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Advisory Board Focus Group Forum

This Forum has been set up for the Morehead State University Department of Applied Engineering and Technology Advisory Board to use in an effort to identify/validate the competency of the Department's Degrees/Options. In addition, this forum will be used to identify the Goals and Objectives (short-term/long-term) of the option.
Please identify/validate the competency of the Degree/Option by answering the following questions as they relate to industry:
Competency Identification/Validation 1. Are the students prepared after four years? 2. How do we measure their preparedness? 3. What do future employer’s need or want? 4. Do students have to leave area for employment? 5. Should we focus on local economy or international? 6. Are we providing the best faculty?	Identify/Validate the Competency of the Degree/Option
Please identify the Goals and Objectives (short-term/long-term) of the option by answering the following questions as they relate to industry:
Goals and Objectives (short-term/long-term) 1. Employment - local area or national? 2. Which emphasis for curriculum? 3. How do we illuminate our programs? 4. Why are we losing students to other programs? 5. What are other programs offering that we are not?	Identify the Goals and Objectives of the Degree/Option
Please evaluate the Industrial Technology degree competencies as a whole. The Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology Program Competencies that are in place for all options are:
Upon successful completion, the Engineering Technology graduates are expected to: 1. Apply scientific concepts to the solution of technological problems. 2. Apply theories, concepts, and principles of related disciplines to develop the communication skills required for engineering technologists. 3. Perform as a technical professional in business, industry, education and government. 4. Apply concepts and skills developed in a variety of technical and professional disciplines including computer applications, materials properties, production processes, quality control, industrial design and safety. 5. Plan, facilitate, and integrate technology and problem solving techniques in the economic enterprise. 6. Engage in applied technical research in order to add to the knowledge of the discipline and to solve problems which surface in the workplace.	Please evaluate the AET Program Competencies
Advisory Board members can also visit blogs that were created for their use in helping the AET Department update the related Industrial Technology Degree Options at:
Construction Management and Civil Engineering Technology - http://constructionatmsu.blogspot.com/ Design and Manufacturing Engineering Technology - http://cadatmsu.blogspot.com/ Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology - http://electronicsatmsu.blogspot.com/

Department of Applied Engineering and Technology
210 Lloyd Cassity Building
Morehead, KY 40351
Phone: 606-783-2418
Fax: 606-783-5030
E-mail: aet@moreheadstate.edu

Molligoda, Lakmal

Lakmal is a graduate assistant working in the AET department while pursuing his Masters of Science in Engineering Technology. He is an international student from Sri Lanka and received a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT).