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Malaysia: Malaysia University
of Science and Technology, MUST
Duration: January 1, 2002 - November 30, 2004 Overview and Impact![]() First MUST graduation, December 2004. (l to r) Satinah Syed Saleh, Special Officer to the Deputy Prime Minister, Fred Moavenzadeh, Director, TDP, and YB Dato Seri Effendi Norwawi, Special Envoy of the Prime Minister for Higher Education and Founder and Chairman of the Board of MUST. The Cooperative Program between MIT and MUST Ehsan Foundation for assistance in the establishment of the Malaysia University of Science and Technology (MUST) was conceived and planned as part of Malaysia's Second Industrial Master Plan in response to the Prime Minister's call for a creation of a world-class science and technology sector. The major objective of the program was to produce top quality graduate engineers who would understand and participate effectively in Malaysia's program for a balanced social and industrial development. The program was sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology in Malaysia and the Motorola Foundation and Motorola GTSS and GSG at MIT. MIT participation ended November 30, 2004 due to withdrawal of Motorola commitment to MIT because of economic circumstances. MIT provided advice and assistance to MUST regarding faculty recruitment, IT infrastructure, course delivery, as well as setting up a library, academic media production services, and other critical offices needed. Many MIT faculty members were involved with the project. As of November 2004
![]() Searching for sites for the MUST campus, 1997. (l to r) Patricia Vargas, Assistant Director, TDP and Datin Munira Salinger, Project Coordinator, MUST Ehsan Foundation. ResearchMIT and MUST completed nine joint research projects. OutreachOne objective of MIT's participation was to promote cooperation among industry, academia, and government to inform industry of technological developments, and to transfer technology wherever possible. To this end, many seminars were held over MIT's two-year involvement. Seminars Given in 2002
Intelligent Transportation Systems in the
United
States. Seminars Given in 2003
Why did NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter Satellite Get Lost? Seminars Given in 2004
Kinetics of Hydrolysis of Palm Oil by Lipase. Lessons LearnedAs with the Masdar Institute in Abu Dhabi, Malaysia was a diversifying economy planning to move toward high value added employment generation and a strong research and development infrastructure. The cornerstone would be a research-oriented institute. Establishing a leading institute of science and technology and an overall educational infrastructure is a very complex process and dependent upon many factors, including: the host country's determination, the economy, the resources available and long-term commitment that is required for maturity of such institutions. A few lessons learned from MUST include that financial agreements with students (scholarships) are very important to the success of these projects; student recruitment standards must remain high; government support is key; and the research must be rigorous. MUST continues today, but without MIT's involvement. |
Human kind’s advances will depend increasingly on new integrative approaches to complex systems, problems, and structures. Design syntheses and synergy across traditional disciplinary boundaries will be essential elements of both education and research. We have begun to prepare for this by increasing our understanding of, and partnership with, business, industry, and governments in new endeavors of learning, research, and problem solving. This will be an important element of the Research University of the Future…" Charles Vest, (2000) |
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