The mission of the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Advisory Board (IAB) is to provide an independent experts' review and critique of the undergraduate and graduate programs, and other professional and academic activities related to the research, consultancy and short courses of the department.The Board will accomplish this by carrying out the following functions:
- Review/modify the program educational objectives to ensure that they meets the ABET Engineering Criteria 2000 as well as the current industrial needs.
- Evaluate strengths, merits, and weaknesses of the current curriculum in the context of the Department mission and programs educational objectives.
- Provide recommendations to the Department on all matters related to the curriculum to improve the relationship between academic and professional practices
- Review student performance relative to the program outcomes from an industrial point of view and propose strategies for continuous improvement of the programs.
- Help in identifying opportunities for student’s involvement in research and capstone projects.
- Review Department activities and plans related to research, consultancy, and short courses and make recommendations.
- Help in identifying opportunities for faculty research and development.
- Help in soliciting funds for scholarships and endowments.
- Help in placing students for the working experience program.
- Provide assistance towards the review of student work and the collection of assessment data.
- Enhance the visibility of the Department in the engineering community