Conference Session

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

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alejandro Salado, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

engineers focuses on learning a number of techniques with which theycan mathematically model a number of scenarios and optimize a mathematical function that issubjected to various mathematical constraints. Reality works differently though. Theimplementation of optimization actions in a real context yields direct and indirect impacts tosociety and to individual people. They are further strengthened when projects are implemented orexecuted in international settings, where different systems of laws, regulations, cultures, andvalues play a role. Several examples in the past have shown dramatic consequences for notconsidering ethical implications of engineering decisions in real projects. Therefore, exposingstudents to ethical conflicts, as well as

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Burns, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Bob E. White P.E., Western Michigan University; Azim Houshyar, Western Michigan University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

Paper ID #23300Integrating Ethics in Undergraduate Engineering Economy Courses: An Im-plementation Case Study and Future DirectionsDr. James Burns, Purdue University, West Lafayette Jim Burns, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Technology Leadership & Innovation Bio: Jim joined the faculty at Purdue Polytechnic in 2015 after completing a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Western Michigan University, and has more than 10 years industry experience in the manufacturing sector in a variety of roles including process engineering, operations management, and technical sales. His area of expertise centers on applying

Conference Session

Innovative IE Course Content

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Connie Gomez, Galveston College; Heidi A. Taboada, University of Texas, El Paso; Jose F. Espiritu, University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

Paper ID #6509To Be Green Or Not To Be Green? Ethical Tools for Sustainability Engineer-ingDr. Connie Gomez, Galveston College Dr. Gomez received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. She has worked in the areas of Computer Aided Tissue Engineering and Sustainability at the University of Texas at El Paso. She is currently a member of Galveston College, developing a new Engineering Program.Dr. Heidi A. Taboada, University of Texas, El PasoDr. Jose F. Espiritu, University of Texas, El Paso

Conference Session

Assessment and Accreditation in Engineering Management

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maxwell Reid, Auckland University of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

AC 2012-3134: ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT WITHIN AN UNDER-GRADUATE BACHELOR’S OF ENGINEERING (HONOURS) PROGRAMMEDr. Maxwell Reid, Auckland University of Technology Maxwell Reid lectures in telecommunications engineering, computer network engineering, engineering management, ethics, and sustainability. He has researched and published on ethics and sustainability in engineering education, technology education, the role of a university as a critic and conscience of society, the need for an engineering code of ethics, and the principles of ethical and values-based decision-making in engineering. He has also published on effective teaching methodologies for engineering education in the post-modern period. Reid is the Deputy

Conference Session

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

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cristina D. Pomales-Garcia, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez campus; Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez campus

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

Cornell University (1999). Prior to coming to UPRM, Papadopoulos served on the faculty in the department of civil engineering and mechanics at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Papadopoulos has diverse research and teaching interests in Structural Mechanics, Appropriate technol- ogy, Engineering Ethics, and Mechanics Education. He is a PI on the NSF-sponsored project Full-culm Bamboo as a Full-fledged Engineering Material and is developing community bamboo projects in Puerto Rico and Haiti. He is also co-author of the book Lying by Approximation: The Truth about Finite Element Analysis and served as the Chair of the ASEE Mechanics Division in 2015-16. c American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Management Applications

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

studentdevelopment. Those student development areas are: Knowledge (Critical Thinker), Relationships(Mentor), Ethics (Active Citizen), Well-being (Healthy Individual), and Service (Catalyst forPositive Change). By identifying these development areas, in the framework the university seeksto nurture personal leadership development within individuals as they interface with and interactwith their peers and the community, university and civic. The adapted model is shown in Figure3. The “pillars” serve as linkages between the university’s values and leadership identitydevelopment in a way that reflects the mission of the university in preparing students for their

Conference Session

Instructional Design

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Naveen Seth, New Community College at CUNY; Donald P. O'Keefe, Farmingdale State College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

measures. b. Ethical and professional responsibilitiesIssues such as ethics in engineering businesses are best addressed through context; otherwise thesubject essentially receives lip service. The conflict between quality product/process and costeffectiveness should be illustrated through examples of where this issue arose and was/was not Page 25.800.3addressed, e.g., costs of oil spills, externalities in production processes, social vs. out of pocketcosts. Ethics is becoming increasingly important in engineering and business courses and is afocus of ABET5 (2011) accreditation as reflected in the associate-level Criterion 3Ah andbachelor-level

Conference Session

Pedagogical Advancements in Engineering Management

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn D. Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology; Anirban Ganguly, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

flexibility / agility 6 Failure in Knowledge Management 7 Failure in quantitative analysis 8 Economic / budgetary failure 9 Technology related failure 10 Systems Engineering management failure 11 Failure in engineering ethics Page 25.1090.5 After the important causes of failures were identified, as well as, activities critical to the EMdiscipline, the next stage was to map them to each other. This is exhibited in Table 2

Conference Session

Innovative IE Curricula

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan L. Murray, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Terri M. Lynch-Caris, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

Islands. The NCEES Strategic Plan describes several issues that representchallenges to maintaining an effective licensure process. The document, which is periodicallyupdated by the board of directors, specifies goals associated with each of the issues and describesstrategies for achieving these goals [NCEES, 2012]. Vision The vision of NCEES is to provide leadership in professional licensure of engineers and surveyors through excellence in uniform laws, licensing standards, and professional ethics for the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare and to shape the future of professional licensure. Mission The mission of NCEES is to advance licensure for engineers and surveyors in order to

Conference Session

Including Engineering Economy in All Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leland Blank, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

, ethical, and environmental aspectsthat may impact engineering projects.On one hand, these pressures to do more for less in less time means that formal treatmentof engineering economics in a separate course is often considered for removal from anengineering curriculum that currently includes it. On the other hand, the topic of aseparate course in engineering economics is not seriously considered for inclusion ascurricula are revised.Only a few engineering discipline curricula include formal training in project costing andeconomic analysis; usually, industrial, manufacturing, civil, petroleum, and engineeringmanagement. Commonly, other curricula, such as, mechanical, chemical, nuclear, andelectrical usually include some of the concepts and

Conference Session

Engineering Economics New Frontiers

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; Kenneth Brannan, The Citadel; Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Kevin C Bower P.E., The Citadel

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

administered on the assignedreadings and the homework assignments and students were provided with quick feedback. Onoccasion, clickers were employed to assess the understanding of concepts and create anenvironment to engage students and provide immediate feedback to both students andinstructors. Students worked problems in teams and each team submitted responses using aclicker. On other occasions, students were asked to take a position for or against ethically-oriented challenges confronted during benefit cost analyses and debate the issues. This activitynot only assisted the sensing and global learners by providing relevancy of the course material toreal-life issues, but also engaged students actively in thinking, analyzing, and

Conference Session

Engineering Economy: Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeannette Russ, Union University; Doanh Van, Union University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

of ethical responsibility … and so forth. • The simple act of finding an article should at least hint at the importance of lifelong learning (outcome I), since even a cursory glance at the literature reveals the vast amount of existing information and the rapid pace of the addition of new information. • The fact that students are required to find an engineering innovation previously unknown to them and to address related economic issues directly contributes to their knowledge of contemporary issues (outcome J). The requirement that it be previously unknown also helps to increase awareness of the importance of lifelong learning (outcome I). Depending upon the articles selected, especially if the

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Hubert Wilck IV, East Carolina University; Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

discounted cash flows to 18. I have improved my ability to function onvalue project and investment alternatives. multidisciplinary teams.7. Evaluate engineering project and investment alternatives using rate of 19. I have improved my understanding ofreturn methods such as IRR, B/C analysis, and payback period. professional and ethical responsibility.8. I am able to analyze various methods of depreciation and influence of 20. I have improved my understanding of thedepreciation on investment tax alternatives. impact of engineering solutions in a global and9. I am able to

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerome P. Lavelle, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

not permit statistical comparisons, however from this dataset public schools average nearly 0.70 more PEO’s compared to private schools. This demonstrates the use of population statistics. Table 5: Example count data, Criterion 2    Average % topic mentioned in program educational objectives   AdvDgr Team Int’l Comm Rank Ethics LLL All (n=37) 32.4 51.4 16.2 67.6 24.3 54.1 67.6 Public (n=29) 34.5 51.7 20.7 69.0 27.6 51.7 69.0 Private (n=8) 25.0 50.0 0.0 62.5 12.5 62.5 62.5 Large (n=13

Conference Session

Engineering Management Applications

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Jimmy Gandhi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Alex Gorod, Visiting Fellow, University of Adelaide

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

differing work ethics and quality standards Reputation Negative opinion among system stakeholders Intellectual Property The threat of the vendor using ideas to develop a competing system Flexibility The inability of a system to adopt to potential internal or external changes in a timely and cost effective manner Compliance The inability of system stakeholders to comply

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce V. Mutter, Bluefield State College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

,consideration of taxes, public works, and manufacturing costs as related to economic solutions ofengineering proposals. Principles of engineering ethics are presented as related to cost analysis.With a prerequisite of completed sophomore standing, ENGR 315 is a junior-level course for allour School of Engineering Technology (SET) Bachelor of Science majors that include:  Architectural Engineering Technology Page 22.1628.2  Civil Engineering Technology  Computer Science  Electrical Engineering Technology  Mechanical Engineering Technology  Mining Engineering TechnologySome of the specific ENGR 315 content areas of interest

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Course Strategy Panel Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

James Burns, Western Michigan University; Bob White P.E., Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

topics in the course, which is enabledin-part by the use of technology and the rigorous treatment of concepts in the case studies andexams (see next section). There are also subtleties of the course flow that make it possible tocover many topics, such as introducing inflation early in the course in an early case study so it isalready familiar to students when the inflation chapter finally rolls around.A listing of topics covered in the course in order they are presented in class is shown in Table 1. Table 1: Topic Coverage Week Topic Week Topic 1 Ethics, Accounting 8 FW, B/C Ratio, PB, Breakeven 2 Estimation, TVM 9 Decision

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Course Strategy Panel Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Karen M. Bursic, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

engineering design toproduce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, andwelfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors”) and 4 (“anability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and makeinformed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global,economic, environmental, and societal contexts”). These are also strongly emphasized in thiscourse.With respect to technology and modern teaching pedagogies, success in undergraduate teachingrequires an understanding of what works and applying those methods in the classroom.Engineering education research has demonstrated that active learning (which is focused

Conference Session

Frontiers in Engineering Economy

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arup Maji, University of New Mexico

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

-interest and failure of oversightConflict of interest in the healthcare sectorHow to launch a business in your 20sComparative analysis of various world economiesCost of energy, renewable energy and carbon tradingNational debt, foreign exchange rates and international tradeThis allowed the course to be used to assess two of the Outcomes prescribed by ABET:ABET Criterion f: An understanding of the professional and ethical responsibility.ABET Criterion h: The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineeringsolutions in a global/societal context.One major use of the textbook in this class is the availability of interest rate tables. Students weregiven a few tables as handouts in the 1st week of class. Once the relevant equations

Conference Session

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

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan O. Schall, SOS Consulting, LLC

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability). e) Ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems. f) An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility. h) Broad education to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context. i) A recognition of the need for, and have the ability to engage in life-long learning. k) An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.This means that a program will need more than one indicator (summative measure) for eight ofthe eleven SOs. Sample performance

Conference Session

Improving course effectiveness

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard L Marcellus, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

, with the hope that students will model the physics of the problem situation, identify economic and ethical constraints, and find ways to base decisions on quantitative analysis. These types of problems have helped students understand the nature of engineering problems and decisions. However, by themselves, they do not show students the process of transferring basic theory to engineering practice and incorporating it into the “making-of-meaning” required for addressing engineering design problems2, 3.In this paper, it is proposed to augment these problems by asking the students (and instructor) toengage in problem posing and problem structuring. The goal is to suggest methods in concordancewith

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering Economy into Curricula

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Wilck IV, East Carolina University; Paul C. Lynch, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

appropriate forthe general education of a college or university student. In the past an engineering economicscourse focused primarily on financial mathematics; however, the modern engineering economicscourse centers on financial decision making in addition to financial mathematics. These topicsare applicable, if not mandatory, for students pursuing interests in engineering, law, productdevelopment, public service, entrepreneurship, marketing, business, finance, political science,sociology, government, and ethics. This issue is timely because schools at various levels (e.g.,K-12, community colleges, and universities) are including the concepts of quantitative andfinancial literacy into their required curricula, with some being required by state

Conference Session

Frontiers in Engineering Economy

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Brach, University of the District of Columbia; Ahmet Zeytinci, University of the District of Columbia; Pradeep Behera, University of the District of Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

wide-spread impact on engineering projects, particularly public works. Compounding thissituation is the already inadequate funding for addressing the rebuilding of the nation’s aginginfrastructure.With the thrust to give more consideration to the social impact of engineering works and theimportance of inculcating these aspects into engineering education, this paper articulates apossible case study that could incorporate economy principles and a national fiscal problem intothe engineering curriculum in either an economics course or a senior capstone or ethics course.Using a subject from current events can demonstrate to students how engineering economicprinciples can be used to assess public policy alternatives. An ancillary aspect of this

Conference Session

Advances in Engineering Economy Pedagogy

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University; Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University; Gene Dixon, East Carolina University; B.J. Kim, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

Criteria, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology9. Quinn, R., “Implementing Large Scale Curricular Changes—The Drexel Experience,” Proceedings, 1995 Frontiers in Education Conference, http://fie.engrng.pitt.edu/fie95/4d4/4d45/4d45.htm.10. Ostheimer, M.W., Mylrea, K.C., and Lonsdale, E.M., “An Integrated Course in Fundamental Engineering and English Composition Using Interactive and Process Learning Methodologies,” IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 37, No. 2, 1994, pp. 189–193.11. Brock, Barry and Ohland, Matthew W. Applied Ethics in the Engineering, Health, Business, and Law Professions: A Comparison. Journal of Engineering Education,” Vol. 98, No. 4, 2009, pp. 377-388.12. Novak, J., Learning, Creating

Conference Session

Innovations in the IE Curriculum

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi A. Taboada, University of Texas, El Paso; Jose F. Espiritu, University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

alternative.Main Topics Main Topics Main Topics Introduction to feedstock logistics Introduction and overview: fossil Introduction to Sustainability The emerging biobased economy fuels Engineering Industry Technological barriers Climate Change and climate Green Engineering concepts Biofuels and bioproducts modeling Ethical Consumerism conversion technologies and System Tools, Power Grid, Smart Life Cycle Assessment systems Grid Energy Management Estimation of

Conference Session

Innovations in the IE Curriculum

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise H. Bauer, University of Idaho, Moscow; Jessica L. Heier Stamm, Kansas State University; Lesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

courses assigning a single team to each project.4Capstone design courses face the cumbersome but necessary task of incorporating a vast array ofcoursework into a single comprehensive project. Research advocates integrating courses fromnot only the technical curriculum but also general education curriculum as well.6 Withinengineering programs, this coupling of technical and professional topics is apparent. Accordingto the results of a 2005 survey,4 over half of programs surveyed included the following topics intheir capstone design courses: written communication (87%), oral communication (83%),engineering ethics (76%), project planning and scheduling (72%), decision-making (68%),teambuilding (66%), team dynamics (63%), engineering economics (61

Conference Session

Applications of Engineering Economy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Robertson, Arizona State University; Michael Kozicki, Arizona State University; Slobodan Petrovic, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

, environment, ethical applications and warranty have to evolve and be met. It is a long slow process to establish the required track record in these areas but if they are not met, the technology will not progress to successful maturity 4.These three constraints are a formidable ‘catch-22’ that is rarely featured in technical Page 13.234.3papers and even less in degree programs. However, most of today’s high-impacttechnologies had to overcome similar challenges 5. The important message for studentsand technology executives alike is that innovation does not stop when the papersdescribing the original concept have been published. The typical

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ted Eschenbach, TGE Consulting; Jerome P. Lavelle, North Carolina State University; Neal A Lewis, University of New Haven

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

paymentare more vulnerable to ethical compromises. We hope and believe that these consequences wouldbe rare without more coverage of personal finance. However, we are sure that including personalfinance will make the consequences even more rare.ReferencesCanada, J.R. (1971), Intermediate Economic Analysis for Management and Engineering, McGraw-Hill.Cassimatis, P. (1988), A Concise Introduction to Engineering Economics, Unwin-Myman.Chi, M. T., M. Bassok, M. W. Lewis, P.W. Reimann, and R. Glaser, R. (1989), “Self‐explanations: How studentsstudy and use examples in learning to solve problems,” Cognitive science, 13(2), pp. 145-182.Collier, C.A. and W.B. Ledbetter (1982), Engineering Cost Analysis, Harper & Row.Creese, R.C., (June 2013), “Present

Conference Session

Assessment and Accreditation in Engineering Management

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pawel Pawlewski, Poznan University of Technology; Zbigniew J. Pasek, University of Windsor

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

Abstract  This paper describes an innovative curriculum developed for a new LogisticsEngineering degree programs at the Faculty of Engineering Management of PoznańUniversity of Technology. The core of the program is based on a sequence of four majorcourses, which focus on the Product Development, Process Analysis and Optimization,Logistic Processes and Service Engineering, respectively. Each course is built around a practical team project. With the project effort as thebackground, the courses introduce students to key issues in global engineering competence,such as technical and cross-cultural communication, collaboration and teamwork,organization and management, engineering ethics, critical thinking and problem solving, andintegration

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gillian M. Nicholls, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Neal Lewis, University of Bridgeport; Paul J. Componation, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Ted Eschenbach, University of Alaska, Anchorage

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

anonymity encouragesincreased participation by quieter, less confident students. The entire class can be polled quicklyso the lecturer knows whether to review the material again or continue on. Students canparticipate easily without risk of being embarrassed in front of their peers by a wrong answer.This is particularly true for students that may be less willing to speak publicly because English isa second language. The anonymity of responses also encourages more candid answers toquestions involving ethical quandaries. Regularly polling the class about problems encouragesstudents to remain engaged. If students see that a significant portion of the class reached thesame wrong conclusion about a particular question it may reassure them that they are