) human intervention.
The sustainability IoT infrastructure transformation is penetrating fast the socio-ecological domain. It is expected that the total addressable market for smart environmental sustainability systems will to reach $28.9 billion by 2024. People with no educational background specific related to Environmental Sustainability IoT systems are currently designing, developing, installing, servicing and maintaining the systems that have and will enter the market. In other words, there is a Global shortage of trained engineers and technicians to cater and safely handle this new technology, especially in the European Union.
The mastErs COurse on smart sustainability soLUTIONs (ECOLUTION) project aims to develop an advanced interactive MSc course related to Environmental Sustainability IoT Engineering that will train individuals with the necessary skills and knowledge to work in the rising “Smart Environmental Sustainability” industry. The course is also formulated to stimulate transversal competences such as the increased sense of initiative and entrepreneurship. The course is designed to follow the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) credit standards for certification recognition across the EU.
The innovative curriculum is comprised by interactive teaching methods & partnerships with expert academic & organisations to give to the students a solid background for starting a fruitful career in the industry. The course duration is 18 months, plus a 1-month (on the job) experience. In addition, in 2 mobility periods, the students & educators from one university will travel to the other and vice-versa, to participate in the large-scale laboratories, whereas a 3rd period is reserved for on-the-job training.
For more information: www.ecolutionmsc.eu
Today more than half of the world’s population is urban, with Europe leading by 75%. Scientists predict that this number will increase fast, putting a strain to our life quality, our resources and our infrastructure. This makes it vital to be able monitor the city’s environment and resources, optimise the waste management, improve our energy efficiency and ease our urban mobility. To achieve this, governments & companies are focusing all the more towards the use of “smart” devices. These physical devices form an interconnected network of electronics, software, sensors, actuators, that allows data exchange between them and is referred to as the Internet of Things (IoT).
The market size of the global Smart City industry is set to reach $820.7 billion by 2025, guided by the global advancements in IoT technologies, 5G infiltration and government investments, on a global level, for infrastructure transformation. In contrast, formal IoT training on smart solutions for Urban Sustainability (Green Transport, Waste Management, Resource Monitoring, Renewable Energy) for development, installation, service, maintenance is at its infancy, especially in the European Union.
The Intelligent Sustainable Habitats masters course (INHABITAT) project aims to develop an advanced interactive certified 2-year MSc course related to IoT applications in our everyday life that will train individuals with the necessary skills & knowledge to work in the rising “Intelligent Sustainable Habitats” industry. The course is also formulated to stimulate transversal competences such as the increased sense of initiative & entrepreneurship. The course is designed to follow the European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System (ECTS) credit standards for certification recognition across the EU. The developed syllabus will also be offered via vocational education and training in the form of micro-credentials to those who wish to gain specific skills for up-skilling and life-long education.
The innovative curriculum comprises of interactive teaching methods & partnerships with expert academic & IoT expert organizations in order to give to the students a solid background for starting a fruitful career in the industry. The course duration is 16 months, plus a 1-month maritime (on the job) experience, a month after the end of the teaching period. During the execution of the course, 3 mobility periods are programmed. For the first two (14-day) periods the students & educators from one teaching university will travel to the other and vice-versa, to participate in the large-scale laboratories, whereas the 3rd period (1 month) is reserved for the on-the-job training.
For more information: www.inhabitatmsc.eu
