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EMD Program Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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S. Gary Teng, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Yesim Sireli, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Karen Elmore, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Engineering Management

& problems, Make decisions at all levels of an organization from the top management problems, to strategic planning, product development and launching, production, marketing & sales, logistics support, and field services, Understand future trend in global markets and economy, and Manage multinational units, projects, & global supply chains.BSSE Curriculum DesignThe activities in the design of the BSSE curriculum include benchmarking other similarprograms, performing an industry needs analysis, and fulfilling the needs from other engineeringdepartments in SE skills and the institution’s B.S. requirements. Figure 2 shows the frameworkfor BSSE curriculum design analysis. The framework includes the

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EMD Recruitment and Certification

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan Murray, University of Missouri; Stephen Raper, University of Missouri

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Engineering Management

asked the 35 students in thesophomore class the following question, “Based on the books discussed in class, are thereany you plan on reading in the next few months?” 40% replied “yes” and another 40%replied “no”. The remaining 20% answered “maybe.” The students were asked to listspecifics books they plan to read. 13 of the 35 students listed specific titles they plan toread based on the book reports in the class.Conclusion While the self-reported improvement in outside reading by the underclass studentswas significant it represents less than half showing an interested in self directed life-longlearning while still students. The percentage of seniors reading without any specific effortat encourage lifelong learning was higher at 55%. This

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yesim Sireli, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; James Conrad, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Martin Kane, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Frank Skinner, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Engineering Management

Engineering from Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) in 1995. He also earned his BS in Civil Engineering (1990) and MS in Civil Engineering (1991) from the College of Engineering at MSU. Dr. Kane is currently an associate professor and Undergraduate Director in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His research interests include Highway Operations, Transportation and Urban Planning, Human Factors in Transportation, Public Transportation, Traffic Engineering, and Aviation infrastructure. Dr. Kane is an Eno Fellow, and is a member of ASEE, ASCE, ITE, Sigma Xi, and Chi Epsilon.Frank Skinner, University of North Carolina

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EMD Recruitment and Certification

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Management

likely always result in failure. People at all levels of the organization need to becomfortable with the emphasis on quality and accept as well as understand the anticipatedbenefits from its employment. The challenge then is to get everybody on the quality bandwagonworking together to reach the organization’s TQM expectations, objectives, and goals.Reinventing OrganizationsThe process of reinventing organizations has become more than just a buzzword. The quest fornew and improved methods, strategic planning, and results oriented performance measurementsare on the rise. The implementation of Total Quality Management is one of these reforms. In

Conference Session

IE and EM Program Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Jinkins, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Jill Clough, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

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Engineering Management

. Jill Clough, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-PlattevilleIntroductionWhen faculty members throw conventional practice to the wind for an entirelyunexpected pedagogy, it is not done lightly! Perhaps unadvisedly, but not lightly.Abandoning the comfort of usual classroom pedagogical customs is fraught with perilwhen student evaluation constitutes 40 – 60% of the professor’s annual assessment.However, in an effort to bring greater realism to the Engineering Management class andto make the class structure itself an instrument of instruction, the authors have takenactive learning to the basics.In Fall of 2001, the Engineering Management course went as planned and the students atthe University of Wisconsin-Platteville covered

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech; Muzaffar Shaikh, Florida Tech; Wade Shaw, Florida Tech

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Engineering Management

. These experiential activitiesinclude the monthly “Engineering Entrepreneur in the Spotlight” seminar series – wherepromising engineers-turned- entrepreneurs visit Florida Tech and share their experiences;the judging of the Brevard School Science Fair Projects for their commercialization value;collaborating with the city, government and private organizations in the community tocommercialize innovative student-developed technologies; etc. Students work in E-Teamson their entrepreneurial class projects and write NCIIA/SBIR grant proposals forfunding and also present at the regional/state-level Business Plan Competitions. They arealso members of the Florida Tech Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) Club and theyparticipate in local and national SIFE

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IE and EM Program Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kam Jugdev, Athabasca University

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Engineering Management

intellectual property, digital rights, and digital assets 21. Faculty experienced inteaching in face-to-face environments are accustomed to owning their own course material, butin the distance education environment, the courses are typically “owned” by the university 9, 26.Some take the approach that ownership is shared—faculty owns the courseware and theuniversity owns the instructional design aspects 25.In addition to course development, workloads also increase as faculty respond to students ingroups and on a one-to-one basis online, and interact with other departments involved in thecourse 26, 25. Workload issues can be addressed by setting standards, providing guidance, using acomputer-based classroom management system, planning courses with the

Conference Session

IE and EM Program Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrick Mantey, University of California-Santa Cruz; RAM AKELLA, University of California-Santa Cruz; John Musacchio, University of California-Santa Cruz; Yi Zhang, University of California-Santa Cruz; Kevin Ross, University of California-Santa Cruz; Subhas Desa, University of California-Santa Cruz

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Engineering Management

systems of both technology andpeople. In TOM, the emphasis is on development of both theory and software to enableorganizations to manage large collections of data in a way that preserves and enhances theinformation and knowledge that data represents, as well as enabling people in an organization toretrieve that information in a timely and comprehensible way, in areas from manufacturing tosales to services, and across the enterprise functions of analysis, planning and operations. Insummary, the domain of the TIM program is: 1) the management of technology and innovation,with emphasis on analytic approaches to complex problems whose solutions have bothtechnological and financial components, and 2) the development of technology of

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EMD Program Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Philip Gerhart, University of Evansville; Douglas Ramers, University of Evansville; Greg Rawski, University of Evansville

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Engineering Management

fundamental science and math courses (See Appendix A) 3. Provide a program with a very specific core of existing engineering and business courses that provides approximately 16 credit hours for specialization in either engineering or business using existing courses. It seemed that this option could eventually lead to accreditation. 4. Provide a program with a very specific core of existing engineering and business courses and an additional set of four to five new courses typically found in industrial engineering and manufacturing programs such as Facilities Planning and Design; Page 12.1238.3 Production

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IE and EM Program Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan Brunkhorst, University of Missouri; Halvard Nystrom, University of Missouri; Donald Myers, University of Missouri

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Engineering Management

. The foundation developed a plan to invest all their capital in a shortperiod of time making substantial grants to thirty new biomedical engineering departmentsthroughout the U.S. in a major way so that they could afford to hire faculty and build the neededfacilities. They also provided funding to almost 1,500 young researchers to help them start theircareers in biomedical engineering.6 Since 1989, seventy-five institutions have received giftsfrom $750,000 to $18 million toward their biomedical engineering programs. This contributedto the rapid rise in biomedical engineering programs during the five year period between 1995and 2000. During this five year period, the number of biomedical engineering programs doubledfrom approximately twenty

Conference Session

IE and EM Program Mangement

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahmad Sarfaraz, California State University-Northridge; Tarek Shraibati, California State University-Northridge

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Engineering Management

programs1. As the value of theseprograms became apparent, their number began to increase rapidly.Engineering Management, as a discipline, evolved from the need to provide a link between themanagers and engineers of all types. A quick review of master program descriptions describesEM programs as providing a strong engineering core with additional studies in management,technology and business related courses. Hicks et. al.2 classified Engineering Managementmasters programs into three groups. One group focused on traditional management concepts suchas planning, marketing, accounting, etc. The second group focused on mathematical conceptsincluding operations research, probabilistic models, and risk/decision analysis, etc. and the thirdone focused on

Conference Session

EMD Recruitment and Certification

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Daughton, University of Missouri

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Engineering Management

been out of school for 3-5 years or more, and the prospect of preparingfor and taking the GRE is daunting. One particular group of students strongly affected bythis requirement is the Corp of Engineer Army Captains at Fort Leonard Wood.2 Theseindividuals, if they meet admission requirements, are able to complete the MSEM degreewhile they are at the fort for career training. Many of these individuals are now coming tothis program straight from war zones in Iraq or Afghanistan, making it very difficult toprepare for and take the GRE. Overall, some potential students have simply said theywould not take the exam and planned to look elsewhere for their graduate education.These individuals are often indignant that as successful professional

Conference Session

EMD Curriculum Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rashmi Jain, Stevens Institute of Technology; Ozgur Erol, Stevens Institute of Technology; Anithashree Chandrasekaran, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Engineering Management

2005confirmed this trend. The use of BPR as a management tool was reported to have gone downfrom 69 percent in 1995 to 38 percent in 2000, and revived again to 61 percent in 20041.The concept of reengineering traces its origins back to management theories developed as earlyas the nineteenth century. BPR integrates methods from total quality management, technologyand innovation management, strategic planning, systems engineering, and organizational design4.The Stevens EM program has been offering courses related to these topics and integrating BPRin the curriculum was only natural. It aimed to provide our students an understanding of theBPR as a concept, learning of the tools and techniques and the ability to find similarities anddifferences between

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Francisco Gamboa Valderrama, Universidad Nacional Experimental del Tachira; Bianey Ruiz, University of Tachira; Dilia Alcalde, Universidad Nacional Experimental del Tachira

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Engineering Management

optimization. c. Objectives definition: All group members participate in this activity. Group members develop a plan of action to coordinate the development of subtasks. In this step group members should pursuit: a) to build up one or more objectives leading to task completion, b) to develop activities leading to achieve objectives which will be displayed in a Gantt chart showing execution priorities, time, resources, and responsible, c) to develop indexes to help group members to follow the task progress Page 12.793.52. During the development of the task: a. Task development assessment: This activity take place during the

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cassandra Elrod, University of Missouri; Ashley Rasnic, University of Missouri; William Daughton, University of Missouri

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Engineering Management

Bridge the Gap Material/Equipment Management Business Operations Management Science Decision MakingTerm Systems Problem Solving Ethics Staffing Controlling Resources Project Management Organizations Planning Marketing Cost/Finance Organizing Communication Leadership

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Management

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Martin High, Oklahoma State University; Paul Rossler, Oklahoma State University

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Engineering Management

mph.Additionally, numerous accidents had occurred at the intersection after a wideningproject: Hill, a civil engineer with highway design expertise, testified for the plaintiffs that he had studied the intersection from 1978 to 1996; that historically there had been numerous collisions there after the widening; that increasing the lanes to five without a traffic control device doubled the risk of collisions because of the deficient sight distance; that under the standard of engineering care in 1986, DOT should have included a traffic control device in the design for the Widening Project; and that DOT departed from the engineering standard of care in design and planning in not requiring and including a

Conference Session

EMD Curriculum Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

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Engineering Management

initial efforts will notbe experiential for the students but plans are to provide for an ever expanding integration of thecourse content.DiscussionInitial efforts for the international “exchange” were suggested by a Chinese-American facultymember at ECU recognized the importance of international experience. From her perspective itwas apparent that, for the most, ECU students could not afford to go abroad. The alternative wasto find and exploit opportunities to bring international experience to ECU. As an Acting Dean ofthe College housing the Engineering Department, she successfully identified ways to establishinternet exchanges with countries that lacked direct satellite uplinks. As the principle drivingforce for ECU’s Global Understanding

Conference Session

IE and EM Program Mangement

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Hagenberger, Valparaiso University; Peter Johnson, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University; Jeffrey Will, Valparaiso University; Mark Budnik, Valparaiso University; Kathleen Sevener, Valparaiso University

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Engineering Management

project by the student team leader, followed by individual reports by each memberon his/her personal progress. Finally, challenges facing the team are presented, and under theadvisor’s direction, the team sets the goals for the next week. In this capacity, the advisor acts asa direct manager, as well as the grader of their work.4. Incorporating Project Managers into Senior ProjectsThe senior design course sequence has gone through many improvements in recent years, and Page 12.1032.4has proven to be an invaluable course for our students. Following a series of planning meetingsand considerable discussion it was decided that the integration of MEM

Conference Session

EMD Curriculum Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erick Jones, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Engineering Management

project selection, project planning,management techniques to reduce cost in their statistical diagnostics, controls, and a fewoperations. Engineering managers are expected others help a Six Sigma practitioner complete ato know how to manage this specialized project project. However, these tools are not allmanagement force including black belt, green completely new. What sets Six Sigma apartbelt, and yellow belt project engineers in order from other management methodologies is theto deliver the expected savings and efficiencies step by step process in which projects arethat have been produced by other Six Sigma completed. There are several different versionsorganizations. In order to educate future of Six

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IE and EM Program Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Duening, Arizona State University

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Engineering Management

Financial Engineering (Finance and Accounting for Non-Financial Managers)This introductory course for non-finance managers will focus on financial engineering coveringtraditional portfolio of theory, forwards, futures, financial stochastic models, option pricing, andrisk management.IEE 593 CapstoneElectives (Select 3 Courses)IEE 552 Strategic Technological PlanningStudies concepts of strategy, strategy formulation process, and strategic planning methodologieswith emphasis on engineering design, enterprise-wide systems, and manufacturing strategycomplimented by case studies. Presents and uses an analytical executive planning decisionsupport system throughout the course.FSE 598 Collaborative Innovation Management and Value Creation (Duening)This

Conference Session

EMD Curriculum Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

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Engineering Management

responsible forevaluating the entire organizations understanding of the topical material. Page 12.1273.5 4 of 9In conjunction with the topical presentation and as a bridge to application within the service-learning projects each project team was responsible for creating a project charter, a projectbaseline schedule (the organization maintained a master schedule through the Project ControlsDepartment) using MSProject®, a Risk Analysis and Management Plan, and a project closurereport and presentation. The presentations were presented to the organization and the projectsponsor.Theory Application

Conference Session

IE and EM Program Mangement

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lahoud Hilmi, East Carolina University; Batts David, East Carolina University

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Engineering Management

years, telecommunication devices andinstallation have evolved as well forcing companies to consider staying inline with theircompetitors in order to survive the demanding marketplace and come up with better methods tomake decision making. According to7, IT managers have a great deal of difficulties adapting tothe ever changing technologies in order to stay compatible with the global market. According to 8network systems by themselves do not make decisions; however, they provide tools to collect,maintain, and help provide solutions. That put a burden on network engineers and administratorsto plan and install networks that are capable of providing such solution is a secure and error freeenvironment.Such challenges have placed more pressure on

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EMD Curriculum Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Stuart Kellogg, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Engineering Management

curriculum. Curricular elements ofthe threads include technology enabled learning, service learning, business plans, and enterpriseteam projects. Using the Steps for Better Thinking Model2 as the developmental umbrella, allcurricular elements are strategically placed within the curriculum to provide both an integrativethread between the major components as well as a developmental thread for improving complexthinking skills. The primary role of the technology enabled support modules is to provide thefoundational scaffolding necessary to develop more complex reasoning while simultaneouslyattempting to address alternative learning styles. To develop this more fully, it is first necessary

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Management

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Elson, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University; Howard Evans, National University

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Engineering Management

planning,deployment, use, and maintenance. This paper will focus on the first reason and leave thesecond to be discussed elsewhere. Engineering management is a discipline in its own right as can be seen by the number ofengineering schools that offer a degree. The ABET website shows that there are eight accreditedundergraduate programs in the U.S. and one accredited graduate program. Besides these, thereare many more graduate programs not listed by ABET including an MS EngineeringManagement degree offered at National University. Furthermore, the discipline of engineeringmanagement is highly related to systems engineering. Kotnour and Farr2 list four definitions of

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Management

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Daughton, University of Missouri; Benjamin Dow, University of Missouri

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Engineering Management

, conducted by theEMSE department, revealed several interesting results. • 53% of alumni and 45% of current students surveyed were not at all familiar with the PSM program • 74% of alumni and 96% of current students plan to pursue graduate education at some point • 63% of alumni and 77% of current students would choose a PSM degree over a graduate degree in their field of study • 63% of alumni and 83% of current students would choose a PSM degree over an MBA • 79% of alumni and 92% of current students felt a PSM degree would be valuable to their careers.The option of taking the courses by distance education was mentioned by a considerablenumber of respondents as a desirable characteristic of any PSM

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Management

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bianey Ruiz Ulloa, Universidad Nacional Experimental del Tachira; Sheila Lizcano, Universidad Nacional Experimental del Tachira; Francisco Gamboa, University of Tachira; Dilia Alcalde, Universidad Nacional Experimental del Tachira; Stephanie Adams, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Engineering Management

Industrial Engineer prior to her academic career.Sheila Lizcano, Universidad Nacional Experimental del Tachira She received her BSc. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Tachira - Venezuela. She currently works as Planning Assistan in an insurance carrier company.Francisco Gamboa, University of Tachira He is currently an Instructor Professor of Industrial Engineering at the Universidad Nacional Experimental del Táchira – Venezuela. He holds a Master Degree in Global Planning from the Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador – Venezuela, and received his B.S. Degree IN Industrial Engineering from the Universidad Nacional Experimental del Táchira. He teaches different courses

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Management

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Engineering Management

engineering management. be able to determine the scientific and (c) an ability to design a 4 Technical design – the technical engineering management variables of interest system, component, or ability to design a prescribed and processes to manage engineering designprocess to meet desired needs engineering subsystem alternatives and management planning. (h) the broad education 5 Design assessment – the ability be able to assess the

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; S. Gary Teng, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Thomas Johnson, Besam Entrance Solutions; Tom Benson, Pass and Seymour-Legrand; Dean Nestvogel, Pass and Seymour-Legrand

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Engineering Management

the two options (Chopper Bike and Racing Bike) as shown inFigure 3. Chopper Bike Racing BikeFigure 3. Product line optionsScenario 4. Production Line OptimizationYou have visited the bicycle manufacturing operations in Charlotte (Figure 4) to start theproduction planning for you new product and found a very traditional departmentalsystem with large work-in-process (WIP) queues and long lead times. This plant’sprimary function is to produce frames and forks, and to assemble with outsourcedcomponents, creating a completed and boxed bicycle. There are no formal instructions orcommunication systems for managing the operations. All personnel work at their ownrate and quality is suspect. Your responsibility is to transform

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Engineering Management Program Management / IE and EM Program Mangement / Engineering Management Program Management

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Raymond Price, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Engineering Management

multidisciplinary engineering activities, buildteams, motivate people, create organizational structures conducive to innovative and effectivework, plan and facilitate meetings, solve problems, among others (Askew, & Price, 2003;Thamhain, 1992b; 2004a).“Increasingly, those who hire engineering graduates look for employees who are not onlytechnically proficient, but who also have demonstrated leadership and initiative in team settings”(Yost, 1998, p.1). In addition, as Farr (1996) stated organizational influences such as global andincreased competition are forcing junior engineers into more managerial and leadership roles.Therefore, in order to get hired and later on get promoted, today’s engineers need to have goodleadership skills. Consequently, as

Conference Session

EMD Curriculum Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raymond Krizek, Northwestern University; Ahmad Hadavi, Northwestern University

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Engineering Management

interest appeared in the trade magazines. Now we know Page 12.570.2 we need papers designed to advance the theory and practice of planned engineering construction among construction engineers; papers that will make better engineers by stimulating discussion based on valuable experience.”Interestingly, the second issue of the Journal, published in February of 1959, consisted of fivepapers about Engineering Education and the Construction Industry. In the 1950s, fiveuniversities developed programs in CE&M. By the mid-1990s, the master’s degree had becomereasonably widespread and about 40 to 50 universities were awarding this