MISCE - Summary of results

The main MISCE results may be categorized in the following four areas:

Competence Assessment Framework

A structured procedure for collecting and analysing data on the acquisition of key competences, supported by extensive datasets from multiple countries and undergraduate programmes.

Open-Source Repository of Educational Platforms

An openly accessible collection of didactic platforms and rich teaching resources designed to foster key competences in engineering education.

Publications & Dissemination

Peer-reviewed papers, conference presentations, and outreach activities that share MISCE’s findings and methodologies with academic and professional communities.

International Collaboration Network

A dynamic network of institutions and partners working together to enhance the acquisition of key engineering competences through cooperation, innovation, and shared expertise.

View publications & News

Explore the open-source repository

See the assessment results

Competence Assessment Framework

MISCE designed a practical, evidence-driven process to understand how key engineering competences are being acquired across countries and degree programmes. The workflow combines expert input, lightweight data collection, and clear analytics:

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   Create expert database

   Identify and onboard domain experts across partner institutions and companies, capturing profile in a structured directory.

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   Collect expertise & assessments

   Deploy an online application to gather each expert’s area of expertise and their competence evaluations.

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   Analyse & visualise data

   Clean and aggregate responses; compute key statistics; and publish interactive visuals to reveal strengths and gaps.

Select areas of expertise

Evaluate related competences

Statistics

Data gathering may not be online

Please, note that data gathering from experts require online database services which are not needed otherwise. Therefore we shut down the data gathering site to reduce operational costs while not in an assessment campaign.

Nonetheless we provide a private static view of data collection forms for evaluators.

Open-Source Repository of Educational Platforms

MISCE has designed and implemented a series of didactic mechatronics platforms that support competence-based education in engineering and related fields.

Each platform combines hardware, software, and experimental activities aligned with MISCE competence areas — such as Control Engineering, Automation Technology, Robotics, Computer Programming, Mechatronics, Mechanical Systems, Mechanical Engineering and Wind Energy.
These platforms enable students to develop, measure, and evaluate their skills through practical experimentation and shared digital resources within the MISCE ecosystem.

Learn More

All platforms are available as part of the MISCE online repository, along with a whole set of teaching material, build instructions, design files and schematics.
👉 https://uclm-mantis.github.io/misce/repository/

1. Control Engineering Platform

MISCE has designed and implemented a modular system that enables students to design, implement, and tune PID controllers, and analyze system dynamics.
It promotes understanding of both theoretical and experimental aspects of control engineering using an easy to use MATLAB application.

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2. Automation Technology Platform

MISCE has developed and implemented a set of six modular test beds to understand the technologies employed in automation systems. They promote experimentation

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3. CAD Software Platform

MISCE has also developed a set of guided examples to model complex parts step by step using the most extended CAD Software packages (SolidWorks, Catia, Siemens NX and Inventor).

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4. Computer Programming

MISCE has developed a comprehensive set of 264 programming exercises in Python, C/C++, Java and MATLAB.

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5. Mechanical Engineering

MISCE has developed and implemented a customizable four-bar mechanism for a complete kinematics analysis.

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6. Programmable Logic Controllers

MISCE has produced a set of realistic scenarios developed in Factory I/O to be commanded with Programmable Logic Controllers.

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7. Mechanical Systems

MISCE has produced an experimental test bed for burnishing tries.

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8. Robotics

MISCE has also designed and implemented a low-cost robotic hand for gripping operations.
Students can perform real-time experiments and analyze robotic motion under different control strategies.

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9. Wind Energy

MISCE has also produced a highly detailed low-cost wind turbine. It is extremely useful to understand most details of real world wind turbines and it is also a versatile platform for efficiency characterization and control.

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10. Working with Machinery and Specialised Equipment

Finally, MISCE has also produced teaching material to use low-cost 3D printing as a use case in practical working with specialised equimpent requiring frequent maintenance procedures, and calibration.