Project team:

• Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christoph Hilgers, KIT
• Univ.-Prof. Dr. Abdel Meguid Kassem, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Ägypten
• Christina Schmidt, MSc, KIT, Projektmanagerin

Our University cooperation partners:

• TU Munich University Hospital Rechts der Isar, Prof. R. Schmid, PD Michael Quante and colleagues
• Ibn Zohr University Agadir, Morocco, Pr Moha Ikenne and colleagues
• University Hospital Tunis, Tunisia, Prof. Hela Eloumi, Prof. Rym Ennaifer and colleagues
• University Tunis El Manar, Prof. Mohamed Soussi and colleagues
• Sidi Mohamed Abdallah University Fez, Prof. Dr. Mohammed el Azami el Idrissi and colleagues

Our industry partners kindly contributing to the TwinTraining project:

• AHU AG
• Dohmen, Herzog & Partner GmbH
• Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH
• ETAP - L’Entreprise Tunisienne d’Activités Pétrolières
• FiW e.V.
• Georg Meiners
• Geothermal Engineering GmbH
• Karl Storz SE & Co KG
• Schlumberger AG
• Springer Nature
• Roche AG, Casablanca

Aims:

The project aims at implementing English taugth TwinTraining teaching modules in the fields of medicine, energy resources, mineral resource and drinking water. The TwinTraining concept focuses on hands-on qualification of students for the potential future profession during their studies. Based on joint twin training of faculty from cooperating universities in Morocco and Tunisia, faculty from Germany as well as industry partners we integrate applied, professional decision-making and responsibility to university teaching in fields identified by our partners. The project may act as a lighthouse for other disciplines and universities in the region. Integral part of the prototype modules is the involvement of industry in teaching with local faculty to ensure knowledge transfer to the academic field. During the project the number of professional partners will be increased to ensure sustainability of the TwinTraining concept. The direct involvement of industry also increases practical relevance and visibility for other companies not yet involved, and increases awareness of such TwinTraining modules to contribute to the job market.

August to September 2019

One student will carry out an applied industry project with our partner Schlumberger GmbH in Aachen, another student will do applied petrography within another project at KIT. The study projects are supervised by our partner Prof. Soussi, Tunis, and ETAP within the TwinTraining project.

15.-19.07.2019

Our subcontracted partners from FIW - Research Institute for Water- and Waste Management, Aachen, Fabian Lindner, delivered a one weekTwinTraining  workshop in Taroudannt (near Agadir) at the Université Ibn Zohrr on „Applied Hydrogeology and Water Management“. Aim of this TwinTraining is the development of professional skills among students towards employability. Georg Meiners (member of the research board at FiW and former CEO of ahu AG) kindly supported the workshop. The sustainable usage of water is a primary and societal challenge in the region.

01.-05.07.2019

Our partners from TUM University Hospital Rechts der Isar, headed by Prof. R. Schmid and PD Michael Quante delivered a one week course on Medical Trails for our colleagues from the University Hospital Fez, Morocco. During the first day's morning session Prof. Hilgers, Prof Kassem and Mrs. Schmidt hosted a workshop, where we developed opportunities and risks in the frame of a World Cafe.

17.-21.06.2019 

Our partners, the company Dohmen, Herzog & Partner, Aachen, delivered for the second time a TwinTraining  workshop on IT based mining management at the University Ibn Zhor, Agadir, for mining students and faculty

29.04-03.05.2019 

Our partners from TUM University hospital Munich Rechts der Isar delivered a TwinTraining workshop on Clinical Trials at the University Hospital Fez, Morocco.  

01.-05.04.2019 

Chris and Tina together with ETAP Sonia Benalya and Prof Soussi from the University El Manar, Tunis, delivered a TwinTraining workshop for Tunisian Master students and faculty.

In the field of medicine (endoscopy) Chris and Tina jointly with our partner Prof. Hela Eloumi and the Dean of the Faculty Tunis discussed further needs. Whle visiting the University Hospital, Chris and Hela fixed some quailty management issues of endcope towers and some cleaning issues of endoscopes.

Prof. Hela Eloumi and Chris at the training center of the university of the Faculty of Medicine Tunis, with one of the purchased Koken models.  

 Dr. Meiners (3rd from left) and Moroccan colleagues working out details of the TwinTraining program in Agadir.

Planned TwinTraining, to be confirmed:

 from 16.4.2018TT water & mining University Ibn ZhorAgadir, Morocco

 from 23.4.2018 TT reservoir University El Manar Tunis, Tunisia

 from 24.4.2018 TT clinial trials University Hospital Fez Fez, Morocco

 from 23.9.2018 TT endoscopy University Hospital Tunis Tunis, Tunisia

 from 8.10.2018 TT Petroleum Systems University El Manar Tunis, Tunisia

 from 12.2018 TT Geothermal Energy University Ibn Zhor Agadir, Morocco

22.-26.04.2018 TwinTraining with University Tunis El Manar, Tunisia

Christina and Chris jointly with Pr Soussi from UTM and team had their first TwinTraining on Reservoir Sedimentology at UTM. TwinTraining is funded by BMBF. Together with L’Entreprise Tunisienne d’Activités Pétrolières (ETAP), Sen. Eng. Sonia Benalaya, the practical training covered classroom exercises (half day), lab exercises (half day), field exercises in the Atlas mountains (one day) and two days in the company's core shed. Christina also introduced the machines for field plugging and reservoir analysis under the microscope.

TwinTraining is a concept we developed jointly with our partners in Tunisia and Morocco. Twins from local faculty and Germany, integrating professionals and faculty on campus, provides twin hands-on training to increase the mutual exchange of experience and knowledge and increase employability.

23.-27.04.2018 TwinTraining with University Hospital, Fez, Morocco

The first TwinTraining on Clinical Studies is carried out jointly between PD Dr. Michael Quante and team from University hospital Munich Rechts der Isar in Fez. The module, deisgned and managed by our partner Prof Meguid Kassem from Cairo University also involves industry partners from Roche and SpringerNature. Jointly with our partners Prof Mohammed el Azami el Idrissi, Vice-Dean, Dr. Mohcine Zouk from the International Cancer Research Center and teams

16.-19.04.2018 TwinTraining with University Ibn Zohr, Agadir, Morocco

Georg Meiners, formerly AHU AG, and Marc Dohmen from Dohmen Herzog & Partner GmbH had their first TwinTraining courses in Agadir on water and mining, respectively. Together with colleagues Prof. Dr. Lhoussaine Bouchaou, Dr. Said Boutaleb from hydrogeology and Prof. Moha Ikenne from minerals and mining we had twin courses on hard- and softskills including training on AutoCad based AutoPLAN. TwinTraining covers more than ten companies and six universities and is managed by Christina Schmidt.