Engineering Program Objectives & Student Outcomes

Hanover College BS in Engineering Program Educational Objectives

The goal of the Hanover College BS in Engineering Degree is to prepare our graduates to pursue professional practice in engineering or acquire advanced knowledge through graduate education or professional training in engineering or in another field of their choosing. The program balances a focus on engineering fundamentals with practical applications while also incorporating the breadth of subjects that characterize a liberal arts education.

The program constituencies responsible for review of the program educational objectives are (1) the engineering faculty and (2) the Hanover College Engineering Advisory Board. The program educational objectives will be reviewed every two years at a joint meeting of the engineering faculty and advisory board.

Hanover College BS in Engineering Student Outcomes

Background: Student outcomes describe what students are expected to know and be able to do by the time of graduation. These relate to the knowledge, skills, and behaviors that students acquire as they progress through the program.

The student outcomes for Hanover College’s BS in Engineering are:

1. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
2. an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
3. an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
4. an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
5. an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
6. an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
7. an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Hanover College Engineering Advisory Board

The primary purpose for the Engineering Advisory Board is to provide guidance and insights to our faculty on the program’s curriculum. Board members have been drawn from a combination of local technical education leaders of schools that may send students to our program, managers from industries and the US military in the region who are interested in hiring our graduates, and alumni of the college who have pursued engineering or closely related technical careers.

Table 1 – Engineering Advisory Board Members

Name	Organization	Title
Stephanie Berman	Orbital ATK	Program Manager, Retired, alumna
David Bramer	Dow Chemical Corp.	Process Engineer
Doug Brown	Vehicle Service Group	VP of Engineering
LouAnn Center	Shawe Memorial High School	Lead Technology Teacher, alumna
Bryan Gabriel	Mainstream Fiber Networks	CEO, alumnus
Jim Graham	True Secure SCADA	Principal
Jim Green	Cisco Systems	CTO for IoT, retired, alumnus
Larry D Hanson	Cummins	Engineering Manager, retired
Michael Harris	Control Touch Systems	President, retired
Scott Hubbard	Arvin Sango	VP, Operations
Roger Hyatt	Battelle Memorial Institute	Electronics & Avionics Research Leader, retired, alumnus
Kyle Kempker	Super ATV	Engineering Manager
James Lewis	University of Louisville	Associate Professor of Engineering Fundamentals
Christian Lubrano	IMEG Corp.	Chief Information Officer, alumnus
Joe Neuman	Aisin Drivetrain	Quality Manager, alumnus
David Ott	Dow Corning Corp.	Global Manufacturing Director, retired
Cesar Perez-Bolivar	Grote Industries	R&D Director
George Tackett	Ivy Tech – Madison	Faculty, Advanced Automation & Robotics
Michael Turner	Madison Consolidated High School	Lead Technology Teacher, retired
Dennis Wichelns	Stockholm Environmental Institute	Researcher, Asia Office
Bryan D Woosley	U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Center, Crane	University Liaison
Douglas Zabonick	Patriot Engineering & Environmental	Indianapolis Group Manager

 

BS in Engineering Enrollment & Graduation Data

Our program officially began in the fall of 2018. Table 2 gives the enrollment data for the BS in Engineering major as of the spring semester 2021.  Because Hanover students are not required to declare a major until the second semester of their sophomore year, the numbers are not shown for 1^st year students.  Students pursuing the BA in Engineering Science are also not included in the table.  Note that most of our students complete their degrees in four years.

Table 2 – Engineering Program Enrollment History

Academic Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	Total Undergrad	B.S. Degrees Awarded
20-21		5	5	4	0	14	4
19-20		6	5	6	2	19	8
18-19		6	7	2	0	15	0

Accreditation Status – September 2021

The Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET is responsible for accrediting engineering programs in the United States. ABET does not review a program for accreditation until it has produced at least one graduate. Our first graduates completed their BS in Engineering degrees in December 2019. Accordingly, we submitted a Readiness Review Report to ABET on Oct. 1, 2019. On December 20, 2019 we received feedback from ABET that stated “the ABET Readiness Review Committee recommends that your institution submit the 2020-21 Request for Evaluation (RFE) for the Bachelor of Science in Engineering program to be reviewed by ABET’s Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC).”

However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ABET suspended evaluations of all new engineering programs for 2020-21 academic year.  Subsequently, we have submitted a request for evaluation in the 2021-22 academic year, and reviewers examined our program in September 2021.  We expect a final decision from ABET by August 2022.