Syllabus
Overview
| Criteria | Description |
|---|---|
| Module Number & Name | BAE6600 IoT/IoE Project |
| Lecturers | Lukas Waidelich & Andreas Schneider |
| Semester | Winter Semester 2025/26 |
| Level | Master |
| Credits | 5 |
| Student Contact Hours | 32 |
| Workload | 125 hours (2 days of attendance at the kick-off event with lecture and 2 days of project preparation and scoping the project), plus additional attendance time in consultation with the supervisor for project preparation and definition or for interim meetings). Self-study and project work: 93 hrs. |
| Prerequisites | Recommended: passed courses „Emerging Technologies“ and „Selected Aspects of Information Technology“ |
| Time | see section Schedule below |
| Room | E-Class Room |
| Start Date | 17/10/2025 |
Summary
By successfully completing this course, the students
- Understand the basic technological concepts of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the Internet of Everything (IoE).
- Understand the relationships required in IoT and IoE in the areas of machine-to-machine (M2M), machine-to-people (M2P) and people-to-people (P2P).
- be able to implement IoT and IoE technologies and concepts in a project and turn them into products or services
- be able to evaluate the latest technologies from the hands-on demo for their ap-plicability in real industry and, if necessary, transfer them into a software and/or hardware prototype
- be able to add value to real products or develop these functions in an interdiscipli-nary way
- Acquire the ability to recognise and evaluate the latest technological trends in the field of IoT/IoE and thereby functionally enhance the products, services and/or sys-tems of their own company.
- Understand the challenges, opportunities and risks of modern development (software/hardware) of IoT projects.
- Be able to provide a basic functional proof of their project idea. The goal is to transfer the theoretically acquired knowledge into a functioning real proto-type. The prototype should contain both software and hardware aspects of the IoT/IoE.
Outline of the Course
Students are provided with a basic framework of hardware and software. This is present-ed and put into operation in classroom sessions. As part of the project, students will go through the following content
- Graphical programming of a Raspberry Pi using a low-code development platform (e.g. Node-RED or n8n)
- Integrate machine data into a sample program
- Integrate web data into a Node-RED/n8n project
- Develop a product and/or service idea to be realised on the demonstrator
- Integrate existing (web) services into your own IoT/IoE project using e.g., Grafana to create a dashboard. Students can implement ideas from other courses or from their own company into a real prototype for the IoT/IoE project.
Course Intended Learning Outcomes and their Contribution to Program Intended Learning Outcomes / Program Goals
| Outcomes | Contribution | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | The students are familiar with various relevant management principles. They can explain and discuss these in depth. | Become familiar with different project leadership styles and the importance of leadership to project success. Understand what constitutes leadership of an interdisciplinary project team in combination with conflict resolution skills. |
| 1.2 | Students can individually exercise authentic leadership in an organisational context. | The students know the essential elements of team (leadership) communication and have gained practical experience with them. Essential knowledge for possible later leadership tasks in projects is built up. |
| 1.3 | Students can reflect on different leadership principles in an organisational context in a differentiated and critical manner and can apply them properly based on self-reflection. | |
| 1.4 | Students understand and can deal with the ethical and sustainability challenges of responsible corporate action. | Students know methods of evaluating responsibility in technical developments and can assess technologies in terms of sustainability. |
| 2.1 | The students know numerous relevant future technologies. They can explain and discuss them in depth. | Students learn about numerous technologies from the fields of IOT and IOE. |
| 2.2 | Students can analyse complex operational and inter-company challenges posed by technological development from various perspectives, both in a domestic and international context. | Students will be able to structure complex problems into sub-elements and place them in the context of different perspectives regarding origin and professional background. |
| 2.3 | Students can independently develop creative solutions for complex operational and intercompany problems and challenges in the field of future technologies. | Students can develop solution variants for technical problems by using creativity methods. |
| 2.4 | Students can successfully explain complex problems and problem solutions regarding the integration of future technologies to specialist and laymen alike. | Students learn how to explain the problem, solutions and optimizations in the context of a presentation or several project meetings. This also includes the defence of own concepts and ideas. |
| 3.1 | The students know the research methods and the methods for the use of future technologies that are relevant in engineering and management, as well as their advantages and disadvantages. | |
| 3.2 | Students can successfully apply research methods and processes relevant to Engineering and Management in order to implement future technologies. | |
| 3.3 | Students can apply the appropriate research methods and processes for implementing future technologies in such a way that they achieve reliable, innovative research results. | Students learn to apply scientific standards and procedures in the development of new technologies including the state of the art and research. |
| 4.1 | The students can produce a synthesis from an overview of emerging technologies and their economic application possibilities, to evaluate this synthesis in a corporate context and to critically compare relevant future technologies. | Students have in-depth technological knowledge in the areas of IoT and IoE. |
| 4.2 | Students master the methods of technology- and innovation management and can successfully organize, implement and lead projects. | Students learn to apply project management tools correctly and to an appropriate extent according to the complexity of the project and the stakeholders. Students learn to moderate project meetings and workshops in a goal-oriented manner. |
| 4.3 | Students can develop and evaluate alternative solutions, considering different disciplines and by incorporating future technologies, and implement them in integrative global solutions. |
Teaching and Learning Approach
The opening session is an interactive class designed to engage students through dynamic participation and discussion. This approach, combined with a flipped classroom model, ensures that students come prepared to actively contribute, having reviewed the necessary materials beforehand. After the initial interactive session, students move on to individual project work carried out in groups. This structure not only encourages collaboration, but also provides opportunities for both individual and group feedback throughout the project. Intermediate feedback sessions are scheduled to ensure that students receive guidance and can adjust their work, enhancing the overall learning experience and project outcomes.
Literature and Course Material
- See our comprehensive Literature Overview
- Scripts and instructions of the module
Assessment
- Graded Project Work (PLP)
- For an overview of the assignment see here
Schedule
| Type | Occurence |
|---|---|
| On-site Appointments | 17/10/2025 3:00 PM - 9:00 PM 18/10/2025 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM 07/11/2025 3:00 PM - 9:00 PM 08/11/2025 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM |
| Individual Group Work | 09/11/2025 – 12/02/2026 |
| Final Submission | 12/02/2026 |