Chemistry and engineering working together for assessment at Milwaukee School of Engineering

CHED 368

Anne-Marie L. Nickel, nickel@msoe.edu, Department of Physics and Chemistry, Milwaukee School of Engineering, 1025 North Broadway, Milwaukee, WI 53202 and Cynthia Barnicki, barnickc@msoe.edu, Mechanical Engineering Department, Milwaukee School of Engineering, 1025 N. Broadway, Milwaukee, WI 53202-3109.
The ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data is a program outcome for all engineering programs as stated in Criterion 3 of the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (EAC/ABET) criteria for engineering programs. Assessment is needed to show the outcomes are being measured and the information is used to improve the program. This outcome is shared by chemistry educators as well as other science and engineering technology faculty and is assessed at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) in both first-year general chemistry and third-year materials engineering laboratory experiments for the Mechanical Engineering program. The assessment strategy, results, common pitfalls, and future goals will be discussed.
 

Assessing Chemistry Laboratory Courses
8:30 AM-11:15 AM, Tuesday, August 21, 2007 Seaport -- Plaza A, Oral

Division of Chemical Education

The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007