NEST – Students collaborate with clients to invent and develop innovative everyday technologies

Project Duration: 03.04.2023 - 31.03.2028

Digitalisation in therapy and the implementation of Engineering in health are becoming increasingly important. In this context, interdisciplinary cooperation between the technical and Health Sciences study programs at Hochschule Campus Wien can make an important contribution. This is where the "NEST - New Everyday Supportive Technology" project comes in.

The aim of "NEST" is to create a cross-departmental and cross-degree programme teaching concept. "NEST" is intended to promote the interdisciplinary development of innovative technologies that contribute to independence in everyday life. Students on technical and Health Sciences study programs at Hochschule Campus Wien are given the opportunity to develop technical and digital solutions in practical settings and with the involvement of real clients. The aim is to provide students with a future-orientated, interdisciplinary and practical education. This is of central importance for the future practice of the profession.

The project content of the four-year "NEST" project includes the planning, implementation and evaluation of a practical, didactic concept for interdisciplinary co-creation workshops. In the course of implementing these co-creation workshops, students from the seven study programs Applied Electronics and Technical Informatics, Computer Science and Digital Communications, Health Assisting Engineering, High Tech Manufacturing, Occupational Therapy, Logopedics - Phoniatrics - Audiology and Physiotherapy (Department Engineering and Department Health Sciences) can work together with clients to find, design, develop and evaluate innovative assistive technical solutions.

If you have any questions about the NEST project, please contact us at nest@hcw.ac.at

The sustainable quality assurance and improvement of university teaching is achieved by:

1. Promoting interdisciplinary thinking and action among students from the Study Courses Involved, based on collaboration in small interdisciplinary groups.
2. Increasing real-world and user-centred learning experiences by involving real clients in the interdisciplinary co-creation workshops.
3. The interweaving of teaching and research in the Study Courses Involved.