Faculty committee leadership for an interdisciplinary engineering program

Author

Driscoll, Frederick F. ; Karanian, Barbara A. ; Villanucci, Robert S.

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Abstract

This paper describes committee leadership in an undergraduate program in electromechanical engineering. The program is designed to incorporate all the essential elements in an electrical and mechanical engineering curriculum and program criteria for both programs must be met. By adopting and empowering a faculty committee, the electromechanical program at Wentworth Institute of Technology has enjoyed some unique benefits. The purpose of this paper is to describe some distinct advantages of a committee governance structure in an interdisciplinary program.

Keywords

educational courses; electrical engineering education; management; mechanical engineering; teaching; USA; committee governance structure; electrical engineering curriculum; electromechanical engineering; faculty committee leadership; interdisciplinary engineering program; interdisciplinary program; mechanical engineering curriculum; program criteria; Computer aided manufacturing; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Electromechanical systems; Engineering education; Engineering profession; Engineering students; Government; Mechanical engineering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education, 2002. FIE 2002. 32nd Annual

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7444-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2002.1158247

Filename

1158247