Accreditation and Student Outcomes
Program Educational Objectives
Within three to five years of graduation, graduates of the Process Engineering program will:
- Successfully apply core knowledge and skills for industrial professions or progress toward an advanced degree.
- Practice engineering in a global and societal context utilizing a strong liberal arts foundation.
- Pursue lifelong learning and continuous improvement of their knowledge and skills in the design, development, implementation, and improvement of integrated systems.
Student Outcomes
The graduates shall have the ability to:
- Identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
- Apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
- Communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
- Recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
- Function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
- Develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
- Acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
- Apply statistical methods to analyze and interpret data.
- Perform engineering economic analyses.