Conference Session

IE Program Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manuel Morales, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Alexandra Medina-Borja, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

university in Puerto Rico. Its image comes from being one ofthe best universities specialized in Engineering and Science in the Caribbean. Engineeringgraduates get very competitive job offers from the many pharmaceutical, bio-technology andelectronics companies in the island. Graduate school is also an option as all engineeringspecialties have well-established graduate programs and many prestigious engineering schools inthe continental US come to recruit students, offering full scholarships to the most qualifiedgraduates. Research wise, three fourths of its faculty has Ph.D. degrees from the most prestigiousAmerican and European engineering schools. In IE, this percentage jumps to 82%.The UPRM has a research-oriented culture that resonates in Puerto

Conference Session

IE Program Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University; Benjamin Redekop

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

be found in bringing in a new course into analready packed curriculum. A new course, IME540 Environmentally Conscious Designand Manufacturing, will be offered for both undergraduates and graduate students as anengineering elective across all disciplines in the university and will reside within theIndustrial & Manufacturing Engineering Department. In an attempt to reach as manystudents as possible, the course is being offered with minimal prerequisites and will beteam-taught by faculty from various disciplines including Business, Liberal Studies,Mechanical Engineering and Chemistry.The multidisciplinary faculty group will have completed two offerings of IME540 as asenior engineering elective course by the time this paper is presented at