ASEE Accreditation Activities Committee (ASEE/AAC)

ASEE Accreditation Activities Committee (ASEE/AAC) is responsible for selecting program evaluators for the following ABET-accredited engineering and engineering technology programs:

  • Engineering Technology (without modifiers)
  • Engineering, General Engineering, Engineering Science, and Engineering Physics
  • Similarly named programs

 

Nominations

ASEE Members, especially faculty members in multidisciplinary programs such as those listed in the previous section, are encouraged to nominate people they believe would be outstanding program evaluators. Nomination is easy--suggest to the individuals that they apply, and give them this URL (http://www.abet.org/volunteer.shtml) which is the actual application site.

Application Form & Instructions

The ASEE Accreditation Activities Committee seeks applications from well qualified engineers and engineering technologists in industry, government, and academia to serve as program evaluators on ABET teams. ASEE is the "Lead Society" for programs with titles like Engineering, Engineering Science, Engineering Physics, General Engineering, and Engineering Technology. ASEE selects qualified persons to be program evaluators, and recommends them to ABET teams.

If you meet the qualifications on the following page, and are interested in serving the profession in this professionally rewarding manner, please follow the link shown below to the ABET web site where the application is to be submitted. The deadline for the 2012-2013 cycle is 31 December 2012. Applications received after this date will be carried over to the following year. Applicants will be informed of the ASEE action by February 28, 2013.

Thank you for considering this opportunity. If you have questions, please contact the Chair of the ASEE Accreditation Activities Committee, David Probst at dprobst@semo.edu.

The application is available at http://www.abet.org/volunteer.shtml. Please be sure to check ASEE as the society for which you are applying. If a person checks more than one society, each reviews the application independently.

ASEE Program Evaluator Qualifications

ASEE is the lead society for programs having titles including Engineering, General Engineering, Engineering Science, Engineering Physics, and Engineering Technology. These qualifications supplement the general ABET qualifications. The nominee or applicant to be an ASEE Program Evaluator, ETAC or EAC, must:

  • be a member or fellow of the ASEE, except that an employee of a corporate member of ASEE may be selected as a program evaluator. The President of the ASEE, upon recommendation of the chair of the ASEE/AAC, may waive this requirement in individual cases.
  • have a minimum of ten (10) years of academic, business, or government experience in engineering or engineering technology.
  • have appropriate technical competence;
  • have current familiarity with and interest in programs for which ASEE is the lead society
  • have analytical ability, communication skills, and personal maturity commensurate with the requirements of an evaluator's assignments;
  • be sensitive to the needs and potentialities of women and minorities with respect to engineering and engineering technology education and the associated professions;
  • have formal education to the master's degree level or the Ph.D. level, or recognized distinction in the practice of engineering and/or engineering technology;
  • have a stated willingness and ability to accept a six year appointment as an evaluator and attend ABET required training workshops;
  • have a stated willingness and ability to conduct visits and all associated activities in accordance with the requirements, established by ABET and the ASEE through the ASEE/AAC, governing accreditation visits, including absence of impeding conflicts of interest, as defined by ABET; and
  • in the case of an academic nominee/applicant, be associated with an EAC or ETAC of ABET accredited engineering or engineering technology program or have had substantial involvement in such a program.

ASEE Board Approved Document 16 June 2005 Revised 25 June 2008

Contact Information

To submit APPLICATIONS, which will be acknowledged, or to request additional information contact:

David Probst, Chair
ASEE Accreditation Activities Chair
e-mail to: dprobst@semo.edu

or

William Kelly
ASEE
e-mail to: w.kelly@asee.org