EMERGING MATERIALS & TECHNOLOGIES: New approaches in Design Teaching Methods on four exemplified areas

The present book contains the preliminary findings of an ongoing research project “DATEMATS” (Knowledge & Technology Transfer of Emerging Materials & Technologies through a Design-Driven Approach Agreement Number: 600777-EPP-1-2018-1-IT-EPPKA2-KA) funded by the the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union aimed at developing novel teaching methods for both design and engineering students in the field of Emerging Materials & Technologies (EM&Ts). It focuses on four exemplified EM&Ts areas as results of the methods, gaps and issues related to their teaching methods. It provides a summary of the four literature reviews conducted at respectively Aalto University on Experimental Wood-Based EM&Ts, Design Department of Politecnico di Milano on Interactive Connected Smart (ICS) Materials Wearable-based, Tecnun University on Carbon-based & Nanotech EM&Ts and Copenhagen School of Design and Technology (KEA) on Advanced Growing. It will present the synthesis of the four EM&Ts highlighting similarity, differences for all of them; it will give an overview for each area in dedicated section presenting the meaning, the different approaches used and developed for each EM&Ts area, finally it will provide the setting up of a common and advanced methods to teaching EM&Ts within HEIs, to create new professional in young students, and to develop new guidelines and approach.