Conference Agenda
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Daily Overview |
| 8:30am - 1:00pm |
Registration 3 Location: Conference Center |
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| 9:00am - 10:30am |
STE PS_A6: Workshop 6 Location: Room U I7 Global Remote Lab Initiative 1: Edunet World Association, Germany; 2: International Association of Online Engineering, Austria |
STE PS_B6: Special Session KICK 4.0 1/2 Location: Room U I6 Chair: Claudius Terkowsky, TU Dortmund University Chair: Johannes Kubasch, University of Wuppertal Chair: Nils Kaufhold, TU Dortmund University Special Session: Exploring Human–AI Collaboration in Cross-Reality Laboratories: From Opportunities to Risks – and Back Again (Kick 4.0)AR-Flow: A Unity-Based Platform for Structured, Level-Oriented Learning in Fluid Mechanics 1: Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering, Laboratory of Equipment Design, TU Dortmund University, Germany; 2: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chair of Fluidics, TU Dortmund University, Germany; 3: Center for Higher Education, TU Dortmund University, Germany 9:18am - 9:36am Redesigning a Problem-Based Wind Channel Laboratory with AI and AR Support: An Evaluation of Learning Effectiveness and AI Literacy TU Dortmund University, Germany 9:36am - 9:54am Remote Laboratories Integrated with Artificial Intelligence: Design Principles for teaching 1: Universidad Estatal a Distancia, Costa Rica; 2: Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina; 3: LabsLand, Spain 9:54am - 10:12am From Individual to Collaborative Learning - Extending a Mixed Reality Application for Engineering and Language Education in Laboratory Context 1: Paderborn University, Germany; 2: Purdue University, USA 10:12am - 10:30am ChemSPARK: A Virtual Reality Approach to Deep Learning and Curriculum Coherence in Biochemical and Chemical Engineering TU Dortmund, Germany |
STE PS_C6: Special Session MusicAI 1/2 Location: Room U I3 Chair: Fulvia Anca Constantin, Gheorghe Dima National Music Academy Special Session: Artificial Intelligence and Music (MusicAI)Digital Correlation Of Movements In Improving Violin Playing Techniques 1: Departament of Mechanical Engineering, Transilvania University of Brașov, Brasov, B-dul Eroilor 29, 500036 Romania; 2: Faculty of Music, Transilvania University of Brașov, B-dul Eroilor 29, 500360 Brașov, Romania 9:18am - 9:36am AI-Enhanced Receptive Music Therapy for Hypertension Computational Analysis of Musical Features and Cardiovascular Outcomes 1: Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania; 2: Ovidius University of Constanta, Romania 9:36am - 9:54am The Synergy Between Nature, Art, Musical Culture, Engineering And Education - A Model Of Interdisciplinary Use Of Wood 1: Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania; 2: Romanian Society of Acoustics, 266 Pantelimon, 2 Sector, Office 4, 021652 București, Romania; 3: “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galati, Str. Domnească nr.111, Galaţi, 800201, Romania; 4: Tilia- Art Light Brăila, Bdul. Alexandru Ioan Cuza 231, Brăila, 810125, Romania; 5: National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei no. 313, sector 6, Bucharest, 060042, Romania 9:54am - 10:12am AI “Maestro”: A Pedagogical Partner in the Technical-Vocal and Interpretative Development of Opera Singers Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania 10:12am - 10:30am Analysis Of The Acoustic Models Of Stands For Forest Therapy 1: Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania; 2: Romanian Society of Acoustics, 266 Pantelimon, 2 Sector, Office 4, 021652 București, Romania; 3: Academy of Romanian Scientists, str. Ilfov nr. 3, sector 5, București, Romania |
STE PS_D6: Parallel Session D6 Location: Room U I2 Chair: Maria Teresa Restivo, University of Porto Chair: Petru Adrian Cotfas, Universitatea Transilvania Brasov AI in Education & IndustryRe-evaluating Laboratory Learning Activities in the Age of Online Laboratories and Artificial Intelligence 1: University of Southern Queensland, Australia; 2: Deakin University, Australia 9:18am - 9:36am AI Virtual Student/Worker: An Approach to Design, Training, and Performance Optimization 1: Departament of Applied Mathematics, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Romania; 2: Faculty of Applied Sciences, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Romania; 3: Center for Research and Training in Innovative Techniques of Applied Mathematics in Engineering, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Romania 9:36am - 9:54am Education in Systems Engineering Aided by Artificial Intelligence 1: Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; 2: KU Leuven, Belgium 9:54am - 10:12am Advanced Seminar on Artificial Intelligence Technologies in a Product Development-oriented Mechanical Engineering Curriculum 1: Digital Engineering Chair, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; 2: Thermodynamics, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany 10:12am - 10:30am Smart Technologies and Social Care Work under Disasters: Ethical and Pedagogical Challenges in Professional Training University of Bucharest, Romania |
STE-R PS6: Remote Session 6 Location: online Chair: Marcel Freimuth, University of Wuppertal Chair: Christian Sauder, University of Wuppertal Environmentally Responsible Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Schools: Students’ and Teachers' Perspectives Maranatha Christian University, Indonesia 9:18am - 9:33am Bridging Symbolic AI Planning and Robotic Control through Simulation in NVIDIA Isaac Sim Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel 9:33am - 9:51am Work-in-Progress: 9 Years Dedicated to Developing Students' Skills for the Industry of the Future 1: Orleans University, France; 2: INSA Centre Val de Loire 9:51am - 10:06am Leveraging Adjacent Information in DNNs for Image Denoising 1: Department of Applied Mathematics, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Romania; 2: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Romania; 3: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania; 4: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology: Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Deutschland; 5: Center for Research and Training in Innovative Techniques of Applied Mathematics in Engineering, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Romania |
| 10:30am - 11:00am |
Coffee Break 5 Location: Conference Center |
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| 11:00am - 12:00pm |
Keynote Session 4 Location: Aula Room Chair: Michael E. Auer, CTI Global Frankfurt Chair: Horia Alexandru Modran, Transilvania University of Brasov Oscar Karnalim (Dean of the Faculty of Smart Technology and Engineering, Maranatha Christian University, Indonesia)"Reconciling Generative AI with Academic Ethics in Classrooms: Conflict or Collaboration?"The speaker: Oscar Karnalim is an associate professor and the dean of the Faculty of Smart Technology and Engineering, Maranatha Christian University, Indonesia. He completed his PhD at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He serves as Editor in Chief of Sage’s Journal of Educational Technology Systems and as an editorial board member of four Scopus-indexed journals. His research interests include software engineering, learning technologies, and artificial intelligence. He is continuously developing automated technologies to maintain academic integrity. Oscar has published over 120 academic papers, with more than 1,400 citations. His Google Scholar H-Index is 21, while his Scopus H-Index is 16. Oscar has been involved in many international research and community service collaborations. His collaborators are from Australia, Canada, the USA, the Netherlands, and the UK. He received several awards, including the Michael E. Auer Young Scientists Award (IETI, 2025) and the Best Dissertation Award in the Field of Engineering Education (IEEE Education Society, 2024). He is also an IEEE senior member and a fellow of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia. |
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| 12:00pm - 1:00pm |
Keynote Session 5 Location: Aula Room Chair: Dominik May, University of Wuppertal Chair: Horia Alexandru Modran, Transilvania University of Brasov Katrin Temmen (Professor at Paderborn University, Paderborn, Germany)"Context Matters: Contextualising Smart Technologies and STEM Outreach in Technical and Vocational Education"The speaker: Professor Dr Katrin Temmen is a professor of the Didactics of Technology at Paderborn University, where she has led the Department of Didactics of Technology since 2010. Since 2023, she has also served as Dean of the Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics. From 2027 onwards, she will take over as chair of the German Faculty Council for Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (Fakultätentag Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik). Temmen studied electrical engineering at TU Dortmund, where she completed her doctorate in high-voltage engineering and worked as a research assistant and senior engineer for several years. At Paderborn, she plays a central role in STEM outreach and recruitment. Her department runs the coolMINT.paderborn school laboratory and the coolMINT.forscht student research centre, where pupils can explore engineering and technology through hands-on experiments. She also heads the long-standing “Frauen gestalten die Informationsgesellschaft” project (“Women Shaping the Information Society”), which offers mentoring, taster courses, and “Spring” and “Autumn University” programmes to encourage girls to consider STEM subjects at university. Temmen has received multiple teaching awards at both TU Dortmund and Paderborn University. In 2025, she and her colleague Mesut Alptekin received first place in the GOLC Online Laboratory Award (Virtual and Augmented Reality Experiments category) for PEARL (Paderborn Electrical Engineering AR Laboratory), an augmented-reality learning environment that prepares students for practical electrical engineering lab work. The research focus of her group lies at the intersection of technical education, digitalisation, and STEM outreach. Key themes in her numerous externally funded projects include contextualised learning in engineering and technical teacher education; designing and evaluating innovative learning environments, such as lecture-hall and online/AR laboratories; using digital tools to support self-regulated learning in engineering; and developing learning concepts for universities, schools, and out-of-school learning venues using innovative media. |
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| 1:00pm - 2:30pm |
Lunch 3 Location: Conference Center |
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| 2:30pm - 4:00pm |
STE PS_A7: Parallel Session A7 Location: Room U I7 Chair: Karsten Henke, Ilmenau University of Technology Chair: Daniel Cotfas, Transilvania University of Brasov Industry ApplicationsRemote Survey Of Industrial Environments Via Internet-Operated Mobile Robotic Platform 1: University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest; 2: Lightning-Net SRL 2:48pm - 3:06pm Work-in-Progress: Mobile Data Acquisition System used for Field Data Collecting from an Electric Vehicle Fleet used for implementation of a Holistic Energy Management System Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov, Romania 3:06pm - 3:24pm Work-in-Progress: Evaluating tree height and DBH extraction from Mobile Laser Scanning using Deep Learning Workflow. A Case Study in Postăvaru Mountain Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania 3:24pm - 3:42pm Transforming the Ball and Plate System into an Industrial Control Training Setup 1: Yildiz Technical University, Turkiye; 2: İstanbul Technical University, Turkiye 3:42pm - 4:00pm InternBot: Robotics and Digital Platform for Next-Generation Workflows 1: National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Romania; 2: Department of Applied Mathematics; 3: Faculty of Electrical Engineering; 4: Center for Research and Training in Innovative Techniques of Applied Mathematics in Engineering, National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Romania |
STE PS_B7: Special Session KICK 4.0 2/2 Location: Room U I6 Chair: Claudius Terkowsky, TU Dortmund University Chair: Johannes Kubasch, University of Wuppertal Chair: Nils Kaufhold, TU Dortmund University Special Session: Exploring Human–AI Collaboration in Cross-Reality Laboratories: From Opportunities to Risks – and Back Again (Kick 4.0)Work-In-Progress: Integration of an RAG Chatbot into a Fluid Mechanics Course 1: University of Wuppertal, Germany; 2: TU Dortmund University 2:48pm - 3:06pm Using AI to improve Learning Outcomes via LabCAR (Lab Constructive Alignment Recommender) TU Dortmund University, Center for Higher Eduction, Germany 3:06pm - 3:24pm KICK 4.0: Human-AI Collaboration in Cross-Reality STEM Laboratories - A Brief Narrative Literature Review through the Lens of McLuhan’s Laws of Media 1: TU Dortmund University, Germany; 2: University of Wuppertal, Germany 3:24pm - 3:42pm Digital Readiness in Museums: Integrating Telepresence Robots, VR/AR, and AI for Inclusive Learning 1: Tallinn University, Estonia; 2: Tallinn University, Estonia 3:42pm - 4:00pm Integrating LLMs and PINNs in a Computational Fluid Dynamics Course: AI Literacy, Cognitive Load, Effectiveness and Motivation in Remote Laboratories TU Dortmund, Germany |
STE PS_C7: Special Session MusicAI 2/2 Location: Room U I3 Chair: Fulvia Anca Constantin, Gheorghe Dima National Music Academy Special Session: Artificial Intelligence and Music (MusicAI)Integrating Technology and 21st-Century Skills in Music Theory Education Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania 2:48pm - 3:06pm Is There Room for Digital Technologies in Classical Vocal Pedagogy? Transilvania University of Brasov, Faculty of Music, Romania 3:06pm - 3:24pm Edge AI for Music Therapy – Innovations in Sensing, Computing and Security Universitatea Transilvania Brasov, Romania 3:24pm - 3:42pm Using AI to Analyze the Reception of Electroacoustic Music Gheorghe Dima National Music Academy, Romania |
STE PS_D7: Parallel Session D7 Location: Room U I2 Chair: Alexander A Kist, University of Southern Queensland Chair: Petru Adrian Cotfas, Universitatea Transilvania Brasov AI in Education & IndustryHumans Behind the Algorithms: Trust and Transparency in the Age of AI Workplaces National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, Romania 2:48pm - 3:06pm Forward Synergy: AI, Big Data, Remote and XR‑enhanced Technologies in Engineering Education University of Porto, Portugal 3:06pm - 3:24pm The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Academic Environment. A Qualitative Analysis on the Perspectives of Romanian Students University of Bucharest, Romania 3:24pm - 3:42pm Bridging Theory and Practice in Telecom Engineering: Spiral Projects with Linux, Software-Defined Radio and Artificial Intelligence 1: Land Forces Academy "Nicolae Bălcescu", Romania; 2: EMC ROBETECH, Romania 3:42pm - 4:00pm Cybersecurity Education with AI-Generated Adversarial Scenarios 1: Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania; 2: Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania; 3: Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania |
STE-R PS7: Remote Session 7 Location: online |
| 4:00pm - 4:30pm |
Coffee Break 6 Location: Conference Center |
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| 4:30pm - 5:30pm |
STE 2026 Closing Session Location: Aula Room Chair: Michael E. Auer, CTI Global Frankfurt Chair: Dominik May, University of Wuppertal This session closes STE 2026. It features the STE 2026 Best Paper Awards and will present the STE 2027 conference location. |
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