Chemical Engineering Educational Objectives
- Graduates will be successful in their professional careers, as demonstrated by their abilities to solve important chemical engineering problems, to solve problems in areas different from their training, and to develop new and valuable ideas.
- Graduates will be capable of recognizing the larger context of their professional engineering career, including corporate, ethical, environmental, societal, and legal standards.
- Graduates will have the communication and problem-solving skills necessary to succeed individually, in group, and in leadership positions.
Accreditation:
The Chemical Engineering Program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org.
Material Sciences and Engineering Educational Objectives
- Foundation Skills: The program will produce graduates who are skilled in creatively applying science, mathematics, and engineering principles to contemporary problems in materials application and design. They will exercise competencies in glasses, semiconductors, composites, metals, and polymers, as well as concepts of material structure, behavior, processing, and performance.
- Leadership and Team Skills: The program will produce graduates who make an impact in the engineering profession in various roles, including as team members and in leadership roles.
- Contributors to the Profession: The program will produce practicing engineers who are continuing learners and impact the developing collective understanding of research, design, and application of materials.
- Broader Impacts: The program will produce graduates who are: a) comfortable working in interdisciplinary environments, and b) employ ethical engineering practices with a thorough awareness of their legal, moral, and environmental responsibilities as engineers.
Accreditation:
The Materials Science and Engineering Program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org.
ABET Criteria (A-K)
A. Graduates will have the ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering to problems in materials science and engineering.
B. Graduates will have the ability to design and conduct experiments as well as analyze and interpret data involving materials systems and applications.
C. Graduates will have the ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs.
D. Graduates will have the ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams as team members as well as in a leadership capacity.
E. Graduates will be able to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems involving selection of materials and applications.
F. Graduates will have an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility, and the consequences of their decisions.
G. Graduates will be able to communicate effectively through verbal presentations, written memos and reports, and electronic presentations using various technologies.
H. Graduates will have breadth to understand the impact of engineering solution in a global and societal context.
I. Graduates will have recognition of the need for and an ability to engage in life-long learning.
J. Graduates will have knowledge of contemporary issues in the context of general engineering, and will maintain up-to-date knowledge specific to their specialty in materials engineering.
K. Graduates will have the ability to use modern technical tools, including technical equipment and computing tools necessary to perform with excellence in their engineering practice.