Continuous Improvement in the IMSE Program of Kuwait University

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Allahverdi ◽  
Jawad Alhashemi ◽  
Kanti Sarkar
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Process Development ◽  
Student Outcome ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Kuwait University ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Engineering And Technology ◽  
Remedial Actions

Continuous improvement of an engineering program is essential and a critical process. Development and implementation of such a process is not only required by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), but it is also a necessary condition for the maturation and development of any engineering program. This paper describes the process employed by the Industrial and Management Systems Engineering (IMSE) program at Kuwait University to continuously improve its program. The employed process includes identification of the lowest score among the seven student outcomes specified by ABET.  Next, the courses in the IMSE curriculum addressing this student outcome are identified, and the instructors teaching these courses took remedial actions. In the following semesters, this outcome was measured, and it was found that there is a significant improvement on this outcome. Other engineering programs can benefit from the process described in this paper.

scholarly journals Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Program Assessment Based on the New ABET Student Outcomes

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Ali Allahverdi ◽  
Jawad S. A. Alhashemi ◽  
Kanti Ranjan Sarkar
Keyword(s):  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Student Outcomes ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Kuwait University ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Engineering And Technology ◽  
New Student

The quality of engineering education has been improved by the accreditation criteria established by credentialing agencies. As a result, the Industrial and Management Systems Engineering program at Kuwait University has been maintaining accreditation by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology for over 15 years. Since the assessment process needs to be thorough and simple at the same time, this paper explains how the Industrial and Management Systems Engineering program at Kuwait University designed and implemented an efficient and effective process for the establishment and assessment of the new Student Outcomes required by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. All the seven new Student Outcomes specified by Criterion 3 of the accreditation requirements are shown to be satisfied by using four different assessment tools, two of which are direct and the other two are indirect. All the results have been statistically verified by using hypothesis testing with a significance level of 0.01. The paper presents a simple and practical assessment method which can be used by other engineering programs that are in the process of implementing the new Student Outcomes.  

scholarly journals Information Systems Outcomes based Assessment at Jouf University for ABET Accreditation

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 1675-1688
Author(s):  
A. A. Abd El-Aziz Et al.
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Student Outcomes ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Assessment And Evaluation ◽  
Improvement Plan ◽  
Knowledge Presentation ◽  
Engineering And Technology

The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) Criteria for Computing Accreditation Commission Programs are based upon knowledge, presentation  skills,  communication  skills,  team  work and leadership skills that the  students  gain  through the curriculum in a program. The student outcomes (SOs) are the procured skills  and  knowledge  which the student accomplishes through the curriculum. Each program needs to have  its own SOs and  to evaluate it as per defined assessment cycle, just as to accomplish program educational objectives (PEOs). The continuous improvement plan depended on assessment and evaluation of the program SOs and PEOs. In this paper, an advancement cycle for continuous improvement, for Information systems (IS) program at College of Computer and Information Sciences (CIS), Jouf University, Sakaka, Aljouf, Saudi Arabia, to accomplish the accreditation is discussed. The proposed cycle is appropriate to get the accreditation for bachelor program in information systems discipline and to fulfill the ABET criteria. In result, we will show how the SOs and PEOs were surveyed and assessed through curriculum accordingly. Based on these processes, ABET team has visited CIS college, which had accomplished extraordinary achievement and all of the programs have completely accredited on August 2018 and the next visit to the computing and engineering programs will be on 2026.

Systems Engineering Education in an Accredited Undergraduate Engineering Program

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Meyer ◽  
Hannelie Nel ◽  
Nickey Janse van Rensburg
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Product Development ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Electrical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Project Objectives ◽  
The University

Developing countries are mostly reliant on external technologies and this augments the need for systems engineering capability in these economies. It is therefore imperative that systems engineering as theory and practice is included in undergraduate engineering curricula to strengthen the internal technological capability of a country’s developing engineers. In South Africa, the quality of undergraduate engineering programs is governed by the Engineering Council of South Africa (affiliated under the Washington Accord); and the exit level outcomes of the programs are predetermined explicitly per module. Systems engineering was introduced to an undergraduate electrical engineering program offered in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment at the University of Johannesburg; and a framework developed to ensure that the program still meets the requisite ECSA exit level outcomes and therefore international standards. This paper presents the design and implementation of the framework, as well as the challenges that students are exposed to when faced with real-world systems engineering practice. Students were grouped into independent product development teams using a software support tool which promotes diversity and skill-level targets for each team. The independent team structure required the use and application of the systems engineering process and supported the development of management and communication skills. Furthermore, the framework allowed assessment of the performance of each product development team towards achieving the overall project objectives. One of the accreditation requirements of undergraduate engineering programs is peer assessment and this was achieved by the process. The paper closes by presenting the results of the stated framework implementation in an undergraduate electrical engineering program offered in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment at the University of Johannesburg.

CDIO as an Enabler for Graduate Attributes Assessment

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. Brennan ◽  
Ronald Hugo ◽  
William D. Rosehart
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Graduate Attributes ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Curriculum Improvement

Recent changes to the criteria for engineering accreditation in Canada emphasize continuous curriculum improvement through outcomes-based assessment. In this article, the authors show how the CDIO (Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate) approach not only enables continuous improvement, but can assist Canadian engineering programs with the overall graduate attributes assessment process through a case study of the B.Sc. in mechanical engineering program at the Schulich School of Engineering.

Systems Engineering Design Projects in Freshmen Engineering Courses

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter R. Frise
Keyword(s):  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Engineering Practice ◽  
First Year ◽  
Engineering System ◽  
High Failure Rate ◽  
Design Problems ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Freshmen Students ◽  
System Solution

Abstract The first year of most engineering programs: does not normally include much material in engineering practice or design, nor are professionalism, human factors or the concept of an engineering system solution to design problems emphasized. This lack of engineering content has been found to be a factor in the relatively high failure rate in the first year due to students not becoming interested in, and energized by, their studies. The author has developed a number of open-ended design problems which have been successful in teaching the engineering method to freshmen students while at the same time not over-taxing their relatively undeveloped engineering analysis skills. The projects are described and examples are available upon request from the author to allow interested readers to use them in their own programs. The other benefit of these projects has been in identifying students who have difficulty with written communications. Using the design project reports as a diagnostic tool we have been able to refer these students to assistance with their writing skills from the on-campus writing tutorial service.

scholarly journals AN EXAMPLE OF ABET ACCREDITATION PRACTICE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM AT UAE UNIVERSITY

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 387-401
Author(s):  
Emad Elnajjar ◽  
S.-A.B. Al Omari ◽  
Farag Omar ◽  
Mohamed YE. Selim ◽  
AHI Mourad
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Indirect Assessment ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Engineering And Technology ◽  
United Arab Emirates University

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.

scholarly journals Matemáticas para la Ingeniería de Sistemas [Mathematics for systems engineering]

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iván Mauricio Argote ◽  
Robinson Andrés Jiménez
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Specific Area ◽  
Reconstruction Process ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Third Stage ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Education Courses ◽  
Current Curriculum

Resumen La investigación tiene como propósito la restructuración de la malla curricular del Programa de Ingeniería de Sistemas, de la Universidad Mariana, respecto al área de matemática y su aporte al desarrollo de competencias del respectivo currículo. El proceso de reconstrucción del plan de estudios se llevó a cabo en tres etapas. La primera etapa presenta la identificación de los contenidos curriculares de los cursos de educación matemática del currículo vigente que son pertinentes y esenciales a la formación del Ingeniero de Sistemas. La segunda etapa determina los contenidos que no están presentes en el actual plan de estudios y que deben ser incorporados en los cursos de educación matemática para desarrollar el pensamiento lógico - matemático del Ingeniero de Sistemas. La tercera etapa rediseña los cursos del programa de educación matemática para que sean pertinentes y esenciales, con el área específica del programa de Ingeniería de Sistemas. Palabras Claves: Currículo, Matemática, Ingeniería de Sistemas, Pertinencia, Modelación.   Abstract The research has the purpose of restructuring the curriculum of the Systems Engineering Program, University of Mariana, respect to the area of mathematics and its contribution to the development of the skills of the respective curriculum. The reconstruction process of the curriculum took place in three stages. The first stage presented the identification of the curricula of mathematics education courses current curriculum that are relevant and material to the formation of Systems Engineer. The second stage determines the contents that are not present in the current curriculum and should be incorporated into mathematics education courses to develop logical thinking - Mathematical Systems Engineer. The third stage redesign courses mathematics education program to be relevant and material, with the specific area of Systems Engineering program. Keywords: Curriculum, Mathematics, Systems Engineering, Relevance, Modeling.

Systems Engineering Concepts with Aid of Virtual Worlds and Open Source Software

2021 ◽  
pp. 695-721
Author(s):  
Latina Davis ◽  
Maurice Dawson ◽  
Marwan Omar
Keyword(s):  
Personal Computer ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Second Life ◽  
Dynamic Environment ◽  
Online Classroom ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
Simulated Environment ◽  
Engineering And Technology

Technology is changing the landscape of learning and teaching in America. The use of virtual worlds enable engineering and technology programs to implement software programs such as Second Life and Open Simulator to enhance what they may currently already have. Additionally, virtual worlds can add a more dynamic environment in the online classroom for multiple platforms such as the Personal Computer (PC), wearables, and mobile devices. The purpose of this chapter is to provide a review of these programs to include how to implement these items into an engineering course. Further detailed in this submission is how to incorporate Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) documentation and other engineering guidelines into the projects. Included in this chapter is a detailed layout of a simulated environment as well as various approaches of structuring and organization for classroom activities.

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