Faculty for Factory program: A University-industry link in Jordan

Author

Al-Abdallat, Y. ; Tutunji, Tarek A.

Author_Institution

Ind. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

fYear

2012

fDate

21-23 Nov. 2012

Firstpage

494

Lastpage

497

Abstract

Faculty for Factory (FFF) program is a national Jordanian program that was started in 2003 with the purpose of strengthening applied scientific research cooperation between the universities and the industry. A significant result of the program was the development of a dynamic network composed of industrialists and university professors. In this paper, the FFF methodology and its role in helping bridge the gap between the industry and the universities will be presented. An emphasis on mechatronics-related projects will be highlighted. Also, the experience gained from participating in the program as a researcher and as a reviewer will be discussed and SWOT analysis will be provided.

Keywords

educational institutions; mechatronics; project engineering; FFF methodology; Jordan; Jordanian program; SWOT analysis; dynamic network; faculty for factory program; industrialists; mechatronics-related projects; scientific research cooperation; university professors; university-industry link; mechatronics; university-industry program;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechatronics (MECATRONICS) , 2012 9th France-Japan & 7th Europe-Asia Congress on and Research and Education in Mechatronics (REM), 2012 13th Int'l Workshop on

Conference_Location

Paris

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4770-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-4771-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MECATRONICS.2012.6451056

Filename

6451056