King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Computer Engineering Department

ABET ACCREDITATION FOR THE COMPUTER ENGINEERING PROGRAMDr. Mayez Al-MouhamedProfessor, Computer Engineering Department King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Computer Engineering Department

Contents • KFUPM Mission • CCSE Mission • COE Mission • COE Educational Objectives (PEOs) • COE Program Outcomes (POs) • Program Constituents • Mapping of POs to PEOs • Example of Alumni surveys • PEOs and POs Assessment and Tools • Assessment Plan • Closing the Loop • Continuous Improvement • ABET Visit Schedule • PEV Questions to the COE • Checklist for the Department Visit • Conclusion

KFUPM University Mission • Preparing professionals empowered with the knowledge, skills, values and confidence to take a leadership role in the development of the Kingdom in the fields of science, engineering, environmental design and business. • Producing research that contributes to the knowledge and sustainable development of the Kingdom and region by providing innovative solutions to identified economic and technical problems and opportunities. • Providing a stimulating campus environment for the welfare of its students, faculty and staff, and offering outstanding professional services and out-reach programs to the society at large.

CCSE College Mission • To prepare competent professionals in the areas specified in the college line of business who are competitive worldwide and will be the leaders in Saudi industry, academia and government. • To conduct innovative basic and applied research that advances the frontiers of knowledge and address local problems. • To provide high quality service to society in the areas of applied projects, consultation and training.

Computer Engineering Mission COE Mission • To develop and train the human intellect needed for meeting the continued technological advances in the discipline of Computer Engineering and IT-related areas.

Program Educational Objectives (PEOs) ABET: Career and professional accomplishments that the program is preparing graduates to achieve. Program Educational Objectives To produce computer engineering graduates prepared to: • PEO-1: Practice their profession with confidence and global competitiveness and make intellectual contributions to it; • PEO-2: Pursue a life-long career of personal and professional growth with superior work ethics and character and • PEO-3: Pursue advanced study and research at the graduate level.

Program Outcomes (POs) ABET: What students are expected to know and be able to do by the time of graduation. Program Outcomes: • (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering • (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data • (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs • (d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams Individuals with similar educational backgrounds focusing on different aspects of a project as well as teams of individuals with different educational backgrounds. • (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems

Program Outcomes (Cont) • (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility • (g) an ability to communicate effectively • (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context • (i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning Teaching students that the underlying theory is important because the technology will change, coupled with enhancing their self-learning ability.

Program Outcomes (Cont) • (j) knowledge of contemporary issues The impact of globalization, the outsourcing of both engineering and other support jobs as practiced by modern international companies. • (k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice. Department specific: • (l) Knowledge of Probability and Statistics and their applications in Computer Engineering • (m) Knowledge of Discrete Mathematics • (n) The ability to design a system that involves the integration of hardware and software components

The Constituents • Faculty • Students • Alumni • Employers • Industry Advisory Committee

Mapping of POs to PEOs

Alumni Survey VSSN Alumni satisfaction percentile vs PEO-1, PEO-2, and PEO-3 • PEO-1 • adequate background to practice my profession as a computer engineer with confidence. • adequate background to be globally (worldwide) competitive in my profession. • adequate background to make intellectual contribution to my profession. • adequate background to improve my personal skills (e.g., teamwork, leadership, oral and written communication skills, etc) in the work place. • adequate technical breadth. • adequate technical depth. • PEO-2 • adequate opportunities to help me understand and appreciate the importance of superior work ethics in the practice of my profession. • adequate opportunities to help me understand and appreciate the importance of good character in the practice of my profession. • PEO-3 • adequate ability and motivation to continuously improve my technical skills. • adequate training for professionally adapting myself to changes in my field. • adequate background that I can build on to continue higher studies for the MS and PhD degrees.

PEOs Assessment and Evaluation PEO Assessment Faculty Discussion and Consideration (Consulting the Industry Advisory Board) Program Objectives Program Outcomes Alumni Survey Employer Survey Refine Program and course outcomes Graduation

POs Assessment: Tools and Method Direct Assessment Computer Engineering Program Rubrics Assessment: Capstone Course, Senior Project, Coop, Seminar, Microprocessors, Computer Networks Lab. Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) ABET COMMITTEE Program Outcomes (POs) COE Exit Exam Graduate Exit Survey, Alumni Survey, Employer Survey Program Educational Objectives (PEOs) Industrial Advisory Board KFUPM Internal Assessment ABET Feedback

Assessment Plan Planning the Evaluation of the PEOs and POs (6 years accreditation cycle). Planning the Indirect Assessment and Consulting the IAC.

Closing the Loop Planning the Continuous Improvement and Program Assessment. Note: Assessment data is serving to evaluate effectiveness of previous continuous improvement as well as serving in the next two years to find out which POs need improvements.

Continuous Improvement Improving the Eng. Design (Outcome c) in T081 Program outcomes assessment and evaluation plan.

ABET Visit Schedule (December 12-14, 2009)

PEV Questions to the COE • (a) Students • 1. What are Ram1 and Ram2 in Table 1.1-1(page 18)? • 2. Please clarify the freshman enrollment of 8 (T081) of Table 1.1-1 (page 18). • 3. In Table 1.6_1, there is a decreasing student enrollment from 2005 to 2009. What might be the cause and what measures are being taken to increase the enrollment? • (b) Program Educational Objectives • 4. On page 32 of the SSR, it is stated that the program constituents are faculty, students, alumni, and employers. What was the involvement of program constituents in formulating the computer engineering program educational objectives? • (c) Program Outcomes • 5. On page 79 of the SSR, it is mentioned that the class average of an outcome is calculated from exams, lab work, quizzes. Were the students’ work directly assessed by faculty to ascertain the degree to which the outcomes are being attained by the students? • 6. Table 3.6-12 (page 92) shows that the outcomes for T062, T071, T072 were averaged and compared to the outcomes for T081. What is the rationale for combining outcomes data for TO62, T071 and T072? • (d) Continuous Improvement • 7. It is mentioned on page 98 of the SSR, that outcome (g-W) will be improved during the 2008-2009 academic year. However, no improvement results were provided in the SSR. Please let me have the results, if available.

PEV Questions to the COE (e) Curriculum 8. Send me a brief list of capstone design projects that were completed during the 2008-2009 academic year. For the projects, do send me (i) brief design constraints of the various projects, and (ii) the corresponding engineering standards or codes used by the students to complete their projects. (f) Faculty 9. Send me the list of faculty members who performed University services for the past three years. 10. Send me a list of faculty development activities for the past three years. (g) Facilities 11. Please comment on adequacy of classrooms for the Computer Engineering program. (h) Program Criteria 12. The program requires all students to successfully complete a course in probability and statistics. However, applications of probability and statistics in the program were not provided in the SSR. Please send me a brief list of applications of probability and statistics in the computer engineering program.

Checklist for the Department Visit

Conclusion • ABET Engineering Standards are the result of a profound experience and long evolution out of one of the most experienced academic systems in the world. • The COE department is seeking accreditation from ABET EC 2008-09 as a strategy to provide quality assurance for its BSc Program. • ABET accreditation will enable the COE to: • Improve the quality of engineering education (EE) by balancing and combining technical knowledge with needed personal skills. • Align with some international standard in EE. • Gain international recognition.

Thank you

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Computer Engineering Department