The Washington State University program in Bioengineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering.
Program Educational Objectives
Objective 1: Engage successfully in graduate or professional education or entry-level employment.
Objective 2: Perform responsibly, safely, and professionally in their chosen career paths.
Objective 3: Exhibit continued growth of effective communication and collaboration skills.
Objective 4: Demonstrate ongoing development of competent and innovative problem solving skills.
Objective 5: Continue learning and accept increasing levels of responsibility over time.
Student Outcomes
- An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
- An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
- An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
- An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
- An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
- An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
- An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
In addition to these Outcomes, we will also monitor the Program Criteria for bioengineering and biomedical and similarly named engineering programs, as set forth by the Biomedical Engineering Cooperating Societies. These criteria are, respectively:
- The structure of the curriculum must provide both breadth and depth across the range of engineering and science topics consistent with the program educational objectives and student outcomes. The curriculum must include experience in
- Applying principles of engineering, biology, human physiology, chemistry, calculus-based physics, mathematics (through differential equations) and statistics;
- Solving bio/biomedical engineering problems, including those associated with the interaction between living and non-living systems;
- Analyzing, modeling, designing, and realizing bio/biomedical engineering devices, systems, components, or processes; and
- Making measurements on and interpreting data from living systems