Conference Session

Starting the Last Day with New Ideas

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shengyong Wang, State University of New York, Binghamton; Mohammad Khasawneh, State University of New York, Binghamton; Krishnaswami Srihari, State University of New York, Binghamton

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

recognition in the healthcare sector. The strategic use ofthese tools, such as statistical quality control, supply chain management, modeling andsimulation, failure-mode effects analysis, lean thinking, and human factors and ergonomics, canbe readily used to measure, characterize, and optimize performance at various levels in ahealthcare system. Even though there is currently a shortage of health systems engineers at theMS and PhD levels, very few universities have an established health systems curriculum in theirindustrial and systems engineering departments.The Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering at the State University of NewYork (SUNY) at Binghamton (a.k.a. Binghamton University) has been actively involved inteaching and

Conference Session

Applying What We Teach to IE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

E. Delbert Horton, Texas A&M University, Commerce; Matthew Elam, Texas A&M University, Commerce; Ben Cranor, Texas A&M University, Commerce

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

evaluations. Thisfeedback indicated the program needed to provide the senior-level students with a more realisticindustry experience. Currently, the IE internship course, IE 471, and Industrial Systems Design(IE capstone course), IE 495, are in the IE program curriculum to introduce and provide thesenior engineering student an insight into the industrial world. These two courses wereevaluated according to the continuous improvement plan for the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) and changes were recommended.The IE 471 Internship is offered to give students an occupational experience in an industrialfacility. Students and faculty have experienced several disappointing obstacles in executing thisIE 471 internship course, including

Conference Session

Starting the Last Day with New Ideas

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nagen Nagarur, State University of New York, Binghamton; Krishnaswami Srihari, State University of New York, Binghamton; Sarah Lam, State University of New York, Binghamton

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

Binghamton University. In addition to courses that would be “core”for the ISE graduate program, courses that would help establish the specialization would bedelineated and discussed along with electives that would help enhance the breadth and depth of agraduate student’s educational experience. The proposed curriculum could require the graduatestudent to take courses in the School of Management, Department of Economics, and theMathematics and Statistics Departments. The proposed specialization would be an inter-disciplinary program with a home in the Systems Science and Industrial EngineeringDepartment.Graduates from this program will be equipped with skill sets that would differentiate them fromthose who graduate from the traditional ISE program

Conference Session

Issues and Opportunities in IE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University; Cathy Hall, East Carolina University; Michael Bosse, East Carolina University; David Batts, East Carolina University; Laurie Moses, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

education and careers in STEM fields. Theprogram provided a rich learning environment centered on problem-solving, understanding of theintegration and interrelatedness of STEM fields, and an understanding of fulfilling statecurriculum standards in mathematics and science through hands-on projects and investigations inSTEM topics.Affective Instructional EnvironmentsIn developing the curricular plan for the summer academy, the participating faculty stronglysupported an integrated curriculum conjoining the areas of mathematics, science, andtechnology.11 The traditional disjointedness of mathematics, science, and technology instructionechoes an unrealistic view of the world. Today, interdisciplinary understanding is needed tosolve technical problems

Conference Session

Best Practices in IE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Elam, Texas A&M University, Commerce; E. Delbert Horton, Texas A&M University, Commerce; Sukwon Kim, Texas A&M University, Commerce; Bob Wilkins, Texas A&M University, Commerce

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

their first two semesters to establish a learning community and to allow facultyto integrate concepts in the courses. Supplemental Instruction (SI) was provided for themathematics courses these first two semesters. SI was identified as a significant contributor tothe success of the ILC, as were the opportunity for students to use and apply mathematicsconcepts and bi-weekly meetings of the instructors to review issues of attendance, motivation,retention, student academic progress, curriculum integration, the status of assignments inprogress, and assessment.14 Page 14.137.4North Carolina State University put forth an effort to intervene on behalf

Conference Session

Issues and Opportunities in IE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marlin Thomas, Air Force Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

is presented as atopic in selected courses but it is not treated as an integral part of the curriculum. Courses inquality control, statistical process control, and reliability are generally offered as a programoption or elective courses, thus leaving some students completely void of the background. The purpose of this paper is to propose a core industrial engineering course that willintegrate quality, reliability, and warranty (QRW) concepts and methods. The objective is toprovide a modern broader view of quality that is multidimensional with elements that relate tohow products are developed, produced and accepted by customers, and to improve theintegration of relevant IE courses. The approach is to construct a quality, reliability

Conference Session

Starting the Last Day with New Ideas

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natarajan Gautam, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

where it is debatable whether the technology boosts or hindersunderstanding. One question we get often in this day and age is whether the book is required or ifthe students can just read it on-line. There are pros and cons to this. The greatest benefits of on-line texts are cost and accessibility. However from the standpoint of time (speed to recovernecessary information) and convenience of browsing through a hard copy it is unclear if an on-line textbook is the way to go.Another question that instructors get asked often is if graphing calculators are permitted in thecourse. The benefit of using these calculators is not only in drawing graphs of complex functionsbut also being able to perform numerical integration (area under the curve) among