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Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

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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

Paper ID #10460Computer Aided Design and Project ManagementProf. Martin William Weiser, Eastern Washington University Martin Weiser is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering and Design Department at Eastern Washington University. He earned his BS in Ceramic Engineering from the Ohio State University and his MS and PhD in Materials Science and Mineral Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. He then joined the Mechanical Engineering department at the University of New Mexico where he taught Materials Science, Thermodynamics, Manufacturing Engineering, and Technical Communication. Mar- tin then joined

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

Paper ID #10635Teaching Engineering Project Management via Capstone Designs that De-velop a Viable ProductDon Bowie P.E., Aurasen Limited Don Bowie is a Systems Engineer with an extensive background in engineering design and management, labor relations, and various academic positions. His undergraduate degree is in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, with a Masters in Engineering from Seattle University. Mr. Bowie is an honors graduate from The Executive Program at the Darden Graduate School of Business Admin- istration, University of Virginia. His engineering and management background spans four

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ralph Alan Dusseau P.E., Rowan University

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Engineering Management

partnership agreement was reachedbetween the COE and the College of Business (COB) whereby the courses in the MEM programwould be divided between the COE and the COB. In the current version of this partnershipagreement, the COB offers two of the three core courses in the MEM program and one of thefour courses in the Project Management Specialization. In addition, the initial agreement calledfor the Center for Entrepreneurship within the COB to offer three of the four courses in theEngineering Entrepreneurship Specialization. The MEM program was formally approved by theBoard of Trustees and the Provost at Rowan University in Fall 2007.In parallel with the university approval process, statewide approval was sought from the AIC ofthe New Jersey

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

from Oregon State University, USA, in 1997. He worked as an Instructor in the Chemical Engineering Department of Oregon State University for three years and then joined the Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department of UAE University in September 2000. Dr. Al-Marzouqi has served as the Assistant Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in the College of En- gineering since September 2004. Dr. Al-Marzouqi’s research specialization is in the area of supercritical fluid technology and has been conducting research in this area since 1992. He has used supercritical fluid technology in numerous projects including applications in wood preservation, food and pharmaceutical processing, herbal extraction, environmental

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

as part of our continuous improvement efforts for the newly introducedundergraduate EM program.The results of this first step in continuous improvement will be presented in this paper and thelater steps will continue to be published as a series of papers in both local as well as futureannual ASEE conferences.IntroductionMore than two-thirds of all engineering professionals invest a significant portion of their careerin managing and administering a wide range of technical engineering and research projects andbudgets (CSUN 2012). As the engineering profession evolves, an increasing need has emergedfor entry-level engineering professionals who have both a broad engineering background and theknowledge and ability to interface between the

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

to the voice of the customer to address marketing issues: Page 24.109.6Listening to the voice of the customers is one of the best practices that proved successful in ourapplied research. Since numerous six sigma projects have been discussed in the literature, thistechnique could be implemented in the Engineering Management curriculum at both theundergraduate and graduate levels. One caveat is important. General Electric and others thathave embraced six sigma projects have found the revolutionary changes leading to productinnovations diminish over time. Perhaps a systems approach works best by strategicallyseparating innovations into two

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

methods from the businessworld are analyzed for their usefulness in the academic world. Four different methods wereanalyzed, including Total Quality Management (TQM), Six Sigma, Business ProcessReengineering (BPR), and Lean Manufacturing. “TQM was highly suited to improving thedepartmental processes to effect a transition to excellence, Lean Six Sigma provided a few buthighly effective methods for departmental improvement.” The use of Lean Six Sigma wasrevealed from their analysis of the Kukreja study. It was noticed that the data collection cyclewas too long and a great deal of time was necessary to complete the project. Since most studentsare only enrolled for four years, this did not work well with this required timespan. They proposemixing