The Future of Engineering Education: Learning through Virtual Reality and Digital Twins

What the future of engineering education may look like could be seen these days in the laboratories of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade. Students and researchers from Serbia, Italy and Estonia are using virtual reality, robots and digital twins to jointly develop new learning models that could significantly transform the way future mechanical engineers are educated. The University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering has recently hosted and international workshop as part of the Erasmus+ project XREN (Extended Reality Tools to Support Learning Activities in Engineering), which focuses on the development of innovative extended reality (XR) methods and applications for the education of mechanical engineering students. The project is jointly implemented by the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in… опширније…

Triumph of Belgrade Mechanical Engineering Students at the 65th Mašinijada

The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is the absolute winner of this year’s Mašinijada, held in Peštani, North Macedonia. Students of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade triumphed in both competition categories – winning first place in the overall academic knowledge ranking as well as first place in the overall sports ranking, which rightfully earned them the title of overall winners of the 65th Mašinijada. The competitors in the academic disciplines particularly distinguished themselves by winning as many as six first places. In the field of Mechanics, the winners were Dunja Broćić and Miljan Vinković, under the mentorship of Professor Aleksandar Obradović, while in Thermodynamics the top performers were Petar Velisavljević and Andrej Vukajlović, mentored by teaching assistant Branislav Petrović.… опширније…