Program Self-Study Report for Mechanical Engineering

B. Accreditation Summary

     Introduction

1. Students
     1.1. Evaluation of student performance
     1.2. Advisement of Students
     1.3. Monitoring of Students
     1.4. Processes and Procedures for Transfer Students
     1.5. Assessments

2. Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)
     2.1. Consistency between the Program Educational Objectives,the Department's mission and goals and ABET accreditation criteria
     2.2. Significant Constituencies of the Program
     2.3. Publication of the Program Educational Objectives
     2.4. Development of the Program Educational Objectives
     2.5. Processes used to establish and review the Program Educational Objectives
     2.6. Curriculum and Processes to Ensure Achievement of Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)
     2.7. Evaluation of the level of achievement of Program
            Educational Objectives (PEOs)

            2.7.1. Alumni Evaluations
                      2.7.1.1. Graduate Study
                      2.7.1.2. Industrial Career Preparation
            2.7.2. Employer Evaluations
            2.7.3. Student Evaluations
     2.8. Proposed changes in PEOs, a chronological development account
     2.9. Proposed process and timeline to revise current PEOs
            2.9.1. Proposed new ME PEOs

3. Program Outcomes and Assessment
     3.1 Program Outcomes
     3.2 Program Educational Objectives (PEOs) and Their Relationship with the Program Outcomes (POs)
     3.3 Program Outcome Assessment Structure
            3.3.1. Course-Level Assessment
            3.3.2. Curriculum-Level Assessment
     3.3.3. Program-Level Assessments
     3.4. Program Assessment Plan Implementation
     3.5. Plan for Continuous Assessment/Feedback/Improvement
     3.6. Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment Artifacts Available for Review
     3.7. Assessment of Individual ME Program Outcomes (POs)
            3.7.1. Individual PO Assessment Report
     3.8 Modifications and Improvements Made Since the 1997 ABET Visit but before the Adoption of ABET EC 2000 Program Assessment Process
     3.9 Modifications and Improvements Made Since the 1997 ABET Visit but before the Adoption of ABET EC 2000 Program Assessment Process
     3.10 Modifications and Improvements made since Adopting the Current Assessment Process (since 2000)
            3.10.1. Improvements and Modifications made to the Process/Program
            3.10.2. Improvements/Modifications made of Course/Curriculum
            3.10.3 Examples to illustrate the implementation of ME Assessment, Feedback, and Improvement Process

4. Professional Component
     4.1. General Education Component
     4.2. Mathematics and Basic Science Component of Students
     4.3. Engineering Component
     4.4. Design Component
     4.5. Integrated Design Activities
     4.6. Senior Design Sequence
     4.7. Fundamentals of Engineering Examination
     4.8. Supplementary Engineering Experience

5. Faculty
     5.1. Adequacy of Faculty Size
     5.2. Coverage of curricular areas
     5.3. Student-Faculty Interactions
     5.4. Student Advising and Counseling
     5.5. University Service
     5.6. Professional Development
     5.7. Interactions with Industrial and Professional Practitioners/Employers

6. Facilities
     6.1. Overview
     6.2. Classrooms and other college-wide instructional infrastructure
     6.3. Instructional Laboratory Facilities
            6.3.1. Thermal Sciences Laboratory
            6.3.2. Solid Mechanics and Materials Laboratory
            6.3.3. Dynamics and Controls and Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratories
            6.3.4. Undergraduate Machine Shop
     6.4. Laboratory Maintenance and Support
     6.5. Plans for Improving and Upgrading laboratory Facilities

7. Institutional Support and Financial Resources
     7.1. Constructive Leadership
     7.2. Processes used to Determine Program Budget
     7.3. Adequacy of Faculty Professional Development
     7.4. Resources to Acquire, Maintain, and Operate Facilities and
            Equipment

     7.5. Support Personnel and Institutional Services

8. Program Criteria
     8.1. ME-1
     8.2. ME 2
     8.3. ME-3
     8.4. ME-4

9. General Advanced-Level Program

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