Eindhoven
University of
Technology

Innovation Space Bachelor End Project (ISBEP)

In this course, students collaborate in interdisciplinary teams of 3-6 to complete open-ended, challenge-based projects. They interact with challenge owners, process coaches, and academic supervisors from TU/e start-ups, researchers, and industry. The course aims to achieve both faculty-defined content learning goals and competences such as reflection and self-directed learning. Students assume ownership of their projects and work with a high degree of independence.

 Learn more about this course on the official page.

SETUP

This course’s setup consists of two quartiles that students must complete in sequence and that are both mandatory. 

Students can choose between 15 real-life challenges from university, companies or student teams:

  1. Beaver digging activity scanner
  2. Ocean bound plastic
  3. Warm technology for people with dementia
  4. Design self-sustaining lights
  5. Modular buildings
  6. Packaging solutions
  7. Innovative audiometry
  8. MBSE in ship building
  9. Autonomous scoring system
  10. Autonomous information network
  11. Engagement for social impact
  12. Ballistic protection
  13. Energy transition
  14. Farming of the future
  15. Urban communities of the future

The students work in interdisciplinary teams. The approach is learn-by-doing in the Matrix building (innovation Space) with prototyping and co-working facilities. Students are guided by designers and artists, coaches, and scientific staff. Workshops, field trips and group sessions can enrich their learning process.  

Students reflect weekly on their developments including a content-wise (progress on the project) and social-wise (team/cohort building) perspective together with their coach. Feedback sessions, additional workshops and field trips will be planned at least once during the semester, according to the needs of the students in their process. 

INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES (ILOS)

In addition to the learning objectives that are specified by each student’s respective department, the following learning objectives will be assessed: 

Students are capable of performing the following activities under supervision: 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Throughout the project, many activities are organized to assist the students in their development. Students will learn competencies that are specific for ISBEP (i.e., related to the interdisciplinary project), and are expected to internalize these skills and demonstrate sufficient growth throughout the project.

ASSESSMENT

The final assignment is 100% of the final grade. The assessment of ISBEP05 focuses on growth throughout the semester, on the selected learning objectives. Students self-assess and reflect periodically and individually on the development of their competencies, receive validations of these assessments by the process coach, and receive a final assessment at the end of the project. If the students comply with the expectations of growth, and if they score sufficient on the ISBEP Rubrics, they pass the course. Next to that the students are assessed for the BEP part at their departments. 

The academic coach assesses the content of the final deliverable according to the regulations of the student’s educational program. This is part of the student’s project, but not of the ISBEP05 component. For ISBEP05 students will be formatively assessed on the ISBEP specific learning objectives multiple times throughout the project. 

We see assessment as learning. Feedback along the process. Pass no pass form innovation Space and is based on the process.  

EVALUATION

The course does not have a standard evaluation process, but the feedback is given verbally throughout the course. 

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