An example of abet accreditation practice of mechanical engineering program at UAE university
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https://doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol7.iss8.1697Keywords:
Accreditation, Assessment, ABET, Educational Objectives, Program OutcomesAbstract
This paper focuses on the Mechanical Engineering Program (MEP) at United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) as a case study in terms of consistent accreditation by the internationally recognized Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. (ABET), where significant proportions of the study give attention towards the recent records of accreditation; granted in 2016. The paper describes the program educational objectives (PEOs), the student learning outcomes (SOs), and the curriculum, direct and indirect assessment tools of the SOs and it’s mapping to the PEO, and the level of attainment achieved is addressed through a case study example.
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[8.] Arun S. Patil, Zenon J. Pudlowski “Important Issues of the Accreditation and Quality
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[12.] J. Elliot Gindis and C. Robert Kaebisch, Spotlight On: Mechanical Engineering, Book chapter in book: Up and Running with AutoCAD®, pp.115-117, 2018, DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-814110-6.00032-3.
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[14.] M. Iqbal Khan, S. M. Mourad, and W. M. Zahid, “Developing and qualifying Civil Engineering Programs for ABET accreditation”, Journal of King Saud University - Engineering Sciences, vol. 28, Issue 1, pp. 1-11, 2016.
[15.] L. Moldovan, “Integration of Strategic Management and Quality Assurance in the Romanian Higher Education”, Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, vol. 58, pp. 1458 – 1465, 2012.
[16.] D Dill, Quality Assurance in Higher Education: Practices and Issues, Chapter In book: International Encyclopedia of Education, Third Edition, Publisher: Oxford: Elsevier, Editors: P. P. Peterson, E. Baker, and B. McGaw, pp.377-383, 2010, DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-044894-7.00833-2.
[17.] Ali Alshayea, “Improvement of the quality Assurance in Saudi Higher Education”, Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, vol. 47, 2234 – 2236, 2012.
[18.] O. Belash, M. Popov, N. Ryzhov, Y. Ryaskov, S. Shaposhnikov, M. Shestopalov, "Research on University Education Quality Assurance: Methodology and Results of Stakeholders’ Satisfaction Monitoring”, Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, vol. 214, pp. 344–358, 2015.
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[20.] Kingser, K., Laden, B. V., Lee, W. Y., & Pusser, B. (2004, November). “The politics of accreditation and evaluation: Minority –serving and for-profit institutions”. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education.
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[24.] Soundarajan, N. (2004). “Program assessment and program improvement: Closing the loop”. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 29 (5), 597-612.
[25.] Whiteman, W.E. (2003). Mechanical engineering curricula “A baseline study for the future effects of ABET EC 2000”. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, 31, 4, 327-39.
[26.] ABET Self-Study Report for the Mechanical Engineering Program at United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) Al Ain, United Arab Emirates June 2015.
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Elnajjar, E., Omari, S.-A. A. ., Omar, F. ., Selim, M. Y. ., & Mourad, A. . (2019). An example of abet accreditation practice of mechanical engineering program at UAE university. International Journal for Innovation Education and Research, 7(8), 387-401. https://doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol7.iss8.1697
