Embedding the Importance of Commercialisation of University’s Research in the Engineering Education in Malaysia

2010 ◽  
Vol 44-47 ◽  
pp. 3514-3518
Author(s):  
Wan Mohd Hirwani Wan Hussain ◽  
Mohd Nizam Ab. Rahman ◽  
Noor Inayah Yaakub ◽  
Zinatul Ashiqin Zainol ◽  
Wan Kamal Mujani
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Research Universities ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Current Practice ◽  
Engineering Faculty ◽  
The University

This paper analyses the importance of embedding the importance of commercialisation of University’s research in the Engineering education in Malaysia. By conducting courses or program about this commercialization aspects by the engineering faculty, the commercialization process for the university will be sustained in future. The literature so far reviewed shows that engineering education processes have been extensively studied to study the best mechanism and model for engineering education in Malaysia. Aiming to contribute to such literature, we look at the current practice of Engineering Faculties under the Malaysian Research Universities in order to see to what extent aspects of commercialization of university’s research are incorporated in their syllabus. We found that the aspect of the commercialization of university‘s innovation are less exposed to engineering students in Malaysia. This paper suggests that it is vital to incorporate the commercialization of university’s research aspects into the engineering syllabus to develop the culture of entrepreneurship among engineering students which eventually assists the university to commercialize its’research.

scholarly journals Information Literacy in Science and Engineering Undergraduate Education: Faculty Attitudes and Pedagogical Practices

1999 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gloria J. Leckie ◽  
Anne Fullerton
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Faculty Attitudes ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Library Instruction ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Engineering Faculty ◽  
Information Literacy Skills ◽  
Survey Results

What are science and engineering faculty doing with respect to the development of information literacy in their undergraduate students? To explore this question, science and engineering faculty at two large Canadian universities were surveyed and interviewed regarding their perceptions of their students’ information literacy skills and their own pedagogical practices related to such skills. Faculty awareness of, and support for, a variety of bibliographic instruction methods and the perceived role of science and engineering librarians in information literacy instruction also were investigated. Based on the survey results, suggestions for the design of library instruction for science and engineering undergraduates are made.

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