Program Mission
To enable students to understand and practice the breadth of interdisciplinary engineering analysis and design, and to prepare students to be productive members of an increasingly technological society while working in an interdisciplinary environment, including meaningful team design projects and high quality instruction, especially as it pertains to the development and use of suitable software to enhance learning.
 

Program Educational Objectives

Engineering Design Methodology and Application:   Graduates of the Interdisciplinary Engineering program will be knowledgeable and experienced in engineering design of products, systems and processes, and in analyzing and solving complex problems.

Communication Skills:   Graduates of the Interdisciplinary Engineering program will be able to engage, motivate, and inform others, including business, management,  labor, engineering, and non-technical audiences, through oral, written, technical, web, graphical, video, and other forms of communication.

Teamwork:   Graduates of the Interdisciplinary Engineering program will be productive and valuable team members.

Creativity and Innovation:  Graduates of the Interdisciplinary Engineering program will be able to ideate, assess, and effectively implement ideas.

Business Processes:  Graduates of the Interdisciplinary Engineering program will be knowledgeable in regards to business principles, practices and processes.

Professional Responsibility: Graduates of the Interdisciplinary Engineering program will be aware of and understand their role as an engineer who devises solutions in the context of a wide range of social, ethical, environmental, cultural, legal, and political issues prevalent in an increasingly global economy.

 

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.
1 1.  An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.