An Assessment Center with senior Mechatronics and Biomedical Engineering students was established to strengthen and measure transversal competencies before graduation. Students solved a relevant case during this standardized exercise while internal professors and external evaluators (disciplinary experts and human resources staff from different companies) observed the students' performance. Finally, each evaluator had the opportunity to ask specific questions to the students and give them general feedback. This exercise resulted in an excellent opportunity to showcase our students' competencies with the companies and improve their employability, preparing graduates to be hired soon after graduation. This project describes the case study of the Assessment Center, its evaluation instruments, and results. The study also compares the in-person and virtual (given the Covid-19 pandemic) approaches of the Assessment Center, discussing the potential of web-based technologies as collaboration tools.

成立了一个由机电一体化和生物医学工程专业学生组成的评估中心，以在毕业前加强和衡量横向能力。学生在标准化练习中解决了一个相关案例，同时内部教授和外部评估员（来自不同公司的学科专家和人力资源人员）观察了学生的表现。最后，每位评估员都有机会向学生提出具体问题并给予他们一般性反馈。这项练习为我们展示学生在公司中的能力和提高他们的就业能力提供了一个绝佳的机会，为毕业生毕业后很快被录用做好了准备。该项目描述了评估中心的案例研究、评估工具和结果。