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 COLLABORATIVE DESIGN PRACTICE INVOLVING PARTNERS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLLABORATIVE ENGINEERING EDUCATION (PACE)

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Mikkelsen ◽  
A. Steeves ◽  
W. L. Cleghorn ◽  
P. Bastani ◽  
R. Pattani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
General Motors ◽  
Collaborative Engineering ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
University Of British Columbia ◽  
Automobile Components ◽  
The University

This paper describes efforts to develop a collaborative design project involving third year mechanical engineering students from the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the University of Toronto (U of T). Selected students enrolled in a core kinematics and dynamics course at U of T were partnered with selected students enrolled in a core machine design course at UBC. These project groups were given the task of designing an automotive product specified by the industrial client, General Motors. The pilot project required students make full use of the advanced design resources provided under the Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE) program. This pilot project was performed as a simulation of real world automotive design where design offices around the globe participate in concurrent design of new automobile components and systems.

A Regional University Perspective on Engineering Education of Multi-Cultural Freshman Students From South Pacific Countries

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krishnil R. Ram ◽  
Roneel V. Sharan ◽  
Mohammed Rafiuddin Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Quality Teaching ◽  
First Year ◽  
Skill Sets ◽  
Ethics And Economics ◽  
Regional University ◽  
The University

Of late, there is a growing need for quality engineers who have the ability to solve complex engineering problems with reasonable knowledge of ethics and economics. This has led many universities to pursue accreditation by professional engineering bodies. While the accreditation process installs a standardized system of quality teaching, it is important that the engineering entrants have a degree of understanding that allows implementation of quality teaching methods. This study looks at the performance of first year engineering students in a bid to identify major issues that students face in a Bachelor of Engineering program. The learning of students in the School of Engineering and Physics at the University of the South Pacific is influenced by interactions of at least 12 different cultures from the 12 member countries of the university. The study looks at how students perform across cultures in the first year mechanical engineering courses, mainly engineering mechanics and engineering graphics & design. The general trend over the last five years shows that while the student numbers in the program have been increasing, student performance in one course seems to be improving but declining in the other; the two courses differ considerable in contents, required skill sets, and assessment methodologies. The study also presents possible reasons for the varied performance by considering issues such as cultural and academic backgrounds, use of teaching tools and resources, and revisions to the course and program and looks at how multi-cultural engineering education can be improved. The number of female students taking up engineering as their major is also looked at and positive trends are seen with female participation increasing from 7.6% in 2008 to 13.9% in 2013.

Information seeking behaviours of engineering students: Case of Near East University

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 82-91
Author(s):  
Kezban Alpan ◽  
Mehmet Ceyhun Avci
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Near East ◽  
The Internet ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
University Library ◽  
Internet Resources ◽  
The University ◽  
Google Search

This study examines the information seeking behaviours of university students and explores students’ preferences between the university library and the Google search engine with their reasons. The research questionnaire was applied to 250 Near East University, Faculty of Engineering students. According to the results of the study; even students have enough knowledge to use the university library, they prefer to use Google and Internet resources for various purposes because they think that this is the fastest and easiest way to reach information. Even students obtain information via the Internet; they give importance to indicate the source in their assignments and projects. Findings also showed that there are some significant differences between departments’ information seeking behaviours. Keywords: Information seeking behaviours, Internet, Google, engineering education, university libraries.

scholarly journals The Impact of Entrepreneurship on Engineering Education

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majed Jarrar ◽  
Hanan Anis
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Direct Observation ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Graduate Attributes ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Engineering schools are integrating entrepreneurship within their curriculum in order to equip their students with the capacity to adapt quickly to technological innovation. The University of Ottawa has developed an entrepreneurship course that is open to all engineering students, and aims to provide them with a hands-on approach to starting and growing a technology start-up. This paper is centred on assessing the students who took this course. The results of the survey analyze the impact entrepreneurship has had on their engineering skillset. This skillset reflects the graduate attributes that the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) expects engineering students to develop. We will observe whether this impact has changed since the inception of this course in 2012 and throughout 5 course cycles. Using the survey results as well as the direct observation during those semesters, we present our analysis on how these outcomes can be replicated in other environments.

scholarly journals ENHANCING ENGINEERING EDUCATION WITH INDIGENOUS CULTURES, PEDAGOGIES, KNOWLEDGES, AND PERSPECTIVES: A SERIES OF FACULTY WORKSHOPS

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jillian Seniuk Cicek ◽  
Afua Mante ◽  
Marcia Friesen ◽  
Randy Herrmann
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Indigenous Students ◽  
Education Practice ◽  
Indigenous Perspectives ◽  
University Of Manitoba ◽  
Ultimate Objective ◽  
The University

In the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Manitoba, we are committed to creating belonging for Indigenous and non-Indigenous students and faculty by fostering shared values and developing a shared approach to engineering education. In the spirit of this commitment, a team of four from the Faculty of Engineering has been funded to design a series of seven engineering specific faculty workshops to help build good relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous engineering students, faculty, and staff. Our goal is to enrich engineering education by learning how engineering is relevant to Indigenous Peoples from Indigenous perspectives, with the ultimate objective to integrate Indigenous values, knowledges, perspectives, and design principles into engineering teaching and learning in relevant, genuine, and good ways. This Engineering Education Practice Paper presents the design of the seven workshops, and briefly introduces the conceptual framework that guides the team’s approach.  

scholarly journals EXAMINING FOURTH YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF GRADUATE ATTRIBUTE COMPETENCIES: YEAR TWO

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jillian Seniuk Cicek ◽  
Paul Labossiere ◽  
Sandra Ingram
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
Fall Semester ◽  
Engineering Faculty ◽  
The Past ◽  
Exit Survey ◽  
Application Analysis ◽  
The University ◽  
Graduating Students

As the Engineering Faculty at the Universityof Manitoba shifts its curriculum from an input-based toan outcomes-based pedagogy, data from diverse sourcesare being collected. Among them, indirect data are beinggathered from students using a student exit survey. Thesurvey has been developed over the past three years toexplore graduating students’ perceptions of theiraptitudes and their engineering program’s strengths andweaknesses in regards to the 12 CEAB graduateattributes. It is comprised of the 12 attributes, with eachattribute further defined by six indicators. Theseindicators reflect the levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy ofEducational Objectives in the Cognitive Domain:knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis,synthesis and evaluation. The student exit survey was firstadministered to graduating mechanical engineeringstudents at the end of Fall semester 2012 and then at theend of Fall semester 2013. This paper describes thesecond year of the study, and discusses the datacomparatively with the findings from the first year. Thisstudy offers the Engineering Faculty an understanding oftheir Mechanical Engineering students’ experiences withand perceptions of the CEAB graduate attributes. It willbe used to provide feedback at instructor, program andfaculty levels as the University of Manitoba’s Faculty ofEngineering continues to implement its cycle of programdevelopment and improvement.

scholarly journals TEACHING AIRCRAFT DESIGN:A CASE STUDY ON AN ALTERNATIVE ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATE CAPSTONE FINAL YEAR PROJECT

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Cartile ◽  
Catharine C. Marsden ◽  
Yong Zeng ◽  
Brandiff Caron
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Curriculum Reform ◽  
Q Methodology ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Design Engineering ◽  
Reform Initiatives ◽  
Design Creativity ◽  
The University ◽  
Engineering Training

Abstract – The effectiveness of aerospace design engineering education has received a great deal of anecdotal feedback from its stakeholders. The aerospace industry, the Canadian government, the University, and the enrolled engineering students have expressed customer needs and expectations of design engineering training.  While numerous curriculum reform initiatives have been developed and implemented, their impact has not yet beenstudied quantitatively. This paper proposes to use a theoretical model on design creativity, the statistical Q methodology, and an aerospace undergraduate capstone team case study to develop a tool for the quantitative evaluation for the effectiveness of aerospace design engineering education.  

The Development of GENE 101 – A ‘Strategies and Skills for Academic Success’ Course for First Year Engineering Students at Waterloo

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
William S. Owen ◽  
Maria Barichello ◽  
Andrea Prier
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
Engineering Faculty ◽  
Success Course ◽  
Transition From High School ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

As a way to help ease the struggles thatstudents face in the transition from high school intouniversity, the Engineering Faculty at the University ofWaterloo started a reduced load program in 2010. Duringtheir first term at Waterloo, engineering students who arein academic jeopardy after midterms can drop twoprescribed courses to give the students an opportunity tofinish the term on a successful note. The two droppedcourses are taken during the following spring term alongwith a third course, GENE 101 – Strategies and Skills forAcademic Success. After successfully completing thereduced load terms, the students return to a full load.GENE 101 is considered a foundational success course.This paper will look at the curriculum and structure of thecourse and the impact it has had on engineering students.At the time of this writing, two groups of students who tookGENE 101 and the reduced load program have graduatedfrom Waterloo as engineers.

scholarly journals Integration of Climate Change in the Analysis and Design of Engineered Systems: Barriers and Opportunities for Engineering Education

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Lucena ◽  
Jason Delborne ◽  
Katie Johnson ◽  
Jon Leydens ◽  
Junko Munakata-Marr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Informal Education ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
State University ◽  
Engineering Faculty ◽  
Analysis And Design ◽  
Engineered Systems ◽  
Barriers And Opportunities ◽  
Education Support

The goal of this paper is to begin mapping perspectives of engineering faculty on barriers and opportunities related to the integration of climate change in the analysis and design of engineered systems (CC&ES). Although both sustainability and renewable energy have been receiving increasing attention in engineering education for quite some time, climate change, especially as it relates to engineered systems, has yet to become a widely accepted topic of teaching and research. From recent literature on engineering education and from interviews with engineering faculty, a picture emerges of whether and how climate change is an important dimension in the analysis and design of engineered systems. From those sources, we begin to see what it might take to incorporate the relationship between climate change and engineered systems in engineering education, what the barriers and opportunities to this incorporation might be, and what strategies might be available to institutionalize this incorporation in engineering education. Support for this paper comes from a larger research project on “Climate Change, Engineered Systems, and Society” which has the goal to develop conceptual and educational frameworks and networks of change agents to promote effective formal and informal education for engineering students, policymakers and the public at large. The project partners include the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), Arizona State University, Boston Museum of Science, Colorado School of Mines (CSM), and the University of Virginia. Within this larger team, the CSM team is planning to develop a testbed for the incorporation of CC&ES in engineering education. Hence, our first step is to find related curricular innovations in the engineering education literature and perspectives from engineering faculty on barriers and opportunities to the integration of CC&ES in engineering education.

Traffic Signal Operations Education Through Hands-On Experience: Lessons Learned from a Workshop Prototype

2003 ◽  
Vol 1848 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Kyte ◽  
Ahmed Abdel-Rahim ◽  
Melissa Lines
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Traffic Signal ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Transportation Engineering ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Idaho ◽  
Signal Operations

The development, implementation, and assessment of the traffic signal summer workshop (TSSW) are explored. An innovative educational prototype that has been conducted at the University of Idaho during the past two summers, TSSW addresses several critical issues, including the need to educate and train university engineering students in different ways, and the lack of adequately trained engineers and technicians prepared to design and manage today’s traffic signal infrastructure. Those issues are discussed along with the pedagogical basis for hands-on experiences in engineering education. Also discussed is how the university has responded, with the TSSW prototype, to the need to deliver transportation engineering education in a new way.

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