The Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology Engineering requires that baccalaureate degree graduates in engineering will demonstrate an ability to:

1. Apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering;
2. Design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data;
3. Design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs;
4. Function on multi-disciplinary teams;
5. Identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems;
6. Understand professional and ethical responsibilities;
7. Communicate effectively;
8. Understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context;
9. Recognize the need for, and engage in life-long learning;
10. Understand contemporary engineering issues;
11. Use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.

In amplification, Mechanical Engineering graduates are required to demonstrate:

1. The ability to apply advanced mathematics through multivariate calculus and differential equations and familiarity with statistics and linear algebra;
2. The ability to work professionally in both thermal and mechanical systems areas including the design and realization of such systems;
3. Knowledge of contemporary analytical, computational, and experimental practices;
4. Competence in experimental design, data collection, data analysis, and the use of computational tools;
5. Knowledge of chemistry and calculus-based physics with depth in at least one of them.

The Mechanical Engineering Department has defined the outcomes it expects from the program as amplified below.

1. Graduates are proficient in design of mechanical components and systems.
2. Graduates are proficient in written, oral, and graphical communication.
3. Graduates are proficient in analyzing and solving fundamental engineering problems.
4. Graduates are prepared for employment/graduate studies, and continuing education.
5. Graduates are broadly educated and understand professional and ethical responsibilities.

These are very broad and each of these outcomes has been amplified below to dovetail into the ABET requirements listed a-k.

Outcome I

I a. Technical proficiency in engineering design of mechanical artifacts and systems.

I a i. Technical proficiency in design of thermal systems.

I b. Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team environment.

I c. Ability to include non-technical factors (social, environmental, and economic) in the design process.

Outcome II

II a. Ability to make an effective oral presentation.

II b. Ability to make an effective oral presentation to a target audience.

II c. Ability to make an effective written reports.

II d. Ability to make an effective written reports to a target audience.

Outcome III

III a. Ability to construct free-body diagrams, perform energy, momentum, mass, voltage balances, identify significant physical mechanisms, locate sources of technical information, data, and properties.

III b. Ability to apply appropriate principles to solve engineering problems.

III c. Ability to utilize deductive reasoning skills in both a manual and computer-based environment

III d. Ability to estimate engineering results, perform parametric studies, and evaluate the physical meaning of results.

Outcome IV

IV a. Ability to use instruments and perform laboratory testing, and solve open-ended real-world problems.

IV b. Ability to evaluate range of employment opportunities.

IV c. Ability to evaluate graduate studies opportunities and other forms of continuing education.

Outcome V

V a. Understand ethical issues in designs and engineering practice.

V b. Understand social issues in designs and engineering practice.

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