Program Outcomes and Assessments:
2- Graduates from the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at St. Cloud State University will have the ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data related to mechanical and manufacturing engineering.
A. Student can plan and execute an experiment to compare or quantify engineering materials or behaviors.
1. Cannot design experiments
2. Can plan simple experiments with limited variables.
3. Can plan simple experiments with multiple variables.
4. Can plan and execute experiments using statistically sound principles.
5. Can plan and execute complex experiments including reduced factorial designs.
B. Students can evaluate experimental data and formulate justifiable conclusions.
1. Unable to evaluate experimental data.
2. Limited ability to evaluate experimental data.
3. Able to evaluate experimental data with limited understanding of data weaknesses.
4. Able to evaluate experimental data and identify weaknesses with some ability to
5. Can statistically evaluate experimental data to support conclusions and identify data weaknesses.
