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This paper describes an integrated alignment model towards Industry 4.0 for undergraduate engineering education. This integrated alignment model nurtures synergy among engineering education activities such as applied learning, applied research, and continuous education training (CET) programs to share a common Industry 4.0 vision. The stakeholders of this model include students, faculty, industry partners, and recipients of CET programs. This model applies Singapore Smart Industry Readiness Index (SIRI) as a guideline to align the various engineering activities. It advocates effective collaborations with industry partners, thus improve the quality of applied learning and applied research. Meanwhile, industry partners can benefit from receiving the state-of-the-art concepts and knowledge of Industry 4.0. The proposed integrated model provides practical guidelines to align the undergraduate engineering education towards Industry 4.0 vision. The case study presented in this paper shows that multifaceted results can be obtained from applying this model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We introduce a magneto-hydrodynamic instability which occurs, among other locations, in the inner, hot regions of protoplanetary disks, and which alters the way in which resistive dissipation of magnetic energy into heat proceeds. This instability can be likened to both an electrical short circuit and lightning, as it concentrates the dissipation of magnetic energy by means of the enhanced release of free electrons. This instability can generate very high temperatures, making it an excellent candidate for thermally processing protoplanetary disk solids, from annealing silicates to melting chondrules or even CAIs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]