Accreditation Workshop

1. Civil Engineering Preparation for The Accreditation Process Dr. Taj Mohieldin Visiting Professor of Thermal Sciences College of Engineering University of Bahrain Fulbright Scholar Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA, USA Accreditation Workshop

2. What are we trying to do? Review/Develop Assess/Evaluate Document/use results Improve Satisfy customers Satisfy ABET Continue/Stop How well can we do it? Good Assessment Plan Faculty ownership and responsibility institution-wide support How can we improve what we are doing? Believe in it Do yours Cooperate Help other Successful assessment Flows from the institution's mission and educational purposes. Emerges from a conceptual framework. Is marked by faculty ownership and responsibility. Has institution-wide support. Relies on multiple measures. Provides feedback to students and the institution. Is cost-effective. Does not restrict or inhibit goals of access, equity, and diversity established by the institution. Leads to improvement. Includes a process for evaluating the assessment program. ABET: Quality Assessment Program

3. UOB Mission & Goals Electronic Assessment Database Concept Assessment Plan College of Engineering Mission & Goals Curricular Issues 2 Implementation 3 Database Constituency Feedback Constituency Feedback 4 Interpretation of Effectiveness & Improvements 1 Program’s Mission PEO’s & PO’s

4. Goals: What are the overall goals of the program? How do they complement institutional and accreditation expectations? Program Objectives: What are the program objectives? What should your students know and be able to do? Performance Criteria: How will you know the objectives have been met? What level of performance meets each objective? Implementation Strategy: How will the objectives be met? What program activities (curricular and co-curricular) help you meet each objective? Evaluation Methods: What assessment methods will you use to collect data? How will you interpret and evaluate the data? Logistics: When will you measure? How often? Who will collect and interpret the data and report the results? Feedback: Who needs to know the results? How can you convince them the objectives were met? How can you improve your program and your assessment process? Program Assessment and Evaluation Matrix

5. Departmental Accreditation Committee (DAC) Program’s Mission Program Constituencies Program Educational Objectives (PEO’s) Program Outcomes (PO’s) Industrial Advisory Committee (PIAC). Develop Standard ABET Program Web Page. Electronic Assessment Database. Plan of Improvement & Assessment (PIA) Develop performance criteria for each objective/outcome. Conduct Assessments and Write Up Results Document Use of Results for Program Improvement What We Have To Do First?

6. Example Mission The mission of the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering is to provide: High quality undergraduate programs that continually incorporate advances in civil engineering technology. Post-baccalaureate educational programs to satisfy the increasing need for highly educated engineers in various specialty areas of civil engineering. Research activities consistent with the responsibilities of a research institution to develop new technology for the solution of emerging problems and to support programs of graduate education. Extension and public service activities through the development of professional technical assistance and continuing Program’s Mission

7. Program Constituencies

8. PEO’s are consistent with the mission Involve constituencies Ensure that PEO’s are well-stated and measurable. PEO’s can be linked with the curriculum for the Program Program Educational Objectives (PEO’s)

9. Example PEO’s To prepare students for entry into successful careers in civil engineering, emphasizing the mastery of engineering fundamentals, the ability to solve engineering problems, the importance of engineering judgment and engineering experimentation, and the process of engineering design. To instill in students the sense of pride and confidence that comes from applying their knowledge of engineering principles and procedures to the economic and social benefit of society. To encourage in students an understanding of the professional and ethical obligations of the engineer, to conduct themselves as professionals, recognizing their responsibility to protect the health and welfare of the public, and to be accountable for the social and environmental impact of their engineering practice. To establish an educational environment in which students participate in multidisciplinary, team-oriented, open-ended activities that prepare them to work in integrated engineering teams. To offer a curriculum that encourages students to become broadly educated engineers and life-long learners, with a solid background in the basic sciences and mathematics, an understanding and appreciation of the arts, humanities, and social sciences, an ability to communicate effectively for various audiences and purposes, and a desire to seek out further educational opportunities. To expose students to advances in engineering practice and research as preparation for opportunities in professional practice and graduate education. To acquire, maintain, and operate facilities and laboratory equipment appropriate to the civil engineering program, and to incorporate traditional and state-of-the-art technology and methods. To recruit, develop, and retain faculty who are committed to the educational mission of the civil engineering program, to ensure that these educational objectives are met. Program Educational Objectives (PEO’s)

10. PO’s satisfy the 11 ABET criteria PO’s must be measurable and specify an appropriate method for measurements Outcomes must specify a criterion for judging findings. satisfies professional component For academic programs, include both of the following:a. Curricular outcomesb. Learning outcomes at the course level Direct as well as indirect methods of measurement are to be used. Map PO’s into PEO’s Map PO’s into ABET “a – k” criteria Curriculum achieves PO’s Curriculum satisfies professional component Curriculum meets program specific criteria Program Outcomes (PO’s)

11. Graduates of the civil engineering program have: (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering Graduates should show that they can employ mathematics, chemistry, static's, dynamics, solid mechanics, and hydraulics in solving a wide range of civil engineering problems. (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data Graduates should show that they can make decisions regarding type, location, and number of data points to be collected, duration of the experiment in view of intended results, and demonstrate an understanding of accuracy and precision (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs Graduates should be able to: identify the project goal; define the project; search for alternative possibilities; choose the best of the possible solutions; create a design drawing, design plan, or computer simulation; evaluate the design; and justify the final design in written and oral forms. (d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams Graduates should show that they can participate effectively as team members working, where appropriate, with people who bring different skills, expertise, and perspectives to a project; and with people from different sub-disciplines within civil engineering (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems Graduates should show that they can isolate and describe the important components of a problem--what is given, what is known, and what is unknown--and apply engineering principles and mathematics to find the unknowns and arrive at appropriate and effective solutions. (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility Graduates should be familiar with the applicable professional codes of conduct for engineers. The should be able to apply the codes, where appropriate, to particular cases in which ethical issues arise. Graduates should also understand the importance of professional registration. Program Outcomes (PO’s)

12. Graduates of the civil engineering program have: (g) an ability to communicate effectively Graduates should be able to use forms of discourse appropriate to civil engineering, including oral presentations, visual presentations, and written communications. Examples include written, visual, and mathematical solution statements and summaries, laboratory reports, progress reports, technical reports, summaries, technical presentations, charts, graphs, figures, design drawings, and tables, etc. (h) the broad education to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context, they should: Graduates should have been exposed to the interactions among science, technology, and social values, developing an understanding of the influence of science and technology on civilizations and of the way that science and technology have been applied to the betterment of humankind. (i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning Graduates should show that they appreciate the need for further education and self- improvement, understand the value of professional licensure and the necessity of continuing professional developments, and understand the value of membership in appropriate professional organizations. (j) a knowledge of contemporary issues Graduates should have been exposed to and understand selected contemporary technical and societal issues relevant to their field of study. (k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice Graduates should have an ability to use practical methods effectively and readily in the performance of engineering analysis and design. Graduates should be able to select and use modern engineering tools that are used by practicing engineers, including computer software such as e-mail and spreadsheets, and publishing, mathematical, and computer aided drawing (CAD) packages. Program Outcomes (PO’s)

13. Relationship of PEO’s to EC2000 Criteria