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Embedding Theory And Practice Of Technology Group Management In An Interdisciplinary Science/Engineering Graduate Program

Conference Session: EM Program Trend and Development
Collection: 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Ron Foster, University of Arkansas; Ken Vickers, University of Arkansas
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Management

2006-1701: EMBEDDING THEORY AND PRACTICE OF TECHNOLOGY GROUPMANAGEMENT IN AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE/ENGINEERINGGRADUATE PROGRAMKen Vickers, University of Arkansas Ken Vickers is a Research Professor in Physics at the University of Arkansas, and has served as Director of the interdisciplinary Microelectronics-Photonics Graduate Program since April 1998. He worked for Texas Instruments from 1977 through March 1998 in integrated circuit fabrication engineering, and has authored thirty issued patents. He received BS and MS degrees in Physics from the University of Arkansas in 1976 and 1978 respectively.Ron Foster, University of Arkansas Ron Foster is a Research Associate Professor at the University

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A Proposed Engineering Management Body Of Knowledge (Embok)

Conference Session: EM Program Trend and Development
Collection: 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Donald Merino, Stevens Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Management

2006-174: A PROPOSED ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT BODY OFKNOWLEDGE (EMBOK)Donald Merino, Stevens Institute of Technology Page 11.102.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 An Engineering Management Body of Knowledge (EMBoK)Abstract An Engineering Management Body of Knowledge (EMBoK) is proposed andthen used to develop topics and their relative weights which could be used for anEngineering Manager’s certification test.There have been a number of articles over the last 25 years which analyzedEngineering Management curricula and helped define an EM body of knowledge.The most prominent author was Dr. Dundar Kocaoglu 1,2,3,4. The major categoriesused in this article are consistent

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Modernizing Teaching Methods In The Classroom – Does It Impact Student Performance?

Conference Session: Program Delivery Methods and Real World Concepts
Collection: 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Kathryn Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Management

2006-146: MODERNIZING TEACHING METHODS IN THE CLASSROOM – DOESIT IMPACT STUDENT PERFORMANCE?Kathryn Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology Kate Abel serves as the Program Director for the Bachelor of Engineering in Engineering Management Program in the Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. She holds a Ph.D. in Technology Management and Applied Psychology. She teaches courses in Total Quality Management, Engineering Economy, Entrepreneurial Analysis of Engineering Design, Statistics for Engineering Managers, Engineering Management and Senior Design. Her research areas include knowledge engineering, as well as, knowledge and information management

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Determining The Weights Of Engineering Management (Em) Topics For An Em Manager's Certification Test

Conference Session: EM Program Trend and Development
Collection: 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Donald Merino, Stevens Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Management

2006-176: DETERMINING THE WEIGHTS OF ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT(EM) TOPICS FOR AN EM MANAGER'S CERTIFICATION TESTDonald Merino, Stevens Institute of Technology Page 11.425.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Determining the Relative Weights of Engineering Management (EM) Topics for an EM Managers Certification TestAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to determine the relative weights of Engineering Management (EM)topics/courses based on recognized graduate and undergraduate EM programs. The graduate EMprograms examined are those certified by the American Society of Engineering Management(ASEM) and undergraduate EM programs those which have been

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Systems Engineering Entrepreneurship Takes Engineering Management Education To The Next Level

Conference Session: Examining the Synergy between Eng'g Mgmt & Sys Eng
Collection: 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Wade Shaw, Florida Tech; Muzaffar Shaikh, Florida Tech; Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Management

growing need for interdisciplinary and system-basedapproaches.6 While meeting the increasing demand for holistic, interdisciplinary education, Page 11.1189.2innovative courses offered by Florida Tech’s Department of Engineering Systems have greatlyenriched the students’ educational experience, broadened their perspectives, served ascommunity outreach/ networking forums and integrated experiential learning with academicprograms.This paper describes a pioneering, innovative new course in Systems EngineeringEntrepreneurship that is dove-tailed into three existing courses in Technical Marketing, HighTech Product Strategy and Technology Commercialization

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Systems Engineering As A Foundation Of Engineering Management Education

Conference Session: Examining the Synergy between Eng'g Mgmt & Sys Eng
Collection: 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Timothy Trainor, U.S. Military Academy; Heidi Hoyle, U.S. Military Academy
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Management

. Page 11.1187.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Systems Engineering as a Foundation of Engineering Management EducationAbstract The Department of Systems Engineering at the United States Military Academy (USMA)offers an undergraduate major in Engineering Management. This multi-disciplinary major isaccredited by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) of theEngineering Accreditation Commission (EAC). All Engineering Management majors at USMAstart their studies with an introductory course in Engineering Design and Systems Management.In this course, students are introduced to the Systems Engineering and Management Process(SEMP), which is the foundational

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Combining Systems Architecture And Systems Engineering In An Engineering Management Program

Conference Session: Examining the Synergy between Eng'g Mgmt & Sys Eng
Collection: 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Michael Vinarcik, University of Detroit Mercy
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Management

continually considers architectural and systemsengineering consequences of management decisions. The course focuses more on the “what”and “why” of systems architecture and systems engineering and less on the “how.” Detaileddiscussion of specific tools (such as DOORS) is omitted or significantly abbreviated to allowmore time to be spent on fundamentals and case studies.BackgroundThe authors are associated with the University of Detroit Mercy’s Master of Science in ProductDevelopment (MPD) program. This program is offered by the College of Engineering andScience and the College of Business. It was developed in collaboration with the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology and the Rochester Institute of Technology and six industrial partners:Ford, General

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Engineering Management In A Competitive Global Environment

Conference Session: EM in a Global Environment
Collection: 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Management

Education, 2006 Engineering Management in a Competitive Global EnvironmentAbstractThe world around us is changing. The beginning of the twenty-first century is a period of rapidtransition in which the pace of this transformation continues to accelerate. New organizations,technologies, and products are materializing at an escalating rate. Those organizations unable tokeep up and successfully compete will quickly fade away. The shifting dynamics of trade andbusiness continually reflects the increasingly competitive nature of the global marketplace.Organizations along with their managers must adopt and adapt new methods in order to survivewith these sweeping transitions. Together these changes have created an entirely new paradigmfor global

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Effectively Recruiting Engineers To Become Mba Students

Conference Session: Emerging EM Areas
Collection: 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Erin Brown, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Management

that goal.Furthermore, both programs thoroughly integrate technology throughout their curricula, buildingon a student’s current technological knowledge to show them how that knowledge can translateto the use of technology in their careers. Students are taught about technological trends, thehistorical evolution and development of technology, and how they can spot future trends thatcould be either opportunities or threats for their own businesses and careers.4. Recruiting Engineering Students to Graduate Management ProgramsStudents graduating with an undergraduate degree in engineering offer graduate managementprograms a unique opportunity. Their combination of technical and mathematical skills ensuretheir success in the analytical decision

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Business And Management In The Engineering Curriculum

Conference Session: EM in a Global Environment
Collection: 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Michael Bramhall, Sheffield Hallam University; Steve Lawson, Leeds Metropolitan University; Ian Robinson, Sheffield Hallam University
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Management

exercise, with curriculumbeing designed to minimise competition with other regional Higher Education Institutions(HEIs). Courses are often planned to attract students who are ‘initiative-’ or ‘technology-aware’ (for example, the recent explosion of courses in Internet Engineering). It is bothdifficult and resource intensive to maintain meaningful advisory relationships with a broadrange of current engineering practitioners. Therefore many HEIs prefer to simply consult aselect band of industrially-based departmental friends when proposals are all but complete.One should therefore not be surprised that our curriculum is not always ideally suited to thecomplexities of the current industrial environment.The University’s PerspectiveThroughout the rapid

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Growth Of A Young Engineering Management Program

Conference Session: EM Program Trend and Development
Collection: 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Yesim Sireli, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; S. Gary Teng, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Management

2006-588: GROWTH OF A YOUNG ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT PROGRAMYesim Sireli, University of North Carolina-Charlotte Yesim Sireli is an Assistant Professor at the Engineering Management Program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received a Ph.D. degree in Engineering Management from Old Dominion University, and also holds MSc and BSc degrees in Electrical Engineering. Her research interests include business forecasting, decision analysis, customer-oriented product development, quality management, and technology management.S. Gary Teng, University of North Carolina-Charlotte S. Gary Teng is the Director of Engineering Management Program and Center for Lean Logistics and

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A New Model For Undergraduate Engineering Education? The Engineering Management Curriculum At The University Of Arizona: A Template For Undergraduate Engineering Education

Conference Session: EM Program Trend and Development
Collection: 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Gordon Geiger, University of Arizona
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Management

engineering for long, with many of them entering theranks of management within a relatively few years, if not immediately. Yet, theengineering education that most get is generally lacking in any component that educatesthem in how to deal with management issues. Industry is often looking to hire engineersfor its supervisory and management ranks, primarily because the businesses they are in,such as manufacturing, utilities, and transportation, are technologically-based, and theyneed to have managers who understand enough about technology to learn and understandtheir specific businesses. While engineering graduates are the best suited for that, they donot have the education in business and management, particularly in communications andpeople skills

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Where's The Management?

Conference Session: Emerging EM Areas
Collection: 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: William Peterson, Old Dominion University; Morgan Henrie, University of Alaska Anchorage; Shannon Bowling, Old Dominion University
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Management

Management School, a MS Project Management from The George Washington University as well as a BSEE and BA Technology Management. Currenlty Morgan teachs Operation Management at the University of Alaska Anchorage.Shannon Bowling, Old Dominion University Shannon Bowling is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering at the Old Dominion University. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University, SC in August 2003. He received his M.S. in Engineering Technology with an emphasis in Quality Management (2000) from East Tennessee State University, TN and his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering Technology (1998) from Bluefield State

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Leadership In Student Distance Education Teams

Conference Session: Program Delivery Methods and Real World Concepts
Collection: 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Leroy Cox, University of Missouri-Rolla; Susan Murray, University of Missouri-Rolla; David Spurlock, University of Missouri-Rolla (ENG)
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Management

video technology has become a widely used medium for education. A prominentimplementation of this technology, interactive distance learning, involves groups of students atlocal and remote sites connected by audio and video teleconferencing. This approach has madethe task of delivering vital undergraduate and graduate engineering courses to distributedaudiences much easier.As this approach has permeated more curricula, distance education instructors have increasinglyassigned projects that require distance learners to work together as an element of the final coursegrade. This trend presents an interesting opportunity for researchers to understand the nature ofinteractions among course participants involved in project teams.This paper presents the

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Asem Establishes Standards For Ms Programs In Engineering Management, Establishes Certification Program

Conference Session: EM Program Trend and Development
Collection: 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jerry Westbrook, University of Alabama-Huntsville
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Management

engineering journals. These universities areconcerned about the approach described above and feel that it is a threat to the discipline. Theuniversities that are taking a more serious approach to EM think that EM growth in knowledgeparallels the growth of technology. They further feel that expansion of the EM knowledge base isnecessary to manage expanding technology. Yet, even these universities do not have a unifiedview of EM and their academic programs have significant differences.The Three Faces of Engineering ManagementThe Hicks et. al.2 (1999) study classified EM masters programs into three curricular groups. One Page 11.232.2group focused on

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Organizational Efficiency

Conference Session: Emerging EM Areas
Collection: 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Robert Parden, Santa Clara University
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Management

2006-629: ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCYRobert Parden, Santa Clara University Chair and Professor Department of Engineering Management and Leadership Santa Clara University Page 11.975.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 2006-629: ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCYAbstractThe motivation of engineers, and other technical professionals, includes two significant factors:enhanced, personal career development, and, expanded responsibility in their firms. Leadershipof continuous improvement, in the search for productivity and organizational efficiency, cansupport these two ambitions. Organizational Efficiency is

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Asynchronous Collaboration: Achieving Shared Understanding Beyond The First 100 Meters

Conference Session: Program Delivery Methods and Real World Concepts
Collection: 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Raghvinder Sangwan, Pennsylvania State University; Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University-Great Valley; Matt Bass, Siemens Corporate Research; Dan Paulish, Siemens Corporate Research
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Management

asynchronous collaborative problem solving are discussed in Section 5,including some proposed directions for future research. Section 6 contains a discussion of theimplications this work has for the future of engineering education in general, while some finalcomments and conclusions are presented in Section 7.2. A Motivating Example from Software Product Development: The Global Studio ProjectSiemens Corporate Research (SCR), in collaboration with six universities, across four continents(Carnegie Mellon, USA; Monmouth University, USA; Pontifical Catholic University, Brazil;Technical University of Munich, Germany; University of Limerick, Ireland; InternationalInstitute of Information Technology, India) is currently conducting a multi-year experiment

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Lean Six Sigma As An Improvement Tool In Academia

Conference Session: Program Delivery Methods and Real World Concepts
Collection: 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Rosida Coowar, University of Central Florida; Sandra Furterer, University of Central Florida; Temitayo Akinrefon, University of Central Florida; Ala` Battikhi, University of Central Florida; Ana Ferreras, University of Central Florida; Kelvin Gibson, University of Central Florida; Ramamoorthy Lakkoju, University of Central Florida; Katherine Meza, University of Central Florida
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Management

2006-1504: LEAN SIX SIGMA AS AN IMPROVEMENT TOOL IN ACADEMIARosida Coowar, University of Central Florida Rosida Coowar received her Ph.D. from the University of Central Florida in Orlando in Industrial Engineering. She holds a Diploma in Telecommunications and Electronics from the U.K., and an MSEE from the University of Massachusetts. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Central Florida. Her research interests include Process Improvement, Industrial Statistics, Quality Engineering and Digital Systems Design. She is a senior member of the IEEE, member of ASEE and

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A Case Based Approach To Systems Architecture And Engineering Education

Conference Session: Examining the Synergy between Eng'g Mgmt & Sys Eng
Collection: 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Michael Vinarcik, University of Detroit Mercy
Tagged Divisions: Engineering Management

development, not an erroneous calculation inthe detailed design phase, that leads to failed systems. However, in many cases involving thedevelopment of highly complex systems, poor systems engineering practices can result indifficulties or failures executing sound architectures.Systems architecting can be a difficult topic to teach since it typically involves an eclectic blendof art, science, judgment, and the application of heuristics; it also requires a holisticunderstanding of technologies, politics, and society. Despite recent increased emphasis onsystems engineering, most systems engineering textbooks focus either on exclusively softwaretopics or on specific tools (such as Quality Function Deployment (QFD), Design StructureMatrices (DSM), or