|
|
|

|
 |
| |
About the Department
To provide the curriculum, the educational environment, and the
individual support necessary to graduate mechanical engineers who are
technically competent, effective in practice, creative, ethical and
mindful of their responsibility to society.
To graduate the best baccalaureate mechanical engineers.
The mechanical engineering curriculum is designed to prepare
students for productive careers in industry, government, education, and
private consulting as well as for graduate study. Thus, it is based on
the fundamental principles of science and engineering. These
provide a strong foundation that enables students to apply what they
have learned to the complex technological problems of today and to
teach themselves the new technologies of tomorrow. Thus, we
expect our graduates to attain the educational objectives listed below
within a few years of graduation. Our educational objectives are
based on the needs of our constituencies.
- Our graduates will be successful in their careers.
- Our graduates set and meet their own goals for career fulfillment.
- Our graduates will continue professional development.
- Our graduates will engage the international dimensions of their
profession.
Learning outcomes describe what students are expected to know and
be able to do by the time of graduation. These relate to the
skills, knowledge, and behaviors that students acquire as they progress
through the program.
- an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and
engineering
- an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to
analyze and interpret data
- Identify the problem and develop an appropriate experimental
approach.
- Select measurement techniques to collect appropriate data and
justify that selection.
- Estimate experimental uncertainties.
- Collect and present data in an accurate and orderly way.
- Use appropriate statistical procedures to analyze and
evaluate the information contained in a data set.
- Analyze the data and draw supportable conclusions from the
result.
- an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet
desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic,
environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety,
manufacturability, and sustainability
- Understand the problem.
- Develop a design specification that addresses customer/client
needs and constraints.
- Carry out a conceptual design by generating multiple
solutions that address the issues above, evaluating the feasibility of
the solutions, and choosing the appropriate solution.
- Carry out a detail-level design using appropriate design
tools and methodologies.
- Test and refine the implementation until the product or
process design specifications are met or exceeded.
- Document the finished product or process as appropriate for
the discipline according to standard practice.
- an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams
- Demonstrate how you reached a decision as a team.
- Describe the team role you filled and how that contributed to
the final project.
- Listen openly, actively and critically.
- an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
- Inspect and define the problem.
- Identify the basic principles and concepts that apply to the
situation.
- Build appropriate model(s).
- Solve the problem by choosing appropriate tools (analytical,
experimental, and computational).
- Check a solution using appropriate criteria.
- an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility
- Apply a systematic ethical framework to an ethical issue or
situation in a disciplinary context.
- an ability to communicate effectively
- Provide a substantive critique that includes recommendations
for improvements.
- Describe an interaction that required you to clarify your
understanding of another's message.
- Present information visually using drawings, graphs and
sketches.
- Deliver oral presentations with clarity and professionalism.
- the broad education necessary to understand the impact of
engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and
societal context
- Engage in the arts (music, theater, art, dance, creative
writing, etc.)
- Analyze patterns, dynamics, or values of human interaction in
social or cultural systems.
- Analyze beliefs, backgrounds, cultures, or societies
different from your own.
- Interpret cultural artifacts and/or ideas in philosophy, the
arts, or the sciences.
- a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in
life-long learning
- Students will identify an important attribute/ability that
needs further development.
- Students will identify how failure to develop the attribute/ability could negatively impact
their project.
- Students will identify steps taken to develop the
attribute/ability.
- Students will outline additional steps that are necessary for
desired progress.
- Students will state evidence that demonstrates improvement of
the attribute/ability.
- Students will outline future development.
- a knowledge of contemporary issues
- Demonstrate an awareness of how the current technical issue
is affected by social concerns and trends.
- Demonstrate an awareness of how the proposed solution(s) will
affect culture and/or the environment.
- an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering
tools necessary for engineering practice.
|
|
|