Parks, T., & Craft, B., & Pagano, A., & Shehab, S. (2025, June), WIP: Using a human-centered engineering design mapping tool to inform ABET accreditation for an existing engineering design program   Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Montreal, Quebec, Canada . 10.18260/1-2--57460

\bibitem{asee_peer_57460}
  Parks, T., \& Craft, B., \& Pagano, A., \& Shehab, S. (2025, June), \emph{WIP: Using a human-centered engineering design mapping tool to inform ABET accreditation for an existing engineering design program }
  Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition , Montreal, Quebec, Canada .
  10.18260/1-2--57460

Taylor Parks, Brock Craft, Alexander Pagano, and Saadeddine Shehab.  "WIP: Using a human-centered engineering design mapping tool to inform ABET accreditation for an existing engineering design program ".  2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Montreal, Quebec, Canada , 2025, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2025.  https://peer.asee.org/57460 Internet.  23 Aug, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_57460}
  Taylor Parks, Brock Craft, Alexander Pagano, and Saadeddine Shehab.
  "WIP: Using a human-centered engineering design mapping tool to inform ABET accreditation for an existing engineering design program ".
  \emph{2025 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition , Montreal, Quebec, Canada , 2025, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2025.
  https://peer.asee.org/57460 Internet.  23 Aug, 2025

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Integrating human-centered design (HCD) in engineering, such as through a “human-centered design and engineering” major, has gained ground in recent years. A handful of universities across the United States now offer programs in human-centered engineering design (HCED) or closely related disciplines. In previous work, we partnered with engineering faculty to develop an HCED mapping tool. We have used this tool in collaboration with faculty in the form of an interactive worksheet to support course development efforts.

In addition to course development, we have also used the mapping tool for program development efforts by collaborating with faculty in a four-year aerospace engineering program to track students’ competency development. We then collaborated with external faculty from the Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering (HCDE) at the University of Washington (UW) to use the mapping tool in a new way: to support a human-centered design and engineering program in pursuing ABET accreditation. We mapped student learning outcomes to required courses in the program, which is one step in the course development process for integrating HCED. However, instead of doing this to identify opportunity areas for curricular improvement, our goal instead was to develop a map to provide evidence of continuous improvement (ABET Criterion 4). Furthermore, we applied the mapping tool to the program’s non-linear format, in which students craft course sequences such that they fulfill all required courses by the time they graduate. 

These efforts demonstrate that competency development can be mapped and tracked regardless of whether or not all students take required courses in the same sequence. Also, the ability to map competency development within a program space can support accreditation needs and continuous improvement efforts for engineering programs. In showcasing a method for strategic program development, we highlight the importance of doing so for the continual evolvement of engineering education.


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