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VI. Mechanical Engineering Programs
Pages 89-108

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From page 89... ... In addition to the 82 institutions represented in this discipline, another 3 were initially identified as meeting the criteria3 for inclusion in the assessment: University of California -- San Diego George Washington University University of Dayton The last institution chose not to participate in the assessment in any discipline. Mechanical engineering at the other two institutions have not been included in the evaluations in this discipline, since in each case the study coordinator either indicated that the institution did data from the NRC's Survey of Earned Doctorates indicate that 1,430 research doctorates in mechanical engineering and another 486 research doctorates in engineering mechanics were awarded by U.S. Read the entire page →
From page 90... ... For measures 04-07, which pertain to characteristics of the program graduates, data are presented for only approximately 70 percent of the programs; the other 30 percent had too few graduates on which to base statistics.4 For measure 12, a composite index of the size of a university library, data are available for 59 programs. The programs not evaluated on measure 12 are typically smaller -- in terms of faculty size and graduate student enrollment -- than other mechanical engineering programs. Read the entire page →
From page 91... ... To assist the reader in interpreting results of the survey evaluations, estimated standard errors have been computed for mean ratings of the scholarly quality of faculty in 81 mechanical engineering programs (and are given in Table 6.1~. For each program the mean rating and an associated "confidence interval" of 1.5 standard errors are illustrated in Figure 6.3 (listed in order of highest to lowest mean rating) Read the entire page →
From page 92... ... Cincinnati, University of 16 11 39 NA NA NA NA Mechanical Engineering 47 45 53 015. Colorado State University-Fort Collins 16 21 12 .16 6.2 .79 .16 Mechanical Engineering 4 7 50 44 45 56 56 49 016. Read the entire page →
From page 93... ... 2.4 1.6 1.3 0.6 NA .20 3302 6 .12 .08 .09 .06 45 47 61 46 49 45 45 47 020. 2.3 1.6 1.1 0.6 NA .11 2649 1 .13 .09 .07 .07 44 4 8 53 46 43 44 41 41 NOTE: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and standard deviation = 10. Read the entire page →
From page 94... ... Johns Hopkins University Nechar2ics 031. Kansas State University-Manhattan Mechanical Engineering 032. Read the entire page →
From page 95... ... (11) 10 .12 .08 .10 .07 49 21 58 58 10 49 46 13 51 11 50 14 52 33 69 13 51 12 51 43 44 22 59 13 51 15 53 41 76 10 49 41 8 47 17 55 59 92 Survey Ratings Standard Error .11 .12 .08 .12 .06 NA NA .12 .08 .06 .09 .08 NA NA .09 .08 .08 .07 .14 .10 .11 .07 .08 .05 .06 .06 .10 .06 .07 .07 .12 .07 .11 .07 .19 .10 .08 .08 .11 .10 .12 .10 .10 .08 .11 .06 .05 .05 .10 .14 .12 .08 .08 .06 .09 .06 .08 .11 .08 .09 .05 .08 .10 .12 .09 .09 .07 each measure are reported; . Read the entire page →
From page 96... ... Pennsylvania State University Mechanical Engineering 054. Pennsylvania, University of Mechanical Engineering & Appl fed Mechanics 055. Read the entire page →
From page 97... ... 3.4 2.1 1.4 0.9 NA .21 7849 31 .09 .06 .07 .07 58 59 66 58 49 50 67 83 060. 2.2 1.3 1.4 0.5 NA .19 2611 4 .15 .10 .10 .06 43 41 66 43 4 8 44 43 43 NOTE: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported; on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and standard deviation = 10. Read the entire page →
From page 98... ... Tulane University Mechanical Engineering Vanderbilt University Mechanical and Material s Engineering 076. Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State Univ Mechanical Engineering 077. Read the entire page →
From page 99... ... 3.1 1.8 0.8 0.8 1.5 .09 5430 6 .11 .09 .08 .07 54 51 40 53 61 41 47 45 44 080. 2.2 1.4 1.2 0.4 -0.4 .40 2693 3 .13 .11 .12 .06 44 43 5 7 42 45 63 44 43 43 NOTE: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported; on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and standard deviation = 10. Read the entire page →
From page 100... ... University - Department/Academic Unit 081. Wisconsin, University of-Madison Mechanical Engineering 082. Read the entire page →
From page 101... ... 3.5 2.1 1.0 1.0 1.6 .22 9919 28 .11 .06 .07 .07 60 61 51 62 62 50 52 65 54 082. 3.1 1.7 0.8 0.8 2.1 NA 2510 5 .15 .08 .08 .07 54 49 40 55 67 44 44 43 NOTE: On the f irst line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported; on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and standard deviation = 10. Read the entire page →
From page 102... ... 45 .9 44 .5 44 -.5 -.4 44 44 .12 .15 43 45 3019 4063 44 46 4 5 43 44 44 45 D E C I L E S 5 6 7 8 9 16 19 47 49 13 17 46 48 18 24 46 48 .20 .24 49 53 6.9 6.8 51 51 .75 .77 53 55 .16 .18 49 51 2.7 50 1.7 48 50 1.0 1.0 49 49 .6 .6 47 47 2.9 52 1.8 53 1.1 54 .7 50 .1 .3 47 51 20 .22 49 50 5015 5430 47 47 8 10 47 49 47 49 23 27 53 57 19 22 49 51 31 43 51 55 .28 .29 56 57 6.2 5.9 56 58 .80 .80 57 57 .23 .28 55 60 3.0 3.3 53 57 1.9 2.0 55 58 1.1 1.2 54 59 .8 .9 54 57 .8 1.2 55 59 34 63 44 61 57 59 .38 65 5.5 61 .87 62 .33 65 3.9 65 2.3 65 1.3 64 1.1 64 .29 .33 .40 55 58 63 . 8330 10517 18269 50 53 62 13 17 51 55 51 55 22 59 65 NOTE: Standardized values reported in the preceding table have been computed from exact values of the mean and standard deviation and not the rounded values reported here. Read the entire page →
From page 103... ... 103 TABLE 6.3 Intercorrelations Among Program Measures on 82 Programs in Mechanical Engineering Measure 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Program Size 01 .66 .64 -.12 .06 .09 .18 .65 .67 .34 .69 .35 .11 .60 .65 .59 02 .78 -.11 .17 -.01 .12 .67 .68 .17 .70 .32 .33 .58 .69 .52 03 -.14 .09 -.01 .01 .64 .67 .25 .67 .46 .33 .46 .56 .45 Program Graduates 04 .20 .03 -.09 .08 .09 -.08 .07 .07 -.03 .04 -.05 .02 05 -.14 .29 .37 .33 -.05 .35 -.10 .23 .19 .21 .18 06 .30 .03 .03 .16 .08 .06 -.19 .03 .16 .10 07 .19 .20 .19 .29 .04 .02 .13 .21 .20 Survey Results 08 .97 .14 .95 .52 .52 .52 .70 .57 09 .21 .92 .52 .50 .52 .71 .61 10 .13 .12 .11 .07 .22 .24 11 .51 .45~.61 .73 .60 University Library 12 Research Support 13 14 Publication Records 15 16 .10 .20 .38 .36 .31 .19 .49 .42 .88 NOTE: Since in computing correlation coefficients program data must be available for both of the measures being correlated, the actual number of programs on which each coefficient is based varies. Read the entire page →
From page 104... ... versus number of faculty members (measure 01) -- 81 programs in mechanical engineering. Read the entire page →
From page 105... ... * /+ ++ + + + + +/+ + + + ++ ++/+ +++ ++++/ 81 100 121 144 EIGURE 6.2 Mean rating of program effectiveness in educating research scholars/scientists (measure 09) Read the entire page →
From page 106... ... 106 TABLE 6.4 Characteristics of Survey Participants in Mechanical Engineering Respondents N % Field of Specialization Engineering Mechanics 15 10 Mechanical Engineering 114 79 Other/Unknown 15 10 Faculty Rank Professor 99 69 Associate Professor 30 21 Assistant Professor 15 10 Year of Highest Degree Pre-1950 5 4 1950-59 24 17 1960-69 79 55 Post-1969 36 25 Evaluator Selection Nominated by Institution 132 92 Other 12 8 Survey Form With Faculty Names 127 88 Without Names 17 12 Total Evaluators 144 100 Read the entire page →
From page 107... ... The broken 1 ines ( -- -) indicate a conf idence interval of +1.5 standard errors around the reported mean (x) Read the entire page →

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... In addition to the 82 institutions represented in this discipline, another 3 were initially identified as meeting the criteria3 for inclusion in the assessment: University of California -- San Diego George Washington University University of Dayton The last institution chose not to participate in the assessment in any discipline. Mechanical engineering at the other two institutions have not been included in the evaluations in this discipline, since in each case the study coordinator either indicated that the institution did data from the NRC's Survey of Earned Doctorates indicate that 1,430 research doctorates in mechanical engineering and another 486 research doctorates in engineering mechanics were awarded by U.S.

VI. Mechanical Engineering Programs Pages 89-108

VI. Mechanical Engineering Programs
Pages 89-108