Engineering Department
Department Chair, Jose Oommen
Faculty
Jose Oommen, PhD
Jeongmoon Park, PhD
Yuan Meng, PhD
Qiuyan Li, 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 identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics;
- an ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and well-fare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors;
- an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
- an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts;
- an ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives;
- an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions;
- an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies;
- a commendable character based on biblical principles and a Christian worldview and expressed through a life of service.
Engineering Program Transfer Policy for Online Courses
The Department of Engineering at Mount Vernon Nazarene University will consider accepting for credit online courses equivalent to engineering courses described in the MVNU Catalog. Any such course submitted for transfer credit must be from an institution that had a four-year, ABET-accredited engineering program at the time the online course was taken. Online courses will not be considered for transfer credit if they were taken more than ten years ago. Online course transfers will not be considered if the relevant MVNU course is a lab-based course. This policy applies only to online courses.