Conference Session

Evaluation and Assessment of IE Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shantha Daniel, Iowa State University; Devna Popejoy-Sheriff, Iowa State University; K. Jo Min, Iowa State University; Leslie Potter, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

design course, we will show how we demonstrate thatour IE majors attain the ABET outcome items (c) and (h) where (c) is an ability to designa system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such aseconomic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability,and sustainability and (h) is the broad education necessary to understand the impact ofengineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context. Theoutcome item (c) represents a “hard” skill while (h) represents a “soft” skill, both ofwhich are essential for a successful practicing engineer.The rest of the paper is organized as follows. In Section 2, we will explain how thecourse is conducted with the