Our stakeholders are re-energized and united for our common goals.

Through several measures, there is greater engagement of faculty, students, staff, alumni, and industry. For example, the attendance at our industrial advisory board meetings is consistently 11 to 14 out of 18 advisors as compared to a regular attendance of 5 or less prior to 2002; All our students provide extensive input to improve the learning environment at least three times per quarter; The faculty regularly generate and experiment with new ways of helping students learn.

Evidence of greater interest from students
From 1996 to 2003, we regularly lost 7-14 freshmen per year due to changes of majors. During this, our first year of the new curriculum, we have lost only one and six freshmen have transferred into our major due to their experiences in the new curriculum.

New curriculum: students demonstrate greater sophistication
We tested our first batch of students who experienced the new curriculum and compared the results to those who didn't. Students who had the new curriculum demonstrated a greater awareness of global challenges and a greater sophitication in their understanding of how the work of an engineer contributes to society. These preliminary results have been submitted to the International Journal of Engineering Education.
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Forth consecutive year of 100%, on-time senior project completion
For the forth year in a row, our senior project series has assisted the 100% of the students in completing their senior projects on-time. This compares to a history of 50-75% on-time completion rate. Dr. Savage's course on "Corporate Culture" builds in project management skills that have helped students to progress on their projects.