Sustaining a synergistic industrial advisory board and academic collaboration

• Published in: 2017 7th World Engineering Education Forum (WEEF) pp. 728 - 731
• Main Authors: Albarody, Thar M. Badri, Mohsen, Ali Samir, Hussein, Alaa Raad, Melor, Puteri Sri, Yusoff, Binti Megat
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01-11-2017
• Subjects: employer engagement; Engineering education; Engineering profession; industrial advisory boards; industrial collaboration; Industries; Organizations; practice transfer adoption scheme; Training
• DOI: 10.1109/WEEF.2017.8467032

This paper aimed to provide a comprehensive summary of all of the responsibilities, duties, activities, and effective procedures of an industrial advisory boards IAB. Providing strategies for improve and sustain a strong industrial advisory board for engineering collages. In additional, a noteworthy discussion on the challenges of assembling the advisory board, to faculty involvement will be drawn. To exploit the use of the advisory board in the assessment process; to inform curriculum design to enhance the employability of graduate; or to increase faculty involvement in industry. Within context of accreditation, opinions on how advisory boards can be used in the assessment process are presented.