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Materials engineering ABET Goals


Educational Objectives

The educational objectives of the Materials Engineering Program at Brown University are based on the mission of the institution to prepare students for careers of useful service to society, and on the mission of the Division of Engineering to merge engineering teaching, scholarship, and practice in the pursuit of solutions to human needs.
Brown’s undergraduate Materials Engineering Program serves its students by:

  1. Offering prospective students opportunities to explore a broad range of engineering fields before choosing an area of specialization;
  2. Enabling students to develop the specialized knowledge and experience required to practice as professional materials engineers or to pursue a course of advanced study;
  3. Offering opportunities for students to work with faculty and graduate students in the creation and application of engineering science;
  4. Offering students a degree of flexibility to tailor their curricula to meet their personal educational goals, and providing them with opportunities to enrich their education through studies of the arts, humanities and social sciences.

Brown’s undergraduate Materials Engineering Program serves its graduates by:

  1. Preparing them either to enroll in programs of graduate study, to practice as professional materials engineers, or to pursue careers that involve application of the engineering method in other professional capacities;
  2. Preparing them to adapt readily to emerging technologies and career opportunities;
  3. Providing them with the foundation required for continued professional development and to rise to positions of leadership in their chosen field.

It serves industry, universities and the professional engineering community by graduating engineers who:

  1. Are capable of practicing as entry-level materials engineers or graduate students;
  2. Are capable of developing and exploiting responsibly the principles of engineering science, as well as emerging and established technologies, to meet the needs of their employers, their profession and society at large.