Teresa Zielinska obtained the M.Sc in Engineering with aspecialization in automatic control from the Faculty of Electronics of Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) . She received the Ph.D. in robotics from the Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering of the same university. In year 1995 she obtained D.Sc. degree (habilitation) in Bio-cybernetics from the Polish Academy of Sciences. Since 2005 she is full professor. From 2008 Teresa Zielinska is WUT’s chair of European Master in Robotics EMARO+ an international programme supported by the EU. She is the Senior Member of IEEE and Secretary General of international federation IFToMM. She is member of editorial boards of several international journals. Teresa Zielinska was involved in research in universities of several countres. She investigated control methods of flexible manipulators (Italy), invented novel tactile sensors (UK), developed control systems for the team of autonmous walking machines with its (Singapore), investigated control methods for humanoids (USA). She was also a vising scholar in Japan, China and Australia giving the lectures and seminars for students and staff. Her current research interest focuses on novel robotics including humanoids and human-robot interactions. She is involved in several international projects devoted to international education. She is an author or co-author of over 250 publications.
Sharing the experience about international students education: robotics program
The quality of university education drives economic competitiveness in knowledge-based society. Unfortunately the curricula in engineering are often too slow in responding to the actual research and industrial needs, therefore failing in shaping the careers of tomorrow. The European Commission supports EU countries and higher education institutions in modernizing education programmes to provide graduates with high-level, employable skills. In this paper the experience gained during realization of especially designed international European Master on Advanced Robotics – EMARO+ (Erasmus+ program, former Erasmus Mundus program) supported by the European Commission, is presented. EMARO+ accepts only the best applicants from all over the World. The program structure and the candidate selection criteria are presented. The program is compared to the other second degree studies in robotics available to international students. The diploma work examples are listed. The current research trends in robotics are summarized to illustrate the needs of modern curricula in the area of robotics. A short discussion of the key-factors influencing the quality of internationalization in the teaching process is provided.
