Accreditation Across Campus
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Date
Current SWDWXV
06/15/2015
Accredited
Department / Program Title
TTU Representative in Charge
Mechanical Engineering
Dean Al Sacco
Name of Accreditation
Recognizing Agency
ABET
ABET--Engineering Accreditation Commission
Chain of Command (Where does ultimate responsibility lie?)
Dean Al Sacco
Please describe your department / program and its mission.
Mission Statement: The mission of the Department is to offer students nationally-recognized
educational opportunities grounded in the fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering and involving
state-of-the-art technology. The Department programs support technological development and
innovation to meet many goals, including the needs of society. Faculty and student participation in
design projects, research, or other similar activities is considered essential to their professional
development. The education opportunities are to take place in a collegial environment of effective
instruction and counsel.
Program: Mechanical engineering is the broadest of the engineering disciplines and its curriculum
provides a strong foundation in mathematics and the physical sciences of chemistry and physics,
followed by an inídepth education in five of the principal engineering sciences: thermal science,
fluids engineering, mechanics and materials, dynamics and controls, and mechanical design.
What is your current review time-line?
Next Review is 2017-2018
Additional notes regarding current standing:
The program in mechanical engineering provides students the ability to apply their engineering,
mathematics, and science knowledge to design mechanical systems and to solve engineering
problems. Students learn to design and conduct experiments, to communicate effectively, to
function in teams, and to utilize modern engineering tools. Students gain an understanding of their
professional and ethical responsibilities as engineers. Perhaps most important, students are
prepared for the lifelong learning necessary to function effectively as the practice of engineering
evolves. Graduates with a degree in mechanical engineering will find employment opportunities
covering a wide spectrum, including the aerospace, automotive, petroleum production, and refining
industries, petrochemicals, electrical power, electronics, semiconductors, computers,
manufacturing, and production, as well as research positions in industry and government
laboratories. Problemísolving techniques learned in the mechanical engineering curriculum are
also applied to continued educational pursuits or graduate study in engineering, as well as in areas
such as law, medicine, business administration, and other professions.
Explanation for not pursXing accreditation:
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