SYNOPSIS

Under the Washington Accord requirement, the outcomes for engineering graduates have been clearly spelled out. Engineering graduates are expected to meet the twelve outcomes that cover everything from engineering knowledge, design, sustainable development, ethics, life-long learning, communications etc. Graduates also are expected to be able to handle complex problems involving wide-ranging or conflicting technical, engineering and other issues. The best ways to achieve these outcomes are through strong involvement from the industries at different levels of the curriculum and through different modes of delivery. This talk will present the overall framework for possible university-industry collaboration and provide several examples that have taken place at various universities all over the world.


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

Abdul Wahab Mohammad is currently Professor in Membrane and Separation Technology at the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). He is also the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, UKM and also a Fellow at the Research Centre for Sustainable Process Technology (CESPRO). He received his PhD from University of Wales Swansea in the area of nanofiltration membranes in year 1998, and MSChE from Purdue University, USA in year 1991. He obtained his BSChE from Lehigh University, USA in the year 1989. His research interest is on membranes science and applications, wastewater treatment, water reuse and recycling, sustainable separation technology and engineering education. He is the co-editor of a new Elsevier journal, Journal of Water Process Engineering which was launched in 2014. He was the co-recipient of 2008 Prince Sultan International Water Prize for his work on nanofiltration membranes. Abdul Wahab is a registered Professional Engineer (PEng) in Malaysia and a Chartered Engineer (CEng) in United Kingdom. He is a Fellow of IChemE and was recently inducted as a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia.