{"id":1213,"date":"2021-06-22T11:23:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T15:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/deptsitetemplate\/?page_id=1213"},"modified":"2025-11-05T13:53:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T18:53:25","slug":"department-site-template-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Welcome to the UMES Department of Engineering<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Engineering offers four Bachelor of Science degree programs:&nbsp;<strong>BS in Biomedical Engineering (BS-BME), BS in Electrical Engineering (BS-EE), BS in Mechanical Engineering (BS-ME), and BS in Engineering (BS-E)<\/strong>&nbsp;with four specializations: aerospace, computer, electrical, and mechanical. The BS-E program was launched in 2007&nbsp;and has been ABET accredited since 2011. The BS-BME, BS-EE, and BS-ME programs are newly launched, in Fall 2023, Fall 2025, and Fall 2025, respectively. In addition, the Department also offers a&nbsp;<strong>Master of Science degree in Electrical and Mechatronics Engineering<\/strong>&nbsp;and a&nbsp;<strong>joint doctoral degree program in Applied Computing and Engineering<\/strong>.<br>The Department currently has more than a dozen professors and staff members&nbsp;with backgrounds in mechanical, electrical, aerospace, computer, and biomedical engineering who provide instruction and research guidance to both undergraduate and graduate students. Most of our graduates have successfully secured employment in world-class engineeringcompanies or have chosen to pursue advanced degrees&nbsp;in engineering and related fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abet.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ABET Accreditation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abet.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmyibrahim%40umes.edu%7C376a9fc71f994ada116208dd03f08645%7Cf3b74c6baf13485097f02e97a8a9b7d7%7C0%7C0%7C638671053765743663%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=kzhjNTU8IPmI2faIG%2B30VOaARfzwaMb8guq%2Fmhp1ykY%3D&amp;reserved=0\">www.abet.org<\/a>, under the commission\u2019s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Engineering, General Engineering, Engineering Physics, and Engineering Science.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/11\/91b9b8489975c32493c0e244546d8b81-1-1024x555.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/11\/91b9b8489975c32493c0e244546d8b81-1-1024x555.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/11\/91b9b8489975c32493c0e244546d8b81-1-300x163.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/11\/91b9b8489975c32493c0e244546d8b81-1-768x416.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/11\/91b9b8489975c32493c0e244546d8b81-1-1536x832.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2025\/11\/91b9b8489975c32493c0e244546d8b81-1-2048x1110.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the UMES Department of Engineering The Department of Engineering offers four Bachelor of Science degree programs:&nbsp;BS in Biomedical Engineering (BS-BME), BS in Electrical Engineering (BS-EE), BS in Mechanical Engineering (BS-ME), and BS in Engineering (BS-E)&nbsp;with four specializations: aerospace, computer, electrical, and mechanical. The BS-E program was launched in 2007&nbsp;and has been ABET accredited&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/engineering\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Department of Engineering<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-1213","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=1213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}