EDUCATIONAL IMPACT OF CONNECTED PROJECTS BASED ON TRIAD UNIVERSITY RESEARCH - INDUSTRY COLLABORATION

The connected projects MUROS-MAARS are funded by the Romanian Space Agency program STAR and it is implemented through collaboration between the University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest and three industrial partners. The paper highlights the educational aspect and impact of this type of collaboration. The main goal of the project is to implement a hybrid system of wireless sensor networks and unmanned aerial vehicles integrated in IoT to monitor regions of interest at ground level. The projects had a positive impact on the educational process expressed by the interest of the students and academic staff for the project implementation. Courses and applications for the industrial partners and for the students, were developed. The results of the educational activities were themes for bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees. Result dissemination in research papers at prestigious international conferences or journals was made by teams of students, industry specialists, and professors.