Starting December 2023, 12, Shibaura Institute of Technology will be recruiting "application engineers" from current students to develop applications useful for student life.
Regarding this open recruitment, Shibaura Institute of Technology hopes that in addition to being able to develop an app that meets the needs of student life from a student's perspective, it will also have an educational effect, allowing the selected students to acquire skills that will be useful for their engineering careers after graduation. It is said thatFurthermore, since students will develop the app in the same field as staff, it is attracting attention as an example of ``teaching-academic collaboration'' promoted by Shibaura Institute of Technology.
According to Shibaura Institute of Technology, the cause lies in the university's official app ``ScombApp.''Created by current students as an app that allows easy access to information necessary for student life (timetables, assignments, etc.).In order to make it an official university app, the student who created it was hired as a part-time developer in November 2022, and he worked with staff to develop it.
2023年4月に公式版アプリがリリースされると、その利便性が学生たちの間で話題となり、2023年11月23日時点で累計8,000ダウンロード以上を記録し、App Store無料アプリランキングで82位にランクインした(2023年4月10日時点)。
The app was developed by students and has been praised by students who have used it, saying, ``It's helpful to be able to easily check notifications, assignments, and submissions,'' ``I'm happy to receive notifications of assignment deadlines,'' and ``I can quickly check the timetable.'' was judged to be effective as a tool to support student life.In addition, Kohei Sato and Shintaro Oto, fourth year students in the Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, who were in charge of this development, not only improved their app development skills, but also felt a sense of accomplishment and reward in their work as engineers. A positive effect was observed.
Based on these results, we have decided to expand our recruitment slots and recruit two additional "application engineers."In addition to maintaining and operating the Scomb App, the selected students will be involved in developing an app that will allow them to reserve facilities such as conference rooms and classrooms on campus.
