Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lizabeth T Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

review of time value ofmoney, investment evaluation, inflation, risk and return, financing decisions, corporateinvestment strategies, risk analysis and decisions incorporating non-monetary considerations.Historically this course was taught using an advanced text where the topics were coveredsequentially. A redesign of the course now includes the construction of a stock price predictionmodel for a company of the student’s choice. Through the model, the topics are covered anddiscussed in the context of the large model-building project. For instance, inflation is discussedwhen students collect historic data on the company’s performance and use that data to forecastinto the future. Issues of discount rate and variability in inflation become evident