MONDRAGON GOI ESKOLA POLITEKNIKOA JOSE MARIA ARIZMENDIARRIETA S COOP

Their core work

Mondragon's Polytechnic School (MGEP) is the engineering faculty of Mondragon University, embedded in the Basque Country's industrial cooperative ecosystem. They specialize in applied research bridging digital technologies and manufacturing — particularly cyber-physical systems, predictive maintenance, battery management systems, and verification/validation of automated systems. Their work consistently targets real industrial deployment: making factory floors smarter, batteries safer, and production lines more autonomous. As a cooperative university, they maintain unusually tight links between academic research and shop-floor implementation.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In the early period (2015–2018), MGEP focused on smart manufacturing foundations — digital factory concepts, supply chain digitization, ICT-powered machining, and early cyber-physical maintenance systems like MANTIS, which they coordinated. From 2019 onward, their work shifted decisively toward two threads: (1) safety, testing, and validation of automated systems (VALU3S, ADEPTNESS, InSecTT), and (2) battery and energy storage systems (iSTORMY, SEABAT, LIBERTY). The recent period also shows AI becoming a cross-cutting capability rather than a standalone topic, appearing embedded in both their manufacturing and security work.

MGEP is converging on trustworthy autonomous industrial systems — combining their AI, testing/validation, and cyber-physical expertise — while building a parallel strength in battery system engineering for transport and stationary applications.

How they like to work

MGEP operates predominantly as an active research partner (20 of 29 projects), coordinating only when the topic aligns tightly with their core strengths — notably MANTIS (predictive maintenance), DiManD (digital manufacturing training), and ADEPTNESS (CPS testing). Their 6 third-party participations suggest they are also valued as a specialized contributor brought in by partner organizations for specific technical tasks. With 565 unique partners across 29 countries, they maintain a broad European network rather than relying on a small circle, making them easy to integrate into new consortia.

MGEP has collaborated with 565 unique partners across 29 countries, indicating a wide and well-connected European network. Their participation in large ECSEL and IA projects (Productive4.0, Arrowhead Tools, InSecTT) connects them to major industrial electronics and manufacturing consortia.

What sets them apart

MGEP sits at a rare intersection: a cooperative university with deep industrial ties in the Basque Country's manufacturing heartland, combining academic rigor with factory-floor pragmatism. Their dual expertise in both digital/cyber-physical systems AND battery/energy storage systems makes them unusually versatile — they can contribute to projects spanning from smart factory automation to electric vehicle batteries. The cooperative structure (part of the Mondragon Corporation ecosystem) means they understand technology transfer to SMEs in ways that traditional universities often do not.

Highlights from their portfolio

• DiManD
  Their largest grant (EUR 934K) and a coordinator role — an MSCA training network for digital manufacturing, signaling recognized leadership in this domain.
• ADEPTNESS
  Coordinator of a project on testing and deployment of cyber-physical systems under unforeseen conditions — directly at the frontier of their V&V expertise.
• FASTAP
  Their second-largest grant (EUR 855K) in an Innovation Action for wind turbine transformers — an unexpected diversification showing power electronics depth beyond batteries.