Proyectos de ingeniería integrados a la comunidad (PIIC), una visión institucional y metodológica

The methodology of the course “Engineering Projects Integrated to the Community” (PIIC) is presented as a response of the Faculty of Engineering of University of Antioquia to the need of closing the gap between engineering students and the community while, at the same time, offering to both students and the community the opportunity of participating in an engineering project in all its phases. This will be accomplished through the application of pedagogic techniques based in the problem solution, multidisciplinary work, and conformation of multinational and multicultural groups and the use of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies). The different projects developed to date are detailed and the importance of the network building and the institutional support in this type of initiatives is highlighted