Program Details: Spend three weeks studying in Stuttgart, Germany and earn three credits in IE 495 (counts as R&M minor elective with permission of department head).
- Where: Stuttgart, Germany
- How: If you wish to reserve a spot, please contact Klaus Blache via email.
- Credit Hours: 3 Hours
- Textbook: The Relativity of Continuous Improvement, by Klaus Blache, 2015
Visit Sites Such As:
Guided walking tour of Stuttgart to experience the historic architecture and scenery; Festo plant; Mercedes-Benz plant and museum; Strasbourg and Heidelberg for site-seeing—notably the Heidelberg Castle; Porsche museum, the University of Stuttgart, and Kärcher cleaning systems company.
Who should attend?
Appropriate for all engineering and business students.
Program Requirements:
- Sophomore level or higher by program start date
- Minimum GPA: 2.75
- Permission of Instructor
Program Cost:
- Program fee*: TBD
- In-state tuition: TBD
- Out-of-state tuition: TBD
*Program fee includes accommodations, all breakfasts, welcome & departure dinners, transportation to tours and all program related excursions.
Instructors
Klaus Blache
Director of the TCE Reliability & Maintainability Center and Research Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
kblache@utk.edu