Industry Advisory Committee (Department of Mechanical Engineering)

Mission

The mission of the Industry Advisory Committee is to provide a value adding industry advisory service in respect to mechanical and mechatronic engineering for the Department to be considered “the Department of choice.”

Objectives

The objectives of the Industry Advisory Committee comprise the following with the help of the Strategic/Operational Plan:

• To assist the Department in developing the ‘best practice’;

• To be a sounding-board for input and feedback in respect to changing industry needs and developments;

• To be a conduit between the customer [Industry] and the supplier [Curtin University of Technology];

• To advise the Department in respect to course structure and relevance of activities;

• To facilitate the engagement of industry personnel into Department activities;

• To provide guidance on mechanical and mechatronic engineering research relevant to local industry;

• To understand and communicate to industry the constraints of academia.

Strategic/Operational Plan

The Strategic/Operational Plan is available here.

Composition

The composition of the Industry Advisory Committee is as follows:

• Chairman [Industry]

• Secretary [Department of Mechanical Engineering]

• Industry Representatives (8-12 members) with experience in mechanical and/or mechatronic engineering

• Head of Department [Department of Mechanical Engineering]

• Academia Representatives (4-6 members) [Department of Mechanical Engineering ]

Ex-officio members:

• Executive Dean - Curtin Division of Engineering, Science & Computing

• Dean of Curtin Engineering Faculty

A current list of members is available here.

 

Register

The Industry Advisory Committee is responsible for the production and control of the following policy and procedure documents:-

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