Transcript Preparation of the ABET Visit - Faculty Personal Homepage

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Computer Engineering Department
ABET ACCREDITATION FOR THE
COMPUTER ENGINEERING PROGRAM
Dr. Mayez Al-Mouhamed
Professor, Computer Engineering Department
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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PEO-1: Practice their profession with confidence and global
competitiveness and make intellectual contributions to it;
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PEO-2: Pursue a life-long career of personal and professional growth
with superior work ethics and character and
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PEO-3: Pursue advanced study and research at the graduate level.
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Program Outcomes (POs)
ABET: What students are expected to know and
be able to do by the time of graduation.
Program Outcomes:
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(a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and
engineering
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(b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze
and interpret data
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(c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired
needs
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(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.
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(e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems 7
Program Outcomes (Cont)
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(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 lifelong learning
Teaching students that the underlying theory is important because the
technology will change, coupled with enhancing their self-learning
ability.
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Program Outcomes (Cont)
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(j) knowledge of contemporary issues
The impact of globalization, the outsourcing of both engineering and
other support jobs as practiced by modern international companies.
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(k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern
engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.
Department specific:
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(l) Knowledge of Probability and Statistics and their applications
in Computer Engineering
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(m) Knowledge of Discrete Mathematics
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(n) The ability to design a system that involves the integration of
hardware and software components
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The Constituents
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Faculty
Students
Alumni
Employers
Industry Advisory Committee
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Mapping of POs to PEOs
Program Educational
Objectives
Program
Outcomes
1. Practice profession with confidence a, b, c, d, e, g, k, l, m , n
and global competitiveness and
make intellectual contributions to
it
2. Pursue a life-long career of
personal and professional growth
with superior work ethics and
character
f, i, h, j
3. Pursue advanced study and
research at the graduate level
a, b, e, g, i, k
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Alumni
Survey
VSSN Alumni satisfaction percentile vs PEO-1, PEO-2, and PEO-3
PEO-1
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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.
5. adequate technical breadth.
6. adequate technical depth.
PEO-2
1. adequate opportunities to help me understand and appreciate the importance of superior work ethics in the
practice of my profession.
2. adequate opportunities to help me understand and appreciate the importance of good character in the practice
of my profession.
PEO-3
1. adequate ability and motivation to continuously improve my technical skills.
2. adequate training for professionally adapting myself to changes in my field.
3. adequate background that I can build on to continue higher studies for the MS and PhD degrees.
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PEOs Assessment and Evaluation
PEO Assessment
Alumni Survey
Employer Survey
Faculty
Discussion and
Consideration
(Consulting the
Industry
Advisory
Board)
Graduation
Program
Objectives
Program
Outcomes
Refine Program
and course
outcomes
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POs Assessment: Tools and Method
Computer
Engineering
Program
Course
Learning
Outcomes
(CLOs)
Direct Assessment
Rubrics
Assessment:
Capstone Course,
Senior Project,
Coop, Seminar,
Microprocessors,
Computer
Networks
Lab.
COE Exit
Exam
Graduate Exit
Survey, Alumni
Survey,
Employer Survey
Industrial
Advisory Board
ABET
COMMITTEE
Program
Outcomes
(POs)
Program
Educational
Objectives
(PEOs)
KFUPM Internal
Assessment
ABET Feedback
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Assessment Plan
Planning the Evaluation of the PEOs and POs (6 years accreditation cycle).
2006-2007
(T061-062)
Planning of the PEOs and POs Evaluation
2007-2008
(T071-072)
2008-2009
(T081-082)
2009-2010
(T091-092)
Process and Frequency
X
X
(Surveys :
T081 and T082)
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X
Evaluation of PEOs (every 3 years)
Evaluation of the POs (every 3 years)
Planning the Indirect Assessment and Consulting the IAC.
Planning the POs Indirect
Assessment
T081
T082
Survey of Alumni and Employers
(every 3 years)
X
X
Survey of COE Graduates and Coop
Supervisors (every semester)
X
X
Meeting and consulting the IAC
(every year)
X
T091
X
T092
X
X
T101
X
T102 T111 T112
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X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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Closing the Loop
Planning the Continuous Improvement and Program Assessment.
Planning Continuous Improvement and Program
Assessment
T081
Analysis of POs performance:
X
T082
T091
T092
T101
T102
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• Direct and Indirect Assessment Data.
• C(design), E(formulation), D(teamwork),
G(communication), J(contemporary),
L(statistics), and N(integration).
Analysis of POs performance:
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• Direct and Indirect Assessment Data.
• A(math/science), B(experiments), F(ethics),
H(eng. sol.), I(learning), K(tools), and M(dis.
math).
Program Assessment
(Direct Assessment: Rubrics and Exit Exam)
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
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improvements.
Continuous Improvement
Improving the Eng. Design (Outcome c) in T081
Program outcomes assessment and evaluation plan.
Program
Assessment &
Outcome
Evaluation
Performance Target
Level of achievement
Achievement of
( T081 and T082)
the Outcome
Methods
A score  2.5 out of 4
component, or
Rubric assess.
through COE
400, COE 485
and COE 351
process to meet
Exit Survey
A score  3 out of 5
A score of 4.05/5
Students rated
their learning as
very good
Coop Employer
Survey
A score  3 out of 5
Score of 4/5
Very good
(c) an ability to
design a system,
Score of 2.71 for
T062, 071, 072
Score of 3.17 for
T081
desired needs
Marginally above
target score till
T081.
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ABET Visit Schedule (December 12-14, 2009)
Date
Saturday
12 DEC
Time
PEVs
10 am – 12:30 pm
Team Meeting on campus (in meeting room) and box lunch
1 – 5 pm
Meet and Greet on campus with short tour, view course materials and labs
5:15 – 7 pm
Team meeting on campus (in meeting room)
7:30 – 9:30 pm
Team Dinner
8:30 – 9:30 am
“Dean’s Presentation”
9:30 – 10:30 am
5:15 – 7 pm
Meet with Dean
Meet with Program Leadership
Meet with University Leadership (President,
Meet with faculty and students
Provost, Registrar, CFO)
Lunch
ABET Team, College and Program Personnel, Representatives from Student Organizations
(including alumni), Advisory Board, Support Departments/Offices (Chemistry,
Communications, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Information Technology, Library, Career
Development)
Additional time to meet with support
Additional time to meet with support
departments
departments (if needed)
(if needed)
Meet with University-level offices
Continue meeting with faculty, students, and
(Assessment, Financial Aid, Internships/Coop,
program staff
Instructional Development)
Team meeting on campus (in meeting room)
7:30 – 9:30 pm
Team Dinner
8:30 – 11:00 am
Team deliberations and report writing on campus (in meeting room)
10:30 am – Noon
Noon – 1:30 pm
Sunday
13 DEC
1:30 – 2 pm
2 – 5 pm
Monday 14
DEC
David Beasley - Team Chair
and
Richard Warder - Co-Team Chair
11:00 am – Noon
Debrief Dean
Debrief Program Leadership
Noon – 2 pm
Team Lunch (in meeting room) and finalize presentation for Exit Meeting
2 – 3 pm
Exit meeting
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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.
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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.
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Checklist for the Department Visit
ITEMS
Type
PEV Office at Host Department
Separate Office
Computer
Printer
Scanner
Telephone
Internet Connection
Paper Shredder
Stationary items
Office items (stapler/punch/etc.)
Tissue paper box
Mineral water + disposable glass
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Department Display Material
Course files
Student samples
Outcome files (having duly-filled rubrics)
Required
Required
Required
Textbooks
Coop reports
Summer training reports
Capstone design project reports
Student portfolio
Required
Required
Required
Required
Optional
Availability
YES
NO
Remarks (if any)
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Checklist for the Department Visit
Other Supporting Documents
Evidence of constituents involvement in
setting PEO and Outcomes
Copy of Self-Assessment (SAP) Report
Evidence
of
Continuous
Program
Improvement (CQI) at Program level with
evidence of closing the loop
Evidence
of
Continuous
Program
Improvement (CQI) at Course level
Evidence of course transfer process
Copy of all survey forms and rubrics
Copy of undergrad bulletin/ approved current
program/ current course descriptions
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Checklist for the Department Visit
Miscellaneous items/ required actions
Self-Study Report Update (Supplementary Material)
has been prepared
Industrial Advisory Board members have been invited
for lunch on 13th Dec.
2-3 Alumni have been invited for meeting with PEV
Department Chair has established contact with the PEV
Based on PEV’s request, program has been prepared
for his visit.
Current information about the following have been
published on the department web site:
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University mission (optional)
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College mission (optional)
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Department mission
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Program Educational Objectives,
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Program Outcomes,
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Program details/ curriculum table
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Course descriptions
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Faculty profile
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Facility
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Self-study report (optional)
Post the following on department Bulletin boards:
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Department mission
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Program Educational Objectives,
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Program Outcomes,
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Conclusion
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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.
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The COE department is seeking accreditation from ABET
EC 2008-09 as a strategy to provide quality assurance for
its BSc Program.
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ABET accreditation will enable the COE to:
a) Improve the quality of engineering education (EE) by
balancing and combining technical knowledge with
needed personal skills.
b) Align with some international standard in EE.
c) Gain international recognition.
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Thank you
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