Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert P. Leland, Oral Roberts University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

have been reported.Hartman1 advocated teaching the subject in the context of a full design process rather than inisolation, including non-numerical factors in decision making, and accounting for risk anduncertainty. Decisions on when to outsource could also be added. Hartman5 also describestesting practices for the objectives of a problem based learning approach to the subject.Walter6 proposed a systems approach for a graduate level class teaching finance, economics, costaccounting and cost management for engineers. The topics in this course are aligned with earnedvalue management system (EVMS) guidelines and are directly related to the wide range ofbusiness decisions made by engineers.Bursic7 describes an undergraduate course involving an