The 2013 ABET Symposium has more than 70 concurrent sessions in four educational tracks. All sessions are open to all registrants. Please feel free to mix and match the sessions as they meet your needs. Get started on building your ABET Symposium experience by using the schedule below!
Self- Study Report Room- Thursday
Program Assessment Workshop- Thursday
Creating a Culture of Assessment: Facilitating Change at Your Institution
Learning to Lead Intentionally
Using Project Management to Create Your Self-Study and Prepare for the Visit
Developing and Implementing a Sustainable Assessment Plan
Self- Study Report Room- Friday
Opening Plenary: ABET: A Help or a Hindrance?
Preparing the Self-Study Report for Computing
Preparing the Self-Study Report for Engineering
Working as Part of an On-Site Review Team
Preparing the Self-Study Report for Applied Science
What Does It Take to Start a New Undergraduate Engineering Program?
Simple and Effective Course Assessment Process and Online Tool
Contextual Competence: An Enabling Core Skill for Engineering Innovation
Efficient Course-Embedded Program Assessment: A Love Story
Morning Break- Friday
Preparing the Self-Study for Engineering Technology
What Does it Mean to Exercise Good Judgment?
Future Directions for the Computing Accreditation Criteria
Becoming an ABET Program Evaluator (PEV) - Friday
Smart Transcripts: A Window of Opportunity
Sustainably Assessing Student Outcomes Using Performance Vectors and Evaluation Heuristics
We Are Interested in Seeking ABET accreditation… Are We Ready?
The Key to an Effective and Consistent Accreditation Process
Lunch
AAC Panel Session: The Future is Now – Academic Innovation and Accreditation
Project-Based Learning as an Educational and Assessment Strategy
Assess My Program: The Success of Using a Central Electronic Resource to Achieve Faculty Buy-In for a Continuous Improvement Process
Streamlining Assessment Using FCAR and Preparation for ABET Accreditation
Experiences Obtaining Program Assessment Data from Capstone Design Projects
Assessment in 24 Seconds: How to Quickly Discover What Grades Aren't Telling You
Using the FE Exam for Effective Outcomes Assessment
An Engineering Student Professional Development Program to Supplement Technical Coursework
Afternoon Break- Friday
100% Online ABET-Accredited Technical Programs: Fulfilling Promises and Avoiding Pitfalls
Education and Assessment of Student Outcomes Related to Professional Practice
Sustainable Program Educational Objectives and Student Outcomes Assessment Process for Multiple Engineering Technology Programs
Industry Panel: What Does Industry Need From Our Graduates?
Sustainable Assessment Processes Via Centralized Effort
How Faculty Task Forces Can Improve Student Learning and Assessment by Revising Competency Rubrics Using Empirical Factor Analysis
Prevention through Design: What Engineering Educators need to know about ABET Student Outcomes Across the Commission's Criteria
A Case for Integrated Courses as a Centerpiece to an ABET-Accredited Engineering Program
Reception
Self- Study Report Room- Saturday
An Approach to Designing a Curriculum to Meet Program Educational Objectives and Assess That It Does
On-Site Review Logistics
Becoming an ABET Program Evaluator (PEV)- Saturday
Integrating Industry Input in Curricular Reform: Vertical Integration of Computational Thinking by Incremental Steps
Developing a Culture of Assessment: The Oregon Tech Model
Writing the Exit Statement
Using Locally Developed Exams as a Direct Measure to Improve Student Outcomes
Assessment and the BIG BANG: A Universal Approach to Implementing Continuous Improvement?
Accreditation at the Master's Level: Lessons Learned and Continuous Improvement
Closing the Loop for Continuous Improvement
A National Benchmark of Student Retention and Time to Graduation at Engineering Colleges
A Semi-Generic, Course-Level Cycle for Assessments of Computing Courses
A Survivor's Guide to Avoiding Death by Assessment
Changing the Conversation About Assessment
Leveraging Social Media and Internet Sources to Evaluate Alumni on Program Educational Objectives
FACT or FICTION — The Fine Art of Convincing Your Program Evaluator That You Actually Do What You Wrote in Your Self-Study
Morning Break- Saturday
What Do the Recent Modifications to Criteria 2 and 4 Mean for Program Educational Objectives?
Bring the Best of Two Worlds into a Class: ABET’s Outcomes and Information Literacy Standards of Association of College and Research Libraries
Overcoming the Pratfalls of Program Assessment
AIMS, A System for Supporting Sustainable Program Assessment
Making the Continuous Improvement Process Sustainable
Student Outcome Achievement Test (SOAT) and Student Portfolios for Direct Assessment of EET and MET Programs
Engineers Without Borders USA, The First 10 Years and What's Next
Developing a Student Outcomes-Driven Internship Model
Lunch with Keynote Speaker: Dr. Mike North
Demonstrating Compliance with Criterion 4
Creating a Sustainable Assessment Program in the U.A.E.: Bringing ABET and MSCHE Together
Sharing, Collaborating, and Efficiencies – Moving a Program Forward
Developing and Implementing Rubrics for Systematic Assessment of Subjective Student Outcomes
How to Embed Measurable Assessment Instruments into a Civil Engineering Capstone Design Course Using a Case Study
Assessing and Enhancing Teamwork Learning and Performance in Engineering Projects
An Efficient Approach to Sustaining Direct Student Outcomes Assessment
Assessing Service as a Student Learning Outcome
Implementation of a Web-Based Tool for Managing Assessments and Continuous Improvement of Multiple Accredited Programs
Establishment of a Product Innovation and Creativity Center Concept to Enrich the Design Experiences of Mechanical Engineering Students
Innovations in Continuous Evaluation for Assessment of ABET Student Outcomes
Assessment and Continuous Improvement of Online Bachelor’s Degree Program in Engineering
Leading the Assessment Process Through a First-Time Accreditation of an Engineering Program
A Low-Stakes Basic Principles Exam to Assess Student Outcomes and Provide Direct Feedback to the Curriculum
The Next Generation Framework of Web-Based Program Assessment
Streamlining the Assessment Process for Efficient Clarity and Multi-Purpose Reporting
Afternoon Break- Saturday
Engineering Accreditation Commission Roundtable
Computing Accreditation Commission Roundtable
Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission Roundtable
Applied Science Accreditation Commission Roundtable
Self- Study Report Room- Sunday
Program Assessment Workshop- Sunday
Howard University was the first historically black college or university to have ABET-accredited programs. ABET's predecessor, the Engineers' Council for Professional Development, accredited three engineering programs there in 1937.