University-Industry Collaboration Through Engineering Final Year Project

Many studies within the area of engineering education and industrial partnership have highlighted the importance of university-industry collaboration. However, most studies have focused on making or strengthening the collaboration through research works between academicians and professionals that...

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Main Authors: Alhamrouni, Ibrahim, Saad, Mohammad Azannee, Kamarudin, Norida, Hack, Iskandar
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2016
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spelling iium-789642020-02-24T09:55:19Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/78964/ University-Industry Collaboration Through Engineering Final Year Project Alhamrouni, Ibrahim Saad, Mohammad Azannee Kamarudin, Norida Hack, Iskandar L Education (General) Many studies within the area of engineering education and industrial partnership have highlighted the importance of university-industry collaboration. However, most studies have focused on making or strengthening the collaboration through research works between academicians and professionals that may have placed engineering students in less contributing position. This can lead to a significant amount of loss considering students’ exposure to industry while in their academic years can provide them and future employers with greater benefits. In this paper, we discuss how engineering final year project (EFYP) undertaken by students can be employed to strengthen university-industry collaboration and at the same time, comprehensively prepare students prior to joining the industry. Data for this study were responses obtained through semi-structured interview from two respondents selected through purposive sampling technique. 2016-12-07 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/78964/1/University-Industry.pdf Alhamrouni, Ibrahim and Saad, Mohammad Azannee and Kamarudin, Norida and Hack, Iskandar (2016) University-Industry Collaboration Through Engineering Final Year Project. In: 2016 IEEE 8th International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEED), Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.
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topic L Education (General)
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Alhamrouni, Ibrahim
Saad, Mohammad Azannee
Kamarudin, Norida
Hack, Iskandar
University-Industry Collaboration Through Engineering Final Year Project
description Many studies within the area of engineering education and industrial partnership have highlighted the importance of university-industry collaboration. However, most studies have focused on making or strengthening the collaboration through research works between academicians and professionals that may have placed engineering students in less contributing position. This can lead to a significant amount of loss considering students’ exposure to industry while in their academic years can provide them and future employers with greater benefits. In this paper, we discuss how engineering final year project (EFYP) undertaken by students can be employed to strengthen university-industry collaboration and at the same time, comprehensively prepare students prior to joining the industry. Data for this study were responses obtained through semi-structured interview from two respondents selected through purposive sampling technique.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Alhamrouni, Ibrahim
Saad, Mohammad Azannee
Kamarudin, Norida
Hack, Iskandar
author_facet Alhamrouni, Ibrahim
Saad, Mohammad Azannee
Kamarudin, Norida
Hack, Iskandar
author_sort Alhamrouni, Ibrahim
title University-Industry Collaboration Through Engineering Final Year Project
title_short University-Industry Collaboration Through Engineering Final Year Project
title_full University-Industry Collaboration Through Engineering Final Year Project
title_fullStr University-Industry Collaboration Through Engineering Final Year Project
title_full_unstemmed University-Industry Collaboration Through Engineering Final Year Project
title_sort university-industry collaboration through engineering final year project
publishDate 2016
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/78964/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/78964/1/University-Industry.pdf
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