Jeff Fergus - What is ABET accreditation and how materials programs can easily succeed at their next visit

Jeff Fergus joins Steve and Tim to talk about ABET.  Jeff has been the chair of the Engineering Accreditation Commission at ABET, is currently working on the ABET accreditation council and is very involved in evaluator training.  He has previously been the chair of the TMS accreditation committee and has been a longtime organizer of the TMS Judson symposium.   Jeff is also a professor of Materials Engineering at Auburn University and is currently the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Program Assessment in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. You can find out more about Jeff here:  https://eng.auburn.edu/dei/jeff-fergusThis episode can help your program succeed in its next accreditation visit!  You can find the YouTube video here:https://youtu.be/cyH36EloGZY?si=jiJib6X78vhc8Av3You can find out more about the North American Materials Education Symposium this coming summer in Ann Arbor here:https://java.engin.umich.edu/NAMES24/This episode is sponsored by the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department (https://mse.engin.umich.edu).