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KI4ING: Integrating Generative AI into Engineering Education – a Prototype LMS for Intelligent Tutoring in Technical Mechanics (105424)
Tuesday, 24 March 2026 14:30
Session: Poster Session 2
Room: Orion Hall (5F)
Presentation Type: Poster Presentation
Technical Mechanics is a subject in which many engineering students face persistent challenges. The concepts are abstract, mathematically demanding, and often difficult to approach without individual guidance. The project KI4ING (“KI für das Ingenieurstudium nutzbar machen”) addresses this issue by developing a prototype that integrates generative AI directly into a Learning Management System to offer students timely, personalized support.
The prototype is built on Moodle and uses Flowise to link structured domain knowledge with large language models. Through this setup, students can interact with an AI tutor that explains concepts in manageable steps, comments on intermediate calculations, identifies typical errors, and generates practice tasks suited to different levels of progress. Reliability is supported through curated technical content, controlled prompt structures, and quality-assurance mechanisms designed to reduce misleading outputs.
In this contribution, we outline the pedagogical design, the technical architecture, and our initial experiences from the pilot phase. Early feedback suggests that students feel more confident when working on complex TM problems and appreciate the opportunity to clarify questions independently before attending class. Instructors report that the system helps them use face-to-face time more effectively, as recurring basic questions can be addressed in advance.
The presentation will include a demonstration of the prototype, reflections on challenges such as validating AI-generated explanations and integrating new components into university infrastructures, and an outlook on next steps. KI4ING aims to support learning in demanding foundational subjects and strengthen students’ understanding early in their studies.
Authors:
Christopher Klupak, University of Hamburg, Germany
Simon Vock, University Hamburg, Germany
About the Presenter(s)
Mr Christopher Klupak is a University Doctoral Student at University of Hamburg in Germany
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