The largest ever survey of European attitudes to Materials Engineering education was carried out at Euromat 2009 in Glasgow, following the publication of the UK National Student Profile for Materials. The views of the delegates on both technical and CDIO-type content are reported in this paper. Areas of agreement are identified, alongside topics where there are significant national differences.
Conceive
Defining customer needs; considering technology, enterprise strategy, and regulations; developing concepts, techniques and business plans.
Design
Creating the design; the plans, drawings, and algorithms that describe what will be implemented.
Implement
The transformation of the design into the product, including manufacturing, coding, testing and validation.
Operate
Using the implemented product to deliver the intended value, including maintaining, evolving and retiring the system.
