Creating a University-Industry Advisory Board for a Joint Engineering School

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Dr Duncan Bremner has over 30 years in the semiconductor industry and has held operational and strategic executive roles in product development and technology planning within leading organisations such as National Semiconductor and The Intel Corporation.Duncan is presently employed by the University of Glasgow's School of Engineering working with both academic staff and industry partners to develop collaborative projects. He is also responsible for the development and delivery of the course on Professional Practice for Engineers in China.Duncan has been active in promoting a system view of Sensor Systems and more recently, the Internet of Things. He is also a member of the UK advisory committee to the ISO JTC1 on standardisation for IoT. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from The University of Edinburgh, an MBA from the University of Glasgow, and has recently completed a PhD. He is cited as inventor on 17 patents.He can be contacted on: duncan.bremner@glasgow.ac.uk Dr. Kathleen Meehan, University of GlasgowKathleen Meehan earned her B.S. in electrical engineering from Manhattan College and her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois under the supervision of Prof. Nick Holonyak, Jr. She worked as a member of technical staff at Lytel, Inc., following graduation. At Polaroid, she was appointed a Senior Research Group Leader, responsible for the design of laser diodes and arrays. After leaving Polaroid, she was employed at Biocontrol Technology. She moved into academia full-time in 1997 and worked at the University of Denver, West Virginia University, and Virginia Tech. She is currently the director of the University of Glasgow-University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Electronics and Electrical Engineering programme. While at Virginia Tech, she collaborated with Dr. Robert W. Hendricks, with assistance of a number of undergraduate students, to develop an instructional platform known as Lab-in-a-Box, which is used in a number of courses within the Virginia Tech B.S.E.E. program. She continues to be actively involved in the development of mobile hands-on pedagogy as well as research on other topics in STEM education, the synthesis and characterization of nanoscale optical materials, and fermentation processes.

Identification of Educational Models That Encourage Business Participation in Higher Education Institutions

“…An Industrial Advisory Council is normally an independent body that advises and supports the decision making of the heads of departments or faculties through mutual feedback, with the aim of continuously fostering relations between the business world and the university [29,30]. Its main objectives include the advice and recommendation of the content and development of the knowledge areas of knowledge in the curriculum of a certain academic degree.…”

What Do Engineering Students Really Need for the Workplace and Life?

“…Traditionally programs solicit IAB members from local companies who could support the program. The reality is that the vision for IABs must expand if the IAB wants to have an impact on the program and the preparation of students for employment [19]. Instead of an IAB meeting once or twice a year, members should be involved on a deeper level, such as sponsoring/mentoring capstone design [20].…”