ABET Accreditation: Electronics Engineering

The B.S. Degree in Electronics Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org.

Mission

The mission of the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Nebraska is to develop and maintain programs of excellence in teaching and research which meet the educational needs of its constituents, which will support the state of Nebraska in its development as a leading center for high-technology computer / electronics / telecommunications industry and which will support national needs for well educated computer and electronics engineering professionals.

Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)

The Program Educational Objectives (PEOs) for the electronics engineering program are a statement of what its graduates are doing or are capable of doing three to five years after graduation. The students in the electronics engineering program receive a strong foundation in engineering science and design that not only enables them to pursue productive careers in the electronics engineering field but also in other areas such as business, management, and medicine. Typical industries in which electronics engineering graduates are employed could include those in communication systems, telecommunication networks, analog systems, hardware/software integration, and digital and microprocessor systems.

The Program Educational Objectives for the electronics engineering program are that graduates will be:
  1. Employed in business, academia, or government.
  2. Successful engineers who have established productive careers in their field and have contributed to improve and provide innovative and effective solutions in electronics engineering or related fields.
  3. Demonstrating technical and decision-making processes and the human interactions necessary to produce viable, responsible, and sustainable technological solutions.
  4. Engaging in lifelong learning, which may include postgraduate education, to successfully adapt to technological, industry specific, and cultural changes and to foster adept functioning in society.
  5. Performing engineering practice in a context that reflects awareness of the ethics of their profession and of the impacts of their work on the profession and society at large.

Student Outcomes

Student outcomes are those abilities that a graduate of the electronics engineering program will have attained so that he/she can meet the educational objectives established for the program.

At the time of graduation, students in the Electronics Engineering program will 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, and sustainability
  4. an ability to function on multidisciplinary 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
These program outcomes have been developed with input from the program outcomes constituency group consisting of:
  • Employers (including ECE Industry Advisory Board)
  • Graduates of the program
  • Faculty of the department
  • Students in the program

Enrollment Data

The table below is a summary subset of 10-year graduation data for the Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Electronics Engineering ABET Undergraduate Enrollment Chart
Source: College of Engineering, September 2017

Graduation Data

The table below is a summary subset of 10-year graduation data for the Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Electronics Engineering ABET Degrees Conferred Chart
Source: College of Engineering, September 2017