1. School of ECS Board of Advocates October 6, 2017
ME Breakout Session
School of ECS Board of Advocates
October 6, 2017

2. Agenda Elizabeth Wittliff – Administrative Associate
Alumni, Media, and Outreach Update
Bill Jordan – ABET
Mission Statement – Program Educational Objectives
Assessment Software
ECS/ME Space
Changes Accomplished
Changes Pending
Employment Rate At Graduation – Update
KEEN Initiatives
Curriculum and Co-Curricular
Improving Connections Between Engineering and the Business School
Value of Faith-Based Character Development
Teams and Team Building
New Freshman Engineering Sequence

3. Most Significant Space Changes
Relocation and expansion of Materials Laboratory from Rogers 103 to Rogers 212/214 (more than doubling space)
Expansion of Machine Shop into Rogers 102
Moving Wind Tunnel from Rogers 101 to the BRIC
Conversion of Rogers 101 into special projects space (SAE Baja/BUV)
Addition of a Maker Space in Rogers 113
Rogers 104 Becomes a Thermo/fluids Lab
Student Lounge Space Update

4. First Floor

5. Employment Rate at Graduation - Reported
OPTION
CSI
ECE
EGR ME
TOTAL
GOING TO GRAD SCHOOL 4 3 14
SEEKING EMPLOYMENT 1 30 39
ACCEPTED JOB OFFER 11 13 29 54
OTHER 19 20 5
66 (78)
110
Seeking Employment % 21 45 35

6. Post Grad Employment Numbers
How can we
change this?

7. KEEN Initiatives Curriculum and Co-Curricular
Improving Connections Between Engineering and the Business School
Value of Faith-Based Character Development
Teams and Team Building

9. First-year Redesign: LabVIEW, myRIO, EML, and More
SolidWorks & 3D printing
4-part project
Reverse engineering
CAD Model & Eco Audit
Customer interviews & redesign
Separate prototypes
Talk briefly about each of these

10. Module 1: Reverse Engineering
Test functions of a digital alarm clock.
Dissect the clock.
Identify design flaws and suggest improvements.

11. Module 2: CAD Model & Eco Audit
Develop a 3D CAD model in SolidWorks.
Perform an Eco Audit to evaluate environmental impact of the clock’s life cycle.

12. Module 3: Interviews & Redesign
Identify a target market and conduct interviews with individuals in the target market.
Redesign the clock after researching existing products.
Assess impact of the redesign on stakeholders.

13. Module 4: Prototypes Function & form
Develop a functional prototype using myRio and LabView.
Generate a 3D printed prototype of the case.
Present their alarm clock.