Membership in Professional Societies:
IEEE, Education Society
IGIP, Senior member
IAOE
Main qualification:
More than 20 years experience in eLearning in higher education, in strategic planning for using eLearning in higher education and in platform evaluation.
More than 20 years experience in teaching math and mathematical modelling, simulation technologies, remote engineering, online labs, machine learning.
More than 16 years experience in project based learning with undergraduate and graduate students
More than 15 years experience in strategic planning, developing, implementation and evaluation of curricula in higher education on undergraduate and graduate level (including international master programs)
Guest Professor in the UPC Barcelona, Technical University of Kharkiv and Kiev, University Maribor, UNESP Bauru (Brazil), University of Applied Sciences Vienna, Armenian-American University Yerevan, PUC Rio de Janeiro. Was involved in more than 12 EU- and national projects in eLearning (as project leader or as co-worker)
Publications
in Books:
Mathematisierung der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1989, Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften (Mitautor)
Telelernen an sterreichischen Fachhochschulen. Praxisbeispiele und Mglichkeiten der Weiterentwicklung,
Herausgeberinnen: Jutta Pauschenwein, Maria Jandl, Anni Koubek, Wien 2001, Mitautor
in Journals:
Pester, A. Mathematik – Naturwissenschaften – Philosophie. H.Weyl zum 100. Geburtstag. In DZPh. 1985/12
Pester, A. Matematika – Estesvoznanije – Kultura. Voprosy filosofii, Moskau. 1986/7
Pester, A, Ismailov, R. Interactive Applications in Teaching with the MATLAB Web Server, Vestnik
National'nogo Techniceskogo Universiteta "KchPI", 22'2001, pp.14-19, Kharkiv 2001
Poster sessions
Pester, A., M.Auer, W.Scherr, Web-based Simulation in Virtual Lab Environments of Electronics, 5th
International Conference on New Educational Environments, Lucerne, May, 2003
Conference proceedings
Pester, A, Auer, M.E. Interaktive Lehrmaterialien mit MATLAB, ICL Workshop 2000, Villach 2000
Ofner, E., Pester, A. und Grünbacher, H, "Projektorientierte Ausbildung für zukünftige MikroelektronikEntwickler am Studiengang Elektronik der Fachhochschule Technikum K?rnten", VE Schriftenreihe Nr. 26
Informationstagung Mikroelektronik 2001, Oktober 2001, pp. 277-282.
Ofner, E., Castelli, M.,Ley, M.,Pester A. and Grünbacher, H. Matlab Toolbox for VLSI-Design of Bit-serial FIR Filters, in Proceedings of Austrochip 2001, October 2001, pp. 85-91.
Pester, A.; Auer M..E. Web based simulation tools for virtual Labs , ICL 2002, Villach 2002
Ofner, E.,Castelli, M.,Ley, M.,Pester, A. and Grünbacher, H. A Matlab Toolbox for VLSI-Design of Bit-serial FIR Filters as Example of Problem Based Learning in Microelectronics Education, in Proceedings of EWME
2002, May 2002,
Pester,A., Ofner, E., Grünbacher, H.,Moore, A. Problem based learning in microelectronics: approach,
experience, examples. In: Проблеми та перспективи формуровання нац?онально? гуманитарно-технично?
ел?ти. Част. 2, Харк?в, 2002, ст. 387-390
Pester,A., Auer,M.E. Development of Standard Environments for Distributed Online Labs, in: The Joint
Workshop of Cognition and Learning trough Meta-Communication for Advanced e-Learning, Berlin, 2003-10-14
Pester,A., Auer, M.E. Online Simulations for distributed eLearning Applications using XML Templates, Vortrag zu den Leipziger Informatiktagen 2003
Pester,A., Auer, M.E. Development of Standard Environments for distributed Online Laboratories The Joint Workshop of Cognition and Learning through Media-Cognition for advanced e-Learning, Berlin 2003
Pester, A.,Auer, M.E., Ursutiu, D., Samoila, C. Distributed Virtual and Remote Labs in Engineering, IEEE conference, ICIT'03 International Conference on Industrial Technology, Maribor, 2003
Newer publications see.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7278-7349
Key note speaker on conferences
Pester, A. E-learning – what's going on. EUGISES Workshop, 3.9.2004
Online Labs – today and the future, ICBL 2015, Mexico City
Member of conference committees
ICL (Interactive Computer Aided Learning), yearly, since 1998 , member of program committee
REV (Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation), .since 2004 , member of program committee
ARELLA (Austrian-Russian Conference in ELearning in Secondary Schools) 2005, co-chair
ICBL (Interactive Computer based Blended Learning) –since 2007 – co-chair
Education and Research Projects
TELE200 (Telelearning for Universities of Applied Sciences 2000) - funded by the national Austrian ministry
VELO (Virtual electronic Laboratory) – funded by the national Austrian ministry
OLA (Online Lab Austria) – funded by the national Austrian ministry
Math education with new Media - funded by the national Austrian ministry
REVI (Remote engineering and virtual instrumentation) – funded by INTAS (EC)
LEAL (Learning automation and online labs) – funded by ALPHA (EC)
MARE (Joint European Master in Remote engineering) – funded by ERASMUS (EC)
e-learning Strategies for Universities of Applied Sciences – funded by national Austrian Ministry
ICL2006 Students conference – funded by IEEE Foundation
PIUels (Practicum in e-Learning for Ukrainian Universities) 2007-2008 – funded by Tempus (Project
coordinator)
e-pragmatic (PRAGMATIC network for training in mechatronics for enterprises) – 2010-2013 – funded by EU
Minerva program
EICL (e-Internationalization for collaborative learning) 2011-2014 – funded by Tempus (Project coordinator
OLAREX (Online Labs for explorative Learning) 2011-2014 – Transversal action of EU
eSIENCE (rESeau maghrébIn de laboratoirEs à distance) Oct 2012 – Sep 2015 – funded by Tempus
ICo-op (Industrial Cooperation and Creative Engineering Education based on Remote Engineering and Virtual
Instrumentation) 2012- 2016 – funded by Tempus
MIMI (Modernisation of Insitutional Management of Internatioalization in South Neighbouring Countries) 2013
– 2016 , funded by Tempus
VISIR+ (define, develop and evaluate a set of educational modules comprising hands-on, virtual, and remote
experiment for Brazilian and Argentinian Universities) - funded by Erasmus+ KA2
Education:
Date: 1970 – 1975
Institution: Odessa State University, Odessa, Soviet Union
Degree: Diploma Degree “Mathematics and Teacher of Mathematics”
Date: 1975 – 1979
Institution: Odessa State University, Kiev State University
Degree: Ph.D. in Philosophy of Mathematics
Date: 1983
Institution: Dresden University of Technology
degree: facultas docendi
Date 1984
Institution: Dresden University of Technology
Degree: Dr.phil.habil.
Employment record
1979 – 1983 Technische Universit?t Dresden
1983 – 1984 Humboldt-Univerit?t Berlin
1984 – 1992 Technische Universit?t Dresden
1992 – 1996 expert and consultant for application of IT in education
1996 Professor at University of applied Sciences Carinthia, Austria
Languages:
German excellent in speaking, reading and writing (Mother tongue)
Russian excellent in speaking, reading and writing
English fluently speaking, reading and writing
More details see : https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreas-pester-a41497b/