Chemical & Materials Engineering
Prepared by Greg Young
Completed Fall 2007
For the fall 2007 semester the CME department has completed the following tasks:
1. Reviewed program outcomes and program educational objective for ChemE and
MatE programs. Based upon our student conference day data from S2007
(reviewed in over the summer 2008) the department feels that all POs and PEOs
are being met
2. In attempt to improve collection and analysis of PO from indivdual course we
have identified key assignments in selected courses to measure students
performance in achieving a specific PO. We hope this will improve the quality
and reduce the workload of data collected on PO required by ABET in the form of
outcomes binders. The results of this method will be discussed this semester.
3. MatE had changed its curriculum to include MatE143 (Scanning Electron
Microscopy) and MatE144 ( X-Ray Diffraction), to hands on lab course to
improve the metrology component of the program
4. ChE has introduced two three new laboratory experiments: Biodiesel Synthesis,
Fuel Cell Chracterization, and Ethanol Production to the Unit Operations
laboratory. This lab will improve the laboratory experience and illustrate
engineering principles on current technology.
5. Analysis of the graduate proposals and final defenses realted to the graduate PEOs
indicate that that students are meeting all PEOs and that there is a noticible
improvement between the students proposal defense and their final project/thesis
defense. See attached pdf file
For the Spring 2008 semester we will:
Review the new assessment method that was tried in the Fall 2007 semester. Discussion
during the summer retreat will determine if this is a tool that the department will adopt.
Prepare for our annual student conference day to obtain induatry input on PEOs.
Analyze our MS students time to graduation to see if there can be improvements made to
reduce the time to graduation while maintaining our high quality standards.