Session: Turbine Modeling & Technology

Paper Number: 167955

167955 - A Review of the MIR Erasmus Mundus Master’s Program After 4 Years of Activity 

Abstract: 

Created in 2019, the MIR (Marine and Maritime Intelligent Robotics) mundus master's program welcomed its 4th class of students in Sept. 2024. The first year of the master's program is spent at the University of Toulon, which coordinates the program, and the second year at one of the three main partners: UJI (Castellon, Spain), IST-UL (Lisbon, Portugal), and NTNU (Trondheim, Norway). With more than 50 associated partners, the consortium graduates around a hundred students over 4 years, 90% of whom receive a full European grant to cover all study costs, and awards a double-diploma accredited by Université de Toulon and the academic partner where the student completed his or her second year. The course covers knowledge of marine phenomena, robotics and artificial intelligence with applications to marine environments, e.g. maritime transport and operations, underwater interventions, off-shore wind structure maintenance and repair, biodiversity monitoring, search and rescue operations, bio-inspired robotics, or digital immersion.

This article reviews the results after 4 years of activity. The methodology used to measure the impact and outreach of the programme includes indicators in terms of the number of applications, nationality representation, gender representation, employability, job positions, categories, pedagogical and scientific publications, major representative events (symposia, competitions, conferences), projects resulting from cooperation with partners, and press articles. Programme quality is measured by student evaluation of the modules taken, the study environment, the socio-cultural activities offered, the supervision and management of the teaching team, and by analysis of the results obtained by students from year to year. Qualitative feedback from guest lecturers and from the program's development committee is also taken into account to refine the qualitative assessment of the program. This review is used to consider prospects for further development and improvement, and to implement the program's self-sustainability in the medium term.

Presenting Author: Vincent Hugel University of Toulon

Presenting Author Biography: Vincent Hugel received the Engineering degree in computer science from the École des Mines de Nancy, Nancy, France, the Degree in robotics engineering from the French Nuclear Institute of Sciences and Technologies, CEA, Saclay, France, the Ph.D. degree in robotics from the University of Paris VI, Paris, France, and the Robotics Research degree from the University of Versailles, Versailles, France, in 1994, 1995, 1999, and 2007, respectively.
Since 2014, he is Full Professor at the University of Toulon and leads the Cosmer Lab (Design of robotic systems), Toulon, France, where he is conducting research on autonomous robots and underwater vehicles.

Authors:

Vincent Hugel University of Toulon
Ricard Marxer University of Toulon
Thierry Soriano University of Toulon
Pedro Sanz Jaume I University (UJI)
Raúl Marin Jaume I University (UJI)
Pedro Batista IST Técnico Lisboa | ULisboa
Antonio Pascoal IST Técnico Lisboa | ULisboa
Martin Ludvigsen NTNU – Norwegian University of Science and Technology