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Risk Management – Are Engineers The Problem Or The Solution?

Conference Session
Innovative Programs - Structure, Delivery, Evaluation
Collection
2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
John Robertson, Arizona State University; Joseph Tidwell, Arizona State University; Ronald Thomas, Raytheon; William Charlton, Boeing
Tagged Divisions
Continuing Professional Development
that the activities of these individuals are also animportant component of the solution.Course scope and content is reviewed by a team of experienced industry professionalswho set the overall requirements and expectations. Since risk overlaps the domains ofchief engineers and project managers, this course has oversight from two committees.They comment on the participant feedback from every course and make or acceptrecommendations for change and interactions with other courses.The starting point is to admit that risk management is complex. A good representationusing a mind-map format 4 is given in figure 3. “Nightmare” mind-map
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Action At Distance: A Ms Degree Offered Through Distance Learning As A Vector To Student Enrichment And Industrial Interaction

Conference Session
Assessing the Efficacy of Non-traditional Programs
Collection
2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Lanny Griffin; Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Szlavik, California Polytechnic State University
Tagged Divisions
Continuing Professional Development
-long-learning opportunity for some of the 300,000 degreedengineers working in California industry who can benefit from graduate education. The DLMasters Degree Program in Engineering with a Biomedical Specialization was designed anddeveloped with verisimilitude to the on-campus program in mind. The distance students attendthe same classes as students on campus. The DL program has the same learning objectives andstudent outcomes as those expected for the on-site students. Furthermore, the program fordistance students has the same standards and curricular flexibilities as available to students oncampus, the program accommodates the challenging schedules of full-time industry employees.The paper describes the motivations for the development of
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