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Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diversity

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Engineering Economy

requires a car to get to the site and about 3 hours of total time including the tour and travel back and forth from campus.• Macaroon Cookie Business Expansion: This is a theoretical case based on ideas from a student capstone project where a small business company is looking at producing a new product line and they need to analyze if their expansion plans will be cost effective. No tour is provided.• HCP Laser Project – Heating and Cooling Products (HCP) is a small US based ductwork components manufacturer about 1-hour drive north of campus. A previous intern helped develop this case study which was based on the need for the company to improve cost effectiveness in terms of labor and scrap for their blank cutting process for

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Billy Gray, Tarleton State University; Daren Davis, Tarleton State University; Erick C Jones P.E., University of Texas, Arlington

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Engineering Economy

and unconscious assumptions throughout his career. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Integrating Costing into an Engineering Economics CourseIntroductionThe Engineering Technology department at Tarleton State University has been working with itsindustrial partners for over 20 years to allow students the opportunity to engage in real worldprojects during their senior capstone projects. Over the past few years, the projects haveincreased in complexity and have shifted from facility layout and safety based projects to nowinclude tool and process design, with the added benefit that many of the companies are taking theprojects and implementing them at some point after students have

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Tech Session 1: IE-ing a Broader Perspective

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Faisal Aqlan, Pennsylvania State University, Erie (Behrend College); Yuan-Han Huang, Pennsylvania State University, Erie (Behrend College); E. George Walters III P.E., Pennsylvania State University, Erie (Behrend College); Osama T. Al Meanazel, The Hashemite University

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

commissioning of PLC-based control systems for the food & beverage and cement industries. He has developed and teaches a course on PLC-based control systems for engineers. He also teaches a course on advanced digital design using FPGAs, a course on embedded systems using 8- and 32-bit microcontrollers, and the two-semester capstone project sequence for electrical and computer engineers at Behrend.Dr. Osama T. Al Meanazel, The Hashemite University Dr. Osama T. Al Meanazel is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering at The Hashemite Univer- sity since September 2013. He received the B.S. in Industrial Engineering from The University of Jordan, Jordan; the M.S. in Engineering Management from Sunderland University