Conference Session

Focus on IE Course Design and Assessment

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judith Norback, Georgia Institute of Technology; Paul Griffin, Georgia Tech; Garlie Forehand, Georgia Tech

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Industrial Engineering

20 years, one of his areas of research and curriculum development has been workforce communication skills and instruction for undergraduates in engineering. Page 13.177.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 An Evaluation of Workforce Presentation Instruction in Industrial Engineering Capstone DesignAbstractFor the past several years, workforce communication instruction has been integrated intoIndustrial Engineering (IE) Capstone Design courses at Georgia Tech. The instruction is basedon actual interviews with practicing IEs, managers, and senior executives. Evaluation data

Conference Session

Focus on IE Principles and Techniques

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ricki Ingalls, Oklahoma State University; mario cornejo, Oklahoma State University; Chinnatat Methapatara, Oklahoma State University; Peerapol Sittivijan, Oklahoma State University; Kim Needy, University of Pittsburgh; Bryan Norman, University of Pittsburgh; Braden Hunsaker, University of Pittsburgh; Erin Claypool, University of Pittsburgh; Nuri Gokhan, University of Pittsburgh; Scott Mason, University of Arkansas

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Industrial Engineering

. The aim is to quantify those impacts so that they can be used in the product designphase to better understand the tradeoffs between the benefits and costs of different supply chainalternatives. This collaborative research effort between the National Science Foundation Centerfor e-Design (CED) and the National Science Foundation Center for Engineering Logistics andDistribution (CELDi) will result in a synergy that integrates the expertise from each centerexamining this extremely complex problem, which is referred to as Design for Supply Chain(DFSC). Results from this project are being incorporated real-time into an existing graduatecourse being taught at the Oklahoma State University entitled Supply Chain Modeling. Thiscourse is a third

Conference Session

Focus on Emerging Topics Around the World

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Bursic, University of Pittsburgh; Kim Needy, University of Pittsburgh

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Industrial Engineering

registered Professional Engineer in the state of Pennsylvania.Kim Needy, University of Pittsburgh Kim LaScola Needy is an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. She received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, and her Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Wichita State University. Prior to her academic appointment, she accumulated nine years of industrial experience while working at PPG Industries and The Boeing Company. Her research interests include engineering economic analysis, engineering management, integrated resource management, and sustainable engineering. Dr. Needy is a member of ASEE, ASEM, APICS, IIE

Conference Session

Focus on IE Principles and Techniques

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arun Nambiar, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Dale Masel, Ohio University

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Industrial Engineering

AC 2008-2680: TEACHING CONCEPTS OF LEAN MANUFACTURINGTHROUGH A HANDS-ON LABORATORY COURSEArun Nambiar, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Arun received his Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India in 1997 and Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering from Ohio University, Athens, OH in 2004. He went on to receive his Doctoral Degree in Integrated Engineering (with an Industrial Engineering concentration) from Ohio University, Athens, OH in 2007. His research interests include production, planning and control of manufacturing systems, application of lean principles, study of discrete-event systems and cost estimation for various

Conference Session

Focus on IE Principles and Techniques

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon Johnson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Bryan Norman, University of Pittsburgh; Jean Fullerton, Elizabethtown College; Susan Pariseau, Merrimack College

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Industrial Engineering

specific tactics, which fit naturally as subtopics withinexisting courses, students often encounter lean tactics in a piecemeal fashion, making it difficultfor students develop an integrated understanding of the underlying philosophies. Courses Page 13.1340.2dedicated to lean are generally aimed at senior-level students. Opportunities to practice processdesign are often the domain of senior-level capstone projects as well.To improve the teaching of lean concepts, as well as to develop students’ ability to designeffective processes, several IE faculty at one university (referred to as Site 1 here) developed alean laboratory to support an

Conference Session

Focus on Emerging Topics Around the World

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Summers, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

improve the process. An example of the cases is not provided here due tospace limitations. Page 13.737.8IE/IET faculty are aware of the need to cover service industry applications in theircourses. As previous investigations show (Summers, 2006), these efforts are usuallydependent on the individual faculty member and are not necessarily seen curriculum-wide. At the University of Dayton, our goal is to integrate service industry activities andexamples across the curriculum. From the very beginning of this project the approachwas as integrated as possible. Since the cases were developed for use in a wide variety ofclasses by a single faculty member, care was