Mission

• To provide a high quality learning environment
• To enable students to understand and practice the breadth of interdisciplinary engineering analysis and design
• To prepare students to be productive members of an increasingly technological society
• To work in an interdisciplinary environment

This learning environment will include meaningful team design projects and high quality instruction, especially as it pertains to the development and use of suitable software to enhance learning.

Vision

The Interdisciplinary Engineering Department will one day grant a full range of engineering degrees (BS, MS, PhD). The department will be nationally recognized for excellence in instruction and as a leader in researching innovative design theories, methodologies and technologies to produce breakthrough products and systems by its undergraduate and graduate students. The department will contribute to campus goals in education, scholarship and research.

Program Educational Objectives

1.    Engineering Design Methodology and Application:  Graduates will be knowledgeable and have experience in engineering design of products, systems and processes, and in analyzing and solving complex problems.
2.   Communication Skills:  Graduates will build a student’s ability to communicate with a broad audience.
3.   Teamwork:  Graduates will be capable of using team skills and working as a team leader and/or member.
4.  Creativity and Innovation:  Graduates will be able to effectively develop and implement ideas.
5.  Business Processes:  Graduates will be knowledgeable in regards to business principles, practices and processes.
6.  Professional Responsibility: Graduates will be aware of and understand their role as an engineer who devises solutions in the context of a wide range of issues prevalent in an increasingly global society.

Program Outcomes

1.  An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering.
2. An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data.
3.  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.
4.  An ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams.
5.  An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.
6.  An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
7.  An ability to communicate effectively in a variety of formats and media, such as orally, in writing, graphically and through electronic media.
8.  The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.
9.  A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning.
10.  A knowledge of contemporary issues.
11.  An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.