At the Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), ABET has presented wide-ranging sessions focused on the intersection between educational innovation and ABET accreditation. You'll find those presentations below, as well as updates on the ABET accreditation process.
ABET Updates
Please note that the most recent, specific guidance on changes in accreditation criteria, policies and procedures can be found in Keeping Up With Accrediation Changes.
What’s New in ABET Accreditation - 2012 (PDF)
Douglas Bowman, Ph.D., PE
Program Director, Lockheed Martin
Chair, ABET Accreditation Council
Dispelling Myths: Common Misconceptions About ABET and Accreditation - 2012 (PDF)
Ashley Ater Kranov, ABET Managing Director, Professional Services
Chuck Hickman, ABET Managing Director, Communications and Society Relations
Joe Sussman, ABET Managing Director, Accreditation
Educational Innovation and ABET-Accredited Programs: Can They Co-Exist?
2012 Presentations
What Does Industry Expect from Engineering Graduates? (PDF)
Douglas Bowman, Ph.D., PE
Program Director, Lockheed Martin
Challenges for Incoming Engineers (PDF)
Tim Walsh
GOES-R Flight Project, NOAA
Issues in Engineering Education in the U.S. (PDF)
Don P. Giddens, Dean Emeritus of Engineering
The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University
Attaining Student Outcomes through Curricular and Co-curricular Programs (PDF)
Sarah A. Rajala
Professor and Dean of Bagley College of Engineering, Mississippi State University
Engineers Without Borders USA (PDF)
Catherine Leslie, Executive Director
National Science Foundation Support for Innovation in Engineering Education (PDF)
Maura Borrego, Program Director for the National Science Foundation
Professor for Engineering Education, Virginia Tech
ASEE Educational Research and Methods Division Executive Board Member
2011 Presentations
Arizona State University (ASU) College of Technology and Innovation (in PDF)
Mitzi Montoya, Vice Provost and Dean, ASU College of Technology and Innovation
Arizona State University (ASU) College of Technology and Innovation: Design, Implementation, and Accreditation Experience (in PDF)
Chell Roberts, Executive Dean, ASU College of Technology and Innovation and Professor and Chair, Engineering
Educational Innovation and ABET-Accredited Programs: Competencies for New Hires (in PDF)
Scott Petrak, Vice President, Science and Technology, Bayer Business and Technology Services LLC
Educational Innovation and ABET-Accredited Programs: Can They Co-Exist? Examples From Research (in PDF)
Driving innovation in engineering education through NSF-funded research Ann F. McKenna, Associate Professor, Department of Engineering, College of Technology and Innovation, Arizona State University
Innovation, ABET, and Fuddy-Duddies (in PDF)
Nina Polok, Program Executive, Bachelor of Innovation, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Innovative Engineers and The World's Premier Measurement Company (in PDF)
Ken Nishimura, R&D Program Manager, Measurement Research Laboratories, Agilent Technologies, Inc.
Olin College - Evolving a curriculum in partnership with external organizations: corporations, community, not-for-profits (in PDF)
Stephen Schiffman, Interim Vice-President of Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty