Mikolik, Gerlinde (Volkswagen AG, D)

Topic: "GATSCAR – how Volkswagen makes mechatronics come alive"

Gerlinde Mikolik is working at the Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony in Germany as a Manager in the Department Group Service Strategy and Development Division Sales / Marketing since 2005. She received her Master of Engineering Science from the Technical University Timisoara in 1988. In March 2010 she started an International Master in Management at the Purdue University in the United States. In 1994 Mikolik started working at Audi AG where she was working in the Quality Management. After that she started working as a Project Manager in the After Sales Audi Brand Organization.

Summary of presentation
Volkswagen has come a long way and aims to go further ahead. Our goal: offering attractive, safe and environmentally sound vehicles which set world standards in their respective classes. Experienced, highly motivated staff provides the basis for pioneering achievements – and our trainees are our future. We have to support them with the learning material they need. This is why we created GATSCAR. GATSCAR is a unique tool for apprentice mechatronic engineers. It is a serious game that makes automotive mechatronics come alive! Through the eyes of the central character Jack the user experiences a digital car workshop, a world of racing and friendship. By explaining turbochargers and transmissions interactively, GATSCAR easily combines gaming with learning.