ORIGINAL_ARTICLE
Internal Accreditation of Engineering Education Programs of Iran
The number of students and engineering programs of Iran have significantly increased in the recent decades. In this period, due to the centralized educational planning in higher education, the engineering programs and course syllabus were almost similar in different educational institutes, but their graduates gained different levels of competence. While accreditation is a routine procedure in many countries, there is no consistent way of assessing engineering graduates of Iran. Accreditation can be carried out in three internal, national and international levels. In the absence of a national procedure, and due to the presence of obstacles for international recognition, the internal accreditation might be the most accessible method. Comparison of Iran’s national engineering programs with similar programs in some developed countries showed that our programs are mostly knowledge based and have less emphasis on developing the students’ skills and attitudes. This article discusses the process of accreditation and criteria developed in this respect by some international organizations. It also presents a guideline for internal assessment of Iran’s engineering programs. Internal accreditation will shed light on deficiencies of our engineering programs and prepare them for future national and international accreditation
https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_628_c6a741f9871b215e5e170ca850165f85.pdf
2009-09-01
1
18
10.22047/ijee.2009.628
accreditation
Engineering education
engineering programs
Assessment Criteria
Iran.ship
Hossen
Memarian
memarian@ut.ac.ir
1
Professor, University of Tehran, Faculty of Engineering
AUTHOR
ORIGINAL_ARTICLE
Survey and Comparison of the Students' Learning Styles in Engineering and Human Development of a framwork for Investigating the Relationship Betwin Input and Prpcess Factors and Invvovation on Engineering Universities
Nowadays, National Innovation System (NIS) is accepted as a conceptual framework for societies' innovation plans by main international organizations. This study is undertaken in a attempt to identify a conceptual framework on some related factors (input and process factors) of innovation activities in engineering universities
https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_630_8fccad4e9f0f7e04ac8edaa7b8f63df7.pdf
2009-09-01
39
58
10.22047/ijee.2009.630
NiS
Input and process factors
Innovation
Higher education
Iran
Akbar
Faraji armaki
afarajia@yahoo.com
1
ph.D, Condident, Shahid Beheshti University
AUTHOR
ORIGINAL_ARTICLE
EVALUATING THE GROWING RATE OF ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASIC STRUCTURAL CONCEPTS VIA NATURAL PRINCIPLES IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER TEACHING METHODS
This paper investigates the changes in the rate of architecture students understanding of structural bases via common teaching methods and a new suggested teaching model. Thus this research specifically aims to achieve the answer of the following questions: 1. Is there a significant difference in the rate of students` understanding, concerning the specific teaching methods? 2. Does modeling the successful constructed projects have a noticeable effect on learning the structural concepts? And does this method make a significant difference in learning in comparison with discourse and speech classes? 3. What are the students and teachers view of teaching methods? Are their ideas close to the research findings? The research method for this paper is based on Field Trial studies. The outputs considering (PResults show a significant increase in the rate of students` learning by the use of natural principles in comparison with other teaching methods. Meanwhile, results suggest that modeling the successful constructed projects does not necessarily affect the students` perception of structural concepts
https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_631_ad31ef401c67284d98c33b06dca73677.pdf
2009-09-01
59
80
10.22047/ijee.2008.631
evaluation
growing rate of understanding
Architecture
structural concepts
Educational Methods
Mojtaba
Ansari
ansari_m@modares.ac.ir
1
Associate Professor, University of Tarbiat Modares, Faculty of Art and Architecture Tehran, Iran.
AUTHOR
Arian
Amirkhani
2
Ph. D. Student, University of Tarbiat Modares, Faculty of Art and Architecture Tehran, Iran.
AUTHOR
Haneyeh
Okhovat
3
PhD Student, Tarbiat Modares University
AUTHOR
ORIGINAL_ARTICLE
Evaluation of Main Research and Science Production Strategies in Technical - Engineering Discipline (Field)
With the increasing importance of science and knowledge in national development and excellence, it is vital to compile and enforce science production strategies to the utilization of potentials and advantages of knowledge and technology. Obviously, it is not possible to achieve and promote science production strategies (with taking into consideration the internal and external variable factors and their effectiveness in actual situations) without continual evaluation and disciplinary and carefully evaluated intervention. Implementation and evaluation are significant elements of planning process. Better implementation and more careful evaluation will result with more learning. In this article, main research and science production strategies for technical-engineering discipline (field) is evaluated based on a field study with two approaches of strategy-making process (indirect) and test and evaluation of criteria (direct). Based on the research results, status of science production strategies in technical-engineering discipline is estimated to be average and not encouraging. This dictates more efforts and commitment for upgrading the research and science production strategies status in aspects of design, management, implementation, monitoring and promotion.
https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_632_5b12ed1aaf53ee2d1fc98d472e6b5eb8.pdf
2009-09-01
81
105
10.22047/ijee.2009.632
Science production
Technical-engineering discipline
technology
knowledge
strategy evaluation
Reza
Mehdi
iamahdi@yahoo.com
1
Ph.D Student, Shahid Beheshti University
AUTHOR
Mohammad
Yamani dozi sorkhabi
m.yamanidouzi@gmail.com
2
Professor, Shahid Beheshti University
AUTHOR
Zahra
Sabbaghian
3
Professor, Shahid Behshti University
AUTHOR
Hassan
Fatemi
4
Associated Professor, University of Tehran
AUTHOR
Ali akbar
Mottahedi
5
Faculty of Irost
AUTHOR
ORIGINAL_ARTICLE
An Experimental Appraisal of Ttwo Automatic Water Transferring Reservoirs From the 9th Century
Ahmad ibn Musa ibn Shakir Khurasani is one of the greatest Iranian scientists, of the ninth century A.C. He worked on mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic designs and devices. He presented his works in a book titled "Kitab Al-hiyal" .The book was originally written in Arabic in the city of Baghdad, around 850 A.C. To revitalize the old Iranian culture in its scientific and technological sense, the Iranian research organization for science and technology (IROST) in conjunction with the Museum of Iranian science and technologies decided to undertake a research project to establish an understanding these works along with manufacturing their working samples. The project was proposed and carried out by the mechanical engineering research center at IROST. A part of this work covered mechanisms and systems of transferring water from one supply reservoir to other consumption reservoirs. In this comparative appraisal of the two systems; in which different mechanisms are used, details of design and application of each have been studied and compared, proving that both designs are perfect and work according to the book "Al-hiyal". This paper provides an introductory and technically comparative view of these historical technological masterpieces.
https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_633_67dfc1b8ac2099fc6339a6cb04c11e88.pdf
2009-09-01
107
119
10.22047/ijee.2009.633
Banu Musa brothers
Ahmad ibn Musa
book Al-hial
reservoir with a buoyant water level control
reservoir with a balancing water level control
Yousef
Yassi
yousefyassi@yahoo.com
1
Assistant Professor , Member of the Scientific Board of the Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology(IROST)
AUTHOR
Hossen
Salehi
2
Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST)
AUTHOR
Neda
Yosefi
3
Student ,Azad University of Saveh
AUTHOR
Zahra
Hajiagha
4
Student, Azad University of Saveh
AUTHOR
Atefeh
Baghdadi
5
Student, Azad University of Saveh
AUTHOR
ORIGINAL_ARTICLE
A Multidimensional Strategic Model For University And Industry CO-Operations to Improve The Scientific & Technological Renovation
Nowadays introducing an integrated strategy for achieving multidimensional development objectives of the Islamic Republic of Iran has a great importance. The more overlap on university and industry objectives lead to more cooperative development programs. The world researches have shown that industries have passed four paradigms with support of universities and research centers that are: 1. Productivity , efficiency and effectiveness paradigm 2. Quality paradigm 3. Competition and flexibility paradigm 4. Innovation paradigm ¬The periodic objectives had a great impact on preparing and gathering the “development strategies” for industries and scientific centers. The collaboration between industries and universities create shared goals whose identification them can help to codify the “shared industries and scientific centers collaborative strategies”. ¬This article is delivering a multidimensional strategy for amplifying and enlarging collaboration between industries and universities which can improve the fields of cooperation between them. Problems solving techniques have great impact on passing this periodic phase. Today is proved that problem solving techniques is a basic ability of industry and university managers, which have both technical and managerial aspects. This article also discuses these abilities in more details.
https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_634_ff75e91cc88780d1dc898fca584a09df.pdf
2009-09-01
121
136
10.22047/ijee.2009.634
Industry and university relationship
multidimensional strategic model
multi-criteria objective of development
scientific paradigms
Mansoreh
Aghighi
1
MSc.Amir Kabir University of Technology, School of Industrial Engineering
AUTHOR
Mohmmad hossen
Salimi
2
Professor, Amir Kabir University of Technology, School of Industrial
AUTHOR
ORIGINAL_ARTICLE
Criteria for Indigenization of Imported Technologies and Their Impacts on Industrial Development
This paper presents the results of a research titled “Investigation of indigenization of imported technologies and its relationships with industrial development with reference to Food and Chemical Industries”. By reviewing the relevant literature, a conceptual framework including influential factors of indigenization of imported technologies and industrial development was designed. Then with 12 criteria of the framework (8 for indigenization and 4 for industrial development) questionnaire and interviews were designed and the field study was conducted in the food and chemical companies. Considered criteria in this research mainly focused on absorption and adoption stages of technology transfer process. The results of descriptive and inferential statistical analysis of gathered data in this research show that in food industry, factors like machinery maintenance and repair, quality of products, using internal raw material, adaptation and assimilation of production methods and production of similar technology have means above average measure. Also factors like increasing production, machinery maintenance and repair. quality of products, using internal raw material, producing diverse products, creation of similar technology and adaptation and assimilation of production methods have means above average measure in chemical industry. Totally, these two groups of industries have the same average measures that show good levels of technological capabilities in indigenization of imported technologies, but need to improve themselves continuously. In addition, there were statistically significant relationships among 4 criteria of industrial development and 8 criteria of indigenization of imported technology.
https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_635_21c9aa252e3c39a80b2058b995f9ad08.pdf
2009-09-01
137
158
10.22047/ijee.2009.635
Technology transfer process
indigenization of imported technologies
technological learning
criteria for indigenization and industrial development
Technological Capabilities
Jafar
Baghri nejad
jbagheri2001@yahoo.com
1
Assistant Professor, Azahra University, Faculty of Engineering
AUTHOR