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

AC 2012-2965: EMBEDDING LEADERSHIP TOPICS IN THE ENGINEER-ING CURRICULUMDr. Gene Dixon, East Carolina University Gene Dixon teaches aspiring engineers at the undergraduate level at East Carolina University. He has held positions in industry with Union Carbide, Chicago Bridge & Iron, E.I. DuPont & deNemours, West- inghouse Electric, CBS, Viacom, and Washington Group. He has spoken to more than 25,000 people as a corporate trainer, a teacher, and a motivational speaker. He received a Ph.D. in industrial and sys- tems engineering and engineering management from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, a master’s of business administration from Nova Southeastern University, and a bachelor’s of science in

Conference Session

Student Development and Assessment in IE Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yaseen Mahmud, Morgan State University; Masud Salimian, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

AC 2012-4172: ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT PERFORMANCES IN OP-ERATIONS RESEARCH CLASS DELIVERED BY AN INNOVATIVE AP-PROACHMr. Yaseen Mahmud, Morgan State University Yaseen Mahmud is a doctoral candidate in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at Morgan State University’s School of Engineering.Dr. Masud Salimian, Morgan State University Masud Salimian is a faculty member in the Industrial Engineering Department at Morgan State Univer- sity. He is the Interim Director of the Advanced Engineering Design lab and Center for Multimedia In- structional Design and Technology. His research interests are in optimization, simulation, manufacturing systems and processes, and engineering education

Conference Session

Pedagogical Advancements in Engineering Management

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Ocon, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

AC 2012-4441: TEACHING CREATIVE THINKING USING PROBLEM-BASED LEARNINGProf. Ralph Ocon, Purdue University, Calumet Page 25.1245.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Teaching Creative Thinking Using Problem-Based LearningAbstractAs global competition and technological innovation continue to challenge businessorganizations, the ability to solve diverse and complex problems has become essential forstudents in every academic discipline. While pursuing their careers, technology andengineering students will soon realize that the development of creative problem solvingskills is fundamental for success in today’s

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

AC 2009-825: ENGINEERING ECONOMICS APPLIED TO PUBLIC-POLICYISSUESPhilip Brach, University of the District of ColumbiaAhmet Zeytinci, University of the District of ColumbiaPradeep Behera, University of the District of Columbia Page 14.551.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 ENGINEERING ECONOMICS APPLIED TO PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES: A CASE STUDY FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTSAbstractThe current fiscal crisis confronting American society and the world is due in large part to theinability of a significant part of our society to fulfill their obligation to pay their homemortgages. Many solutions have been proposed. The failure of the home mortgage market ishaving

Conference Session

Engineering Management Applications

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig G. Downing, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

AC 2012-3294: AN ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT INVESTIGATIONOF HUMAN CAPITAL NEEDSDr. Craig G. Downing, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Craig G. Downing is the Interim Department Head of Engineering Management with responsibility for continuing and professional studies at Rose-Hulman of Institute of Technology. Prior to that, his teach- ings assignments focused on delivering graduate-level instruction in the pperational and quality aspects of engineering management. Downing has more than 15 years of experience providing instruction in the areas of manufacturing, management, and mathematics at the post-secondary level. Additionally, he has amassed 13 years of industrial experience, four years as a Process Engineer, and

Conference Session

Engineering Management Applications

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Syed Athar Masood, National University of Sciences & Technology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

AC 2012-3470: ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL FORTHE CAUSES OF COST AND TIME OVERRUNS IN ENGINEERING PROJECTSDr. Syed Athar Masood, National University of Sciences & Technology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Syed Athar Masood is working as Assistant Professor at the Department of Engineering, NUST College of E&ME, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He did his doctorate at Loughborough University, U.K., in engineering management at Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering and published a number of research papers in international journals. Page 25.184.1 c American Society for

Conference Session

Frontiers in Engineering Economy

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John White, University of Arkansas; Kenneth Case, Oklahoma State University; David Pratt, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

AC 2010-427: ON THE DIFFERENCES AMONG "EQUIVALENT" LOANPAYMENT PLANSJohn White, University of Arkansas John A. White, PhD, PE, is Distinguished Professor and Chancellor Emeritus at the University of Arkansas. ASEE Fellow, IIE Fellow and Past-President, INFORMS Fellow, member of the National Academy of Engineering, Past-Chairman of AAES, Past-President of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Foundation, Past-President of the National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, and former Assistant Director for Engineering at NSF, former Dean of Engineering at Georgia Tech, he served on the boards of directors for 5 publicly traded corporations and served

Conference Session

Assessment and Accreditation in Engineering Management

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David S. Cochran, Southern Methodist University and Meijo University; Makoto Kawada, Meijo University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

AC 2012-4481: EDUCATION APPROACH IN JAPAN FOR MANAGEMENTAND ENGINEERING OF SYSTEMSProf. David S. Cochran, Southern Methodist University and Meijo University David Cochran is a professor of industrial and systems engineering management. He is Founder and Prin- cipal of System Design, LLC, Visiting Professor with the School of Business, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan and faculty of systems engineering, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. Cochran devel- oped the Manufacturing System Design Decomposition (MSDD) to determine the underlying design of the Toyota Production System (and ”lean”) from a systems engineering viewpoint and was Founder and Director of the Production System Design Laboratory in the

Conference Session

Technology and Equipment to Improve IE Instruction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dave Yearwood, University of North Dakota; Alex Johnson, University of North Dakota

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

AC 2012-3393: ASSESSING THE VIABILITY OF BENCH TOP VERSUSFULL-SCALE INDUSTRIAL LATHES TO TEACH FUNDAMENTAL MA-CHINING CONCEPTSDr. Dave Yearwood, University of North Dakota Dave Yearwood is an Associate Professor and Chair in the Technology Department at the University of North Dakota. Yearwood has been teaching in higher education for 22 years, and his experience reaches across two academic trackstechnology and higher educationwhere he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses. Yearwood was presented with the Outstanding Teacher Award in the College of Business and Public Administration (CoBPA) on two occasions, earned the coveted Combined Teaching, Service, and Scholarship Award (CoBPA), and was nominated at the

Conference Session

Methods, Cases, and Directions

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ted Eschenbach P.E., University of Alaska, Anchorage; Neal A. Lewis, University of Bridgeport; Yiran Zhang, University of Bridgeport

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

AC 2012-3138: WHEN TO START COLLECTING SOCIAL SECURITY:DESIGNING A CASE STUDYDr. Ted Eschenbach P.E., University of Alaska, Anchorage Ted Eschenbach, P.E., is the principal of TGE Consulting, an Emeritus Professor of engineering man- agement at the University of Alaska, Anchorage, and the Founding Editor Emeritus of the Engineering Management Journal. He is the author or coauthor of more than 200 publications and presentations, in- cluding 15 books. With his coauthors, he has won best paper awards at ASEE, ASEM, ASCE, and IIE conferences, and the 2009 Grant Award for the best article in The Engineering Economist. He earned his B.S. from Purdue in 1971, his doctorate in industrial engineering from Stanford University

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

AC 2012-4088: INTEGRATING INNOVATIVE PEDAGOGIES INTO EN-GINEERING ECONOMICS COURSESDr. Naveen Seth, New Community College at CUNY Naveen Seth is a founding faculty member in business at the City University of New York’s New Commu- nity College. He has also taught at Pratt Institute in the Construction Management Program. At Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology, he headed the Aviation Management programs and also taught engineering economics in the B.S. program in engineering.Prof. Donald P. O’Keefe, Farmingdale State College Donald P. O’Keefe has 15 years experience teaching at the college level. He taught courses in engineering graphics, quality control, and project management