Mission & Vision
The Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
mission is:
"Prepare
Engineering Students for Successful Careers"
The Department vision is:
"Be a nationally recognized mechanical engineering department that attracts, rewards, and retains outstanding faculty, students, and staff"
Vision metric: "Be a Department of Choice Nationally"
The Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics will be nationally recognized as having one of the best undergraduate and graduate programs in the nation. Based on the quality and balance of its undergraduate and graduate programs and research it will be a department of choice by prospective students, parents, faculty, staff, corporate donors, and corporate employers nationwide.
ME-EM Program Educational Objectives
Consistent
with this mission, and in order to prepare our students for
successful careers in engineering, the ME-EM Department maintains
a strong academic program with the following educational objectives:
1. A graduate of the ME-EM Department should possess a solid foundation in and be able to apply the principles of basic science, mathematics and engineering science to the solution of problems.
2. A graduate of the ME-EM Department should be proficient in the use of modern techniques, procedures, and information bases available to mechanical engineers, and be able to use them to solve structured and unstructured problems in mechanical engineering.
3. A graduate of the ME-EM Department should demonstrate the ability to design and develop useful products, processes, or systems.
4. A graduate of the ME-EM Department should be able to work effectively in a changing engineering environment and be able to pursue his/her interests through life-long learning.
ME-EM
Strategic Plan (Link)
Continuous Improvement Process
A
schematic of the ME-EM annual assessment processes is shown
in the figure below. The review process for the program
objectives is shown in this figure as the continuous improvement
loop on the left (shown in blue) and includes input into all
of the assessment operations. Reviews of the program educational
objectives are initiated by the Curriculum Committee. In 1998
this review included alumni surveys, input from the Student
Advisory Committee (SAC), senior interviews, and a review
by the Industrial Advisory Committee (IAC). The resulting
recommendations are discussed by the Curriculum Committee,
which then presents the recommendations at a regularly scheduled
faculty meeting. Any changes to the goals must be approved
by a faculty vote.
ME-EM
Program:
Outcomes and Assessment
The
ME-EM faculty have identified the following learning outcomes
that support our program educational objectives as shown in the
parentheses.
Graduates
of the ME-EM Department will have:
1)
An ability to apply mathematics, basic science and engineering
science
(Objectives 1, and 2)
2)
An ability to design and conduct experiments as well as to analyze
and interpret data
(Objectives 1, and 2)
3)
An ability to design a part, process, or system to meet desired
needs.
(Objective 3)
4)
An ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams
(Objectives
3, and 4)
5)
An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.
(Objectives 1, 2, and 3)
6)
An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
(Objectives
3, and 4)
7)
An ability to communicate their ideas effectively
(Objective 4)
8)
The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering
solutions in a global and societal context.
(Objectives 3, and
4)
9) A recognition of the need for life long learning
(Objectives
1, 2, 3, and 4)
10)
A knowledge of contemporary issues
(Objective 4)
11)
An ability to use the modern techniques, skills, and tools necessary
for engineering practice.
(Objective 4)
12)
Knowledge of chemistry and calculus based physics with depth in
at least one of them.
(Objectives 1, 2, and 3)
13)
Ability to apply advanced mathematics through multivariate calculus,
and differential equations.
(Objectives 1, 2, and 3)
14)
Familiarity with statistics and linear algebra.
(Objectives 1,
2, and 3)
15)
The ability to work professionally in both thermal and mechanical
systems areas including the design and realization of such systems.
(Objectives 1, 2, and 3)
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