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

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

senior member of the Institute for Industrial Engineers. Page 13.761.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Integrating Design for Supply Chain Research into a Graduate Supply Chain Modeling Course – A Collaborative ApproachAbstractAn ongoing research project addresses the problem of how to effectively synchronize productdesign and supply chain design for new and existing products resulting in not only a goodproduct design, but a supply chain that is cost effective, minimizes lead time and ensures quality.The research investigates the impacts of product design and redesign on the supply chainstructure

Conference Session

Focus on Emerging Topics Around the World

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arunkumar Pennathur, University of Texas-El Paso; Louis Everett, University of Texas-El Paso; Tzu-Liang Tseng; Noe Vargas Hernandez; Samuel Riccillo, University of Texas at El Paso

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Industrial Engineering

solutions based on the best available academic corecompetencies. Industry partners can also hire engineering graduates with the knowledge thatthese students are able to solve real world problems using globally developed solution strategiesand tools. Industries can be viewed by members of the society-at-large at helping bringtechnological tools and solutions that help solve societal problems. This can spur furtherindustrial growth. Students stand to benefit immensely from this structure as well in severalways. They are exposed to real world problems, and will not view concept and theory as beinguseless for practice. Additionally, students benefit from the collective wisdom of state-of-the-artteaching material developed, shared and refined in a

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

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

in any department at the school. The IEDepartment is leading an effort to ensure that all of its graduates have an internationalexperience.Discussion amongst the IE faculty at Pitt regarding implementing the international requirementhas been ongoing for well over two years. We wanted to go beyond simply requiring students totake international or global coursework. We believe that the best way to ensure that ourgraduates are prepared for the global market, have a basic understanding of global and culturalissues, and can utilize this understanding in an engineering context is to require an internationaltravel experience. However, there were clearly some serious issues and obstacles to considerbefore proceeding with such a requirement.A survey