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Dr. María Alonso-García
University of Cádiz

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Journal article
Published: 25 May 2021 in Sustainability
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This research analyses the impact of COVID-19 on the Spanish university system during the period of home lockdown put in place by the government of Spain between 15 March and 21 June 2020. This period did not involve a change to online teaching. Instead, it involved emergency remote teaching, wherein the content of face-to-face teaching was taught through non-classroom training using media, devices and tools available at that time. The main objective of the paper is related to the perceptions of students and teachers on emergency remote teaching regarding the face-to-face model. We applied statistical techniques of descriptive and inferential analysis over a sample of 2778 students and 221 teaching staff from the University of Cádiz. We also analysed the methodologies used, as well as the acquisition of skills, competencies and knowledge by the students in this situation, in order to detect whether this type of action can achieve sustainable education. This term refers to education that is capable of maintaining the continuous quality of the training of each student, who should acquire the required knowledge and competences regardless of unforeseen events. However, according to the results of this research, the sudden transition to e-learning, based on available technological and computer-based methods, did not guarantee sustainable education or its quality. This study establishes different possibilities for improving non-face-to-face teaching in this kind of situation. The results show greatly concerning levels of training and evaluation, as well as worse acquisition of skills. Both teachers and students declared a preference for face-to-face teaching. This perception should prompt the educational authorities to solve the existing problems in e-learning education, improving the transition and guaranteeing the sustainability of non-face-to-face education. This research highlights the areas for improvement in e-learning education in the ongoing situation, the general uncertainty in the transition, the lack of communication and the completion of a fair evaluation system. The results show that the methods used in this period must be improved to achieve sustainable teaching and learning during a pandemic. The results also emphasize the uncertainty in the educational community about the entire process. This study will help the educational authorities to improve the change of paradigm in higher education in the future.

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María Alonso-García; Tamara Garrido-Letrán; Alberto Sánchez-Alzola. Impact of COVID-19 on Educational Sustainability. Initial Perceptions of the University Community of the University of Cádiz. Sustainability 2021, 13, 5938 .

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María Alonso-García, Tamara Garrido-Letrán, Alberto Sánchez-Alzola. Impact of COVID-19 on Educational Sustainability. Initial Perceptions of the University Community of the University of Cádiz. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (11):5938.

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María Alonso-García; Tamara Garrido-Letrán; Alberto Sánchez-Alzola. 2021. "Impact of COVID-19 on Educational Sustainability. Initial Perceptions of the University Community of the University of Cádiz." Sustainability 13, no. 11: 5938.

Journal article
Published: 22 May 2021 in Sustainability
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Presently, several jobs require the collaboration of humans and machines to perform different services and tasks. The ease and intuitiveness of the worker when using each machine will not only improve the worker’s experience but also improve the company’s productivity and the satisfaction that all users have. Specifically, electromechanical devices used to provide cleaning services require complex interactions. These interactions determine the usability and performance of devices. Therefore, devices must have appropriate ergonomic arrangements for human–machine interactions. Otherwise, the desired performance cannot be achieved. This study analyzes the performance of an urban cleaning device (pressure washer on a power take-off van) using human–machine interaction method. The method measures visceral and behavioral levels (set by Norman) and service times. Using these measurements, the usability of the pressure washer is determined according to different factors that facilitate the operator’s well-being in the working environment. A pressure washer from Feniks Cleaning and Safety, Limited Company, has been studied. Sixteen errors related to ergonomics, usability and safety were identified in this machine, which operates in more than 40 locations in Spain. Therefore, this study provides valuable information on the usability and performance of pressure washers, as well as possibilities for improvement.

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María Alonso-García; Ana García-Sánchez; Paula Jaén-Moreno; Manuel Fernández-Rubio. Performance Analysis of Urban Cleaning Devices Using Human–Machine Interaction Method. Sustainability 2021, 13, 5846 .

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María Alonso-García, Ana García-Sánchez, Paula Jaén-Moreno, Manuel Fernández-Rubio. Performance Analysis of Urban Cleaning Devices Using Human–Machine Interaction Method. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (11):5846.

Chicago/Turabian Style

María Alonso-García; Ana García-Sánchez; Paula Jaén-Moreno; Manuel Fernández-Rubio. 2021. "Performance Analysis of Urban Cleaning Devices Using Human–Machine Interaction Method." Sustainability 13, no. 11: 5846.

Journal article
Published: 26 March 2021 in Polymers
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Additive manufacturing technologies are shifting from rapid prototyping technologies to end use or final parts production. Polymeric material extrusion processes have been broadly addressed with a specific definition of all parameters and variables for all different of technologies approaches and materials. Recycled polymeric materials have been studied due to the growing importance of the environmental awareness of the contemporary society. Beside this, little specific research has been found in product development applications for AM where the printed parts are in highly moisture environments or surrounded by water, but polymers have been for long used in such industries with conventional manufacturing approaches. This work focuses on the analysis and comparison of two different additively manufactured polymers printed by fused filament fabrication (FFF) processes using desktop-size printers to be applied for product design. The polymers used have been a recycled material: polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG) and polylactic acid (PLA). Degradation and water absorption behaviors of both materials are presented, analyzed and discussed in this paper, where different samples have been immersed in saturated solutions of water with maritime salt and sugar together with a control sample immersed in distilled water. The samples have been dimensionally and weight-controlled weekly as well as microscopically analyzed to understand degradation and absorption processes that appear in the fully saturated solutions. The results revealed how the absorption process is stabilized after a reduced number of weeks for both materials and how the degradation process is more remarked in the PLA material due to its organic nature.

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Daniel Moreno Nieto; María Alonso-García; Miguel-Angel Pardo-Vicente; Lucía Rodríguez-Parada. Product Design by Additive Manufacturing for Water Environments: Study of Degradation and Absorption Behavior of PLA and PETG. Polymers 2021, 13, 1036 .

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Daniel Moreno Nieto, María Alonso-García, Miguel-Angel Pardo-Vicente, Lucía Rodríguez-Parada. Product Design by Additive Manufacturing for Water Environments: Study of Degradation and Absorption Behavior of PLA and PETG. Polymers. 2021; 13 (7):1036.

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Daniel Moreno Nieto; María Alonso-García; Miguel-Angel Pardo-Vicente; Lucía Rodríguez-Parada. 2021. "Product Design by Additive Manufacturing for Water Environments: Study of Degradation and Absorption Behavior of PLA and PETG." Polymers 13, no. 7: 1036.

Journal article
Published: 12 August 2020 in Symmetry
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This article introduces a methodological approach to the evaluation of different industrial products according to Norman’s approach and dimensions, focusing on a specific case study. The study also shows different possibilities to guide industrial designers during the design process in order to create products with high emotional value. For those, the case study was done with 330 target specific users, submitting nine prototypes (designed for different targets) to the user experience evaluation and product perception analysis. The evaluated proposals were selected from a total of 45. The results show the visceral, behavioural and reflective levels perceived by those users to whom each product is intended, as well as the target deviation within the design process. In this sense, the emotional response reveals the asymmetric character of perception according to Norman’s dimensions.

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María Alonso-García; Miguel-Ángel Pardo-Vicente; Lucía Rodríguez-Parada; Daniel Moreno Nieto. Do Products Respond to User Desires? A Case Study. Errors and Successes in the Design Process, under the Umbrella of Emotional Design. Symmetry 2020, 12, 1350 .

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María Alonso-García, Miguel-Ángel Pardo-Vicente, Lucía Rodríguez-Parada, Daniel Moreno Nieto. Do Products Respond to User Desires? A Case Study. Errors and Successes in the Design Process, under the Umbrella of Emotional Design. Symmetry. 2020; 12 (8):1350.

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María Alonso-García; Miguel-Ángel Pardo-Vicente; Lucía Rodríguez-Parada; Daniel Moreno Nieto. 2020. "Do Products Respond to User Desires? A Case Study. Errors and Successes in the Design Process, under the Umbrella of Emotional Design." Symmetry 12, no. 8: 1350.

Articles
Published: 15 May 2020 in Journal of Engineering Design
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Industrial Design depends on industry, society and enterprise, all in constant change. The sector's companies and professionals admit a gap between skills, competences and knowledge acquired in the University, and what is demanded by the labor market. In addition, there has been a clear dissatisfaction and lack of preparation on graduates, and a distrust on the employing company towards the profession. This research, facilitates adaptability and proposes the improvement of the current curriculum of Industrial Design and Product Development Engineering Degree (IDPDED) according to the Andalusian regulation, being adaptable to other autonomous communities, and counting on participation of 195 professionals, 36 companies and 80 professors nationwide, that recognize this gap, in addition to other difficulties or deficiencies, especially legislative and administrative, for University-Business collaboration. Proposed training model takes into account the needs of the three different groups, as well as the current legislation, concluding with a participative, and collaborative, dual training plan. The designed plan is flexible and adaptable both, to companies and to time, giving companies the possibility to participate (passively or actively) in the training of their future employers. The model adapts, in addition to any Degree, fostering local employability, and nurturing both society and the economy itself through the transfer of knowledge.

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María Alonso-García; Elidia Beatriz Blázquez-Parra; Óscar D. De-Cózar-Macías. Planning an industrial design engineering curriculum according to the labour market based on dual training. Journal of Engineering Design 2020, 31, 399 -425.

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María Alonso-García, Elidia Beatriz Blázquez-Parra, Óscar D. De-Cózar-Macías. Planning an industrial design engineering curriculum according to the labour market based on dual training. Journal of Engineering Design. 2020; 31 (7):399-425.

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María Alonso-García; Elidia Beatriz Blázquez-Parra; Óscar D. De-Cózar-Macías. 2020. "Planning an industrial design engineering curriculum according to the labour market based on dual training." Journal of Engineering Design 31, no. 7: 399-425.

Conference paper
Published: 10 March 2020 in Recent Advances in Computational Mechanics and Simulations
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This research focuses on the design and development of emergency vehicle lighting integrated in fire fighting trucks. The Project uses the Design Thinking methodology, and has been developed at University of Cádiz, in collaboration with Feniks Cleaning and Safeting, S.L. It has been part of a teaching innovation project developed during the first semester of the academic year 2018–2019, being the responsible, two students from “Industrial Design Engineering and Product Development Degree” (IDEPDD), who have had the opportunity to work on a real product design, under the University-Business co-tutorization. The students have combined practical ECTS of the subject “Creation of New Products” with two internships offered by the Company, which is dedicated to special vehicles customization. This company looks for a versatile product adaptable to the range of vehicles they work with, in order to differentiate itself from the competition. A challenge is not only for the formal and aesthetic characteristics, but also for the need to guarantee the viability and manufacturability of the product, with an estimated production of less than 200 vehicles per year.

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María Alonso-García; Aída Solís-Mellado; Cristina Gómez-Vázquez; Manuel Fernández-Rubio; Óscar D. De-Cózar-Macías; Elidia Beatriz Blázquez-Parra. Design of Emergency Vehicle Lighting Integrated in Fire Fighting Trucks. Recent Advances in Computational Mechanics and Simulations 2020, 464 -471.

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María Alonso-García, Aída Solís-Mellado, Cristina Gómez-Vázquez, Manuel Fernández-Rubio, Óscar D. De-Cózar-Macías, Elidia Beatriz Blázquez-Parra. Design of Emergency Vehicle Lighting Integrated in Fire Fighting Trucks. Recent Advances in Computational Mechanics and Simulations. 2020; ():464-471.

Chicago/Turabian Style

María Alonso-García; Aída Solís-Mellado; Cristina Gómez-Vázquez; Manuel Fernández-Rubio; Óscar D. De-Cózar-Macías; Elidia Beatriz Blázquez-Parra. 2020. "Design of Emergency Vehicle Lighting Integrated in Fire Fighting Trucks." Recent Advances in Computational Mechanics and Simulations , no. : 464-471.

Article
Published: 28 January 2020 in International Journal of Technology and Design Education
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Many Industrial Design professionals in Spain have difficulties when it comes to getting a job related to their field. They also have difficulties incorporating into the labor market as what they have learnt as students does not correspond with the demands of the labour market as far as industrial designers are concerned. By using a nationally representative survey sample of 195 professionals and 36 companies, this paper analyzes competencies, skills and knowledge acquired in Industrial Design Engineering and Product Development Degree, as well as the requirements of the labor market in order to check if this degree has correctly been adapted to the spanish workplace. Results shows the acquired skills’ level is not bad, as a general rule, but this does not mean the labor market needs are fulfilled. There are even more differences between what has been learnt and what is demanded. There is too much content as far as variety is concerned that is generally not demanded by companies. Other demanded knowledge and skills are not taught at all or in a scarce and an insufficient way. This research invite engineering educators and businesses to collaborate redefining skills, competencies and knowledge correctly by transforming the degree’s academic plans.

ACS Style

María Alonso-García; Óscar D. De-Cózar-Macías; Elidia Beatriz Blazquez-Parra. Viability of competencies, skills and knowledge acquired by industrial design students. International Journal of Technology and Design Education 2020, 1 -19.

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María Alonso-García, Óscar D. De-Cózar-Macías, Elidia Beatriz Blazquez-Parra. Viability of competencies, skills and knowledge acquired by industrial design students. International Journal of Technology and Design Education. 2020; ():1-19.

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María Alonso-García; Óscar D. De-Cózar-Macías; Elidia Beatriz Blazquez-Parra. 2020. "Viability of competencies, skills and knowledge acquired by industrial design students." International Journal of Technology and Design Education , no. : 1-19.

Conference paper
Published: 01 November 2017 in ICERI2017 Proceedings
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Information about the paper titled "A CASE OF DUAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTATION IN THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT DEGREE" at IATED Digital Library

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Maria Alonso Garcia; Oscar David De Cozar Macías; Elidia Beatriz Blazquez Parra. A CASE OF DUAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTATION IN THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT DEGREE. ICERI2017 Proceedings 2017, 7811 -7818.

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Maria Alonso Garcia, Oscar David De Cozar Macías, Elidia Beatriz Blazquez Parra. A CASE OF DUAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTATION IN THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT DEGREE. ICERI2017 Proceedings. 2017; ():7811-7818.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Maria Alonso Garcia; Oscar David De Cozar Macías; Elidia Beatriz Blazquez Parra. 2017. "A CASE OF DUAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTATION IN THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT DEGREE." ICERI2017 Proceedings , no. : 7811-7818.