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