Extra-curricular project-oriented education in optoelectronics in the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics at Gda?sk University of Technology, Poland

Abstract

Project-oriented education constitutes a key part of the curriculum in the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics of Gda?sk University of Technology (Gda?sk Tech), Poland. Students on the engineer and Master of Science level studies take part in several projects, both individually and in teams. In addition to compulsory activities, students have the opportunity to take part in the activities of student scientific chapters of international professional societies, such as SPIE or Optica, as well as in scientific research projects, in particular financed by Gda?sk Tech in the framework of its Technetium and Plutonium programmes. In this article, the authors present the framework and implementation of these projects. Opportunities, limitations and threats in the projects in optoelectronics are discussed, based on selected cases. Results of example projects are outlined, and modifications to the process are formulated.