Educational Objectives

The following statements describe the career and professional accomplishments that we prepare our graduates to achieve. We expect measurable progress toward these objectives within three to five years of graduation.

Our graduates will:

1. be valued members of their organizations because of their skills and abilities as mechanical engineers;



2. solve complex technical problems and/or design systems that are useful to society by applying the fundamental scientific principles that underpin the mechanical engineering profession;



3. apply their knowledge and skills to successfully practice professions other than mechanical engineering if they desire;



4. advance in their chosen career paths by utilizing their technical, communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills;



5. demonstrate the desire for enhancing their personal and professional growth by making progress toward, or successfully completing an advanced degree, and/or professional development courses, and/or engineering certification;



6. be actively engaged in service to their profession and their communities, consistent with the tradition of St. Augustine.

Educational Outcomes

The following statements describe what students are expected to know and be able to do by the time of graduation.

Our graduates have:

1. an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering



2. an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data



3. an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, sustainability



4. an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams



5. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems



6. an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility



7. an ability to communicate effectively



8. the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context



9. a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning



10. a knowledge of contemporary issues



11. an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice



12. a knowledge of chemistry and calculus-based physics with depth in at least one



13. an ability to apply advanced mathematics through multivariate calculus and differential equations



14. an ability to apply statistics and linear algebra to solve mechanical engineering problems



15. an ability to work professionally in both thermal and mechanical systems areas including the design and realization of such systems