Title :
Soft skills development of Engineering undergraduate students through Formula Varsity
Author :
Akop, M.Z. ; Rosli, M. A Mohd ; Mansor, M.R. ; Alkahari, M.R.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Mech. Eng., Univ. Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Durian Tunggal, Malaysia
Abstract :
This paper examines the seven elements of soft skills promoted by Institute of Higher Learning (IHL). These soft skills are demonstrated in one of the event organized by Faculty of mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) which is kwon as Formula Varsity. The event had been participated by a number of IHL in Malaysia and received good feedback from participating institution, staff and students. In order to study the effectiveness of the event and relate it to the soft skills elements, soft skills matrices for each team has been developed and discussed. The result show good relation and fulfil all the element of the soft skills.
Keywords :
Australia; Engineering education; Engineering students; Ethics; Feedback; Innovation management; Mechanical engineering; Organizing; Problem-solving; Teamwork; Formula Varsity; Soft skills; Undergraduate Student;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering Education (ICEED), 2009 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4843-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4844-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICEED.2009.5490604