Industry-academia collaboration (IAC) has long been a source of discussion in various ways. A vital first step toward closing the gap is fostering alumni engagement in industry and academia. Industry-academia collaborations are like earth and water, and they live in harmony. They cannot exist apart from one another. The collaborative effort between industry and academia promotes improvement and innovation in technology and innovative research and enables the university to be more relevant to the industry. This article proposes a collaborative approach based on alumni influences and uses secondary data on the influences of alumni in engineering to enrich the collaboration between industry and academia. The industry and academia utilize the alumni’s potential to facilitate communication and offer their students and staff facilities. The research findings can be used by policymakers to innovate in the field of engineering and to strengthen the partnership between industry and academia in society. The model enables academia and industry to utilize the alumni strengths in enriching the collaboration; it also enhances academic research output, recruitment, fundraising, marketing, product promotion, and internship opportunities for students via alumni active participation. We propose some significant agendas for future work.

长期以来，产学合作 (IAC) 一直是各种讨论的焦点。缩小差距的重要第一步是促进校友参与工业和学术界。产学研合作犹如水土，和谐共生。它们不能彼此分开存在。工业界和学术界之间的合作努力促进了技术和创新研究的改进和创新，并使大学与工业界更加相关。本文提出了一种基于校友影响的协作方法，并利用校友在工程中的影响的二手数据来丰富产学界之间的合作。工业界和学术界利用校友的潜力来促进交流并为他们的学生和教职员工提供设施。政策制定者可以利用研究成果在工程领域进行创新，并加强工业界和学术界之间的社会伙伴关系。该模式使学术界和工业界能够利用校友的优势来丰富合作；它还通过校友的积极参与提高了学生的学术研究成果、招聘、筹款、营销、产品推广和实习机会。我们为未来的工作提出了一些重要的议程。通过校友的积极参与为学生提供实习机会。我们为未来的工作提出了一些重要的议程。通过校友的积极参与为学生提供实习机会。我们为未来的工作提出了一些重要的议程。