UCSC CE and EE Departments' fulfillment of ABET Outcome K

Engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.

These courses help fulfill this ABET outcome:

1. CE12 via Core Topics 1, 3, and Core Lab Exercises 1 through 4
2. CE100 via Skills 7 and 10, Core Topics 10 and 13, and all core lab exercises
3. CE107 via Core Topics 2, 5, 7, and 8
4. CE113 via Core Topic 5 and Core Lab Exercises 1-3
5. CE117 via Skills 2 thourgh 5 and Core Topics 1 through 15
6. CE118 via all Core Topics and all Core Labs (but especially Core Lab 5)
7. CE121 via Skill 2 and Lab Exercises 1 through 4
8. CE123 via Skills 1 and 2
9. CE125 via Skills 1, 2, Core Topics 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, and Core Lab Exercises 1 thorugh 3
10. CE151 via Core Topics 1 through 6
11. CE155 via Skills 1 and 2
12. CE173 via Skills 1 through 4 and Core Topics 9 and 13
13. CS12b k via Skills 1, 2, 9, Core Topics 3, 6, all language-dependent core topics, and Core Lab Exercises 4 and 5
14. CS13 via Core Topic 12
15. CS101 via Core Topic 5
16. CS104b via all skills and labs
17. CS111 via Skills 2, 4, Core Topics 6, 7, 9, 10, and Core Lab Exercises 1 through 4
18. CS115 via Core Topics 1 through 7
19. CS116 via Core Topics 1a, 2, 3 and 4
20. ENG27 via lab Skills 5 and 6
21. ENG147 via Skills 2, 3 and Core Topic 10
22. EE126 via all skills and core topics
23. EE127 via all skills and core topics
24. EE127 via Skills 1, 2, 3 and all core topics
25. EE129 (at SJSU) via all skills and core topics
26. EE130 via all core labs
27. EE135 via Skills 5 though 7, 10 through 17, Core topics 1 through 11 and all core labs
28. EE136 via Skills 10, 12, and 13, and Core topics 1 through 7
29. EE145 via Skill 97 and all core laboratory exercises
30. EE153 via Skills 12 though 16 and Core Topics 4 through 6
31. EE154 via Skills 4, 6, and Core Topic 16
32. EE171 via all core labs
33. EE178 via all skills and core topics

In the following section, representatives from each department talk about how their students fulfill this component, how it is monitored, and what the feedback loops are.

1. The CE department on monitoring and feedback
   1. The initial take (as written by Patrick Mantey).
   2. Required courses give CE students familiarity with modern engineering tools including: HC-11 programming, programmable logic (FPGAs), skills in use of basic digital electronics laboratory equipment, and also MATLAB, plus JAVA, ANSI C, UNIX tools, interactive debugging and program tracing. In the short run, CE uses successful completion of these required courses to assure that students have acquired familiarity with these tools.

      Depending on the electives chosen, students will add to their repertoire of tools the Estrel Language (Embedded Systems), enhanced MATLAB skills (Digital Signal Processing, Control Systems), SPICE (Analog Electronics), Verilog (Logic Design using Verilog), high speed digital logic laboratory equipment (High Speed Digital Design), and software management technology (Software Methodology). Again, in the short run, CE uses successful completion of these required courses to assure that students have acquired basic skills in use of these tools.

      The project classes provide intermediate feedback on the student's acquisition of skills in use of modern engineering tools, and also provide the environment for students to learn additional tools such as CAD, schematic capture (CADENCE or ORCAD), PSPICE, etc. The project reports identify the tools used and additional information for assessing the depth of that learning.

      Long-term, exit interviews (or resumes prepared at the time of graduation), and then alumni and employer surveys, provide feedback on the preparation students receive that enables them to use and master modern engineering tools.

   3. Final metric and feedback as determined by the Oversight committee

      Our two metrics are:

      1. Quantitative:The Senior Portfolio: Students receive an average of 4 out of 5 on the Methods and Tools component of the Senior Portfolio evaluation.
      2. Quantitative: The SOE Alumni and Industrial collaborators at the CE123B design contest must give an average of 4 for criteria K to all design teams containing CE members.
      3. Subjective:The exit survey results on Question 11: An average of 4 out of 5 must be maintained.
      If either of these is not met, the oversight committee must propose changes to the faculty and the advisory counsil.
2. The EE department's monitoring and feedback (as written by Hamid Sadjadpour)
   The EE department tests this outcome by a quiz and checking student pre-requisite at the beginning of each course (short-term) and an exit survey upon graduation of our students (mid-term) and later on alumni and employer survey (long-term) to track student ability to use modern engineering tools.