Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kate D. Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Eric Specking, University of Arkansas

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Engineering Management

of the Most Popular on Campus?AbstractTraditionally, less than 1% of all American college students in any degree level studyabroad, but study abroad became very popular at Stevens Institute of Technology in2013.5 In 2013, the Engineering Management Program at Stevens instituted a new studyabroad program which was reported about generally in an article presented at the 2013ASEE Conference9. The Engineering Management Study Abroad program consisted of atwo-week intensive Stevens course, taught by a Stevens professor in Italy. To furtherenhance the experience, students from the University of Mexico, Guadalajara and theUniversity of Naples also participated in the 2013 course. It ended up being one of themost popular study

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin William Weiser, Eastern Washington University; Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University; Kyle Frederick Larsen P.E., Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Management

students are required totake Calculus II while the Applied Tech students must complete Precalculus II, the prerequisitefor the course. The topics in Table II are covered in detail and you will note that two of theobjectives are on both lists. Table II Course Objectives related to Spreadsheet Use 1. Use spreadsheet software to design structured, efficient, well-documented workbooks with data entry cells, summary results, statistics cells, and commented cells. 2. Create graphical presentations of data in standard technical formats and fit a curve to a data series. 3. Transfer data between text files, word processor, spreadsheet, database, and project. 4. Track and account for cost information for your

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Alan Dusseau P.E., Rowan University

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Engineering Management

offeredutilizing either hybrid or fully-online courses. Planning began for the new Master ofEngineering Management (MEM) Program at Rowan University in January 2007 with acomprehensive online review of 41 engineering management programs nationwide (Table 1).The goal of this review was to determine the most-common practices regarding engineeringmanagement programs and courses nationwide and the key courses required for a successfulengineering management program. The information gathered during this review included lists ofcore courses, specialization courses, and elective courses within these 41 existing programs; alist of specializations within these existing programs; a list of participating colleges within theseexisting programs; and a list of topics

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Bowie P.E., Aurasen Limited; Xuping Xu, California Baptist University; Anthony L. Donaldson, California Baptist University

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Engineering Management

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Browder, Bristol Tennessee Essential Services; Andrew J. Czuchry, East Tennessee State University; Leslie Boughers, Bristol Tennessee Essential Services; Caroline Deutsch, East Tennessee State University; Nina Muehl, East Tennessee State University

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Engineering Management

Innovation and Organizational Sustainability: An Addition to the Engineering Management Curriculum?Abstract and IntroductionThe Baldrige National Performance Excellence Criteria (2013 -2014) 1 places increased emphasison organizational sustainability in terms of societal, environmental, and financial impacts; andinnovation as a discontinuous change in engineering designs and/or business models. Suchconcepts may become important considerations for engineering managers in today’s globalmarketplace. Engineering management educators may become a major player in transformingcompliance with performance specifications into an enhanced competitive business advantage byoffering a total systems approach to managing innovation while ensuring the

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Jimmy Gandhi, California State University, Northridge; Ahmad R. Sarfaraz, California State University, Northridge; Sina Talebian, California State University, Northridge

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Engineering Management

designed to help students to learnhow to make effective decisions and deal with problem solving in highly ambiguous anduncertain contexts (Sorto, 2008). This will also be taken into consideration by the authors whenconsidering changes to the undergraduate EM program at University X.The undergraduate EM programs that the authors researched were picked from the AmericanSociety of Engineering Management (ASEM) website listing of EM programs at theundergraduate level (ASEM, 2013). The schools selected in the first iteration of the onlineresearch were: 1. Augustana College 2. Bucknell University 3. Clarkson University 4. The College of New Jersey 5. Columbia University 6. George Washington University 7. Stanford University

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Quamrul H. Mazumder, University of Michigan, Flint

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Engineering Management

academic environment due to time constraints faced by students and faculty.The statistical process control (SPC) method uses control charts to analyze variations in aprocess with predetermined upper and lower control limits (UCL, LCL). Two types of variationsare common in any process and are described as follows: (1) random variations, which are theonly variations present if the process is in statistical control, and (2) assignable variations, whichindicate a departure or deviation from statistical control. The purpose of a control chart is toidentify when the process is out of control, thus signaling the need for remedial action. A controlchart is a graphical technique in which statistical results are computed from measured values of acertain

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, United Arab Emirates University; Ali H. Al-Marzouqi, United Arab Emirates University

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Engineering Management

course was delivered and howthe students applied the knowledge on designing and developing a ‘ReadingAssistant’. It also describes what conclusions were drawn on the effectiveness of themethod and what lessons were learned.2.0 Engineering ManagementEngineering Management is a discipline that is not rigidly defined and this is evidentfrom a variety of Engineering Management programs offered by different universities.According to Gupta President, Institution of Engineers, India [1], EngineeringManagement is the process of planning, organising, staffing, leading and influencing Page 24.759.2people, and controlling activities, which have a Technological