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INCORPORATING INDUSTRY NEEDS IN ENGINEERING PROGRAMS Dr. Samir Al-Baiyat

Discover how the College of Engineering Sciences and Applied Engineering at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals is incorporating industry needs into their engineering programs. Learn about their mission, departments, programs accreditation, and their collaborations with the industry through advisory committees, surveys, cooperative programs, and more.

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INCORPORATING INDUSTRY NEEDS IN ENGINEERING PROGRAMS Dr. Samir Al-Baiyat

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  1. INCORPORATING INDUSTRY NEEDS IN ENGINEERING PROGRAMS Dr. Samir Al-Baiyat Dean College of Engineering Sciences and Acting Dean College of Applied Engineering King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

  2. Mission: The mission of the College of Engineering is • to educate professionals in engineering, to create and disseminate knowledge and technology, • to expand the base of engineering knowledge through original research, developing technology to serve the needs of society, • to benefit the public through service to industry, government, and the engineering profession.

  3. Background • The Colleges of Engineering Sciences and Applied Engineering were established in 1387 H (1966).

  4. Background • There are six departments in the colleges . These are: • Aerospace Engineering • Chemical Engineering • Civil Engineering • Electrical Engineering • Mechanical Engineering • Petroleum Engineering.

  5. Background • Each department offers two programs one in Engineering Science and the other in Applied Engineering. • The colleges have 164 Professorial rank faculty members

  6. Current Students Enrollment (2003-2004) • AE 71 • CHE 338 • CE 130 • EE 1071 • ME 771 • PETE 217

  7. PROGRAMS ACCREDITATION • KFUPM for its Quest for Excellence opted for independent Assessment for its programs since its establishment.

  8. PROGRAMS ACCREDITATION • In the early years KFUPM was associated with a Consortium( international body from USA universities) for its programs assessment.

  9. In the early nineties, the Colleges of Engineering sought international accreditation by Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology (ABET). • Both Engineering Programs (ES & AE) are ABET Accredited (1993 and 2002).

  10. Currently the Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Programs are going for Self-Assessment.

  11. Self Assessment • Self assessment is an assessment conducted by the institution to assess whether programs meet their educational objectives and outcomes with the purpose to improve program’s quality and enhancing students learning.

  12. The Role of the Industry • The new emphasis in assessment is shifted from being prescriptive based to outcome-based.

  13. This new emphasis can not be achieved without the industry’s effective input and active interaction.

  14. Current avenues of interaction Industrial advisory committees at the level of the college and each department • Employers’ Surveys • Alumni Surveys

  15. Cooperative and summer programs • Capstone design projects mentors • Research projects • Short Courses • Technical Exchange Meetings and seminars

  16. Applied Engineering Program

  17. Objectives are to study the followings: • present structure of AE Programs • format and length of the program, • procedure of placement, • process of monitoring and evaluation

  18. Observation • There are no programs offered at North American Universities entitled AE. • ES programs at KFUPM may be mapped to Engineering Programs at North American Universities. • ES programs at North American Universities are more of Research/Development type.

  19. Observations (Cont.) • Some programs have different format for Coop training.

  20. SURVEY • Participant of the Survey • KFUPM alumni • Employers of KFUPM graduates • KFUPM faculty • KFUPM senior students

  21. Responses • Alumni 79 • Employers 78 • Faculty 99 • Senior students 103

  22. Employer Survey The intention of the Employer Survey is to draw a clear picture about the nature of the industrial organizations in the Kingdom, their size, their principal functions, the number of KFUPM graduates they are employing, their needs and use of different soft and hard skills.

  23. Principal Function of Participating Department/Unit

  24. Involvement of Participating Organizations

  25. Number of University Graduates Currently Working in Participating Departments/Units

  26. Skills and Knowledge Relevant to Employment

  27. Skills and Knowledge Relevant to Employment

  28. Observation Interpersonal and communication skills, computer skills, and initiative and perception are the most relevant/used skills. Design skills are the least relevant/used skills.

  29. Graduate Performance

  30. Graduate Performance

  31. Usefulness of Summer and Co-Op Employment to Participating Department/Units

  32. Employment Preference

  33. Alumni Survey Objective: The objective of the Alumni Survey is to draw clear picture about the nature of the jobs performed by KFUPM alumni and the relevance and usefulness of the courses taught at KFUPM to their career.

  34. Nature of Industrial Organization 54% is petrochemical and related industries

  35. Principal Function of the Department/Unit of the Alumni 64% are in inst., Oper., Maint., Desi., Manu.

  36. Alumni Participation

  37. Years of Experience of Participating Alumni

  38. Position of Participating Alumni 47% Engineering 44% Management

  39. Functions Performed by the Participating Alumni More than 50% of the total working time of the participating alumni is spent in doing the following functions: • 27% consulting, maintenance, management, planning, quality control and sales, • 15% estimating • 7% construction.

  40. Relevance of Courses Taught at KFUPM • Core Courses 50% • Electives 47% • Computer packages 34% • Numerical methods and statistics 44% • LAB experiments 46%

  41. Adequacy of Courses Taught at KFUPM • Math 91% • Physics 87% • Amount of LABs 78% • Oral communications 63% • Written communications 72%

  42. Faculty Survey The intention of faculty survey is solicit the faculty opinion about their awareness of the objectives of the Coop and Applied Engineering program, their involvement in the Coop training program, their views regarding the improvement of the Applied Engineering program.

  43. 82% are aware of the Applied Engineering objectives • 74% see no difference the two programs

  44. How to improve the Applied Engineering Program?

  45. Results • 92% aware of the objectives of Coop Program • 82% involved in the Coop Program • 63% are advisors for Coop students • 59% consider 9 credit hours are HIGH • 85% suggest to keep Coop training but with improvements

  46. Satisfaction with the outcome

  47. How to improve Coop training

  48. Student Survey The intention of the student survey is to solicit the opinion of the students regarding the reasons of joining the Coop training program, their awareness about its objectives, the outcome and the number of credit hours allocated.

  49. Opinion about the Coop

  50. General Observations Based on the results obtained from the alumni, employer, student and faculty surveys it appears that there is a real need to make a distinctive difference between the programs of Engineering Science and Applied Engineering.

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