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A strategic partnership agreement was signed on Thursday by Grundfos Hungary Ltd. and the Alba Regia Technical Faculty of Óbuda University. László Török, managing director of Grundfos Hungary reported on their plans to establish the global water utility competence centre of the sub-company in Székesfehérvár. It means a lot more research, development and production technology.

Grundfos Hungary has always supported the dual training at AMK Óbuda University. In September, 2016 they became a partner company of the dual BSc training of mechanical engineers and since 2017, they have taken part in the dual training of electrical engineers. Within the framework of the normal training program, students can spend their internship summer practice at the company, too.

The agreement demonstrates the commitment and long-term cooperation of AMK Óbuda University and Grundfos Hungary for the development of Székesfehérvár and its region. Attila Mészáros, deputy mayor of Székesfehérvár emphasized the importance of the strategic roles of the Alba Regia Technical Faculty of Óbuda University and that of Grundfos Hungary in the future development of Székesfehérvár

The deputy mayor also declared that the development and strengthening of higher technical training in Székesfehérvár is highly favorable to the future of the town.

He emphasized that the agreement between the university and Grundfos is the best way of cooperation to solve the industrial problems of the region in the medium and in the long run.

Prof. Dr. Mihály Réger, rector of Óbuda University was talking about the new curriculum as well (from the autumn of 2017), reflecting a high standard of theoretical education and practical training as well. He stressed the so-called project-subject assignment, which means practical team-work tasks for the students.

There is a new possibility for the students to be able to take up an E-learning subject each term.

As part of the practical training in Mathematics in the first semester, the special MATLAB program system is used for numerical calculation and as a programming language.

László Török, managing director of Grundfos Hungary talked about the importance of the agreement as a way-mark in the cooperation of AMK Óbuda University and Grundfos as future strategic partners in research and development.

He additionally announced the location of the global water utility competence centre of Grundfos in Székesfehérvár. It will mean enhanced research, development and production technology.

source: www.szekesfehervar.hu
photo: Simon Erika

A group of students and teachers from the Mikoviny Sámuel technical college surveyed one of the oldest churches of Hungary on 27 February, 2017. The church has been preserved almost intact in its original style and form.

For the surveying we used three types of technologies and instruments: terrestrial photogrammetry, laser scanner and total station. For 3D modeling we used Sony and Nikon cameras for taking images. Scanning was made by a LeicaC10 and a Faro instrument. For the latter I would like to express my sincere gratitude for Attila Weisz, a correspondent student for lending one from the Salisbury Ltd. We also used a new Geomax Zipp20 R2 total station. The possibilities of distance measurement without prism and that of the offset measurement of marks were beneficial, too.

We scanned the inside and outside of the church with high accuracy including the crypt, which can be found under the apses of the church. There is a narrow flight of stairs leading down to the wide-stone crypt. In the case of the Leica instrument for fitting we used the manufacturer’s marks outside the building, while inside printed paper-marks were on the walls.

In the case of the Faro instrument, fitting spheres were used for point cloud fitting. We defined the coordinates of every fitting point in the local and national co-ordinate systems so we will be able to give the results of all types of measurements in a unified co-ordinate system.

The different surveying technologies served different purposes. One of them was to inspect the relationship between the proportions of the 11-12 century parts of the church and the royal Hungarian linear unit system. With the help of the total station measurement even the precise assessment of the layout of the church was possible to carry out together with the definition of point cloud fitting in a unified co-ordinate system. This method was already used in four other Árpád-age churches (Kallósd, Bagodvitenyéd, Ják, Pápoc). The preliminary examinations are promising; the ultimate results will probably confirm our concepts.

We are going to assess the results and the reference examinations in a SSA dissertation.

Bence Gáti, Sándor Tóth

The Hungarian Society of Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Department of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing of the University of Óbuda and Mikoviny Samuel College had a joint event where valuable presentations were read on “point cloud processing” topic. The presentations touched the themes of terrestrial and aerial laser survey technologies, application possibilities. We were acquainted with the data processing and the hardware and software visualisation solutions via spectacular slides. The informal form and the appropriate time frame allowed to the speakers to present their research, their results in a detailed report. Onthe other hand the audience had interesting questions and propositions as well.

Corporate experience was shared by the participants of the dual workshop on Thursday morning at the Alba Regia Technical Faculty of Óbuda University, where dual training was launched two years ago with 19 students of engineering information. This March there are almost 70 students at the faculty in Székesfehérvár on one of the five dual BSc courses (land surveying and land management engineer, mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, informatics engineer, technical manager). In the  2017/2018 session  160 practical training places will be available for the entering students at the dual partner companies.

Corporate experience was shared by the participants of the dual workshop on Thursday morning at the Alba Regia Technical Faculty of Óbuda University, where dual training was launched two years ago with 19 students of engineering information. This March there are almost 70 students at the faculty in Székesfehérvár on one of the five dual BSc courses (land surveying and land management engineer, mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, informatics engineer, technical manager). In the  2017/2018 session  160 practical training places will be available for the entering students at the dual partner companies.

Monika Pogátsnik, head of the Dean Office was talking about the time management of 2016/2017, the preparation of practical training timetables, and the adjustment of the academic schemes to the dual training curriculum, the enrolment promoting activities and making dual contracts for 2017/2018. In addition she provided practical information for the participants of the workshop in connection with the preparation of the contracts and creating WebPages.

Richárd Veres, HR and Public Relations manager described the enrolment promoting marketing activity of the 2017/2018 dual session in the organization of the self-government of Székesfehérvár. He reminded the participants of the Dual Information Day (27/04/2017 in the assembly room of the City Hall). It will be the next forum where high-school nominees and dual companies can meet.

In general, dual training companies reported that the dropout of dual training students is minimal; they were satisfied with dual training. The new partner companies from September, 2017 are going to prepare for the reception of the students. The participants agreed on the importance of finding suitable mentors in the dual program.
The representatives of the university gave the possibility of a corporate mentor program. The workshop was accomplished with the drafting of tasks.

Source: www.szekesfehervar.hu

The Alba Regia Technical Faculty of Óbuda University represented itself at the international conference: Modern Technologies in the third Millennium at Nagyvárad State University on 23-24 March, 2017.
The Faculties of Civil Engineering, Land Surveying and Architecture were the host faculties. We have had years of professional and personal contact with our colleagues at the university, namely with István Suba and Norbert Suba, who regularly take part at our annual GISOpen conference. Two of our teachers gave lectures at the conference. Lóránt  Földváry’s lecture was about „Accuracy Assessment of UAV for Surveying”; János Katona’s lecture dealt with „Statistical Values for Assuring Productivity in Land Consolidation”.

The venue of the conference was in the recently refurbished castle providing a unique atmosphere to the lectures on modern technologies. Despite the shortage of time and the tense space of the event our hosts were able to take us for a sightseeing tour and to the site of a current engineering geodesy works . There has been a land-slide on the so called Kálvária-hill, which damaged the public utilities and moved away the pieces of a building tens of meters from their original place. It happened in November, last year. The motion of the earth has been regulary measured since then by our colleagues at Nagyvárad State University. At the closing dinner of the conference we planned the possibilities of our future co-operation in the form of the Erasmus program and international conferences.

Valéria Balázsik

Two of our colleagues from the Alba Regia Technical Faculty of Óbuda University (Verőné Dr. Wojtaszek Malgorzata and Petőné Dr. Csuka Ildikó) were able to visit the Technische Hochschule Wildau in Germany as members of the delegation from the different faculties of Óbuda University (AMK, BGK, KVK) after being chosen for the project.

The Rector of TH-Wildau, Prof. László Ungvári gave us a hearty welcome together with all of the lecturers and associates of the institute in Wildau and arrenged an excellent program for the Hungarian colleagues. We were given the possibility to take part in English-speaking lectures and seminars on BSc and MSc level and to have an insight into the incentive system and quality management of the German institute with the help of Prof. Ulrike Tippe Vice-Educational Rector. We even visited the university library of Wildau, which won the title „Best library of 2012”. Prof. László Ungvári took us to the Hungarian Embassy in Berlin where we were greeted by Eszter Pászti-Márkus, Academic and Research Attaché.

In Wildau we had a look at the WinLab laboratory, where the students, the teachers and the researchers can experiment with the help of 3D printers and the activity of the surgical instrument laboratory was also disclosed for us. Testing the airplane simulator was an exceptional experience for us.

The structure of the BSc and MSc courses (Martin Bradbeer and Prof. Rainer Stollhoff) was shown to us as part of the sharing information on the educational process. We agreed on the strengthening of our relationship in the future both in the field of research and education. Our mutual aims are:

• facilitating student and lecturer mobility,
• joint training or dual degree ,
• joint researching activities in the futu

„Basically I was curious about the operation of the higher educational institute and the experiences of our colleagues abroad. They were most helpful and cooperative; we had a lot of open and friendly discussions about situations which are sometimes the same, sometimes different from our experiences.”

The next phase will be the visitation of TH-Wildau’s Rector, Prof. László Ungvári  in May!

Petőné Dr. Csuka Ildikó
senior lecturer

The Alba Regia Technical Faculty of the Óbuda University launched its dual training program in computer engineering BSc  last year in September. Within this framework, parallel to their theoretical studies, participating students get  practical education at one of the partner companies and a scholarship as well.

Preparing for 2017, there are more than 150 places for admission for the students offered by the business partners of the university. More than 60 students in the five BSc branches joined the dual training last September in Székesfehérvár. From September, 2017 the partner companies will provide 215 dual training places for the Universities of Óbuda, Corvinus University and Kodolányi University in Székesfehérvár.

The agreement was signed by Zsolt Karikó, managing director of the Hanon Systems Hungary Ltd. and Dr. habil György Györök PhD, dean of  Alba Regia Technical Faculty of Óbuda University in the presence of András Cser-Palkovics, mayor of Székesfehérvár and Attila Mészáros, the vice mayor.

András Cser-Palkovics, mayor of Székesfehérvár announced that the strategic agreement and the success of the local economic year of 2016 prove the necessity of involving university partners and developing technical education in the process of tackling the shortage of labor with pay rise, housing projects and relevant educational programs.

György Györök, dean of the Alba Regia Technical Faculty of Óbuda University emphasized that the Alba Regia Technical Faculty is unique within the Hungarian higher education with the wide range of disciplines for engineers. There have been preliminary discussions between the Faculty and the Hanon Systems Hungary Ltd. about joint work and education keeping in view the training of future experts locally.

Zsolt Karikó, managing director of the Hanon Systems Hungary Ltd talked about the decision of the former Visteon 15 years ago to bring research and development to Székesfehérvár. The main principle has remained the training of engineers with experience in the practical side of production meeting the ever changing an expanding requirements of the Industry 4.0 concept even during their university years.

The power unit of the Industry 4.0 concept is the ever accelerating digitization of economy and society with the basis of intelligent systems in digital nets so that a predominantly self-organizing production and mutual communication become possible among people, machines, equipment, logistics and the products.

The economical flexibility of non-series production, the effective application of resources, ergonomic production and the dynamic involvement of business partners and customers in the chain of value production are the main objectives of the Industry 4.0 concept.

Source: www.szekesfehervar.hu

 The aim of the second Alba Regia Higher Education Expo was to draw the attention of secondary school students to the local dual trainings in 2017, when 9 BSc  and 1 MSc  dual courses will be started in the following universities in Székesfehérvár: Alba Regia Technical Faculty of Óbuda University, Corvinus University, Kodolányi János University. Almost 50 contracted companies provide practical training sites for dual training.

Székesfehérvár is one of the most developed economic region of the country ensuring dual training places for 215 students from September 2017. At the Alba Regia Higher Education Expo the universities and their business partners concerned introduced themselves at their booths providing direct information about entrance examination procedures, company requirements, new technologies and recent news.

Éva Brájer, vice mayor of Székesfehérvár encouraged secondary school students to visit the booths, enquire about the possibilities and take their future in their hands. She emphasized that for the technological change of the future a new and exciting way of view is needed.

Prof.  Zoltán Szántó, educational vice dean of Corvinus University Budapest emphasized that Székesfehérvár is regarded a place of high priority in dual BSc training. He was grateful for the self government and for the partner institutions for getting a foothold in the field of social and economic studies  in the town.

László Tamás Vizi PhD from Kodolányi János University advised secondary school students to examine their talents and synchronize them with their aims.

József Gáti PhD, general vice-rector of Óbuda University highlighted the 100 dual training positions in 2017 and expressed his hope that the students present would join the dual program of the university as well.

There were more than 25 booths at the Alba Regia Sports Center during the Expo. Not only the representatives of the universities but their business partners in dual education offered their advice and information in orientation towards higher education and dual training.

Source: www.szekesfehervar.hu

Students approve of dual training.

Budapest, 20 January, 2017 –according to a survey at four universities, students approve of dual training. When choosing a profession, they consider professional development more important than salary. Professional development can be achieved through practical training. In favor of this direction, Coca-Cola HBC Hungary has signed a contract with four national universities today about the launching of dual training. Owing to this new type of cooperation, companies will be able to get qualified workforce, universities can provide a new type of education for their students and students will get an even more valuable degree. In this year’s program more than 30 students are getting valuable work experience.

According to a recent survey by Coca-Cola HBC Hungary, students would like practical knowledge with their degrees and that is why most of them stand for dual training. This result shows that the Coca-Cola HBC Hungary was right when decided to enter into dual contract with four Hungarian universities in food and mechanical engineering. The agreement was signed by Mina Agelidis, managing director of Coca-Cola HBC Hungary and the rectors of Óbuda University, Szent István University, Szeged University and Pannon University. István Nagy PhD, agricultural undersecretary and other government representatives  were also present.

Dual training is beneficial for all three of the contracting parties. Students get work experience and salary for the entire length of the training and after three and a half years they will have better chances for employment.

According to Minas Agelidis, managing director of Coca-Cola HBC Hungary qualified workforce is unanimously today’s number one condition of competitiveness. That is why dual training can be expected to gain ground more and more in higher education and at companies in the future. With the present contract the Coca-Cola HBC Hungary will get a continuous supply of excellent, trained labor force in the XXI century.

István Nagy PhD emphasized that the government has an ambitious strategy for the development of food industry and supports innovative solutions for training larger workforce with up-to-date way of thinking for the enlarging investments. Dual training is an essential element of the industrial strategy for medium and long-term purposes.

The Coca-Cola HBC Hungary has developed dynamically recently in the region. As the leading bottler of the region, it employs 1100 people at present.

More information:http:/hu.coca-colahellenic.com/