KNX Journal 2011-1

KNX Partners
New Scientific Partner
University of Applied
Sciences Südwestfalen
(Germany)
The University of Applied Sciences Südwestfalen
is a school with branches in
Hagen, Iserlohn, Lüdenscheid, Meschede
and Soest. With over 8,000 students, they
are an important partner for the region
Südwestfalen, where many companies in
the lighting and building sector are located.
The Department of Electrical Engineering
and Information Technology in Hagen
works together closely with companies
in the region and focuses on teaching and
research on their behalf. This is reflected in
the courses they offer; in which, for instance,
a course in electrical engineering with a
focus on lighting technology is offered. Currently
a course in building system design
in collaboration with the Department of
Technical Business Administration is being
established, which will start in the academic
year 2011/12. This course will provide
managerial and technical expertise in the
field of building technology.
Contact: drescher@fh-swf.de
Katholieke Hogeschool
Kempen (Belgium)
Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen is a
University College with eleven departments
and more than 6,500 students. KH
Kempen University College has always
been a force for regional development in
the Kempen: a dynamic region in Flanders,
the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium. The
department of Technology Geel offers
its students Bachelor of electronics-ICT,
electro-technology and electro-mechanics
(HVAC) and the opportunity to learn to
work with KNX via the basic KNX course.
They offer KNX training to the institute’s
own students. Every year there are some
projects KNX-related with students. In
the past, students developed an interface
between a KNX installation and LabVIEW.
By becoming a KNX scientific partner, the
Department of Technology Geel is allowed
access to KNX documentation and tools.
KHK students are now researching how
they can develop products for KNX.
Contact: paul.boonen@khk.be
Slovak University
of Technology
in Bratislava (Slovakia)
The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and
Information Technology is one of the
seven faculties of the Slovak University
of Technology, the oldest and largest
university of technology in Slovakia. The
Faculty was founded in 1941. In 1993,
the Faculty established a new system of
university study: a three-stage system of
study, fully compatible with European
education systems. One part of the Faculty
is the Institute of Control and Indus-
trial Informatics. The Institute is aimed
at automation, robotics, cybernetics and
industrial communications. This direction
opens possibilities for students to study
building automation in special subjects
or in individual projects. The Institute has
conditions and effort to increase teaching
activities in the building, automation area
with industrial partners’ cooperation.
Contact: peter.drahos@stuba.sk
Universidad de León
(Spain)
The Instituto de Automatica y Fabricacion,
IAF focuses its activities on the areas of
monitoring, control, automation and engineering
education. IAF conducts research
and development in the local and remote
monitoring of industrial processes. The
institute works on measurement, monitoring
and analysis of complex systems
using data mining tools which allow the
extraction of hidden knowledge in large
volumes of data. In the field of learning, IAF
has developed the Laboratorio Remoto
de Automatica, LRA-ULE . It is based on
an open, flexible, non-proprietary and
delocalized technological platform with
remote access via the internet and basically
consists of pilot plants and interactive
simulations. This virtual and remote
laboratory is used for distance learning
and training users in advanced automation,
control and monitoring strategies.
Contact: manuel.dominguez@unileon.es
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