Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul C. Lynch, Penn State University Erie, The Behrend College; Joseph Wilck, United States Air Force Academy; Omar Ashour, Pennsylvania State University Erie, The Behrend College

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Diversity

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Engineering Economy

, Engineering, and EntrepreneurshipAbstractCreative minds often times have innovative ideas for designing products and services that maylead to successful businesses but these potential entrepreneurs often need an outside perspectivefrom practitioners trained in business and engineering that can analyze potential ideas, performengineering economic analyses, and help construct business plans to help entrepreneurs proceedin a fiscally responsible and systematic manner. Engineering economy is at the center of eachand every business decision made in today’s fast paced business world. Whether it be a rate ofreturn analysis, payback analysis, net present worth analysis or a host of other engineeringeconomic analyses, the ultimate

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Engineering Economy

context of the subjects of their coursework.Research indicates that if students understand the real-life context of a problem, they are morelikely to retain their knowledge. John Bransford chronicled this in his book, How people learn,Brain, Mind, Experience, and School.4 Real-life context, stories, and personal interactions helpframe this in engineering economy courses. Textbook author, William Sullivan, in his 2008 papersaid, “Developing examples and exercises that are interesting, engaging, and provide context is achallenging problem for courses with students enrolled from a variety of majors. Yet, we knowthat without proper context to their discipline, students will not find relevance or understand whythey should care to learn engineering

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

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Diversity

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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

Industrial Engineering Division Tech Session 2, IE-ing the Classroom

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven

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Diversity

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

Paper ID #19473Influencing Student Motivation Through Scaffolded Assignments in a Qual-ity Analysis Course and Its Impact on LearningDr. Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven Nadiye O. Erdil, an assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering and engineering and oper- ations management at the University of New Haven. She has over eleven years of experience in higher education and has held several academic positions including administrative appointments. She has ex- perience in teaching at the undergraduate and the graduate level. In addition to her academic work, Dr. Erdil worked as an engineer in sheet metal