Title :
Faculty for Factory program: A University-industry link in Jordan
Author :
Al-Abdallat, Y. ; Tutunji, Tarek A.
Author_Institution :
Ind. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Abstract :
Faculty for Factory (FFF) program is a national Jordanian program that was started in 2003 with the purpose of strengthening applied scientific research cooperation between the universities and the industry. A significant result of the program was the development of a dynamic network composed of industrialists and university professors. In this paper, the FFF methodology and its role in helping bridge the gap between the industry and the universities will be presented. An emphasis on mechatronics-related projects will be highlighted. Also, the experience gained from participating in the program as a researcher and as a reviewer will be discussed and SWOT analysis will be provided.
Keywords :
educational institutions; mechatronics; project engineering; FFF methodology; Jordan; Jordanian program; SWOT analysis; dynamic network; faculty for factory program; industrialists; mechatronics-related projects; scientific research cooperation; university professors; university-industry link; mechatronics; university-industry program;
Conference_Titel :
Mechatronics (MECATRONICS) , 2012 9th France-Japan & 7th Europe-Asia Congress on and Research and Education in Mechatronics (REM), 2012 13th Int'l Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4770-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4771-6
DOI :
10.1109/MECATRONICS.2012.6451056
