The SCILED Virtual Fab Lab is a virtual reality simulator of a footwear production company with 3D machines and tutorials that exemplify the production of a shoe. The SciLED Virtual Fab Lab is set up to facilitate the training activities based on teamwork by connecting trainers and trainees before running a physical internship/mobility training action. The Virtual Fab Lab replicates the physical lab of partner CTCP-Centro Tecnológico do Calçado de Portugal by simulating real situations, equipment and machinery for footwear prototyping. The SciLED Virtual Fab Lab app could be freely downloaded from Google Play, in order to be used with Google Cardboard VR glasses.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.virtualcampus.sciled&gl=RO

 Module 2 aims to enable the Footwear Designer and the Footwear Product Manager to acquire knowledge and skills on footwear sustainability. The main learning objectives are:

·         Understand the consumer’s requirements for sustainability, the legal requirements, as well as non-legislative initiatives, and product standards on consumer safety and environmental protection.

·         Set the footwear product strategy towards sustainability.

·         Select footwear materials and components based on sustainability criteria being able to use testing standards and equipment.

·         Apply design for manufacturing concept, being able to select sustainable technologies, including the emerging ones, in the design stage.

·         Monitor the compliance with sustainability requirements being able to use methodologies and computer-aided tools to evaluate environmental impact and assess sustainability in footwear companies.

·         Coordinate the Product Lifecycle Management process, being able to interconnect the product engineering systems.

·         Manage the footwear innovation by being able to assess and select sustainable materials and to create innovative footwear concepts to support sustainability.

 Curs online pentru studentii Facultatii de Design Industrial si Managementul Afacerilor - disciplina Bazele Proiectarii Incaltamintei

The main objective of the training programs is to develop skills and competencies in research, innovation and technological transfer applied to footwear manufacturing. 

This area manages the virtual internship undertaken by HE students within the framework of the Knowledge Platform for transferring research and innovation for Leather and Footwear.