%L scholars10013 %K Engineering; Industrial engineering, Advisory boards; Assessment process; Curriculum designs; employer engagement; Faculty involvement; Industrial advisory boards; Industrial collaboration; practice transfer adoption scheme, Engineering education %X This paper aimed to provide a comprehensive summary of all of the responsibilities, duties, activities, and effective procedures of an industrial advisory boards IAB. Providing strategies for improve and sustain a strong industrial advisory board for engineering collages. In additional, a noteworthy discussion on the challenges of assembling the advisory board, to faculty involvement will be drawn. To exploit the use of the advisory board in the assessment process; to inform curriculum design to enhance the employability of graduate; or to increase faculty involvement in industry. Within context of accreditation, opinions on how advisory boards can be used in the assessment process are presented. © 2017 IEEE. %O cited By 1; Conference of 7th World Engineering Education Forum, WEEF 2017 ; Conference Date: 13 November 2017 Through 16 November 2017; Conference Code:139977 %D 2018 %A T.M.B. Albarody %A A.S. Mohsen %A A.R. Hussein %A P.S. Melor %A B.M. Yusoff %P 728-731 %I Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. %T Sustaining a synergistic industrial advisory board and academic collaboration %J Proceedings - 2017 7th World Engineering Education Forum, WEEF 2017- In Conjunction with: 7th Regional Conference on Engineering Education and Research in Higher Education 2017, RCEE and RHEd 2017, 1st International STEAM Education Conference, STEAMEC 201 %R 10.1109/WEEF.2017.8467032