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The Taylor’s Grand Challenges Scholars Program: Preparing for Tomorrow’s Solutions by Engaging with Students Today

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The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in the US has identified 14 Grand Challenges in engineering confronting humanity. It is imperative to overcome these challenges in order for humanity to have a sustainable future. Consequently, the NAE through the initiative of several US-based universities has created the Grand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP) to produce future engineering trained leaders capable of taking on these challenges. What began as a North American initiative has since expanded globally with Taylor’s University’s School of Engineering (SOE) in Malaysia being the first engineering school outside of North America to receive approval from the NAE to conduct a GCSP. This chapter details the initiatives undertaken by SOE in helping to meet the NAE’s objectives through its Taylor’s Grand Challenge Scholars Program.

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  1. School of Engineering, Faculty of Innovation and Technology, Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus, 47500, Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

    Douglas Tong Kum Tien, Satesh Narayana Namasivayam & Se Yong Eh Noum

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  1. School of Engineering, Faculty of Innovation and Technology, Taylor’s University, Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

    Ghafour Amouzad Mahdiraji

  2. School of Engineering, Taylor’s University, Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

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  3. School of Engineering, Faculty of Innovation and Technology, Taylor’s University, Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

    Satesh Narayana Namasivayam

  4. School of Engineering, Faculty of Innovation and Technology, Taylor’s University, Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

    Mohammad Hosseini Fouladi

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Tien, D.T.K., Namasivayam, S.N., Eh Noum, S.Y. (2019). The Taylor’s Grand Challenges Scholars Program: Preparing for Tomorrow’s Solutions by Engaging with Students Today. In: Amouzad Mahdiraji, G., Chung, E., Namasivayam, S., Hosseini Fouladi, M. (eds) Engineering Grand Challenges in Scholar Programs. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3579-2_1

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