Conference Session

Smarter Strategies: Evolving Tools for Engineering Management Excellence

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Ivan Rodriguez-Devora, University of Georgia; Roger Hilten, University of Georgia; Wayne Johnson, University of Georgia; Gustavo Morán-Soto, Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Durango

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Diversity

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Engineering Management Division (EMD)

Mechanical Engineering. Dr. HIlten is deeply involved in Capstone Design at all levels, from project solicitation to individual student mentoring. Dr. Hilten collaborates with a team of instructors to develop and deliver Capstone course material while gathering data to continually improve the Capstone experience for students, project sponsors, and faculty involved. Administratively, Dr. Hilten works with the Capstone Industry Coordinator to seek out new project sponsors and develop projects to fit the needs of Capstone while also supporting students’ on-the-ground procurement, prototyping, and testing efforts for over 100 Capstone projects. Dr. Hilten acts the Director for the College’s Lab Support Team which manages

Conference Session

AI in the Engineering Management Classroom

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ekaterina Koromyslova, South Dakota State University; Bishnu karki, South Dakota State University; Prafulla Salunke, South Dakota State University; Carrie Steinlicht, South Dakota State University; Gary Anderson, South Dakota State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Management Division (EMD)

product and process development. etc. He has almost 21 years of commercial dairy manufacturing experience.Dr. Carrie Steinlicht, South Dakota State University Dr. Carrie Steinlicht is a Senior Lecturer in the College of Engineering at South Dakota State University. She has directed many Capstone projects with Industry partners for students in Manufacturing Engineering Technology and Operations Management. She has several years of industry experience working as an Advanced Development Engineer and also has a consulting business working with regional companies offering training and expertise in lean manufacturing, quality tools, and metallurgy.Mr. Gary Anderson, South Dakota State University

Conference Session

AI in the Engineering Management Classroom

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neil Littell, Ohio University

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Engineering Management Division (EMD)

exist as 120 credit hourexperiences, with many programs exceeding this desired number of credit hours. Frequently,compromises are executed where a generic public speaking general education course is used tojustify meeting a communications requirement. Many programs will augment the publicspeaking course by expanding additional professional communications developmentopportunities across several classes in the curriculum. For example, classes that require studentsto present a technical report could be used to assess communication skills. Professionalcommunication skills could be incorporated into the capstone experience for the program,especially if the capstone requires students to work as a group with a project sponsor. Whilethese approaches