Department of Engineering

Mission

The Department of Engineering will provide an education in chemical, civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering that is professionally focused and practice-oriented within a student friendly environment. We will prepare our students to practice engineering, focusing on the industrial needs of the region. We will meet the needs of traditional and non-traditional students through close contact with the faculty, the staff, and industrial engineers and managers in our region. We will maintain an up-to-date curriculum that fosters inter-disciplinary teamwork, scholarly development, cooperation with regional industry, and engineering ethics.

• To prepare graduates to practice engineering and to be successful in solving the engineering problems encountered in industry , government, or private practice.

• To provide graduates with the motivation and skills to advance into positions of increased responsibility and to purse continuing education or graduate studies.

• To produce graduates who are not only ethical and professional as engineers but also are responsible members of their communities and the larger society.