Engineering Department
Department Chair, Richard L. Sutherland
Faculty
Jose Oommen, PhD
Jeongmoon Park, PhD
Qiuyan Li, PhD
Richard L. Sutherland, PhD
Department Mission
The Department of Engineering at Mount Vernon Nazarene University seeks to provide high quality engineering instruction in a Christian environment that prepares graduates for a variety of professional careers and advanced studies in engineering and a life of service to God and humanity.
Program Educational Objectives
The program educational objectives for the general engineering program are to educate and prepare students to honor God with their lives by being ethical, productive, and contributing members of society. Within three to five years following graduation, we expect the following.
- Graduates will successfully formulate and solve complex technical problems in multi-disciplinary team-based environments.
- Graduates will display a broad knowledge and understanding of engineering concepts.
- Graduates will effectually apply engineering design principles and generate innovative solutions to meet societal needs.
- Graduates will display excellent communication skills with peers, clients, management, and the public.
- Graduates will be lifelong learners demonstrating professional leadership and be characterized by a high standard of ethics.
- Graduates will display an understanding of service-learning and thereby demonstrate a willingness to assist in meeting the needs of their communities, locally or globally.
Engineering Program Student Outcomes
The courses and curriculum of the engineering program are designed to achieve the following student outcomes.
Students in the General Engineering program at MVNU will demonstrate:
- an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering;
- an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data;
- an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability;
- an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams;
- an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems;
- an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility;
- an ability to communicate effectively;
- the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context;
- a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning;
- a knowledge of contemporary issues;
- an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice;
- a commendable character based on biblical principles and a Christian worldview and expressed through a life of service.