College of Engineering Cal Poly Pomona Catalog 2005-2006
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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING CAL POLY POMONA CATALOG 2005-2006 Each engineering curriculum is designed to give the student both an COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING understanding of the fundamental principles of engineering as an <http://www.csupomona.edu/~engineering> applied science and the practical expertise to apply these principles to Edward C. Hohmann, Dean actual situations. In keeping with professional expectations, each Uei-Jiun Fan, Associate Dean engineering program incorporates these curricular areas into the educational experience: mathematics and basic sciences; engineering sciences and engineering design; and humanities and social sciences. Engineering is a dynamic profession that provides the expertise to meet Per ABET, accreditable engineering programs must demonstrate that the technical challenges facing the nation. Cal Poly Pomona’s College of their graduates have: Engineering has a well-earned reputation of helping to meet these challenges by preparing engineers and engineering technologists who, • an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and upon graduation, are prepared to contribute to industry and are also engineering, ready for graduate studies. The emphasis on a strong theoretical • an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze background coordinated with early and significant laboratory and interpret data, experiences continues to make the college a leader in engineering • an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet education. In consultation with its many constituencies, the College of desired needs, Engineering has adopted the following as its principal educational • an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams, objectives: • an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems, • Preparation of graduates for immediate entry into the engineering • an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility, profession, technically well-prepared in analysis and design, and understanding their professional responsibilities for contemporary • an ability to communicate effectively, and future human welfare • the broad education necessary to understand the impact of • Preparation of graduates as practicing engineers who communicate engineering solutions in a global and societal context, effectively, work collaboratively, learn independently and act • a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long ethically learning, • Adoption by graduates of life long learning, including formal • a knowledge of contemporary issues, and advanced studies, as necessary for continued effectiveness in the • an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering profession tools necessary for engineering practice. The College of Engineering provides study opportunities to under- It is important to distinguish between Engineering and Engineering graduate and graduate students in eleven disciplines, offering programs Technology. Engineering Technology is that part of the technological field leading to Bachelor of Science degrees in: that requires the application of scientific and engineering knowledge and methods combined with technical skills in support of engineering Aerospace Engineering activities; it lies in the occupational spectrum between the craftsman Chemical Engineering and the engineer. The engineering technologist is more specialized than Civil Engineering the engineer, focusing on a technical specialty within an engineering Computer Engineering discipline. Compared to the engineering curricula, there is less emphasis Electrical Engineering on basic science and mathematics and engineering science and more Industrial Engineering emphasis on skills and knowledge of existing technology related to Manufacturing Engineering design support; production; and equipment selection, modification, and Mechanical Engineering service. Studies for a bachelor’s degree in Engineering Technology Engineering Technology include coursework in mathematics and basic sciences; technical Construction Engineering Technology sciences, specialties, and electives; and social sciences/humanities and Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology communication. As a result of Cal Poly Pomona’s "learn by doing" environment, graduates The programs each require 202 units for the Bachelor of Science degree. of the college continue to be in great demand by industry in southern In addition, the college offers individualized programs leading to the California, helping Cal Poly Pomona fulfill its mission of service to the Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Engineering people of California. Cal Poly Pomona’s engineering curricula demand Management, Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, and that students take computer programming and engineering orientation Engineering. courses in the freshman year, and that mathematics, basic science, and general education courses begin concurrently. Throughout their All undergraduate engineering programs are accredited by the educational programs students become adept at using both the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for university’s computing facilities and the College’s computer-aided Engineering and Technology (ABET). The programs in Engineering engineering laboratory facilities as part of their regular coursework. Technology are accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission Specific features of the curricula reflect the input of the college’s of ABET. The address and phone number of ABET are: Industry Action Councils, composed of over 200 leaders in local industry. The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology Many of the engineering science and engineering design courses have 111 Market Place, Suite 1050 laboratory components. Study of the ethical issues that confront those in Baltimore, MD 21202 the practice of engineering and the need for professional registration are (410) 347-7700 an important part of the curriculum. In addition, many students pass the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination (FE) before they graduate. 226 CAL POLY POMONA CATALOG 2005-2006 COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Departments host chapters of national professional societies and/or Preparation For The Engineering Culture honor societies appropriate to their disciplines. Honor societies include Professional engineering practice has evolved through a millennia-long Tau Beta Pi (engineering), Tau Alpha Pi (technology), Sigma Gamma Tau technological tradition and, as is true of other professions, now consists (aerospace), Omega Chi Epsilon (chemical), Chi Epsilon (civil), Eta Kappa of a set of standardized characteristics and modes of behavior; it is a Nu (electrical), Alpha Pi Mu (industrial), and Pi Tau Sigma (mechanical). culture in an anthropological sense. This "Engineering Culture" has as In addition, chapters of the following cross-disciplinary organizations are its particular responsibility not only the maintenance and development active: the Institute of Robotics Engineers; Society of Women Engineers; of technical knowledge for the larger society, but also the codes of National Society of Black Engineers; Society of Hispanics in Science and conduct and practice for the application of that knowledge within the Engineering; and the American Indian Science and Engineering Society. larger society. It has its own language, its own operating principles, its own beliefs and its own credos, all of which are extensions of those of A Partnership in Engineering Education the larger society. The members of this culture assume the Recognizing that the professional education of students is a partnership of responsibility for the welfare of the larger society in technological faculty, staff, administrators and students, the college has identified the matters, and are characterized by their advanced and unique analytical responsibilities and obligations needed for this partnership to succeed. All and constructive abilities. students of the college obtain a copy of the college’s policies and procedures from the website. The site is not meant as a substitute for the The College of Engineering at California State Polytechnic University, personal advising of students by faculty, but helps promote an Pomona has as its primary mission the preparation of students for entry understanding of the fundamental operating tenets on which engineering into the engineering culture. The College recognizes the credo of the education at Cal Poly Pomona is based. professional engineer and, as part thereof, that society’s safety and well-being demand that engineering professionals practice their craft All students, faculty, and staff of the College of Engineering should know with diligence. As educators, the faculty knows that professional and understand both the academic policies of the college and the diligence mirrors personal diligence. Accordingly, the faculty of the academic policies of the University as explained in the University Catalog. College of Engineering, while subscribing to the academic policies of the In many cases, the policies of the College of Engineering are rather strict university, also feels dutybound to expect their students and themselves interpretations of University policy, in keeping with the high standards to answer to the set of high academic standards corresponding to those that the faculty, students and the engineering profession as a whole of the engineering culture. expect of themselves. Hence, for students within the College of Engineering to successfully Students in the college