University-industry collaboration chairs: Initiatives at the Public University of Navarre

Author

Sanchis, P. ; Astrain, D. ; Lopez-Martin, A. ; Perez-Artieda, G. ; Gubia, E. ; Ursua, A. ; Barrenechea, E. ; Matias, I.R.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Ind. & Telecommun. Eng., Public Univ. of Navarre, Pamplona, Spain

fYear

2014

fDate

3-5 April 2014

Firstpage

373

Lastpage

376

Abstract

In the current context of economic crisis, the university Chairs funded by private companies emerge as useful tools to establish a steady and fruitful collaboration between universities and industry. The activities, configuration and management of the Chairs at the Public University of Navarre (UPNa) are described along the paper. The UPNa Chair for Renewable Energies is shown as a successful initiative, particularly concerning its Engineering Degree Final Project and Master Thesis Program.

Keywords

educational institutions; engineering education; further education; organisational aspects; Public University of Navarre; UPNa Chair; economic crisis; engineering degree final project; master thesis program; private companies; renewable energies; university-industry collaboration Chairs; Collaboration; Companies; Conferences; Educational institutions; Europe; Industries; Telecommunications; European Space for Higher Education; master thesis; university Chairs; university-industry collaboration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Istanbul

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EDUCON.2014.6826120

Filename

6826120