The role of industry-inspired projects in engineering education

Author

Gol, O. ; Nafalsk, Andrew ; McDermott, Kevin

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Inf. Eng., Univ. of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA, Australia

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Abstract

This paper elaborates on the practice of using industry-inspired final year projects in the programs offered in the School of Electrical and Information Engineering at the University of South Australia. Several examples of current projects are discussed. Students compete for participation in such projects; they perceive these to have high relevance to industry requirements, and their career choice and development prospects in addition to providing documented substantiation for potential employment, particularly with a participating industry partner. Selection of project members is merit-based, which enhances the value of the experience in the eyes of competing students

Keywords

educational courses; engineering education; industries; teaching; Australia; employment; engineering education; industry participation; industry partners; industry-inspired projects; university-industry collaboration; Australia; Collaboration; Design engineering; Educational programs; Employment; Engineering education; Engineering profession; Eyes; Manufacturing industries; Scholarships;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 2001. 31st Annual

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6669-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2001.963745

Filename

963745