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Invited Presenters are renowned leaders in their respective fields, and/or they have received such high ratings as speakers during past ABET Symposia that we have welcomed them back to present again this year.

Sustainable Program Educational Objectives and Student Outcomes Assessment Process for Multiple Engineering Technology Programs 

  • Adel Bahakeem — Managing Director, Jubail Industrial College-Saudi Arabia

Student Outcome Achievement Test (SOAT) and Student Portfolios for Direct Assessment of EET and MET Programs 

  • Kamal Bichara — Director of Engineering Technology, Kent State University at Tuscarawas

Assessment and the "BIG BANG": A Universal Approach to Implementing Continuous Improvement? 

  • Kathy Faggiani — Professor and Director of Continuing Studies and Outreach, Milwaukee School of Engineering; ABET IDEAL Senior Scholar

Assessing Service as a Student Learning Outcome 

  • Sarah Forbes — Director, Data Management and Reporting, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Prevention through Design: What Engineering Educators need to know about ABET Student Design Outcomes Across the Commission's Criteria 

  • Pamela Heckel — Senior Service Fellow, The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Overcoming the Pratfalls of Program Assessment 

  • Kevin Huggins — Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, United States Military Academy

Engineers Without Borders USA, The First 10 Years and What's Next 

  • Catherine Leslie — Executive Director, Engineers Without Borders USA

Leveraging Social Media and Internet Sources to Evaluate Alumni on Program Educational Objectives 

  • Donald McEachron — Coordinator for Academic Assessment and Quality Improvement, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems, Drexel University

Contextual Competence: An Enabling Core Skill for Engineering Innovation 

  • Ann McKenna — Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Engineering and Department of Engineering Technology, Arizona State University

An Engineering Student Professional Development Program to Supplement Technical Coursework 

  • Dean Millar — Assistant Dean, School of Engineering, University at Buffalo

Project-Based Learning as an Educational and Assessment Strategy 

  • Arnaldo Ramos-Torres — Professor, Statistics and Information Systems, University of Puerto Rico

An Efficient Approach to Sustaining Direct Student Outcomes Assessment 

  • Terry Smith — Associate Professor and Program Director, School of Information Technology, Macon State College

Using the FE Exam for Effective Outcomes Assessment 

  • John Steadman — Dean of Engineering, College of Engineering, University of South Alabama; ABET Program Evaluator

A Case for Integrated Courses as a Centerpiece to an ABET-Accredited Engineering Program 

  • Jessica Townsend — Associate Dean, Curriculum and Academic Programs, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

FACT or FICTION — The Fine Art of Convincing Your Program Evaluator That You Actually Do What You Wrote in Your Self-Study 

  • Eileen Webb — President, Streamline Consulting; ABET Program Evaluator

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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.