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22 January 2024

Considering the vital role of higher education institutions (HEIs) in accomplishing sustainable development goals, this study examines the ways in which sustainability is integrated into mechanical engineering master’s programs in the selected...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,530 Views
22 Pages

Capacity Building for Internationalization at a Technical University in Kazakhstan

  • Damira Jantassova,
  • Daniel Churchill,
  • Aigerim Kozhanbergenova and
  • Olga Shebalina

16 November 2021

This article discusses the internationalization capacity building project at the Karaganda Technical University (‘KTU’) in Kazakhstan. The project, entitled “Capacity building for the internationalization of a technical university by means of digital...

(This article belongs to the Section Higher Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
47 Citations
14,112 Views
17 Pages

19 October 2016

Residential satisfaction of university dormitories serves as one of the significant aspects in the framework of sustainability in higher education. This study aims to develop a framework for post-occupancy evaluation (POE) of university dormitories i...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,999 Views
15 Pages

11 August 2022

A new approach to dividing the mathematical content into partial modules is presented. This allows to compose subjects with mathematical content from such partial modules and flexibly adapt these subjects to the needs of specific study programs at te...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Future of Education and Mathematics 2030: Challenges, Answers and New Strategies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
8,027 Views
14 Pages

13 December 2021

This study investigates linear and non-linear associations among work tenure, organizational tenure, and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB), and between leader–member exchange (LMX) and OCBs. A deductive approach was employed to collect...

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  • Open Access
69 Citations
12,004 Views
19 Pages

6 January 2022

The global economic trends and the winds of technological change have elevated the status of integration between industry and education for innovation and entrepreneurship to that of being a national strategic priority of China. However, for a long t...

(This article belongs to the Topic Open Innovation and Entrepreneurship)
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,664 Views
20 Pages

5 March 2020

Without a doubt, we are living in interesting times, characterized by both continuous economic development and improved standard of living, but also uncertainty, increased pollution, and environmental degradation, which means that, now, more than eve...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,726 Views
24 Pages

13 March 2019

Along with the adjustment of industrial structure, the pattern of the TVE in Taiwan has altered. Ever since the year of 1990 when the government started to promote new establishment of institute of technology and the institution status change, name c...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)
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  • Open Access
478 Views
29 Pages

14 August 2026

Universities increasingly rely on administrative information systems that combine proprietary third-party software, legacy applications, and in-house tools adapted over time to changing regulatory requirements. Such changes are frequent, cumulative,...

(This article belongs to the Section Systems Engineering)
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  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,947 Views
13 Pages

29 March 2022

Ghanaian higher education is continuously transforming, and teachers are constantly encouraged to innovate and change. We test a mediated-moderation model that assesses interplays among individual learning (IL), team learning (TL), gender, and innova...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,148 Views
29 Pages

Social media platforms have become primary communication channels for technical European universities. However, the extent to which global platform algorithms homogenize individual preferences across cultures remains underexplored. Although the curre...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers in "Computer Science & Engineering", 3rd Edition)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
410 Views
19 Pages

Technical Criteria in Construction Materials Education in Spain: A Curriculum Analysis of Sustainability, Regulation, and Material Use

  • Mariano Martín-Civantos,
  • Claudia Carrasco-Aguilar,
  • Juan Pablo Hormazabal and
  • Sebastián Navarro

Construction materials are a central component of current sustainability and decarbonization strategies in the building sector. However, the technical criteria that govern their definition, characterization, and validation remain anchored in traditio...

(This article belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
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  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,077 Views
18 Pages

Techno-Economic Analysis of Rooftop Photovoltaic System under Different Scenarios in China University Campuses

  • Xingyu Zhu,
  • Yuexia Lv,
  • Jinpeng Bi,
  • Mingkun Jiang and ,
  • Yancai Su and
  • Tingting Du
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

29 March 2023

The expansively unutilized rooftop spaces in the university campuses can provide an excellent opportunity for the installation of solar photovoltaic systems to achieve renewable electricity generation and carbon dioxide reduction. Based on available...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart Energy and Sustainable Environment II)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,921 Views
18 Pages

Universities may be well poised to support knowledge, skill, and capacity-building efforts to foster the development of multi-level interventions to address complex problems. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) engaged organiza...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Using Total Worker Health® to Advance Worker Health and Safety)
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  • Open Access
621 Views
49 Pages

6 August 2026

Against the global imperative to advance higher education for sustainable development and institutional transformation in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), coherent governance architectures have been recognized as a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability Initiatives Within the Higher Education Organizational Context: Governance, Strategy, and Institutional Transformation)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,429 Views
11 Pages

4 September 2022

This is the era of technological innovation, and the integration of technology into all sectors of society is a reality. Technology industry has already indicated the need for technology professionals who work and take decisions led not only by their...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,051 Views
43 Pages

20 March 2025

Emergency remote teaching was first introduced in the educational system of the Republic of Serbia during the COVID-19 pandemic, not as a planned change but as an imposed solution aimed at suppressing this infectious disease. This raises the question...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Digital Teaching and Development in Sustainable Higher Education)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,180 Views
18 Pages

Educational Pathways, Spatial Skills, and Academic Achievement in Graphic Expression in First Year of Engineering

  • José Sebastián Velázquez,
  • Francisco Cavas,
  • María Castillo Fuentes and
  • Rafael García-Ros

The subject of Graphic Expression, which is mandatory in the first year of engineering studies, showed poor academic results in recent years. This study analyzes the relationship and predictive capacity of various variables that previous research hig...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Teaching and Learning in Engineering Education)
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  • Open Access
861 Views
22 Pages

10 July 2026

Higher education is increasingly asked to prepare learners for societies shaped by artificial intelligence, ecological destabilization, labour-market reconfiguration, and declining institutional trust. Yet many universities remain governed by a scarc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
820 Views
19 Pages

29 November 2025

The present study is devoted to the selection of a new criterion for the optimization of the specific volume/area of universal freight wagons. The currently used criterion—minimum of reduced costs—is practically not applied and the costs...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Interdisciplinary Approaches in Intelligent Engineering and Industrial Processes)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
557 Views
27 Pages

Integrated Digital Governance and Sustainability Management in Higher Education: Evidence from a Central Asian Technical University

  • Olga Petrova,
  • Arina Polyakova,
  • Natalya Denissova,
  • Valentina Kolpakova and ,
  • Olga Vasilyeva and
  • Igor Denisov
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

1 August 2026

The growing implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has increased the importance of sustainable transformation in higher education institutions. Universities are increasingly expected to integrate environmental manag...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,400 Views
23 Pages

Tridimensional Sustainability and Feasibility Assessment of Grid-Connected Solar Photovoltaic Systems Applied for the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

  • Ciprian Cristea,
  • Maria Cristea,
  • Dan Doru Micu,
  • Andrei Ceclan and ,
  • Radu-Adrian Tîrnovan and
  • Florica Mioara Șerban
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

31 August 2022

Nowadays, as the technology behind solar photovoltaic systems has been significantly improved, along with a significant decrease in costs, grid-connected photovoltaic systems are becoming an important option to reach a low-carbon energy transition. T...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,466 Views
14 Pages

Propulsion and Suspension Concept of the Technical University of Munich Hyperloop Full-Scale Demonstrator

  • Domenik Radeck,
  • Felix He-Mao Hsu,
  • Florian Janke,
  • Gabriele Semino and ,
  • Tim Hofmann,
  • Sebastian Rink and
  • Agnes Jocher
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

The hyperloop concept envisions a low pressure tube and capsules, called pods, traveling at the speed of commercial aircraft as a sustainable, future-proof mass transportation system between cities. However, in contrast to the use case of such a syst...

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,683 Views
1 Page

In 2017, an interdisciplinary seminar “Drought in our Regions” was organized at the Technical University in Zvolen. The topic of the action was focused on problems with weather extremes and drought in agricultural sector. The seminar also...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of TERRAenVISION 2019)
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  • Open Access
49 Citations
6,863 Views
24 Pages

13 October 2017

This article addresses the technical and economic challenges regarding the design of a “green” recharge area for electric vehicles at the University of Palermo in order to reduce costs and pollution connected to the charging process. Based on the beh...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Decentralised Energy Supply Systems)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,861 Views
22 Pages

15 July 2025

The use of renewable energy sources on university campuses is crucial for sustainable development, environmental protection by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving energy security, and public education. This study addresses technical and econ...

(This article belongs to the Section J: Thermal Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,255 Views
15 Pages

Aldehyde green, a dye first obtained by reacting fuchsine with acetaldehyde in 1862, consists of, according to analytical investigations carried out on a sample of this dye deposited in the Historical Dyestuff Collection of the Technical University D...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers in Colorant Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,857 Views
13 Pages

30 December 2022

The article deals with the instructional design of an integrative Business English course for master’s students of a technical university (a case study of the Saint Petersburg Mining University) for blended and/or flexible learning. The main go...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Digital Learning and Teaching during the Pandemic: From Theory to Practice)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,427 Views
18 Pages

The determination of the true molar mass distribution (MMD) of lignin is highly important to understand the physicochemical characteristics for lignin-based value-added applications. It is imperative to develop a universal method to quantify accurate...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers in AppliedChem)
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  • Open Access
2,519 Views
18 Pages

3 February 2026

Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) represents one of the most significant technical innovations in contemporary cardiac surgery. Developed as an alternative to conventional on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (ONCAB), OPCAB avoids c...

(This article belongs to the Section Cardiovascular Diseases)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,754 Views
16 Pages

11 December 2021

Higher education institutions in Ghana have a lot of expectations but appear to be facing contemporary challenges. Using five focus groups, this study explores individual learning, team learning, organizational citizenship behaviors, leader–mem...

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  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,680 Views
20 Pages

Test Rig and Method for Comparative Evaluation of Conventional and Bio-Based Hydraulic Fluids and Lubricants for Agricultural Transmissions

  • Daniele Pochi,
  • Roberto Fanigliulo,
  • Carlo Bisaglia,
  • Maurizio Cutini and ,
  • Renato Grilli,
  • Laura Fornaciari,
  • Monica Betto,
  • Luigi Pari,
  • Francesco Gallucci and
  • Giancarlo Chiatti
  • + 8 authors+ 3 authors

16 October 2020

The use of lubricants and hydraulic fluids of both mineral and synthetic origin in agricultural processes could have a deep impact on the environment as a result of their possible dispersion in the ground and aquifers. Replacing them with bio-based f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Suitable Agronomic Techniques for Sustainable Agriculture)
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  • Open Access
575 Views
24 Pages

Educational Programs on Electromobility in Mexico: A Scoping Review

  • Lizbeth Salgado-Conrado,
  • Carlos Álvarez-Macías,
  • Alma Esmeralda-Gómez,
  • Raúl Tadeo-Rosas and
  • Laura Andrea Pérez-García

12 May 2026

This study provides a mapping of the current state of electromobility education in Mexico, aiming to identify gaps and opportunities in developing specialized talent for the energy transition and sustainable mobility. A scoping review was conducted u...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Adapting Education for a Changing Environment and Sustainable Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,187 Views
16 Pages

Focused Coordination Models towards Sustainability in Higher Education. Case of Quevedo State Technical University (Ecuador)

  • Cristina Checa,
  • Carmen De-Pablos-Heredero,
  • Yenny Guiselli Torres,
  • José Luis Montes-Botella and ,
  • Cecilio Barba and
  • Antón García
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

17 July 2020

This research studied the relationship between coordination models (CM) focused on sustainability and satisfaction, as a competitive advantage, which increases sustainability at the Quevedo State Technical University (UTEQ) in Ecuador. A survey in si...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
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  • Open Access
26 Citations
8,884 Views
19 Pages

10 September 2025

This study investigates the relationship between digital well-being and psychological well-being among undergraduate students enrolled in technical academic programs at a Romanian university. Emphasizing the impact of academic digital technology use,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,953 Views
14 Pages

Impact of a Short-Term Physical Activity Program on Emotion Regulation and Eating Behaviors Among Technical University Students

  • Ofelia Popescu,
  • Valentina Stefanica,
  • Halil İbrahim Ceylan,
  • Marko Joksimović and ,
  • Nicoleta Leonte and
  • Daniel Rosu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

18 October 2025

Background: Emotion regulation (ER) difficulties are closely linked to maladaptive coping strategies, including impulsive and emotional eating, which undermine health and well-being in young adults. Technical university students are particularly vuln...

  • Article
  • Open Access
202 Views
30 Pages

1 November 2026

Artificial intelligence (AI) integration in computing education is often evaluated as tool adoption, although course performance emerges from interdependencies among students, instructors, tasks, platforms, assessment, governance, and environmental c...

(This article belongs to the Section Systems Practice in Social Science)
  • Editorial
  • Open Access
866 Views
2 Pages

15 August 2025

The 14th International Scientific Conference TechSys 2025—Engineering, Technologies and Systems was organized by the Technical University of Sofia, Plovdiv Branch, within the frame of “Science Days of Technical University of Sofia”...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 14th International Scientific Conference TechSys 2025—Engineering, Technologies and Systems)
  • Editorial
  • Open Access
179 Views
2 Pages

22 September 2026

The 15th International Scientific Conference TechSys 2026—Engineering, Technologies and Systems was organized by the Technical University of Sofia, Plovdiv Branch within the frame of “Science Days of Technical University of Sofia” a...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 15th International Scientific Conference TechSys 2026—Engineering, Technologies and Systems)
  • Editorial
  • Open Access
1,427 Views
4 Pages

The 30th International Scientific Conference on Modern Metallurgy—Iron and Steelmaking 2023 (IaSM 2023) was organized by the Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy, and Recycling at the Technical University of Košice in Slovakia, in collaborat...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of International Scientific Conference Modern Metallurgy—Iron and Steelmaking 2023)
  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
12,686 Views
23 Pages

How to Align the University Curricula with the Market Demands by Developing Employability Skills in the Civil Engineering Sector

  • Livia Anastasiu,
  • Alexandra Anastasiu,
  • Mihaela Dumitran,
  • Codruţa Crizboi and ,
  • Alexandra Holmaghi and
  • Maria Nicoleta Roman
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

20 September 2017

The purpose of the research is to discover which employability skills may be developed by students from technical universities in order to meet market demands. Since graduates from technical universities face unemployment or over qualification for va...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
1,966 Views
4 Pages

Preface: The 4th International Conference on Advances in Environmental Engineering

  • Adriana Estokova,
  • Natalia Junakova,
  • Tomas Dvorsky,
  • Vojtech Vaclavik and
  • Magdalena Balintova

17 November 2023

The 4th International Conference on Advances in Environmental Engineering (AEE 2023) was hosted by the Faculty of Mining and Geology at the VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava in the Czech Republic, in collaboration with the Faculty of Civil E...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 4th International Conference on Advances in Environmental Engineering)
  • Editorial
  • Open Access
618 Views
5 Pages

Preface: The 5th International Conference on Advances in Environmental Engineering

  • Adriana Estokova,
  • Natalia Junakova,
  • Tomas Dvorsky,
  • Vojtech Vaclavik and
  • Magdalena Balintova

19 January 2026

The 5th International Conference on Advances in Environmental Engineering (AEE 2025) was proudly organized by the Faculty of Mining and Geology at VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, in partnership with the Faculty of Civil En...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 5th International Conference on Advances in Environmental Engineering)
  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
10,162 Views
27 Pages

From Integer Programming to Machine Learning: A Technical Review on Solving University Timetabling Problems

  • Xin Gu,
  • Muralee Krish,
  • Shaleeza Sohail,
  • Sweta Thakur and ,
  • Fariza Sabrina and
  • Zongwen Fan
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Solving the university timetabling problem is crucial as it ensures efficient use of resources, minimises scheduling conflicts, and enhances overall productivity. This paper presents a comprehensive review of university timetabling problems using int...

(This article belongs to the Section Computational Social Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
13,582 Views
16 Pages

27 March 2019

University-community partnerships provide opportunities for collaborations and meaningful engagement with community partners, in order to promote sustainable community development. To date, studies on university-community partnerships have largely ne...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Future of Sustainable Communities: Planning, Design and Implementation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,590 Views
16 Pages

University Mentoring Programmes for Gifted High School Students: Satisfaction of Workshops

  • Alba Ibáñez García,
  • Teresa Gallego Álvarez,
  • Mª Dolores García Román,
  • Verónica M. Guillén Martín and ,
  • Diego Tomé Merchán and
  • Serafina Castro Zamudio
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

30 June 2020

This paper analyses the degree of participant (mentees, mentors, and technical-research team) satisfaction with two university mentoring programmes for pre-university students with high intellectual capacities in Spain. Three versions of a Likert-typ...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue High Abilities, Talent and Creativity)
  • Article
  • Open Access
80 Citations
7,589 Views
19 Pages

Assessing the Efficiency of Public Universities through DEA. A Case Study

  • Delimiro Visbal-Cadavid,
  • Mónica Martínez-Gómez and
  • Francisco Guijarro

11 August 2017

This paper presents the results of an efficiency study of Colombian public universities in 2012, conducted using the methodology of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and the models CCR, BCC and SBM under output orientation. The main objective is to det...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
  • Article
  • Open Access
60 Citations
12,178 Views
15 Pages

31 October 2020

The year 2020 brought many changes to our everyday life but also our education system. Universities needed to change their teaching practices due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Words like “digital media”, “online teaching” and &ldq...

(This article belongs to the Section Higher Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,326 Views
15 Pages

7 September 2021

The purpose of our study was to propose the measures necessary to promote industry-academic cooperation by investigating and analyzing factors affecting its performance Recently, the Korean government increased the budget available for industry-acade...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Open Innovation and Business Model for Economy Sustainability after the COVID-19 Pandemic)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
2,827 Views
16 Pages

24 December 2020

Proper quality assessment of timber requires a certain level of knowledge and overview of technical conditions and correct identification and assessment of the qualitative features of trunks. The ratio of the highest quality classes is decreasing. Th...

(This article belongs to the Section Wood Science and Forest Products)

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