Program Objectives and Outcomes
Program Educational Objectives
1. Produce graduates
who are able to successfully practice mechanical engineering to serve
state, local, national and international industries and government agencies.
2. Produce graduates with the necessary background and technical skills
to work professionally as individuals or in teams in the two major stems
of mechanical engineering including mechanical and thermal systems.
3. Prepare graduates for personal and professional success with an understanding
and appreciation of ethical behavior, social responsibility and diversity,
both as individuals and in team environments.
4. Prepare graduates to be interested, motivated and capable of pursuing
continued life-long learning through further graduate education, short
courses or other training programs in engineering or related fields.
Desired Program Outcomes
A. Graduates will have ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science,
and engineering.
B. Graduates will have ability to design and conduct experiments as
well as to analyze and interpret data
C. Graduates will have 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
D. Graduates will have an ability to function on multi-disciplinary
teams.
E. Graduates will have an ability to formulate and solve engineering
problems
F. Graduates will have an understanding of professional and ethical
responsibility
G. Graduates will have an ability to communicate effectively using written
and oral methods
H. Graduates will have a broad education necessary to understand the
impact of engineering solutions in a global economic, environmental,
and social context.
I. Graduates will have a recognition of the need for, and an ability
to engage in, lifelong learning.
J. Graduates will have knowledge of contemporary issues.
K. Graduates will have an ability to use the techniques, skills and
modern tools necessary for engineering practice
