MSE Accreditation
About the Accreditation
The Materials Science and Engineering Program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation
Commission of ABET, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012
Telephone: (410) 347-7700
MSE ABET Program Criteria
PROGRAM CRITERIA FOR
MATERIALS1, METALLURGICAL2,
AND SIMILARLY NAMED ENGINEERING PROGRAMS
Lead Society: Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS)
1Cooperating Societies for Materials Engineering Programs: National Institute of Ceramics Engineers, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and American Society of Mechanical Engineers
2Cooperating Society for Metallurgical Engineering Programs: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration
These program criteria apply to engineering programs including "materials," "metallurgical," "polymer," and similar modifiers in their titles. All programs in the materials related areas share these criteria, including programs with materials, materials processing, ceramics, glass, polymer, metallurgical, and similar modifiers in their titles.
1. Curriculum
The program must demonstrate that graduates have: the ability to apply advanced science (such as chemistry and physics) and engineering principles to materials systems implied by the program modifier, e.g., ceramics, metals, polymers, composite materials, etc.; an integrated understanding of the scientific and engineering principles underlying the four major elements of the field: structure, properties, processing, and performance related to material systems appropriate to the field; the ability to apply and integrate knowledge from each of the above four elements of the field to solve materials selection and design problems; the ability to utilize experimental, statistical and computational methods consistent with the goals of the program.
2. Faculty
The faculty expertise for the professional area must encompass the four major elements of the field.
Program Criteria for Materials-related Engineering degree programs as specified by TMS, (above, from http://www.abet.org - MSE Criteria - see page 14 of the PDF) are expressed in Program Objectives 1, 2, and 4.
MSE Program Educational Objectives
The MSE program prepares students to apply their understanding of the processing, application, and sustainable use of engineering materials essential to the realization of new ideas coming from engineers, scientists, enterprises, and society. Our overarching objectives are to equip graduates with the confidence that comes from professionalism, and provide them with the tools needed to contribute meaningfully within any of the diverse professional career paths they may choose.
Since the discipline creates bridges between science and engineering, MSE majors must communicate effectively with people in many different specialties, and work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams. MSE graduates must be aware of the economic, social, and environmental implications entailed in the processing and use of materials, and must have a solid grounding in professional engineering ethics.
The faculty provide a rigorous academic environment so that graduates will have mastered the analytical and technical skills needed to successfully compete as professionals, entrepreneurs, or as postgraduate scholars.
The MSE Program prepares our graduates to:
- Achieve success in Materials Science & Engineering or another chosen career;
- Advance to leadership roles within their profession and community;
- Contribute effectively to their disciplines, economies and society;
- Compete with confidence for opportunities for postgraduate education;
- Enjoy the benefits of a lifetime of learning and professional development.
Rev. 9/07