ME NEWS
News of Interest to Mechanical Engineering Students
October 24, 2005
Directed Electives for Winter Quarter
The following directed electives are available to mechanical engineering students for the winter quarter:
MEEN 434 - Cryogenic Systems - Dr. Barron
MEEN 448 - Gas Dynamics - Dr. Callens
MEEN 478 - Engineering Acoustics - Dr. Barron
MSE 402 - Microfabrication Principles - Dr. Su
MSE 404 - Adv. Mat. Micro/Nano Dev/Sys - Dr. Dobbins (Preq. MSE 401)
ENTR 410 - Entrepreneurship for High Tech Startups - Dr. Pratt
ENTR 460 - Innovative Venture Research - Dr. Pratt (signature required)
Be sure to discuss your choice of directed electives with your advisor. One of your directed electives must be in Mechanical Engineering.
AC or better Rule Clarification
The 2006 Louisiana Tech Catalog contains a couple of minor errors in the AC or better grade requirement for the Mechanical Engineering curriculum. The catalog omits the AC or better asterisk for MEMT 312 and 313. Note that both of these courses require a grade of AC or better as has been shown consistently on the curriculum sheets used for advising. A catalog revision has been requested to correct this inconsistency.
Course Outcomes Assessment
All COES instructors are being encouraged to conduct end-of-quarter course outcomes assessment surveys. These course surveys are an important component of the COES Comprehensive Assessment Plan that is essential for continued accreditation. These surveys may be administered on paper or electronically using Blackboard. We ask that all students thoughtfully respond to each survey item. Generally, each survey item will ask you to realistically assess how well you believe you learned the specific topic or skill described in the survey item. This may or may not be accurately reflected in the grade you received on a particular exam, assignment or report. Be objective in your assessment of your knowledge or skills at the end of the course. Note that this survey is not used for evaluating individual instructors. It is used only to determine how much emphasis should be given to the various topics in each course across the curriculum.
Melvin Corley, Ph.D., P.E.
Mechanical Engineering Program Chair
