ENGR 299 - Cohort Grand Challenge II (1 credits). (Prereq: ENGR 199 or permission of the instructor) In this part II of the two-course sequence, students develop and propose solutions to their complex problem identified and formulated in ENGR 199 by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics. Solution must meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors. F-II.

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The program's accrediting body, ABET, revised and updated their student learning outcomes and curriculum requirements effective this academic year. As a new program going for initial accreditation in 2020, the revisions necessitated a significant redesign of the Engineering Science program's major requirements, pattern of course offerings, and required and elective courses. A significant program outcome is to prepare graduates for professional licensure. A gap analysis was performed against ABET’s new curricular requirements as well as the latest content of the relevant license exams and the creation of several new courses was warranted, with subsequent accommodating adjustments to existing courses. In this part II of the two-course sequence, students develop and propose solutions to their complex problem identified and formulated in ENGR 199 by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics. Solution must meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors which is an explicitly required ABET learning outcome. See attachments for details.

The main impact will be positive as students will have the opportunity to 'close the loop' of the engineering design cycle for the project initiated in the prereq ENGR 199. Having an early, complete experience of the engineering design cycle process has been shown extensively in the engineering education research literature to improve student retention within engineering and outcomes achievement in later science, math and engineering coursework.

The course will be taught in load and together with all other new courses proposed as part of this program revision, will require 1.5-2.0 new faculty over the upcoming 2-3 years. One line for this positions is already allocated. A lab fee $75 is requested, to support acquisition of materials for the students' project-based work.

Are any of the new resources needed for Accreditation purposes? Yes

A Lab fee of $75 is requested to generate funds to obtain new capital equipment for demonstrations and laboratories, and to maintain existing equipment. Substantial laboratory development is necessary for achievement of Program student learning outcomes, which has an impact on accreditation. ABET accreditation Criterion 7: Facilities establishes the standard to which laboratory support for instruction should attain to. The manual for ABET Program Evaluators (PEVs) persons states that facilities, including labs must be (1) “Adequate to support attainment of student outcomes and provide an atmosphere conducive to learning”, that Program facilities contain (2) “Modern tools, equipment , computing resources, and laboratories”, and that Program facilities be (3) “available, accessible, and systematically maintained and upgraded.” Source: https://www.abet.org/accreditation/accreditation-criteria/criteria-for-accrediting-engineering-programs-2019-2020/#GC7