Asia Link Project

A framework approach to strengthening Asian Higher Education in advanced Design and Manufacture

Seven academic institutions across six European and Asian countries working in partnership for three years to strengthen Asian higher education in advanced design and manufacture.

University of Strathclyde, Troyes University of Technology, University of Malta, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnic University, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Islamic University of Technology.

Period: 2006 - 2008

Aim and Objective
The specific objective is to develop a framework solution to engineering higher education demands in Asia, by developing a new curriculum in Advanced Engineering Design and Manufacture for Asian and European MSc education, upgrading the skills of university teaching staff in Bangladesh, Pakistan and China, split training Asian PhD students in European Institutions, comparing educational policies / systems / programmes among various countries, and enhancing the overall management of Asian Universities.

Project Summary
In Europe, the higher education in Engineering Design and Manufacture has been well advanced, but in most regions of Asia, it is not. The project aims to develop a framework to strengthen postgraduate education in advanced design and manufacture in the least developed and developing Asian countries. The target groups are teaching staff, postgraduate students and engineers in Bangladesh, China and Pakistan. It will develop an innovative multidisciplinary MSc course entitled “Advanced Design and Manufacture”; split train Asian Ph.D. students; train postgraduate students, teaching staff, engineers, and practitioners; compare the education system of partner institutions; and organise an conference to exchange experience from different Asia Link projects. The partnership consists of seven leading universities from three Asian and three European countries. The project is for 36 months.

MSc Course: Advanced Design and Manufacture

Including modules as follows:
  • Design management;
  • Design methodology and techniques;
  • AD and product data management;
  • Modelling, simulation, and visualisation;
  • Digital manufacture and rapid manufacture;
  • Robotics and manufacturing automation;
  • Materials design and materials processing;
  • Advanced laser processing;
  • Process planning & computer aided manufacturing;
  • Design, optimization and analysis techniques;
  • Advanced heat transfer and computational fluid dynamics;
  • Group project ;
  • MSc dissertation.
Ph. D. Split Training
Eight PhD students will be chosen from Asain countries to be split trained at the University of Strathclyde (SU), Troyes University of Technology (UTT), and Universityof Matlta (UOM). It is to enable future teaching staff in Asian countries to have an in-depth training on, and an understanding of, Western engineering design practice and its fundamental approaches, and broaden the experience and understanding of how leading European researchers advance their knowledge and skills in different countries.

Call for Participants for MSc Course, & PhD Split Training.

More details available via contact with
Dr XT Yan, x.yan@strath.ac.uk
Dr XC Tan, xincai.tan@strath.ac.uk.
Prof. Dr. A. K. M. Sadrul Islam, sadrul@iut-dhaka.edu
Bangladesh Project Manager
Prof. Dr. A. K. M. Sadrul Islam
Dept. of Mechanical & Chemical Engg.
Islamic University of Technology.
Board Bazar, Gazipur-1704, Bangladesh
Tel: +88 02 9291254
Fax: +88 02 9291260
Email: sadrul@iut-dhaka.edu

 

 
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