Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Management Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

thatcan be used for educational purposes, while also trying to develop standards and best practicesfor this new virtual-reality platform. There are planes for mini-games and interactive lessonswithin virtual environments such as Second Life, Croquet, and Project Wonderland.Finally, a more detailed analysis of the possibilities offered by Second Life is given by Childressand Braswell[1]. They address the use of what they call “massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG)” to foster communication and interaction and to facilitate cooperativelearning in an online course. After the definition and history of MMOGs, they also describecurrent uses of MMORPGs in education, including their own experiences and practical exampleswhile they also

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Management Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zbigniew Pasek, University of Windsor

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

, closinga sale or making a snap hiring decision.Feature films where engineering efforts play if not key, then at least a strong supporting role,although rare, do exist; a few good examples are listed in Table 1. Since contemporaryengineering is also a group effort, management issues illustrated in these films are also abound.Overall it seems that engineers as lead characters do not inspire filmmakers as they do not inducemuch drama and tension required for good story telling. Mad scientists fare much better!8Below are brief summaries of selected movies from Table 1, which may help to provide somedetails on the storyline and related engineering/management issues.The Flight of the Phoenix: tells a story of a diverse group of a cargo plane passengers

Conference Session

Tools of the Trade

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Niewoehner, U.S. Naval Academy; Craig Steidle, US Naval Academy; Eric Johnson, US Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

deflection, they are alsoconstantly asking themselves, “Am I healthy?” Critical thinking includes not only the process bywhich we gain a conclusion, it is also the process by which we ask, in parallel, “Is my thinkinghealthy?” This Figure 1 depicts Paul’s model. The goal, at the bottom, is the mature thinker, whosethinking skills and ethical dispositions act in concert, as evidenced by intellectual traits/virtues.The Elements of Thought comprise the tools by which we analyze intellectual work, our own andothers, taking it apart to understand its constituent parts. Intellectual Standards are the criteriaagainst which we evaluate the quality of intellectual work. Specifically, the model identifies thevital questions we should be asking ourselves

Conference Session

Professional Engineering Management Initiatives

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Merino, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

inclusion of material” will be “generally recognized as good practice on mostprojects most of the time.” ASEM criteria substituted subjects/topics for projects.In addition, the process to create a BoK needs to include input from both Subject Matter Experts(SMEs) as well as industry practitioners. Individual subjects and topics need to be based onstandard references in the field. These references should be easily available to anyone who seeksthem. Finally the process needs to include a peer review process that insures that the BoK has thebenefit of various experts to ensure against group think or individual bias. This is also needed tovalidate the EM BoK. Appendix I - Figure 1 and Appendix II illustrate the ASEM EM BoKdecision process.ASEM EM BoK

Conference Session

Professional Engineering Management Initiatives

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Merino, Stevens Institute of Technology; S. Jimmy Gandhi, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

analyzedundergraduate and graduate EM programs and provided their definitions of EM. 1, 2Development of ASEM EM BoKThe ASEM, as the lead professional society in Engineering Management developed acertification program for Masters in Engineering Management. This helped provide curriculumstandards for EM Masters level programs4. Over the last few years the number of undergraduateEM programs achieving accreditation form the Accrediting Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET) have increased from three to six5.The ASEM certified MS EM programs and the ABET accredited BS/BE programs formed thebasis for ASEM to establish an EM BoK. Both ASEM and ABET require programs to be basedon outcomes developed with industrial advisory boards. Curricula are developed by

Conference Session

Tools of the Trade

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Management Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Galloway, The Nielsen-Wurster Group, Inc

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

Engineering Education Reform which willprovide the reader with a better understanding of what a 21st-century engineer may be facing inhis or her endeavors, of how we as a profession must elevate our public standing and increase thepublic’s confidence in us, and of what skills may be necessary to add to one’s individual tool boxin order to succeed in the 21st-century global marketplace.1 The paper also provides a model forengineering education suggesting curricula which could be used for a master’s degree inprofessional engineering management.Why the Need For Engineering Education Reform?The world changed more during the past hundred years than during any preceding century. Bythe dawn of the new millennium, the developed world constituted the