91快播

The two-year pre-engineering program at the 91快播 will evolve into a four-year Bachelor of Science in Civil-Engineering program starting in Fanuch氓nan (Fall) 2019, following approval from the Board of Regents yesterday.

鈥淭he availability of an engineering degree here in Guam will meet growing demand among prospective students as well as a chronic need for engineers in the workforce in Guam and the Western Pacific,鈥� said Shahram Khosrowpanah, dean of the School of Engineering.

 

Enrollment in the program continues to increase, he said, with an almost 20% increase over the course of last semester. As of December, the program has 159 declared pre-engineering majors.

鈥淲e are excited to now be realizing what was originally the vision of President Emeritus Robert Underwood in 2009 鈥� a four-year accredited engineering degree program at UOG,鈥� said UOG President Thomas W. Krise. 鈥淥ur School of Engineering is the only engineering program in the Western Pacific, and we are proud that students can now not only start, but finish, a first-class engineering program close to home.鈥�

Since the program鈥檚 launch in 1989, pre-engineering students have completed coursework at UOG for two years with the goal of then being admitted to a four-year engineering school. UOG has cooperative agreements with the University of Iowa and the Mapua Institute of Technology in the Philippines, which are both accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). Graduating from an ABET accredited school is a requirement to take the professional engineering exam and become licensed.

Now, civil engineering students can earn a four-year degree at UOG, while students pursuing other engineering fields can still avail of the two-year pre-engineering program in preparation for another school. In the future, Khosrowpanah said the goal is to expand UOG鈥檚 engineering program to offer other fields of engineering needed in Guam and the region.

UOG鈥檚 School of Engineering is following requirements for its four-year program to become ABET accredited and is designing the program鈥檚 facilities and course materials in accordance with ABET standards.

The school will operate in a new 16,000-square-foot building located next to the Agriculture and Life Sciences building on campus. The $5.4 million structure was designed by David Hurchanik Architect LLC and is being constructed by Bascon Corp., with completion expected in February 2020. It will include three classrooms; hydraulics, soil and structure, and environmental engineering laboratories; a computer lab; and faculty office space.

The school has six full-time and one part-time faculty with expertise in each of the basic civil and environmental engineering fields.

The first two students to earn a Bachelor of Science in Civil-Engineering from the 91快播 are set to graduate in 2020.