{"id":166025,"date":"2022-09-27T14:52:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T00:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=166025"},"modified":"2022-09-28T09:37:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T19:37:14","slug":"engineering-earns-max-accreditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/27\/engineering-earns-max-accreditation\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa engineering programs earn accreditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_142844\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142844\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/manoa-engineering-team-hokulele-preps-ed.jpg\" alt=\"people working on a rocket\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-142844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/manoa-engineering-team-hokulele-preps-ed.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/manoa-engineering-team-hokulele-preps-ed-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/manoa-engineering-team-hokulele-preps-ed-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-142844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">College of Engineering students and members of Team H\u014dk\u016blele prepare for a rocket competition in 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Engineering programs at the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa have been accredited by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abet.org\/\">Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology<\/a> (<abbr>ABET<\/abbr>), confirming that they meet standards essential to prepare graduates to enter <abbr title=\"Science Technology Engineering Mathematics\">STEM<\/abbr> fields in the global workforce.<\/p>\n<p>The following programs are accredited:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/Majors\/BE\">Biological engineering<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/\">College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources<\/a> (CTAHR)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cee.hawaii.edu\/\">Civil engineering<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.hawaii.edu\/\">College of Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ee.hawaii.edu\/research\/catalog\/computer-engineering\">Computer engineering<\/a>, College of Engineering<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ee.hawaii.edu\/home\/\">Electrical engineering<\/a>, College of Engineering<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/me.hawaii.edu\/\">Mechanical engineering<\/a>, College of Engineering<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soest.hawaii.edu\/ore\/\">Ocean and resources engineering<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soest.hawaii.edu\/soestwp\/\">School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology<\/a> (<abbr>SOEST<\/abbr>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.hawaii.edu\/construction\/\">construction engineering<\/a>, which was launched in fall 2019 by the College of Engineering, retroactively earned accreditation from October 2019.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_126435\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-126435\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/manoa-engineering-students-beam-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"civil engineering students\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-126435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/manoa-engineering-students-beam-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/manoa-engineering-students-beam-1-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/manoa-engineering-students-beam-1.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-126435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Civil and environmental engineering students testing the strength of beams.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;We are extremely excited about our accreditation renewals as well as our newest accredited degree program in construction engineering,&rdquo; College of Engineering Dean <strong>Brennon Morioka<\/strong> said. &ldquo;This is a clear indication of the confidence <abbr>ABET<\/abbr> has in the hard work by our faculty and staff in providing the kind of educational experience and development of professional skills our students will need to be productive and highly skilled engineers and leaders upon graduation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><abbr>SOEST<\/abbr> Interim Dean <strong>Chip Fletcher<\/strong> added, &ldquo;These programs have been accredited because they are readily accessible to <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s high school graduates, provide excellent education opportunities, and are globally recognized for cutting-edge research on issues that matter to the people of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The rigorous <abbr>ABET<\/abbr> accreditation process ensures the quality of our biological engineering degree program, which is a critical component of <abbr>CTAHR<\/abbr>\u2019s transdisciplinary approach to deliver sustainable food systems and ecosystem health solutions to the people of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>,&rdquo; <abbr>CTAHR<\/abbr> Interim Dean <strong>Ania Wieczorek<\/strong> said. &ldquo;I thank the biological engineering students, faculty, alumni, industry partners, and the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa <abbr>ABET<\/abbr> team for their work to achieve this result.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_151507\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-151507\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/manoa-un-deep-sea-project-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"cables underwater\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-151507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/manoa-un-deep-sea-project-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/manoa-un-deep-sea-project-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/manoa-un-deep-sea-project.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-151507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ALOHA Cabled Observatory supports scientific sensors to monitor the deep sea. (Photo credit: <abbr>ACO<\/abbr>\/ <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For the accreditation process, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa faculty and staff completed an extensive self-study and hosted a site visit with an <abbr>ABET<\/abbr> accreditation team in November 2021.<\/p>\n<p>According to <abbr>ABET<\/abbr>, &ldquo;graduates from an <abbr>ABET<\/abbr>-accredited program have a solid educational foundation and are capable of leading the way in innovation, emerging technologies, and in anticipating the welfare and safety needs of the public.&rdquo; To date, <abbr>ABET<\/abbr> has accredited 4,361 programs at 850 colleges and universities in 41 countries.<\/p>\n<p>For more about <abbr>ABET<\/abbr> and its accreditation criteria, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abet.org\"><abbr>ABET<\/abbr>\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa faculty and staff completed an extensive self-study and hosted a site visit with an <abbr>ABET<\/abbr> accreditation team in November 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193],"tags":[683,1477,179,212,182,1466,1363,1314,1496,1237,92,73,9],"class_list":["post-166025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","tag-accreditation","tag-civil-environmental-construction-engineering","tag-college-of-engineering","tag-college-of-tropical-agriculture-and-human-resilience","tag-engineering","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-manoa-research","tag-manoa-sustainability","tag-mechanical-engineering","tag-ocean-and-resource-engineering","tag-school-of-ocean-and-earth-science-and-technology","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166025"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166124,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166025\/revisions\/166124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}