In recognition of her work changing the landscape of engineering education around the world, IFEES will honor Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof (Malaysia) with the 2018 IFEES Duncan Fraser Global Award for Excellence in Engineering Education. Dr. Mohd-Yusof has been a long-esteemed member of the IFEES community, representing the Society for Engineering Education of Malaysia (SEEM) in IFEES, serving as IFEES Vice President for Diversity & Inclusion and hosted WEEF 2017 Kuala Lumpur.

Dr. Mohd-Yusof is a Professor and the founding Director of the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Centre for Engineering Education, which promotes scholarly and evidence-based practices in engineering education. She is also the President of SEEM. A practitioner and researcher of student-centered learning approaches, particularly Problem Based Learning, she has spoken at and conducted workshops around the world. Her research focuses on innovative teaching and learning practices, faculty development, curriculum design, talent pipeline and engineering education for sustainable development.

Dr. Mohd-Yusof has developed and implemented the Cooperative Problem-Based Learning (CPBL) model, enhancing deep learning and promoting student development of team-based problem-solving skills, enabling them to attain 21st-century learning outcomes outlined by the World Economic Forum. She was an instrumental team member in the design and implementation of some of Asia’s first Master and Ph.D. programs in engineering education. She has facilitated training workshops throughout Malaysia, and abroad. The successful impact of her work is apparent at the national-level in Afghanistan, where she has spearheaded a project from the Afghanistan Ministry of Higher Education and funded by the World Bank to modernize higher education by training and mentoring champions among faculty members in outcome-based education and student-centered learning since 2015.

She has also designed a series of training and mentoring programs for faculty, embracing student-centered techniques based on scholarly principles and research. In his nomination letter, Mitra Mohd Addi, Honorary Secretary of SEEM, writes that Dr. Mohd-Yusof is “one of the most prominent, acknowledged and inspiring engineering educators…within the global engineering network.”

Dr. Mohd-Yusof will be honored in Albuquerque during the annual IFEES Duncan Fraser Awards dinner. As a recipient, she will receive US $1,000 to support her work and a commemorative medal. Her airfare, accommodations and conference registration are also included. A special thank you to Dassault Systèmes, EngineeringCAS by Liaison, Granta Design and MathWorks for sponsoring the 2018 Award.

2018 Sponsors

Xavier Fouger

Marc Fry

Ron Hyman

PJ Boardman