BTÜ’s “EngineerTrack: A Gamified Internship Tracking and Skill Development App for Future Engineers” project has been awarded support under the Erasmus+ KA220 VET program. BTÜ is the coordinator of the project, which includes international partners from Romania, Italy, Germany, Serbia, and Greece. The BTÜ project team includes Associate Professor Dr. Cihan Kaboğlu, a faculty member in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, as the director; Elif Atalı, a faculty member in the School of Foreign Languages, and Ali Kılıç, a faculty member in the Erasmus Office; and Dr. Şükran Güney Yılmaz, a graduate student.

INTERN PROGRESS CAN BE TRACKED IN LIFE

The project aims to make engineering students’ internship experiences more efficient, trackable, and motivating by supporting them with a gamification-based digital platform. The 24-month EngineerTrack project will move engineering students’ internships beyond a merely temporary experience. The aim is to transform the internship into a sustainable learning and skill-building journey supported by strong interaction between academics, industry executives, and students. Thanks to the digital platform to be developed, interns’ development will be monitored in real-time by both academic and industry stakeholders.

PROJECT LAUNCH IN BURSA

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cihan Kaboğlu stated that the project’s opening meeting will be held in Bursa, and that subsequent activities will be organized in Italy and Germany. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kabaoğlu said, “With the EngineerTrack project, we aim to transform engineering internships into a more efficient, measurable, and sustainable learning experience, empowering future engineers with the TRACK infrastructure. The application to be designed for this purpose will be able to track the fundamental skills acquired and the programs used by students during their internship. The controllability of the project and the measurability of gamification-based skills will make internships for engineering students more productive.” RECTOR ÇAĞLAR: BRINGING QUALITY AND INNOVATION TOGETHER IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION

BTÜ Rector Prof. Dr. Naci Çağlar expressed his pleasure at the project’s acceptance, saying, “The EngineerTrack project is a strategic step that brings together our university’s internationalization vision and quality and innovation in engineering education. BTÜ’s participation as coordinator in this project, which will be carried out with partners from various European countries, and our being the only university in Bursa to receive support under the Erasmus+ KA220 VET program, are a testament to our institutional capacity and academic expertise. The project will develop our students’ professional skills in the field, while also ensuring their progress is monitored by both academic and sectoral stakeholders, further enhancing the quality of our education. I congratulate all the academics and stakeholders involved in the project.”

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