Evaluating and Researching Transferable Competencies and Skills

Ventura-Medina, Esther (0000-0002-1041-945X) is a Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands, with over 25 years of experience in teaching chemical engineering and doing engineering education research.  Her research interests focus on how students learn and develop skills and competencies while working in teams and digital environments.

van Hattum-Janssen, Natascha (0000-0002-2373-191X) is a Policy Advisor on the quality of research at Saxion University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands. She worked in EER at the University of Minho, Portugal, for more than two decades, mainly on PBL and curriculum development. Her research interests include professional identity and professional socialisation in engineering education. 

Gillian Saunders-Smits is a Senior Lecturer at the Cognitive Robotics Department in Mechanical Engineering at Delft University of Technology. She holds a MSc in Aerospace Engineering and a PhD in Aerospace Engineering Education from the same institute. She has extensive teaching experience in engineering and broad experience in curriculum development and educational leadership in aerospace and robotics. Gillian is passionate about online and open education and has developed several MOOCs and Open Educational Resources. Her research interests include engineering education, notably: curriculum development and evaluation, competencies and skills in engineering, preparation for labour market, inclusive education, and online learning. She was recently appointed TU Delft Education Fellow.