Industry Linkages:
Academia-industry partnerships and linkages are vital for university as well as industry. It helps academia in promotion of their knowledge, stimulates technological innovation, improves the
quality of education/ training of scientists and engineers, and contributes to
economic prosperity of the nation through exposure of its students to actual field condition. It not only provides students with the training for actual industry
requirements, but also helps students identify the requirements of their field and prepare
themselves accordingly during their studies. MCE also actively and meticulously
involves in creating industry linkages both in public and private sectors for
supporting and encouraging students to collaborate with institute’s
researchers, making use of its highly qualified faculty, modern lab facilities
and its students. Sustainable Academia – Industry linkage is vital
to get ingress in the national level projects inline with NUST vision.
Recently, MCE has embarked upon proactive academia – industry linkage programme by collaborating with public and private sectors. Major initiatives include:
· Industrial liaison office established at MCE
as a subsidiary office of DD&C
· Industry Advisory Board constituted to
guide and share input for curriculum develpment improvement
· Lab testing and consultancy svcs are
being extended to both public and private sector
Projects undertaken in Collaboration with Industry
Faculty and students interact with industry and a number
of projects completed/ being undertaken with Industry as follows:
· Improvement of Asphalt Mix Design Tech
for Pakistan in collaboration with NHA
· Slope Stabilization Studies in
collaboration with NHA
· M-2 Rehabilitation Design Review in
collaboration with FWO
· Swat Motorway Design in collaboration
with FWO
· Geotech Design and Investigation of
Kurram-Tangi Dam
· Lahore – Sialkot Motorway in
collaboration with FWO
· FATA Perm Reconstruction Projects (Community Infrastructure, Health, Education) in collaboration with TDP M&R Sectt ex HQ 45
Engr Div
Recently, various industries were
reached out to solve complex problems in civil engineering industry including
M/S HiTech, an Islamabad based Geotech Company which has agreed to collaborate
and support the research at MCE. Salients of collaboration include:-
·
M/S HiTech agreed to collaborate with MCE is in developing 21st
Century Mining Framework which involves extensive advanced numerical modeling
of complex geomechanics in excavation
(tunneling and mining), slopes and dams.
·
M/S HiTech agreed to pay cost of 1 x FLAC and 1 x 3
DEC educational software and cost of training.