ABET Self-Study Report 2023-2024

Biomedical Engineering Department-College of

Engineering-Al-Nahrain University

Self-Assessment Report
Bio-Medical Engineering Program
Baghdad, IRAQ

E-mail:[email protected]
E-mail:[email protected]
Website: http://www.nahrainuniv.edu.iq/

2023-2024

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PREFACE
The present report is the third self-assessment report written for the
Department of bio-Medical Engineering at the College of Engineering -
University of nahrain over the date. The report represents the first step
towards achieving Quality Assurance in accordance with international
standards, which is a strategic and important decision for the scientific
and educational process of the department. The decision was adopted by
the “General Board” of the department (which includes in its membership
all members of the faculty in the department) at its meeting on June 30,
2014. The report coincides with a wide and comprehensive campaign
carried out by the College of Engineering and NU in this area and under a
central guidance and support from the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education
and Scientific Research (MOHESR).
In writing the report, we have rely mainly on the template of a self-
assessment report issued by the UNESCO Iraq Office, in addition to a
number of similar reports of a number of Arab and international
universities that have already presented such a report.
The report includes an introduction to the Department of Medical
Engineering and its history, scientific disciplines and awarded degrees,
system of study and curriculum, organizational structure and
administration, general features of its policy in various fields and aspects.
The report also reviews the required criteria for the self-assessment and
related appendices according to specifications of SAR.
The report applies SWOT analysis technique, criticizing (Strengths,
Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) of the Department. A SWOT
analysis is an effective tool for planning and developing strategies and
policies for any organization.
Hoping that the report receives the attention of experts to enrich it with
valuable thoughts and ideas to help in guiding the Department in the right
direction towards ensuring quality and reliability of the educational system
of medical Engineering program according to international specifications
and standards, and to be accredited by solid international accreditation
agencies like ABET.

God Grants Success……..

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Table of Content

Article Page

Background Information 1
A. Contact Information 1
B. Program History 1
C. Options 1
D. Organizational Structure 1
E. Program Delivery Modes 2
F. Deficiencies, weaknesses, or Concerns 2
Criterion 1. Students 3
A. Student Admission 3
B. Evaluating Student Performance 4
C. Advising Students 5
D. Transfer Students and Transfer Courses 5
E. Graduation Requirements 6
F. Enrolment and Graduation Trends 7
Criterion 2. Program Educational Objectives 8
A. Mission Statement 8
B. Program Educational Objectives 9
C. Consistency of PEOs with the Mission of the Institution 10
D. Program Consistencies 10
E. Process for Establishing Program Educational Objectives 10
F. Achievement of Program Educational Objectives 10
Criterion 3. Program Outcomes 12
A. Process for Establishing and Revising Program Outcomes 12
B. Program Outcomes 12
C. Relationships of POs to PEOs 12
D. Relationships of Courses in the Curriculum to POs 13
E. Documentation 15
F. Achievement of Program Outcomes 15
Criterion 4. Continuous Improvements 16
A. Information Used for Program Improvement 16
B. Actions to Improve the Program 16
Criterion 5. Curriculum 17
A. Program Curriculum 17
B. Prerequisite Flow Chart 20
C. Course Syllabi 20

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Criterion 6. Faculty 21
A. Leadership Responsibilities 21
B. Authority and Responsibility of Faculty 21
C. Faculty Composition 21
D. Faculty Competencies 22
E. Faculty Size 24
F. Faculty Qualification 25
G. Faculty Development 26
Criterion 7. Facilities 28
A. Space 28
B. Resources Support 30
C. Major Instructional and Laboratory Equipment 31
Criterion 8. Support 32
A. Program Budget Process 32
B. Sources of Financial Support 32
C. Adequacy of Budget 32
D. Support of Faculty Professional Development 32
E. Support of Facilities and Equipment 33
F. Adequacy of Support and Institutional Services 33
Criterion 9. Program Criteria 34
A. Strengths of the Program 34
B. Weaknesses of the Program 34
C. Opportunities of the Program 35
D. Threats of the Program 40
E. Strategic Objectives 44
Appendix A. Students Opinion about Curriculum 47
Appendix B. Students Opinion about Faculty 48

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Background Information
A. Contact Information
Dr. Sufian M. Salih .
Lecturer, Statistics and informatics & high Diploma in Computer data
security/ Department of bio- Medical Engineering,
College of Engineering,
Al-Nahrain University,
Baghdad, IRAQ.
Tel: +00964-7901509658
Email: dr. [email protected]

B. Program History
The engineering program at the College of Engineering in Al-Nahrain
University is a multi-discipline engineering program that serves the
national economy of Iraq.
The medical engineering department in Al-Nahrain University was
founded 1997 as of the engineering college departments of this university.
The study in this department takes 5 years in order to obtain the B.Sc.
degree and 2 years to obtain the M. Sc. degree in medical engineering
science. Since founded, the department had approximately (234) medical
engineers graduated and more than (121) of them have obtained M.Sc.
degree in medical engineering which is a one of a kind specialization in all
Iraqi universities. They now work in several fields as professors in colleges
and technical institutions or medical engineers in hospitals, medical centers,
and scientific companies to exercise their vital role in constructing people
and the society.

C. Options
The College of Engineering at Al-Nahrain University offers eight
options for freshman students to get B.Sc. degree in engineering namely;
Civil, Mechanical, Chemical, Computer, Medical, Architectural, and
Optical-Laser Engineering.

D. Organizational Structure
The organizational structure of the Department includes a set of
integrated elements. Each one of these elements has authorities, duties
and responsibilities which are specified accurately, so that the Department
can function well and achieve the required goals. Figure(0-1) shows the
organizational structure of the Department.

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Faculty General Board

Department Council
Head of Department

Laboratories Library Secretary Department Registrar Permanent Committees

Scientific
Medical devices.
Summer Training
Electronic
Examination
Computer Student Absenteeism
Anatomy Tests

Tissue Transferred Students

Students Advisory
Laboratories and
Classrooms

Figure 0-1. Organizational Structure of the Department of

medical Engineering

E. Program Delivery Modes

The engineering program is offered in the day mode only, with courses
offered in traditional lecture/laboratory style. All students are required to
spend six weeks in summer training (cooperative education). There is no
distance education or web-based component in the program.
The leadership and operation of the dept. is based on 2 strategic documents:
the development plan and the quality manual. The quality manual is
process-based where the processes are described, including the related
person, activities, indicators and documents. Quality assurance is based on
the principle of the Deming cycle (plan-do-study-act).

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Criterion 1. Students
A. Student Admissions
An applicant for admission in this program must satisfy the following
minimum requirements:
1. The applicant should have an Iraqi secondary school certificate
majored in basic sciences. If the certificate is obtained from outside
Iraq, then an equivalency from the Iraqi Ministry of Educationmust
be made.
2. Admission is centrally controlled by the Ministry of Higher
Education and Scientific Research, according to the capacity plans
of the Iraqi Universities, the rating average of the applicants, and
their desires. Sometimes admissions exceeds the capacity plane.
3. Distribution of students among the eight engineering departments
of the College of Engineering at Al-Nahrain University, is made
according to the capacity plans of the departments, the rating
average of the applicants and their desires. The capacity plan of the
Department of medical Engineering since 1989 is 22 freshman
students. Sometimes admissions exceeds the capacity plane due to
Ministerial decisions, therefore the factual enrollment has ranged
from 22 to 28 students.
4. A privilege is given by the Ministry to the top students in the first
year of the Departments of Physics in the Colleges of Since in Iraq

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and the top graduates in the Departments of Building and

Construction at the Iraqi Foundation of Technical Education to
apply to the central admission process.
5. The applicant must submit the required documents and register
within a specified period.
Table 1-1 shows some admission statistics of the medical engineering
program for the past five years.

Table 1-1. History of Admission Standards for Freshman

Admissions for Past five Academic YearsB.Sc. medical
Engineering Program
Academic High School Rate % Students Transfer
Year Min. Avg. Enrolled Students Graduates
2009-2010 90.112 90.473 20 +4 -5 23
2011-2012 91.546 92.847 18 +9 -4 24
2013-2014 90.337 92.972 24 +8 22
2015-2016 91.884 93.103 12 +4 -6 21
2016-2017 95.522 95.654 27 +4-1 22
2017-2018 96.822 96.654 29 +4-1 25
2018-2019 95.4 93.145 28 +4-1 24

B. Evaluating Student Performance

1) Students Assessment
Student's performance in each subject is evaluated by the instructor in
the form of a numerical grade, through various types of assessment
assignments, chosen according to what is appropriate for the subject in
question. These assignments usually are a combination of examinations,
quizzes, homework, and/or laboratory reports. Projects and/or reportswith
oral presentations are also required for some subjects. Certain assignments
are graded by a group of instructors, e.g. the graduation project, where the
student also gives an oral presentation of the written project report, and
answer questions on it.

2) Students Evaluation
Al-Nahrain University adopts semester’s system of study, accompanied
with a standard definition of credit hours. Each semester credit hour
represents one theoretical class hour per week with a stipulated duration
of 50 minutes. Based on the definition of 15 weeks per semester, a typical
three-credit hour class will consist of 45 hours of contact hours. Every two
tutorial, experimental, or application hours are equivalent to one
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hours, the final evaluation of the student is obtained. Table 1-2 shows the
participants of the medical Engineering program and the percentage of
success for each class over the past five years.

Table 1-2. SE Program Participants & Success Trends

For 5 Years
Number of Participant Students & Percentage for Success
Academic
1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year 5th Year
Year
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
2009-2010 25 79.2 19 95 42 92.9 24 100 24 91.775
2011-2012 20 100 38 100 25 100 21 100 21 100
2013-2014 37 97.3 27 92.6 21 100 24 100 24 98.243
2015-2016 31 87.1 20 100 24 100 24 100 20 96.054
2016-2017 28 99 18 98 21 88.5 23 100 22 100
2017-2018 10 99 18 98 21 88.5 23 100 22 100
2018-2019 33 88 19 95 22 87.9 24 100 23 100

3) Students Progress
The students progress is monitored by the Examining Committee, and
discussed periodically by the Department Council. The Examining
Committee continuously checks the transcript of each student in order to
ensure that the student remains in good academic standing. Grades are also
forwarded to advisors, to assist them in monitoring student progress. If the
student failed to pass half the subjects at the second attempt of the final
exam, he/she must perform the whole year again. If the student

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failed again, he/she will be dismissed. On the other hand, the student
must attend classes on regular basis so as absence of each subject'sclasses
do not exceed (15%) of the total number of the subject hours during the
semester. This is to ensure that the student follows the syllabi of each
subject and assimilated it well.

C. Advising Students:
Faculty members periodically meet with the students to review their
progress. The Department is looking forward toward a standardized
advising process to be developed and adopted to make students aware of
the correct procedures for being advised.
Table 1-3 shows the percentage of faculty members and their
qualifications to the number of students during the academic year (2015-
2016).

Table 1-3. Full-Time Faculty Members

Number of Faculty Member Total

Certification Scientific Rank
Ph.D. M.Sc. Prof. Asst. Prof. Lect. Asst. Lect.

13 16 2 2 7 14 54

Percentage 16% 17% 3% 7% 10% 10% 30%

of (124)
Students

D. Transfer Students and Transfer Courses:

Transfer students are admitted by the College Deanery through the
Assistant Dean office for Scientific and Students Affairs, after consulting
the Committee of Transfer Credit Evaluation in the Department. This
Committee works according to central instructions issued by the Ministry
of Higher Education and Scientific Research. The transferred students are
subjected to a scientific comparison between the curriculum of the medical
Engineering program at their previous institutions and the curriculum
adopted in the medical engineering program at this Department. The
Committee converts the subjects achieved in the previous institutions to
subjects that have to be achieved in the medical Engineering program of
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transcript. Table 1-2 had already showed numbers of transfer students for
the past five academic years.

E. Graduation Requirements:
To deserve a Bachelor of Science degree in the medical engineering
program of the Department, the student must fulfill the following academic
requirements:
1. Passing the five academic levels successfully within a maximum
allowable period of study of 7 years, plus one additional year if
needed at the final level.
2. Passing the Summer Training successfully.
The Examination Committee in the Department maintain a complete
file of records on the progress of each student according to the academic
program. The Registration Section at the College Deanery have the same
file too. This file contains all academic records and related correspondence
and documents of the student, including the following:
 Transcript, updated at the completion of the senior year with 60
Subjects of 169 Units. Table 1-4 shows the Total Credits Required
for Graduation.
 Audit sheet tailored to the medical engineering curriculum, showing
subjects and their credits in separate categories, detailing
engineering, math and science, and humanities and others.
 Copies of all academic correspondence of the student, including
letters of admission to the College of Engineering.
 Any exceptions to the rules filed by the student and any actions taken
on those exceptions.
 Any comments or instructions included by the student’s faculty
advisor, Head of Department, Registration Office, or otherpertinent
source.

Table 1-4. Total Credits Required for Graduation.

No. of No. of Number of Hours / Week
Subjects Units Total Th. App. Exp.
1st Year - 1st Semester 8 19 26 15 10 1
1st Year - 2nd Semester 8 19 26 16 8 2
2nd Year - 1st Semester 7 20 29 16 9 1
2nd Year - 2nd Semester 8 21 25 18 7 3
3rd Year - 1st Semester 7 20 25 19 2 4

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3rd Year - 2nd Semester 7 21 27 19 4 4

4th Year - 1st Semester 8 21 28 18 6 4
4th Year - 2nd Semester 7 19 24 16 6 2
5th Year - 1nd Semester 7 18 23 16 5 5
5th Year - 2nd Semester 8 20 22 18 6 4
TOTAL SUM 60 198 255 172 63 31

F. Enrolment and Graduation Trends:

All students are full-time students, there are no part-time or full-time
equivalent (FTE) students. Table 1-1 had already showed that enrollment
fluctuates during the past Five years, due to the external influence of the
central admission managed by the Ministry. While graduation for the past
five years seems to be at a stagnating level. Unfortunately there isn't
enough information to show the program graduates' current employment,
job title, or other placement information nor certification and licensure.

G. Opinion of Students
During the period of the academic year, the student is required to
meet with a faculty members and to review his/her progress.
The Department of ME determined that a standardized advising process
needed to be developed and posted to make students aware of the correct
procedures for being advised, this proposal process is shown in
APPENDIX (A) and (B) for the students opinion about curriculum and
faculty, respectively .

Criterion 2. Program Educational Objectives

A. Mission Statement

1) Department Vision
The Department of medical Engineering Endeavour’s to be one of
the leading medical Engineering Programs in Iraq and the region.

2) The Main Features of the Program:

 Its quality is comparable with similar international Programs while
introducing flexibility to meet local needs without affecting its
quality.

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 The program is well positioned to address the areas of recent

research in the area.

3) Department Mission
The department board consists the department’s faculty with of lecturer
and above. It represent the highest authority of the department which
portrays all aspects of its policy and supervise the functioning of the
academic programs. The board has a regular semimonthly meetings.
The Department of medical Engineering, aspires to be a centre of
excellence in educating professionals in medical engineering in Iraq. The
philosophy of the Department is to promote a model of education that
promotes both professional and educational aspects of a discipline that
supports academic creativity, cultural development, and operates within an
environment that encourages technology transfer. The Departmentoffers a
comprehensive program at undergraduate and postgraduate levels that can
play a pivotal role in the development of the engineering areas in Iraq, and
provide a forum for research into topical areas and contribute to policy
debates.

DESIRED RESULTS

2
ASSESSMENT –
ACCEPTABLE
EVIDENCE

3
LEARNING
EXPERIENCES
AND
INSTRUCTION

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4) Mission
1. Graduating highly qualified ethical medical engineers.
2. Building the leadership qualities in its graduates through teaching
how to lead, problem solving, team work, quality considerations,
and professionalism at work.
3. Instilling in graduates the spirit and commitment for acquiring
knowledge and community service.
4. Contributing ideas of projects and carrying out research for the
benefit and development of the community.
5. Nurturing and care of outstanding students and encouraging them to
use their skills.
6. Student counselling, guidance and strengthening of citizenship spirit.
7. Providing good working environment for students, faculty, and
other personnel with emphasis on high academic, professional and
ethical standards within the university campus. Freedom of
opinions and respect of others opinions and encouragement in
exchanging knowledge.
8. Learning outcomes statements are typically characterised by the use
of active verbs expressing knowledge, comprehension, application,
analysis, synthesis, evaluation, creation etc.
9. They have implications for qualifications, curriculum design, teaching,
learning and assessment, as well as quality assurance.

B. Program Educational Objectives (PEO)

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Since its establishment, the ME Department at NU, worked hardly

and continuously based on his noble mission in society service to achieve
a number of strategically goals and objectives, the most important of them
are:
1. Graduate medical engineers to serve in healthy center and hospital ,
construction and other sectors of the medical engineering .
2. Improving the teaching and administrative activities to meet
international accreditations standards and the mission of the
department.
3. Improving the academic abilities of the faculty and attracting highly
skilled personnel.
4. Improve the abilities of management and technical supporting staff
and attract the highly skilled for employment.

5. Optimum use of resources and potentials of the department.

6. Cooperation, academic exchange programs, partnerships with other
universities and academic centers in developed countries.
7. Establishing viable applied research that generates knowledge for
local and foreign markets.
8. The graduate outcomes for a degree are clearly written statements
about the knowledge, skills and attitudes of its graduates.
9. Graduate outcomes are developed from a number of sources
including professional accreditation bodies, employer groups, the
university educational principles and the professional experience of
staff teaching in the discipline.
10. Graduate outcomes represent the subject matter, techniques, skills
and attitudes of central importance to the chosen discipline(s).
11. From these outcomes the curriculum of the course is constructed,
the subdivision of structure into units is made, and the outcomes
specific to each of the units are derived.

C. Consistence of the Program Educational Objectives with the Mission

and Activities of the Engineering College of NU

The Medical Engineering Department PEOs are aligned well,

closely linked to, and consistent with the department’s mission. The first
one of the objectives (PEO-1) provides the first step towards a career of
achievement and service. The needed background of knowledge andskills
are acquired to achieve this objective. Students acquire quality

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education through several avenues, including knowledge, skills and values

as reflected in PEO 1. The professional and ethical issues are also
preserved in (PEO-1). PEOs 2, 3, 4 and 6 ensure the qualities for self-
development and professional growth and improvement of the faculty
and administrative and technical staff.
The medical Engineering Department PEOs are closely linked to, and
consistent with, the University of nahrain and College of Engineering
missions. The University and College missions are directly served by the
first, fifth and seventh medical Engineering Department PEOsas
productive citizen in ever-changing technological world. The program
educational objectives are focused on attributes of the graduates thatenable
them to fulfill the vision that is found in the mission of theUniversity.

Dynamic Quality Assessment Cycle

D. Program Consistencies
PEOs Review
The process of review and evaluation of the ME program is done
through the following assessment channels:

1. Alumni survey.
2. Employer’s survey.
3. Faculty discussion.

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4. Student’s survey.
1. Industry healthy consultations.

E. Process for Establishing Program

Educational Objectives
PEO Definition
The primary function of the ME program that is compatible with
the missions of the College of Engineering of NU is to instill in its
graduates a solid foundation of mathematical, scientific, and engineering
knowledge in addition to developing the intellectual skills essential for
excelling in their careers. The PEOs were discussed with all faculty
members in several departmental meetings.
Objective #1 provides students with a solid foundation in the Medical
Engineering discipline and design methodologies through emphasis on
the application of mathematical, scientific, and engineering principles. It
provides the students with the knowledge of proper ethical and professional
practices relevant to medical Engineering, as well as awareness of the
societal impact of medical engineering technologies. Objective #2 focuses
on the improvement, development and qualification of the teaching and
administrative activities of the department. Objectives#3 & #4 concentrate
on the development and improvement of the faculty, engineering,
technical, and administrative staff capabilities. Objectives #5considers the
optimum use of the department facilities and resources, and improvement
and qualification of these facilities. Objectives #6 is related to the
engagement and cooperation of the department with the highly qualified
and developed universities and countries in order to improve and develop
the ME Program of the department. Objectives #7 focuses onthe scientific
research activities of the department and how it can be directed towards the
service of community, government and state.

F. Achievement of Program Educational Objectives

The assessment process of ME Program objectives is done
continuously and informally whenever possible through many channels,
such as employers and Alumni surveys, students’ questioners process,
faculty members’ opinions, experts from industry opinions… etc. Starting
from the present academic year 2013-2014, a systematic documentation
for a number of questioners was made. The assessments are analyzed by
the faculty to determine if changes are needed.
To support the program, the Medical Engineering Departmenthas
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and also private sector companies asking them about their opinions in
the department graduates and their suggestions to improve the program.
The results of the questioners are shown in Figure (2.1).

University of nahrain / College of Engineering medical Engineering Department

Work Institutions Opinion Questionnaire about Graduates of nahrain University

Questionnaire Results

Do you agree that 1 2 3 4 5

the graduate possess sufficient
No. Question Strongly Agree I Don’t Disagree I Don’t
Agree Know Agree At
All
1 Has sufficient knowledge and information related to 3 11 1 2 -
employment issues
2 Has sufficient skills related to employment issues 2 8 1 6 -
3 Possesses the skills of social communication with customers 3 11 1 2 -
4 Have written communication skills (writing the required 3 12 1 1 -
reports are properly)
5 Possesses the skills of research and analysis in the affairs of 4 10 1 2 -
6 Possess critical thinking skills and the ability to solve 3 11 - 3 -
7 Possesses the skills of teamwork 2 12 2 1 -
8 Has the skills to work within the team 3 11 2 1 -
9 Possesses the skills of planning and organization for work 4 9 2 2 -
10 Has the ability of high productivity at work 2 10 2 3 -
11 Has the quality of work performance piece 6 9 1 1 -
12 Has the capacity to creativity, innovation and work 4 8 2 3 -
13 Has the ability to comply with the various conditions of the 4 10 3 - -
14 Has the ability to take responsibility 6 9 - 2 -
15 Possesses the skills of social interaction with colleagues 7 8 2 - -
16 Has the ability to accept guidance and ready for 6 9 1 1 -
17 Has a sense of the importance of work performed by 7 9 1 - -
18 Has the ability to audit and review the work assigned to him 4 12 1 - -
19 Has the ability to deal with the problems and difficulties of 6 7 - 4 -
working with
20 Has the capacity to follow up on any up-dates in the field of 4 11 1 1 -
work

Figure (1.1): Labor Institutions Opinion Questionnaire about Graduates

of ME-Program

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Criterion 3. Program Outcomes

The concept of competence

• Competence is defined as the ability to meet demands or carry out a

task successfully, and consists of both cognitive and no cognitive
dimensions. Competences that are important across multiple areas of
life and that contribute to an overall successful life and a well-
functioning society.

A. Process for Establishing and Revising Program Outcomes

The program outcomes have been formulated to support the
achievement of the program educational objectives when the skills,
knowledge, and attitudes learnt by the students are put into practice in the
workplace or in postgraduate study. The process for establishing and
revising the outcomes is one in which the faculty first engages in
thoughtful consideration of the program educational objectives then
revised the program outcomes to ensure that they adequately support the
Program educational objectives

B. Program Outcomes
The 10 outcomes of bio- Medical engineering program are listed below.
They have been organized into a logical grouping of the knowledge and
skills that are subset of each outcome:
a) An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and
engineering.
b) An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze
and interpret data.
c) An ability to function on multidisciplinary teams.
d) An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.
e) An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
f) An ability to communicate effectively.
g) The broad education necessary to understand the impact of
engineering solutions in a global.
h) A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long
learning.
i) A knowledge of contemporary issues.

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j) An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering

tools necessary for engineering practice.

C. Curriculum Relationship to the Program Outcomes

The learning outcomes of the curriculum are mapped to the
Program Outcomes with a level of emphasis being Low (L), Medium
(M), or High (H). The level of emphasis of a program outcome is
determined by the weight used for assessing the outcome in each subject.
The level of emphasis for an outcome is determined by the weight as
follows:

• When the subject outcome weight is < 10%, it will be given a

Low rank (L).
• When the subject outcome weight is between 10% and 20%
it will be given a Medium rank (M).
• When the subject outcome weight is > 20% it will be given a
High rank (H).
Mapping between the program learning outcomes to the curriculum
courses of ME is shown in table (3.1).

Table (3.1): Required Subjects and Their Emphasis on Program Outcomes

Outcome a b c d e F g h i j k
Subject Subject Name
No.
ME101 Human Rights H
ME102 English Language I H M H H M
ME103 H M
Comp. Programming I

ME104 M M
Mathematics I

ME105 chemistry H H H M M
ME106 Engg. Drawing I H M H M
ME107 Workshops Technology M

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ME201 Mathematics / II H
ME202 Fluid Mechanics / I H M H M H M L H M

ME203 Arabic Language I H M H M H M L H M

ME204 H M H M H M L H M
English Language II

ME205 Comp. Programming II M M M M L M M

ME206 Mathematics II M M L H M M
ME207 Engineering Drawing II M M M M
ME208 Physics M
ME209 H H H H M H
Bio-chemistry

ME301 H M M M M
Elec. Circuits II

ME302 Fluid Mechanics / II H M H M H M L H M

ME303 Heat Transfer H M H M H M L H M
ME304 Management Principles H M H M H M L H M
ME305 H M H M H M L H M
Arabic Language II

ME306 H H H H M M M
Mathematics III

ME307 Mech. of Materials I H H H M M

ME308 H H H H M H
Concrete Technology IT

ME309 H M H M H M L H M
Project
ME310 Elective I H M H M H M L H M
ME311 H H H H M M M
Diagnostic Instrumental
ME401 Image processing H M H H H M M H M
ME402 Project H M H M H M L H M
ME403 H M H M H M L H M
Elective I
Diagnostic
Instrumental
ME404 Image processing H M H M H M L H M
ME405 Project M M M M M L H M
ME406 Engineering Materials M M M M L M M
ME407 Engineering Project H H H H H H H H H H H
ME408 Mechanical Engineering H H H H M H

Laboratories / IV
ME409 Aerodynamics H M H M H M L H M
ME410 Jet Engines H M H M H M L H M
ME411 Aircrafts Performance and H M H M H M L H M

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D. Documentation
Unfortunately, the Department suffers from poor archive and obsolete
means of documentation.

E. Achievement of Program Outcomes

Assessment of the Medical Engineering program is carried out by the
Study Plan Committee at the Department. Curriculum revisions and
development actions proposed by the aforementioned committee are
presented to the Department Council for discussion, and approval. Then
the finalized set of recommendations is adopted. The last cycle of
curriculum assessment and development process was made in the academic
year (2013-2014). It was carried out after a general and comprehensive
review to the old curriculum and in response to the comments / assessment
of the Study Plan Committee and the Faculty.
The Department is looking forward towards adopting a new strategy
using multiple measures of students outcomes through the following tools:
 Course survey on faculty course reports.
 Year-end survey
 Senior exit interview
 Cooperative education surveys
 Alumni survey
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Criterion 4. Continuous Improvements

A. Information Used for Program Improvement
The year-end survey is the primary source of information used for
program improvement.

B. Actions to Improve the Program

The faculty continuously improves the performance of the Department
by improving any weak process or deficit in achieving the outcomes. The
following specific actions have either been successfully implemented or
are in process.
1. Review and improvement of curriculum.
2. Development of faculty through training programs.
3. Promotion of some faculty members to higher ranks.
4. Purchasing additional laboratory equipment and instruments.
5. Purchasing additional books for the library.
6. Purchasing additional computers.
7. Employment of new faculty, administrative and technical staff.
8. Conducting scientific conferences, symposiums and workshops.
9. Rehabilitation of buildings, services, infrastructure and landscape.

The major functions performed by the Department for the purpose of

continuous improvement of the bio- Medical engineering program are:

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 Constituents requirements (Develop objectives)

 Curriculum, Staff &Facilities
 Teaching &Learning
 Graduates with Outcomes
 Constituents satisfaction (Achieving objectives)
 Continual Quality Improvement

Criterion 5. Curriculum
A. Program Curriculum
1.a) Overview
The curriculum requirements specify subject areas
appropriate to engineering but do not prescribe specific subjects.
The professional component must include:
a. A combination of mathematics and basic sciences general
education component
(Some with experimental experience) appropriate to the
discipline.
b. Engineering topics, consisting of engineering sciences and
engineering design
Appropriate to the student’s field of study.
c. A general education component that complements the
technical content of the
Curriculum and is consistent with the program and
institution objectives.

1.b) How the Curriculum Aligns with the Program Educational

Objectives
The faculty has complete authority to define, revise, implement,
and achieve program educational objectives. Input is required from the
students, alumni, and the employers of our alumni in the implementation
of program objectives. The major role of the faculty is to create, revise,
and evaluate subjects for the program as well as define and revise
program educational objectives and ensure achievement of student
outcomes. Therefore, the above process ensures alignment of the
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various tables. The medical faculty insures that the students receive all
the engineering analysis within the context of engineering program. At
our faculty meetings, the discussion is possible subjects to be introduced
in the different subjects and brainstorm on ways to bring engineering
program and open-ended problems into our subjects.

2) Credit Hours Distribution

The Curriculum of the B.Sc. degree in bio-medical engineering is
shown in Tables 5-1.
Table 5-1. Curriculum of B.Sc. Degree in medical Engineering
Code Subject Units Code Subject Units
1st st
Yr./1 Semester Total Units→ 18 1 Yr./2 Semester
st nd Total Units→ 22
UREQ110 Human Rights 1 UREQ120 Arabic Language I 1
UREQ111 English Language I 2 UREQ121 English Language II 2
UREQ112 Comp. Programming I 3 UREQ122 Comp. Programming II 3
MATH110 Mathematics I 3 MATH120 Mathematics II 3
CREQ110 chemistry 3 CREQ120 Engineering Drawing II 2
CREQ110 Eng. Drawing I 2 PHYS120 Physics 3
MDER210 Workshops Technology 1 MDER210 Bio-chemistry 4
MDER211 Elec. circuits I 2 MDER211 Elec. Circuits II 4
nd st
2 Yr./1 Semester Total Units→ 18 2 Yr./2 Semester Total Units→ 19
nd nd

UREQ210 Management Principles 1 MDER410 Democracy 1

UREQ211 Arabic Language II 1 MDER411 Mathematics IV 3
MATH210 Mathematics III 3 MDER412 Medical 2
instrumentation
MDER210 Mech. of Materials I 4 MDER413 Mech. of Materials II 3
MDER211 Concrete Technology IT 4 MDER414 Fluid Mechanics II 3
MDER212 Structure programming 2 MDER415 Digital electronics 3
MDER213 Basic electronics 3 MDER416 Pathology 2
3rd Yr./1st Semester Total Units→ 19 3rd Yr./2nd Semester Total Units→ 19
MDER310 Engineering analysis 3 CIER321 Eng. statics 2
MDER311 Mechanics of materials 2 MDER320 Numerical analysis 3
MDER312 The rank anatomy I 2 MDER321 Mechanics of materials 3
MDER313 General histology 2 MDER322 Neck & nervous 3
anatomy
MDER314 Medical equipment 3 MDER323 Physiology 3
MDER315 physiology 2 MDER324 Specific histology 2
MDER316 Fiber optics 2 MDER325 Bon injury and fracture 3
th st
4 Yr./1 Semester Total Units→ 19 4th Yr./2nd Semester Total Units→ 19
MDER410 Biomechanics I 2 MDER410 Biomechanics II 3
MDER411 Bio materials I 3 MDER411 Bio materials II 2
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MDER412 Communication I 3 MDER412 Communication II 3

MDER413 Thermo- fluid mech 3 MDER413 Analytical mechanics 2
MDER414 Digital electronics I 2 MDER414 Therapeutic instrument 2
MDER415 Reinforced Concrete III 3 MDER415 Digital electronics II 3
MDER416 Pathology 2 MDER416 Mass transfer 3
Total Units →
5th Yr./1st 20 5th Yr./2nd Total Units →
CREQ510 Project 2 CREQ510Project 2
MDER510 Elective I 2 MDER510 Elective I 2
MDER511 Diagnostic Instrumental 3 MDER511 Diagnostic Instrumental 3
MDER512 Image processing 3 MDER512 Image processing 3
MDER513 Biomedical sensors 3 MDER513 Biomedical sensors 2
MDER514 Microprocessor 3 MDER514 Microprocessor 3
MDER515 Hospital system& 2 MDER515 Hospital system& 2
design design
MDER516 Control I 3 MDER516 Control I 3

Figure (5.1): General Relative Distributions of Curriculum

Categories General Medical & Aeronautical
Engineering

3) Culminating Major Design Experience

The medical engineering program has been designed by the faculty to
prepare students for successful engineering practice. While designed to
develop the essential knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for
professional practice or graduate study, the curricular structure of the
program equips the students with educational experience necessary to
enable them to succeed in a world characterized by rapidly developing
technology, growing complexity, and globalization.
The program must prepare graduates to apply knowledge of
mathematics, physics, chemistry, and at least one additional area of basic
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knowledge of technical areas appropriate to medical engineering; conduct

medical engineering experiments and analyze and interpret the resulting
data; design a system, component, or process in more than .
The curriculum builds from basic to advance courses, has a logical
prerequisite tree, and balanced semester loads among various technical and
general education courses.

4) Curricular Components' Time and Attention

The professional components of the engineering curriculum specify the
subject areas appropriate to engineering but do not prescribe specific
subjects. These components must include:
 Engineering topics, consists of engineering sciences and
engineering technologies appropriate to the field of study.
 Topics in mathematics and basic sciences (some with experimental
experience) appropriate to the discipline.
 General education topics that complements the technical content of
the curriculum and is consistent with the program objectives.
The requirements of the medical engineering program and its
curriculum components and credit hours can be summarized as follows:
 Five Years Program (Full-time Study).
 169 Subject Credit Hours.
 Curriculum Components:
o Engineering Topics: 113 hrs, ≈ 70% of curriculum.
o Mathematics and Basic Science: 25 hrs, ≈ 16 % of curriculum.
o General Education: 22 hrs, ≈ 14% of curriculum.

5) Cooperative Education
The medical engineering curriculum requires students to complete
sixty days of summer training at private healthy center or governmental
firms. This training is a compulsory component of graduation
requirements. It is supervised by the Summer Training Committee of the
department.

6) Requirements for Bachelor of Science in Medical Engineering

The following subsections describe the program areas: (1)

Mathematics, (2) General Education includes Technical engineering
component (non-mechanical) and non-technical component including
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The mechanical engineering program subjects develop the knowledge

and skills that will enable students to:
• apply basic mathematical and scientific concepts for the description
and solution of engineering problems,
• develop initial proficiency in mechanical engineering disciplines,
• develop the ability to conduct experiments, and critically analyze and
interpret data,
• perform mechanical engineering integrated design of systems,
components, or processes by means of practical experiences (group
projects),
• identify, formulate, and solve mechanical engineering problems using
modern engineering tools, techniques, and skills,
• collaborate in group projects,
• develop their written and oral communication skills through
presentations of project results,
• Acquire an appreciation for some of the ethical problems that arise
inthe exercise of the profession.
Figure (5.2) shows the detailed distribution of the subject groups for
Mechanical and Aero Engineering program

6) Additional Materials
This is to be submitted during the ABET team visit according to
Section II.E.3.c of the ABET Accreditation Policy and Procedure Manual
- APPM.

B. Prerequisite Flow Chart

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Criterion 6. Faculty
A. Leadership Responsibilities

1) The Leader of the Program

The Head of Department is appointed by the President of Al-Nahrain
University, according to the recommendation of the Dean of the College of
Engineering, which is already based on choosing one of three candidates
elected by the Department faculty. The authority of the Head of
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these years, the authority can be extended once, or another faculty member
is appointed to take his place by the same procedure.

2) Leader Responsibilities
The Head of Department recommend the members of the Department
Council, Registrar of the Department and all Permanent Committees, to
be assigned by the Dean.
The Department Council usually consist of all of the faculty members
that have the higher scientific ranks. The Head of Department distributes
the administrative, scientific, and academic tasks among the faculty and
staff. He chair the Department Council meetings and represents the
Department at the College Council meetings. The Head of Department
exercises scientific, administrative and financial delegations by which he
can perform his job.

B. Authority and Responsibility of Faculty

Our full-time faculty includes; teaching, supervision, research work,
academic services, and professional services to society. Most of the issues
are taken care of by the relevant committees using teamwork approach. For
example, course evaluation and modification is the main task of the Study
Plan Committee, however, any Faculty member can initiate modification
of any current course or creation of a new course. The Study Plan
Committee studies and discusses the renovation and present it to the
Department Counsel where each member has the chance to interfere in the
creation or modification process. Then curriculum renovation proposal is
presented to the College of Engineering Council for final approval.

C. Faculty Workload
The department of ME employs fully 6 staff members with Ph.D. degrees
from highly reputable international universities. The number of faculty
staff changed through the last ten years while the number of enrolled
students is fluctuating. The course load is distributed in accordance with
faculty rank; that is; 6 credit hours maximum for Professor, 8 credit hours
maximum for an Assistance Professor, 10 credit hours maximum for
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Assistance Lecturer. Any extra course load for each faculty member is
compensated for financially. The faculty work load for the fulltime of
the academic year 2015-2016 is shown in Table (5.3). The table also
shows the distribution of the faculty activity.

Table 6-1. Faculty Size at the Department of medical Engineering

Certificate Rank Gender
Specialization Asst. Asst. Femal Total
PhD. MSc. Prof. Lect. Male
Prof. Lect. e
Communication
& electronic
engineering/ 1 1 1 - - 2 - 2
Digital
communication
Mechanical
engineering/ 1 - - 1 - - 1 - 1
biomechanics
Mechanical
1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 3
engineering
Electronic
engineering/ 2 1 - - 1 - 2 - 2
Thin Films
Sciences/
Spectrum 1 - 1 - - - 1 - 1
diffusion
Electrical
1 - - - 1 - 1 - 1
Engineering
Communication
1 - - - 1 - 1 - 1
engineering
Veterinary
medicine/ 1 - - - - 1 - 1 1
Physiology
Control
Engineering/ 1 - - - 1 - 1 - 1
Electricity
Materials
1 - - - 1 - 1 1
Engineering
Medical
- 9 - - - 9 4 5 9
Engineering
Total 12 11 3 1 7 10 16 7 23
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The department currently employs (15) Faculty members with Ph.D.

degrees and (13) Faculty members with M.Sc. degrees. The number of
faculty members had changed through the last ten years due to the changing
circumstances of the country. The number of enrolled students usually
fluctuate according to the circumstances of the Central Admission Policy at
the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. The teaching
load is distributed in accordance with Faculty rank; that is to assign a
maximum of 6 credit hours for each Professor, 8 credit hours for each
Assistance Professor, 10 credit hours for each Lecturer, and 12 credit hours
for each Assistance Lecturer. Any extra course load for each faculty
member is compensated for financially. The Faculty work load forthe full-
time of the academic year 2023-2024 is shown in Table 6-2. The table also
shows the distribution of the Faculty activities.
Table 6-2. Full-Time Faculty Teaching Load Summary

Program Activity Distribution

FT (%)
Classes Taught (Course No.
# Faculty Member Name or
/Credit Hrs.) Fulltime Academic Year
PT Teaching Research Other

Dr. Auns Qusai Hashim Al-

1 FT 6/13 hrs 40% 30% 50%
Neami
Dr. Jamal Abduljabar
2 FT Biomedical Optics & Laser, Hybrid System 40% 40% 20%
Hassan
Biomechanics I (MDER410/3) 1
Biomechanics II (MDER420/3) 2
3 Dr. Sadiq Jaafar Hamandi FT 50% 40% 10%
Professional Ethics (UREQ510/1) 1
Bio tribology (MDER522/2) 2
EME214/statisticandEME103computer
4 Dr. Sufian Munther Salih FT 50% 40% 10%
1andEME205computer2
5 Dr. Logean Qadri Ibrahim FT
Dr. Hadeel Kassim Wadi
6 FT 6/ 18 hrs 50% 25% 25%
Aljobouri
7 Dr. Ahmed Faeq Hussein FT

BIOL110 / 3 / Biology - MDER223 / 2 / Limbs

Anatomy - MDER312 / 2 / Trunk Anatomy -
8 Dr. Rana Ibrahim Mahmood FT 50% 25% 25%
MDER322 / 2 / Head & Neck Anatomy - MDER
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Mathematics(Math110/4 hr. /1st term/2024),

Calculus(Math120/5 hr./2nd term/2024),
Engineering Mathematics(Math210/4 hr./1st
9 Dr. Ali Mahdi Miftin FT term/2024),Analytical Mathematics(Math220/4 90% 10%
hr. /2nd term/2024), Analytical Mechanics
(MDER 423, 2 hr. / 2nd term / 2024), project
(CREQ 521 / 6 hr. / 1st and 2nd terms / 2024)

MDER314 histology/3, MDER325 bone injury

10 Dr. Eman Ghadhban Khalil FT and fractures/2, MDER416 pathology/2, 60% 25% 15%
POER325 Pathology II/2

MDER310/4/Engineering Analysis (1st Semester

3rd Year). MDER515/2/Rehabilitation
Engineering (1st Semester 5th Year).
Dr. Hassanain Ali Lafta
11 FT MDER520/2/Modern Medical Equipment (2nd 80% 5% 15%
Mossa
Semester Fifth Year). POER323/2/Medical
Rehabilitation Engineering (2nd Semester POE
3rd Year).

MDER210/4/Engineering Mechanics I 1st

semester, 2nd year; MDER220/4/Engineering
Dr. Aseel Mohammed Ali Mechanics II 2nd semester, 2nd year;
12 FT 50% 30% 20%
Hussein Ghazwan MDER311/3/Mechanics of Materials I 1st
semester, 3rd year; MDER321/5/Mechanics of
Materials II 2nd semester, 3rd year

1st Semester 2/10, 2nd Semester 2/4, 4/14 per

13 Dr. Salman Majid Salman FT 95% 5% 0%
year

1- Medical Instrumentation (4th year_1st sem.)

2- Engineering Drawing (1st year_1st sem.)

3- Therapeutic Instrumentation (4th year_2nd

14 Dr. Samar Ali Jaber FT 75% 15% 10%
sem.)
4- Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (2nd
year_2nd sem.)
5- Graduation project two students (5th year_1st
and 2nd sem.)
Materials Science
Dr. Alaa Ayyed Jebur Al-
15 FT Biomaterials I 60% 20% 20%
Taie
Biomaterials II
Dr. Dunia Tahseen Nema
16 FT chemistry, physiology, biology 60% 25% 15%
Al-Aridhi
17 Dr. Mais Odai Abdul Rassul FT
MDER315/3 Electronics III,1st semester, 3th year
Dr. Jassim Mohammed MDER514/2 Neural Network 1st semester, 5th
18 FT 70% 15% 15%
Sahan year
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MDER225/4, optical system design 2nd semester,
2nd year
digital Lab/4 , 2nd semester, 4th year ,2
undergraduate projects/4
MDER415/3 1st semester, 4th year
MDER426/2 2nd semester, 4th year
Dr. Basma Abdulsahib
19 FT biomechanics Lab/6 , 1st year, 4th year 50 5 45
Faihan
MDER525/4, 2nd semester, 5th year
Control Lab/ 5, 2nd semester, 5th year

CREQ520 Engineering Management/2, MDER

20 Dr. Muna Mustafa Kareem FT 60% 10% 30%
515 Elective I/2, POER316 Pathology I/2

MDER110/6 Hrs. Term1 and Year(1)

21 Dr. Hussain A. Jaber FT 60% 15% 25%
MDER120/6 Hrs. Term2 and Year(1)
Numerical Analysis
22 Reem Shakir Mahmood FT 50% 50% 0%
Digital Image Processing
Hospital design and system, MDER515/2 Hrs.1st
23 Noor Ali Sadek FT semester. 5th grade and MEMS MDER 535/2 75% 15% 10%
Hrs.2nd semester, 5th grade
24 Qais Ahmed Habash FT Image processing /Neural network 60% 25% 15%

(MDER511 - Diagnostic Medical Equipment Lab

– UGV – 1st Sem – 2h) - (MDER210 Electronics
25 Faten Imad Ali FT Lab I/3– 1st Sem – 3h)( Numerical Analysis Lab 50% 40% 10%
– UGIII – 2nd Sem – 2h) - (MDER220
Electronics Lab II /3– 2nd Sem – 3h)

Hamza Abbas Fadhil

26 FT
Ibrahim

MATH120 Mathematics II / 5, MDER212

Numerical Analysis72, MDER423 Image
27 Doaa Nawfal Hazim FT Processing/4,CREQ121 Computer Fundamentals 60% 10% 30%
and Programming II/2, CREQ120 Engineering
Drawing II/5, Communication lab/3

MDER110 Electrical Circuits I/3, MDER120

Electrical Circuits II/2 ,MDER212 Numerical
Analysis72, MDER413 Digital Electronics I/4,
28 Fatima ibrahim yasser FT MDER424 Digital Electronics II /4, MDER423 40% 30% 30%
Image Processing/4,CREQ121 Computer
Fundamentals and Programming II/2,
Experimental design 3rd year/2
(UREQ111 - Computer Fundamentals and
Programming I Lab - UGI - 1st Sem - 2h) –
(MDER212 - Numerical Analysis Lab – UGII –
1st Sem – 2h) - (MDER415 - Medical Imaging
Instruments I Lab – UGIV – 1st Sem – 2h) -
(MDER413 - Digital Electronics I Lab – UGIV –
1st Sem – 2h) – (MDER314 - Medical
29 Abdullah Nasser Ibraheem FT 50% 5% 45%
Measurement Instrumentation Lab – UGIII – 1st
Sem – 2h) – (MDER511 - Diagnostic Medical
Equipment Lab – UGV – 1st Sem – 2h) - (
Numerical Analysis Lab – UGIII – 2nd Sem – 2h)
– (MDER 421 – Biomechanics II Lab – UGIV –
2nd Sem – 3h) – (MDER424 – Digital Electronics
II Lab – UGIV – 2nd Sem – 3h) – (MDER423 –
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Image Processing Lab – UGIV – 2nd Sem – 2h) –
(MDER425 - Medical Imaging Instruments II Lab
– UGIV – 2nd Sem – 2h)

CREQ121 Computer Fundamentals and

Programming II /4, Electrical Network/2,
30 Ahmed Lateef Khudarahm FT MDER110 Electrical Circuits I /3, MDER120 60% 10% 30%
Electrical Circuits II/2, MDER210 Electronics I/3,
MDER220 Electronics II /3

UREQ111 Computer Fundamentals and

Programming I/4, CREQ120 Engineering
Drawing II/5, UREQ111 Computer Fundamentals
31 Zaid Mustafa Khudair FT 60% 10% 30%
and Programming I/2, CREQ121 Computer
Fundamentals and Programming II/2,MDER520
Control II /2

material Lab. 2, Strength of materials Lab.2 ,

Arkan Saad Mohammed
32 FT Biomechanics lab 3 , CREQ120 Workshop 3, 60% 10% 30%
raoof
Digital Electronics II 3
MDER213/2,MDER222/2, MDER313/3,
33 Enas Shehab Ahmed FT 60% 10% 30%
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E. Faculty Size

1) Involvement and Interaction with Students

All faculty members maintain regular posted office hours, and most of
them have an open-door policy; supervise senior design projects, requiring
regular weekly meetings with the students; and all of them serve as
advisors to undergraduate research projects. Faculty members also serve as
advisors for professional societies, advising student leaders, and supporting
students in regional and national conferences and competitions. Therefore,
quality teaching and student interactions areemphasized at the Department.

2) Student Advising
Freshman advising is handled by the Committee of Student Affairs in
the Department of ME. The Committee consisting of some members of the
faculty is responsible for advising students. The faculty advises, motivates,
and helps students with their professional development. There are
occasions in which faculty members spend (B) shows the students opinions
of the Faculty members through the self-assessment questioners.time with
students outside the classroom on special projects and in undergraduate
research activities. Students’ advising is provided by all faculty members
based on expertise and guidance as preferred by the student. This service
is provided by all Mechanical faculties and it is offered voluntarily, with
no academic release time.

3) Interactions with Industry and Government

The department contributed over many years in providing services to

several different state offices and the private sector as well. These services
have included a variety of activities including engineering consultancy, to
conduct preliminary and final designs, check designs, supervision of
project implementation, organizing courses anddevelopmental courses of
continuing education, research and evaluationof patents, contract research
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F. Faculty Qualification
Table 6-3 shows the qualifications of each Faculty member and how
they are adequate to cover all the curricular areas and to meet any
applicable program criteria.
Table 6-3. Full-Time Faculty Qualifications

# Scientific
Full Name Position Certificate General / Specific Specialty
Degree
1 Dr. Auns Qusai Head of the Asst. Analysis and processing
Ph.D.
Hashim Al-Neami dept. Prof. of biomedical signals
2 Dr. Nabeel Kadim Faculty Prof.
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Abid AL- Sahib member
3 Dr. Jamal Abdul Faculty Prof.
Ph.D. Sciences and Spectrum diffusion
Jabbar Hasaan member
4 Dr. Sadiq Jaafar Faculty Asst. Mechanical engineering
Ph.D.
Hamandi member Prof. biomechanics
5 Dr. Sufian Munther Faculty Asst. Statistics and Planning Operation
Ph.D.
Salih member Prof. Research
6 Dr. Hadeel Kassim Faculty Asst.
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering
Wadi Aljobouri member Prof.
7 Dr. Ahmed Faiq Faculty Asst.
Ph.D. computer systems engineering
Hassan member Prof.
8 Dr. Rana Ibraheem Faculty Asst.
Ph.D. Biology Science
Mohammed member Prof.
9 Faculty Lecturer
Dr. Ali Mahdi Miftin Ph.D. Civil Engineering
member
01 Dr. Eman Ghadhban Faculty Lecturer
Ph.D. pathology/immunopathology
Khalil member
00 Dr. Hassanain Ali Faculty Lecturer
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering
Lafta Mossa member
02 Dr. Aseel Mohammed Faculty Lecturer
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering
Ali member
03 Dr. Salman Majid Faculty Lecturer Electronics and communications
Ph.D.
Salman member engineering
04 Faculty Lecturer
Dr. Samar Ali Jaber Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering
member
05 Dr. Alaa Ayyed Jebur Faculty Lecturer
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering
Al-Taie member
06 Dr. Dunia Tahseen Faculty Lecturer
Ph.D. Clinical Biochemistry
Nema Al-Aridhi member
07 Dr. Mais Odai Abdul Faculty Lecturer
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering
Rassul member
08 Dr. Jassim Faculty Lecturer Electronic and Communication
Ph.D.
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09 Dr. Basma Abdulsahib Faculty Lecturer
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering
Faihan member
21 Dr. Muna Mustafa Faculty Biomedical Engineering
Lecturer Ph.D.
Kareem member
20 Dr. Hussain Abd Faculty Biomedical Engineering
Lecturer Ph.D.
Jaber member
22 Reem Shakir Faculty Asst. Biomedical Engineering
M.Sc.
Mahmood member Lecturer
23 Noor Ali Sadek Faculty Asst. Biomedical Engineering
M.Sc.
member Lecturer
24 Qais Ahmed Habash Faculty Asst. Biomedical Engineering
M.Sc.
member Lecturer
25 Faten Imad Ali Faculty Biomedical Engineering
Lecturer M.Sc.
member
26 Hamza Abbas Fadhil Faculty Asst. Biomedical Engineering
M.Sc.
Ibrahim member Lecturer
27 Doaa Nawfal Hazim Faculty Asst. Electronics and communication
M.Sc.
member Lecturer Engineering
28 Fatima Ibrahim Faculty Asst. Electronics and communication
M.Sc.
Yasser member Lecturer Engineering
29 Abdullah Nasser Faculty Asst. Electronics and communication
M.Sc.
Ibraheem member Lecturer Engineering
31 Ahmed Lateef Faculty Asst. Electronics and communication
M.Sc.
Khudarahm member Lecturer Engineering
30 Zaid Mustafa Khudair Faculty Asst. Electronics and communication
M.Sc.
member Lecturer Engineering
32 Arkan Saad Faculty Asst. Materials Engineering
M.Sc.
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G. Faculty Development
Faculty professional development activities include: attending seminars
and lectures, participation in training workshops, attending professional
conferences, publishing new papers and articles, review activities,
conducting new researches, training programs, postgraduate studies inside
and outside Iraq. Among the Faculty members there are (9) joining
postgraduate programs to obtain the Ph.D. degree, outside the country.

• Leave of Absence (Study Abroad): An institutional program

allows faculty who have not completed a Ph.D. degree and are in
a tenure or tenure-track position to obtain an opportunity to study
abroad. The ministry provides tuition, travel, and a monthly
stipend. Those who are not in tenure-track positions also
participate through temporary contracts with the same benefits.
Many professors have successfully participated in this program
and have been successfully retained at the department.

• Center for Continuing Education The center offers

professional development courses and training to faculty and to
recently admit graduate teaching assistants. All new faculty and
graduate teaching assistants are required to take at least one year
of training in their first year of work.

• Sabbatical Leave: The University supports a faculty

professional leave (sabbatical) activity after five years of service.
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Criterion 7. Facilities

A. Space
The ME Department faculty and students have sufficiently
adequate (with minimum requirements) facilities available for
conducting a successful program. The facilities include several
classrooms, laboratories, workshop, faculty offices, department
library, college and university libraries, university students club, and
network access facilities. We have two large (65 chairs) meetings
and conference rooms, both equipped with computer integrated
projection equipment (LCD and / or Data Show). We also have a break
room equipped with sufficient requirements. As for the university
library it is located in campus center. The network access facilities are
provided by the Computer Center of Baghdad University in the form
of a Wireless LAN network available in all university buildings. Only
8 terminals are available now in the department. In the following
sections we provide detailed information regarding the faculty offices,
classrooms, laboratories, workshop, faculty offices, department
library, and college and university libraries.
1) Offices
The faculty offices are located in buildings 1 and 2. Most of these
offices are for two faculty members each, and some are for three
members. The offices have adequate furniture, but they are not air-
conditioned and not equipped with computers or network connection. It
should be noted, though, that the faculty offices are small in size such
that they are inadequate to hold a discussion between the faculty and
more than 2-3 students. The average faculty office space is about 10
square meters.
2) Classrooms
The classrooms include large and small ones. All are equipped
with blackboards, and some with whiteboards, as the main tool for
lecture presentation. Table (7.1) provides the classrooms types andsizes
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All classrooms are not equipped with network connected

computers or high resolution projectors which can be used to deliver
electronic class notes and perform in-class demos and presentations.

Table (7.1): Classrooms Types and Sizes

Classroom Area (m2) Maximum No. of Students
Room No. / Name Type
E1 Lectures 54 40 (now it is used as a
store)
E2 Lectures 54 40
E3 Lectures 54 40
E4 Drawing Room 35 50
E5 Lectures 35 60
E6 Lectures 53 80
E7 Lectures 08 60
E8 Lectures 48 40
E9 Lectures 53 40
E10 Lectures 53 40
E11 Lectures 53 40
E125 Meetings, 54 50
Seminars. ..et
E124 Lectures 62 50
PG-
Meetings Meetings, 47 50
Seminars. ..et
c

3) Laboratories
Medical Engineering Department contains many laboratories and
workshops which includes many devices and equipment used to conduct
the experimental tests by undergraduate students and it is helpful toconduct
the engineering projects by the forth class students, in addition tothe ability
of using many of them to achieve different tests and other works to the
government establishments, private sector, postgraduate students and
researchers generally. These labs are located in buildings 1, 2, and 4
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Table (7.2): Laboratories of the Department

Subjects Served Lab Capacity Lab.

by Lab. number of space
Lab Name students/session (m2)

1 Heat Transfer 1 ME303, ME407 8 - 10

2 Thermodynamic 1 ME203,ME407 8 - 10
3 Power Plants 1 ME404, ME407 8 - 10 396
4 I.C. Engines 1 ME404, ME407 8 - 10
5 Control 1 ME402, ME407 8 - 10
6 Vibration 1 ME305, ME407 8 - 10
Theory of ME204, 140
7 Machines 1 ME305 8 - 10
ME204,
8 Strength of Material 1 ME304 8 - 10 270
ME103,
9 1 ME106 20 - 30 148
Computers ME207,
10 Air-Conditioning 1 ME403, ME407 8 - 10 216
11 Measurements 1 ME104,
ME306 8 - 10 102
ME202, ME302
12 2 ME309, ME409 8 - 10 344
Fluid Mechanics ME407
13 Wind Tunnel 2 ME410, ME407 / 216
14 Metallurgy 4 ME205,
ME406 8 - 10 324
15 Electrical Engineering 4 ME105, ME307 8 - 10 32
ME104,
ME306
16 Workshop 4 ME311, 40 - 50 2300
ME407

4) Libraries
The students can have access to three libraries in the
university campus; these are the libraries of the department, college and
the university.

The Department’s Library

This library is a newly established one, it was established in 2009 and
offers services to the students, faculty members, engineering and technical
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students and researchers from other departments in the college and from
other colleges inside.

and outside the university, and also for researchers from various
state offices and ministries. In brief, the library has the following
facilities:
• Area of the library ( 48 m2 )
• 520 Books
• 150 Periodical
• 435 P.G. Theses and Dissertations
• 511 B.Sc. Graduation Projects
• 60 B.Sc. Students’ Seminars
• 178 CDs
• 2 Internet Access Terminals

The College’s Library

The Library of Engineering College is one of the oldest
scientific libraries in the University. It was established in 1989, and then
developed well in the later years to become one of the mother libraries in
engineering and contains more than (74901 books) and (1450 periodicals
titles). The library offers its services to the students, faculty members,
and researchers from inside and outside the college. Lastly, the library
finished the documentation of all books, periodicals, theses and
dissertations in a complete data base to facilitate the accessing process for
students and researchers. The library continuously organizes and / or
participates in book fairs.
The Central Library of the University
The Central Library of al-Nahrain University is established since 1988.
It is located in center of the campus. The following is a brief of the library
facilities and activities:
 Area of the library (1200 m2).
 23000 Books.
 1000 Periodicals.
 36 Reading Seats.
 29 Computers for Office Work.

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 15 Internet Service Terminals.

 The library continuously organizes and participates in book fairs.

B. Resources Support

1) Computing Resources, Hardware and Software

As stated above, computers are available in each room, or a laptop is
provided to each Faculty member in stead. A network access facility is
provided by the Computer Center of Al-Nahrain University in the form of
a Wireless LAN network available in all university buildings. One terminal
is available now in the Department. Both Faculty and students can access
the network at the Information Technology Laboratory in the Department
of Computer Engineering at the College.

2) Laboratory Equipment Planning, Acquisition, and Maintenance

One of the most important and challenging problems encountered
in the department is the lack of laboratory equipment and
instrumentation in the department laboratories, in spite of
considerable progress achieved by the department in this area in the
last year.

The Medeical Engineering Department continuously addresses any

upgrades / additions for the labs by estimating the yearly budget
needed for the labs and submitting it to the college and university.
The full process used to determine the department lab budget is
divided into two levels: (1) the college and university level, and (2)
the department level. The two levels are described next.

At the college and university level, as every fiscal year is coming to an

end, the planning committee at the college and university level is
required to review the needs of major equipment and PCs of all
academic colleges and departments make consolidated
recommendations for the allocation of an appropriate budget for the
next fiscal year. In this connection, a memo will be sent to all the
academic colleges / departments by the chairman of the university
planning committee before the end of every fiscal year requestingthem
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procured during the following fiscal year. A standard form is provided

to all the departments to fill their lists of major equipment and PCs for
labs.
At the department level, the Head of the labs committee in the
MED is used to send a memo to all the faculty and lab supervisors
asking them to prepare the list of major equipment for all the labs to be
procured during the present or following fiscal year. The lists of items
required for all the labs are to be prepared on the prescribed form
providing appropriate information (Item description, quantity,
estimated unit cost, Total amount, Priority, justification ...etc). These
form the basis for future lab budget allocations and justifications.
The objective is to consider the upgrade / enhancement of lab
facilities (in terms of addition of new equipment and PCs as well as
replacing old ones) to:
• Support lab experiments, students senior design projects,
course projects, and PG thesis and dissertation work.
• Support the conduct of newly proposed lab experiments.
• Support setting up of new labs proposed in the emerging areas.
• To support faculty research.
• To remove obsolescence (i.e., Modernization of the labs).
In the fiscal year 2010, about (50,000,000.00 ID) was spent for
purchasing new laboratory equipment and maintaining some
equipment.

 The laboratory equipment planning, acquisition, and maintenance

processes are adequate with minimum requirements for achieving
the program’s outcomes at the MED.
3) Personnel to Install, Maintain, and Manage Hardware, Software
and Networks
Hardware, software and networks facilities are installed, maintained,
and managed by the College Deanery Office.

4) Personnel to Install, Maintain, and Manage Laboratory

Equipment
Laboratory equipment are installed and maintained by the College
Deanery Office. They are managed by the technical staff in the relevant
Department.

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Criterion 8. Support

A. Program Budget Process

The ME Departmental budget is part of the overall College of
Engineering budget. The departmental budget is mainly dominated by the
laboratory budget that is submitted separately per the process explained in
the previous article. Additional budget items include furniture,
rehabilitations of university buildings, books, supplies… etc. In addition to
the approved laboratory budgets presented earlier.
Table (8.1)
Item ID
Furniture 000,000
Rehabilitations of university buildings 0,000,000
Supplies 0,500,000
Books 0,000,000
Total 0,500,000

B. Sources of Financial Support

University of AL-nahrain and its colleges and departments are a fully
supported government institution, with the entire budget coming from
the Iraqi government. Moreover, the university also receives some
grants and gifts from some state offices and institutions, as well as from
some international organizations and civil society organizations.
However, such contributions amount to only a small fraction of the
government allocations. Thus, the main source of departmental
financial support is from government allocations. Additional sources
of departmental financial support come indirectly from faculty funded
research grants, experimental tests made in some laboratories for
various state organizations, and industry consultations. All these
activities are covered by the Central Cooperation Mechanism
Committee of the university, which is working according to the law of
cooperation mechanism
C. Adequacy of Budget
Al-Nahrain University is a governmental institution that is centrally
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University against consulting services offered to the Industry.

Nevertheless, the budget is influenced by the economic situation of the
country upward and downward.

D. Support of Faculty Professional Development

The Faculty professional development, as a prime objective of the
Department, the College, the University and the Ministry administrations,
are financially supported by all of them in two major concurrent functions:
1. Pedagogical development.
2. Research development.

E. Support of Facilities and Equipment

The allocation of office space and laboratory facilities is the
responsibility of the college and university with suggestions and
recommendations from the department. On the other hand, the scheduling
of classrooms is the responsibility of the department. Moreover, the college
maintenance department is responsible for all maintenance issues related
to offices, laboratories. The college maintenance department accepts
maintenance requests from the departments through written orders. In
general, the support of facilities and equipment is inadequate to achieve
program’s outcomes in a perfect manner.

F. Adequacy of Support and Institutional Services

The ME Department has one unqualified secretary to assess the
department in all administrative aspects. Similarly, the department relies
on the college Network/Computing services group for support on
computing and networking facilities. The department has no engineer or
technician to supervise the tasks of running, maintaining, and upgrading
the various teaching and research laboratories at the department.
Accordingly, the aforementioned personnel resources are inadequate to
meet the program’s outcomes. Furthermore, the department and faculty
rely heavily on some resources and support facilities provided by the
college and university. These include:
1. The Electronic Computer Center of the University.

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2. The Purchasing Committees in both college and university.

3. The Maintenance Department in the college.
4. The College Library.
5. The Central Library of the University.

With respect to the college and university libraries, both contain a good
collection includes books, periodicals, proceedings, theses, reports, maps,
charts, electronic resources, and audiovisual materials. The libraries
provide assistance to the faculty and students in their search for
information and library materials.

Criterion 9. Program Criteria

A SWOT analysis (alternatively SWOT matrix) is a structured planning
method used to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and
threats involved in a project or in a business venture. A SWOT analysis
can be carried out for a product, place, industry or person. It involves
specifying the objective of the business venture or project and identifying
the internal and external factors that are favorable and unfavorable to
achieve that objective. Some authors credit SWOT to Albert Humphrey,
who led a convention at the Stanford Research Institute (now SRI
International) in the 1960s and 1970s using data from Fortune 500
companies However, Humphrey himself does not claim the creation of
SWOT, and the origins remain obscure. The degree to which the internal
environment of the firm matches with the external environment is
expressed by the concept of strategic fit.

 Strengths: characteristics of the business or project that give

it an advantage over others.
 Weaknesses: characteristics that place the business or project
at a disadvantage relative to others.
 Opportunities: elements that the project could exploit to its
advantage.
 Threats: elements in the environment that could cause
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Identification of SWOTs is important because they can inform later steps

in planning to achieve the objective.

First, the decision makers should consider whether the objective is

attainable, given the SWOTs. If the objective is not attainable a different
objective must be selected and the process repeated.

Users of SWOT analysis need to ask and answer questions that generate
meaningful information for each category (strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities, and threats) to make the analysis useful and find their
competitive advantage.

A SWOT analysis is carried out to determine strengths, weaknesses,

opportunities, and threats. The assessment of strengths and weaknesses
are facilitated through information gathered from the committees in the
Department and evidences provided by the faculty and associates. Local
and regional influences and concerns are of paramount importance when
deciding about the strategies and actions to be taken. Therefore an external
look to identify opportunities and threats is necessary to the internal self-
study in SWOT analysis.

A. Strengths of the Program

 Modernity and diversity in educational programs in both

undergraduate and postgraduate studies.

 Quality of the graduates’ reputation is the development and up-to-

date labs and their equipment.

 The relative proximity of labs and study halls locations which

saves time.

 Availability of programs directed to freshmen.

Availability of competent professors for a variety of specialties:

1. Sufficient number of the faculty members are available having a wide

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members with members that possess rich experience in education.

All the faculty works with loyalty and affiliation and they earn good
salaries.
2. Curriculum is designed to meet both local needs and international
standards. It covers major ME science components, includes a well
structured laboratory practice, contains good professional
components, and provides a variety of general education subjects. The
curriculum maintain constancy throughout the years of study, so that
there is no gap in the whole FIVE years.
3. Suitable number of computer, good equipped laboratories, acceptable
library and IT Facilities are available.
4. Well defined responsibilities and authorities are assigned to all of the
Department's committees.
5. There is a continuous desire for development, and strong motivation
for service among all employees. All loyalty and affiliation.
6. There is a good relationships in-between all employees, between
employees and students, and between employees and work sectors.
7. Students admission is above a certain minimum qualification, and
according to their rating average and desire.
8. A balanced portions of gender among students and sufficient number
of Faculty advisors from both genders.

B. Weaknesses of the Program

C. Weakness of faculty members’ rehabilitation programs.

D. Incomplete infrastructure of students’ training labs.

E. Limitation of excellence of scientific research locally and

regionally.

F. Limitation of extension and expansion of campus in a way that

allows future expansion of the dept.

G. Feeble relationship with both public and private sectors.

H. Feeble relationship with international research centers and

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I. The dominance of teaching over learning.

J. Lack of computer aided ME applications
K. Lack of team work practices
L. There is a lack of sum specialties in the faculty and a lack of high
ranks due retirement of senior faculty members because of age limit.
M. Relations with international research and academic institutions are
poor.
N. New faculty members have limited teaching experience, limited
industrial and limited research experience, while the new faculty
development program is inadequate.
O. The number of engineers, technicians, and other supporting staff is
insufficient.
P. Deficiencies in certain outcomes in graduating students especially in
the areas of sustainability, environment, ethics, safety, management,
contracts, quality, communication, real world design applications,
some contemporary technical and economical issues and the impact
of engineering solutions in a global and societal context.
Q. There is a lack of motivation to excel among students having
inadequate desire to critical thinking and language betterment, and
suffering from the culture of being “spoon-fed”.
R. Relations with alumni is very Poor.
S. There is a need for more laboratories buildings and equipment.
T. Funding of research, improvement of teaching facilities, employing
more human resources, maintaining and upgrading laboratories, and
adding new buildings is insufficient.
U. The poor internet services all around the country.
V. The complicated and restrictive purchasing procedures.

C. Opportunities of the Program

1. There is an institutional support for faculty development, and for
sabbaticals attending international conferences, workshops, seminars
etc.
2. There are some emerging technologies that does not require extensive
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3. The possibility of redesigning the curriculum to allow for

developments in teaching and learning.
4. The Iraqi society is a good pool for potential students ready to accept
changes with high demand for higher education.
5. The presence of governmental financial support to the university.

D. Threats of the Program

1. The instable political, security, and economical situations in the
country.
2. The fast pace of developments in technology and emerging of new
fields.
3. The Mass production of engineers through twenty five Engineering
Colleges all around the country against the limited chances of work
inside the country.
4. The poor quality of incoming students especially in the areas of
language, analytical thinking, and motivation.
5. Razing admission volume by the Ministry above the planned capacity
affect the quality of incoming students concerning language,
analytical thinking, and motivation.
6. The central control of curriculum development by the Sectored
Committee in the Ministry, causes delays in making changes in the
curriculum.
7. Inadequate financial support for scientific research reduces the level
and number of researches and articles to be published in international
scientific journals as a basis for enhancing the reputation of the
college and the university in order to be in level of international
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E. Strategic Objectives
A close examination of the aforementioned SWOT analysis reveals that the
strategic plan, concerning this program, should focus on the improvements
that are related to faculty, staff, teaching, curriculum, students, and
facilities. Therefore, the following strategic objectives have been
developed in order to graduate medical eng. to serve the healthy parts
inside and outside Iraq according to the Department's vision and mission:

 Improve the academic capabilities of the Faculty and attract

highly skilled personnel.
 Improve the abilities of managerial and technical supporting
staff and attract highly skilled employees.
 Optimum use of resources and potentials of the Department.
 Improve teaching and learning methods.
 Review and enrich curriculum.
 Develop faculty and staff performance.
 Promote research and consultation.
 Nurture and recruit outstanding students.
 Create a strong relationship with alumni.
 Develop and maintain facilities, buildings, and infrastructure.

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 Improve the educational and administrative activities to meet

international accreditation standards.
 Improve the academic capabilities of the Faculty and attract
highly skilled personnel.
 Improve the abilities of managerial and technical supporting
staff and attract highly skilled employees.
 Optimum use of resources and potentials of the Department.
 Cooperate with other universities, academic organizations and
research centers in developed countries, that offers academic
exchange programs and partnerships.
 Establish viable applied research that generates knowledge for
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Appendix (A)
ahrain University/ College of Engineering
medical Engineering Department
Students Opinion Questionnaire about Curriculum
Code No. &Curriculum Name: Year:
Faculty Member's Name:
Dear Students: For the development of the educational process at the university, we hope to express your opinion by
answering accurately with mark √ in the place which reflects your opinion taking into consideration the accuracy and
objectivity.

Score 1 2 3 4 5
Strongly I Don’t I Don’t
No. Question Agree
Agree
Know
Disagree
Agree At All

1 Overall, this Curriculum subject is good and useful

7 6 4 3 0

2 Lecture time is sufficient to cover the contents ofthe

article
1 2 9 3 2

The content of article commensurate with the objectiveof

3
Curriculum
2 6 6 3 3

4 Subject content is an interdependent information

1 5 5 4 5

5 Textbook sand references are available and meaningful

4 9 1 4 2

available of References helpful for stimulate and thinking

6
1 5 6 4 4

7 The book is free of grammatical errors Printing

0 2 5 8 5

8 Contents of the book are of outdated information

0 4 0 8 8

The book contains a variety of examples and exercises

9
2 5 4 5 4

10 The evaluation of the subject system is appropriate (test

method)
4 9 3 3 1

11 Exams reflect the content of the subject

4 2 5 6 3

12 Number of exams be exhaustive of the content subject 3 7 3 3 3

13 Examinations and assignments helped to absorb the 5 5 5 3 2
subject
14 Examinations and exercises are in line with the 1 6 0 3 2

15 Examinations and exercises help to 2 6 0 1 1

16 Number of exams and their recurrence are appropriate 2 7 2 1 1
17 The case of equipped lecture halls satisfactory 1 4 1 0 0

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18 Capabilities and laboratories are appropriate and effective 2 5 3 0 0

Total 99
percent 76%

I Don’t
I Don’t Strongly
Agree At Disagree Agree
Know Agree
All
79%

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Appendix (B)

Nahrain University/ College of Engineering

medical Engineering Department
Students Opinion Questionnaire about Faculty Member

Code No. &Curriculum Name:Year:

Faculty Member's Name:
Is the plan of teaching the subject was distributed from the beginning of the year? Yes No I
don’t know
Is the faculty member is committed to the specific office hours of the subject? Yes No I
Don’t
knowIf the answer is (No) explained that
Dear Students: For the development of the educational process at the university we hope to
express your opinion by answering accurately with mark √ in the place which reflects your
opinion taking into consideration the accuracy and objectivity.

Score 1 2 3 4 5
Strongly I Don’t I Don’t
No. Question Agree Disagree
Agree Know Agree At All
1 Has the ability to communicate scientific material in a 8 09 2 0 0
Smooth and easy manner
2 Keep to use the tools and techniques of modern 5 8 4 3 0
education
3 Illustrates the theoretical aspects in the subject 4 5 10 1 0
with examples from the reality
4 Gives the scientific material in a manner covering 8 09 2 0 0
the time of the lecture
5 Committed to the dates of lectures 9 09 1 0 0
6 Improve in the management ranks and give equal 8 7 5 0 0
opportunities to students in dialogue and discussion
7 Motivates students and encourages them to think 6 8 3 3 0
and research
8 Respects the different views of the students 5 5 8 2 0
9 Through self-learning encourages students to search 4 6 8 2 0
for what is new and modern
10 Accept criticism and suggestions with an open mind 2 5 9 3 1
11 Be objective and fairing his / her evaluation of students 4 6 7 1 2
12 Uses variety of methods to assess the performance 7 8 5 0 0
of students(such as reports, research, and quizzes(,
13 Follow up activities and duties to put the 2 5 8 4 1
evaluation weights
14 Has the ability to discuss all issues of the subject 6 9 4 1 0
15 Working to increase the knowledge 7 09 3 0 0
ofthe outcome requested
Total 001

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Percent 77%

I Don’t
I Don’t Strongly
Agree At Disagree Agree
Know Agree
All
75%

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Al-Nahrain University Education Quality

College of Engineering and Accreditation Program
Dept. of Medical
Engineering

Students Opinion Questionnaire about Curriculum. .Please mark (√) in the place
Code No. Subject Name Level Semester Instructor's Name

that reflects your accurate and objective opinion

Agree At All
Disagree
Strongly

I Don’t

I Don’t
Know
Agree
Agree
No. Do you agree that the
1 Overall curriculum subject is good and useful?
Lecture time is sufficient to cover the contents of the
2
article?
The content of article commensurate with the objective
3
of Curriculum?
4 Subject content is an interdependent information?
Textbooks and references are available and
5
meaningful?
available references is helpful to stimulate and
6
thinking?
7 Book is free of grammatical and printing errors?
8 Contents of the book are contemporary?
9 Book contains a variety of examples and exercises?
Evaluation of the subject system is appropriate (test
10
methods)?
11 Exams reflect the content of the subject?
12 Number of exams be exhaustive of the content subject?
Examinations and assignments helped to absorb the
13
subject?
Examinations and exercises are in line with the
14
objectives of the subject?
Examinations and exercises help to think of more
15
conservation?
Number of exams and the their recurrence are
16
appropriate?
17 Equipped lecture halls are satisfactory?
Capabilities and laboratories are appropriate and
18
effective?
Thank you for being cooperative in favor of the Public benefit

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Self-Assessment Committee

Appendix (D)
Al-Nahrain University Education Quality
College of Engineering and Accreditation Program
Dept. of Medical
Engineering

Students Opinion Questionnaire about Faculty at the studying year .Please

Code No. Subject Name Level Semester Instructor's Name

mark (√) in the place that reflects your accurate and objective opinion

I Don’t Know

Agree At All
Disagree
Strongly

I Don’t
Agree
Agree
No. Do you agree that the Instructor
Had distributed the plan of teaching the subject from
1
the beginning of the year?
Is committed to the specific office hours of the
2
subject?
Has the ability to communicate scientific material in a
3
smooth and easy manner?
Keeps to use the tools and techniques of modern
4
education?
Illustrates the theoretical aspects in the subject with
5
examples from the reality?
Gives the scientific material in a manner covering the
6
time of the lecture?
7 Is committed to the dates of lectures?
gives equal opportunities to students in dialogue and
8
discussion?
Motivates students and encourages them to think and
9
research?
10 Respects the different views of the students?
Encourages students to search for what is new and
11
modern Through self-learning?
12 Accept criticism and suggestions with an open mind?
Is objective and fair in his / her evaluation of
13
students?
Uses a variety of methods to assess the performance
14
of students (such as reports, research, and quizzes)?
Follows up activities and duties to put the evaluation
15
weights?

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16 Has the ability to discuss all issues of the subject?

17 Works to increase the knowledge of the outcome?
Thank you for being cooperative in favor of the Public benefit

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