SYNOPSIS

In this workshop, participants will understand the objectives of the changes introduced under the Engineering Accreditation Council (EAC) Accreditation Manual 2017 and learn how to address the gaps between the 2017 and 2012 accreditation manuals. Suggestions for implementation as well as tips and pitfalls to avoid will be shared by the facilitators who are team members responsible in reviewing, updating and drafted the EAC Manual 2017.

This workshop will give an overall view of EAC Manual 2017, highlighting the gaps to simplify the implementation in the participants’ institutions of higher learning. In addition to the learning outcomes mentioned below, the workshops will discuss other issues such as the requirements of professional engineers or equivalent, calculation of staff to student ratio, course/credit exemption and credit transfer, among others.

Learning outcomes:-

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
1.map the courses of a programme to fulfil the requirements of programme outcomes and knowledge profile (i.e., WK1 to WK8) defined by the International Engineering Alliance (IEA)
2.design a course/courses that address Complex Problem Solving (WP) and Complex Engineering Activities (EA) defined by IEA
3.calculate the Student-learning Time (SLT) for different types of courses


BIODATA SPEAKER

Ir. Dr. Siti Hawa Hamzah (PhD, P.Eng PC, FIEM, Hon MAFEO ASEAN Engr, MRM, MPN, PSWM) obtained her BSCE, Cert. of Education, MSCE from USA and PhD from UKM.  Currently, an Associate Director (Civil Engineering) Accreditation Department BEM, the IEA mentor to Bangladesh Board of Accreditation for Engineering and Technical Education into Washington Accord Full Signatory Membership, OBE Trainer (CEE UTM -  MOHE Afghanistan World Bank Project), BEM Lead Accreditation Evaluator, P.Eng Principle Interviewer, and BEM T&E Committee Member.  A retired Professor (Civil & Structural Engineering), Faculty of Civil Engineering, UiTM Shah Alam,  Past Associate Director (Structural) EAD, Past Council Member IEM and Past Excomm IEM. Had over 33 years teaching and academic experience with 20 years experience managing engineering programmes; accreditation evaluator’s experience in more than 100 programmes; completed 21 research projects; authored 11 books in structural engineering, published more than 165 technical papers, and accreditation videos on You Tube.

Appointed as external examiner to B. Eng Civil programmes at Monash University Malaysia, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, INTI International University and Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia; EAC Advisor to Universiti Malaya and OBE Advisor to Universiti Industri Selangor; served as committees in DBP, SIRIM, CIDB for technical publications, and Editorial Advisory Board for journals and proceedings. A three times recipient of UiTM excellence service award, received more than 20 research accolades, IEM Women Engineer Award and Honorary Member to ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisation.

Ir. Liew Chia Pao is a Principal Lecturer in the Faculty of Engineering, Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC). Currently, an Associate Director (Electronic Engineering) of the Accreditation Department, BEM. He obtained his Diploma in Electronics from TAR UC and a Master of Science in Electronics from University of Hertfordshire, U.K., and passed the Engineering Council U.K. Examinations.

He was appointed by MOHE and BEM as evaluator to assess the engineering programmes in Spain in 2016. He had over 8 years teaching and academic experience, and managing engineering programmes; accreditation evaluator’s experience in more than 50 programmes; and published accreditation videos on You Tube. He had over 11 years of industry experience, as an R&D Engineer and Project Manager in powerline communication with OCM-Web, a recipient of Industry R&D Grant Scheme, MOSTI, and as an Analyst in industrial and electronics sector with Frost & Sullivan.  His research areas are complex problem solving in engineering and programme outcomes assessment.

NOTE:
*Participants are advised to bring along their course outline, samples of the past continuous assessments and past final examination questions.