COLLABORATIVE LEARNING AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES IN ENGINEERING STUDIES: WORKING ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

In the present work, we present a learning experience developed within the frame of an interdisciplinary project funded by the University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU (Campus Bizia Lab Program) in which professors from different departments, students doing their Final Bachelor Degree Project as well as researchers, PhD students and administrative personal work together in a collaborative project. The main goal of this practice has been to widen the practical work related to sustainable development in the curriculum of engineer students and to create actual experiences developed in the close surroundings so that the learning content is closer to the professional practice of the future engineers. The specific topic of the case was the use of renewable energies in the buildings and installations of the university campuses and, specifically, the supply of biogas produced from organic residues generated in the canteens of the campuses. The project started on September 2021 and, since then preliminary work related to data collecting and processing, statistics and calculations of the energetic potential of the organic waste of several points, as well as logistics issues has been done. The current part of the study is covering the simulation and design of a pilot plant to obtain the biogas and the potential uses that this biofuel could have in the campuses. The development of this project includes the consideration of sustainable development goals, in terms of environmental, social and economic impacts, allowing the insertion of these concepts in the intrinsic studies of engineering. The