Paper ID #13509An Analysis of Engineering Credits in ABET Accredited Engineering Man-agement ProgramsDr. Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University Paul J. Kauffmann is Professor Emeritus and past Chair in the Department of Engineering at East Car- olina University. His industry career included positions as Plant Manager and Engineering Director. Dr. Kauffmann received a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and MENG in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Penn State and is a registered Profes- sional Engineer in Virginia and North Carolina.Dr. John Vail Farr
career engineers to experienced engineering leaders. Someglobal technical organizations go to extraordinary lengths to develop working environments thathone the creative skills of their employees, while an increasing number of academic institutionsstrive to deliver curricula focused on creativity from a variety of perspectives. Despite these efforts,engineering professionals and academics continue to debate the best ways to embed and facilitatecreativity in engineering programs. In this exploratory study, we investigated how engineeringstudents perceive creativity and whether we could positively influence their acceptance ofcreativity as part of their leadership development. We analyzed a sample of graduate-levelengineering students’ perceptions
arestudying in various degree programs of science, engineering, education, and business. Theenrollment data indicates that the 90% of the students are Hispanic and over 50% of them arefirst-generation of college students. Therefore, a significant number of first-generation collegestudents do not get the academic support from their family members. Table 1 represents theenrollment data based on students’ profiles from fiscal year 2008 to 2011. Therefore, the studentsneed to rely on the teachers and mentors for their success in their college career. Page 25.457.2 Table 1. Enrollment statistics based on students’ profile
Master’s Program wasfounded in Fall 2000 following the industry demand in the fast growing Charlotte area, as Tengand Shelnutt stated in their paper1. The program’s objective was to serve the industry’s needsaround the campus and its first student body included mostly full-time career individuals. Overthe past few years, the program grew, served full-time as well as part-time students, and addednew members to its faculty as well as a new variety of courses to its curriculum. Recently,UNCC decided to transform this program into a Systems Engineering and EngineeringManagement Department, starting with a Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering. Theprogram faculty are in the process of identifying the objectives that are important for establishinga
came “Analysis of Networks and Strategies” and “DataMining and Risk Assessment” in the fall 2014 and then “Informatics and SoftwareDevelopment” in 2015.These new courses were seen as critical to an engineering managers’ career success giventhe countless systems producing massive amounts of data in today’s businessenvironment. Engineering professionals are necessary who can analyze complex data,extract knowledge from it, and deploy management strategies based on their insight togive or maintain a competitive advantage to their company.5 The business world hasalready made known that there will be a dire need in the next decade for professionalswho can harness data into meaningful information that can be used in the making ofcritical decisions.6
graduates since2000 showed that over 50 percent of EM graduates either become analysts or enter theIT/Systems field. Knowing that a majority of Stevens Engineering Managementgraduates do not follow the typical path into traditional engineering, creating focus areasspecializing in the career path of over half the graduate EM population was deemedappropriate and necessary to serve the undergraduate Engineering Managementpopulation well.Summary of Successful Endeavors and ChallengesStevens Institute of Technology had no concentrations in the Engineering ManagementProgram since its inception in the late 80’s. However, other more established programs,such as Mechanical Engineering, which has been at Stevens since its inception in 1870,had many
curriculum.Introduction The United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point has a unique role in oursociety among institutions of higher learning. Our mission is: “to educate, train and inspire theCorps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to thevalues of Duty, Honor, Country, and prepared for a career of professional excellence and serviceto the nation as an officer in the United States Army.”1 USMA fulfills this mission throughrigorous military, physical and academic programs. The Dean of Academics (Dean’s) vision isthat the academic program “educates cadets to be Army officers of character who anticipate andrespond effectively to the uncertainties of a changing technological, social, political, andeconomic
Engineering Education, 2019 Evaluating the Impact of Ethics Instruction on Student AwarenessAbstractEngineers must frequently make decisions during their careers without understanding orknowing the full set of consequences. These decisions can have unintended or harmful results.Therefore, it is imperative that engineers consider the ethical dimensions of their decisions whileworking to satisfy their employer’s interests even if these decisions conflict with theirorganization’s objectives or their own goals. Engineers have a responsibility to uphold a level ofethical standards that produces trust in not only their organization but also in their profession.Students entering the workforce must reflect the same level of ethical standards
establish Sustainable strategies for enterprises. He is an Affiliate Researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, focusing on the energy efficiency of IT Equipment in a Data Centers. As a means of promoting student- centric learning, Prof. Radhakrishnan has successfully introduced games in to his sustainability classes where students demonstrate the 3s of sustainability, namely, Environment, Economics and Equity, through games. Students learn about conservation (energy, water, waste, equity, etc.) through games and quan- tifying the results. He has published papers on this subject and presented them in conferences. Before his teaching career, he had a very successful corporate management career
23.311.109. Needy, Kim L.; Pohl, Edward; Specking, Eric; “Raising the Level of Participation in Study Abroad by Industrial Engineering Undergraduate Students”, ASEE Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, Paper 3401, June 2012.10. Specking, Eric; Needy, Kim L.; Pohl, Edward; “Global Studies: A Study on Why More Engineering Students Do Not Participate”, ASEE Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, Paper 3402, June 2012.11. Autumn, Studying Abroad Inspires More Travel Plans, University Language Services, http://www.universitylanguage.com/blog/02/studying-spain-inspires-travel/, accessed January 1, 2013.12. Steves, Andy, “How My Study Abroad Inspired My Career Path”, The Professionals in International Education, http
obtain a bachelor’s degree do not permit expandingcore or concentration curriculum. Leadership topics are covered in certain engineering electivessuch as the course covering entrepreneurship. With faculty workloads and contact hours beingabove norms, the department prefers implementing leadership topics within existing courses thatdiscuss interpersonal relations, teamwork and what are commonly called the “soft” skills.As part of the department’s continuous improvement and in an effort to provide students withtools to aid their transitions from campus to career, the department is in the early stages ofdeveloping an electronic portfolio (e-portfolio) system of capturing student reflections oflearning progress throughout their academic studies. E
in participants’dispositions or beliefs, the program will use pre and post online surveys designed to gatherinformation on students’ attitudes, skills, self-confidence, interest in careers, and perceptions ofexperiences related to integrated virtual teaming. For virtual teaming metrics includecommunication level, leadership, and performance as a unit4, 6, 1. Quantitative data will beanalyzed with the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) to test for statisticallysignificant differences from pre to post. Page 15.248.7Faculty mentors also complete online surveys. Since mentoring is one of the hardest, yet mostrewarding
, to division management.Mr. Thomas Reid Ball, Southern Polytechnic State University (ENG) Thomas R. Ball joined Southern Polytechnic State University’s Industrial Engineering Technology De- partment in 2004 and currently serves as the Department Chair. Before joining SPSU, Professor Ball held senior-level management positions throughout much of his 30-year career in manufacturing, operations and distribution. He has served as chair of the American Apparel Manufacturers Association’s Apparel Research Committee, and is a member of the Southern Chapter of the International Association of Cloth- ing Designers and Executives. Professor Ball also holds the position of W. Clair Harris Endowed Chair. His academic
program development and improvement.IntroductionOnline education is gaining momentum rapidly. Seaman [1] reports the number of graduatestudents taking distance courses in 2016 was nearly 28% higher than in 2012. Online delivery isattractive for its flexibility of time and space to full-time working professionals who wish to earna graduate education while not pausing their careers [2], [3], [4], [5], [6].Graduate engineering is not an exception in the expanded online space. The National Center forEducation Statistics [7] reports that 36% of graduate students in math, engineering, and computerscience took some online courses in 2015-2016, compared to 25.5% in 2011-2012. In the sameperiod and for the same academic disciplines, enrollment in entirely
AC 2007-2693: DESIGNING A COURSE ON BUSINESS PROCESSREENGINEERING (BPR): BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN BUSINESSOPERATIONS AND ENGINEERING OF SYSTEMSRashmi Jain, Stevens Institute of Technology RASHMI JAIN is Associate Professor of Systems Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. Dr. Jain has over 15 years of experience of working on socio-economic and information technology (IT) systems. Over the course of her career she has been involved in leading the implementation of large and complex systems engineering and integration projects. Dr. Jain is currently the Head of Education and Research for International Council of Systems Engineering (INCOSE). Her teaching and research interests include
implemented in a middle school classroom in order to focus onproblem solving. On-campus recruitment events offer more freedom in determining activityoutcomes and are typically more broadly focused on introducing students to engineeringdisciplines and careers. It is important that each event is aimed at the prescribed goals.The location and time frame of the event are important to consider for logistical purposes.Consider the amount of mess an activity will produce as well as the space and setup requirementswhen matching it with the appropriate facility.[5] These factors are also important to considerwhen determining the time requirements for a project, including setup and cleanup. The timingof an activity is a very delicate balance. It is important
, both in the UK. He started his career in the UK as the Senior Research Assistant at the SERC Engineering Design Centre. He joined Brunel University in 1995 where he worked for 18 years before joining United Arab Emirates University in August 2011. During his stay at Brunel he has worked with many British industries. Dr Sivaloganathan is a keen researcher in Design and was the Convenor for the International Engineering Design Conferences in 1998 and 2000. He has been a regular participant of the ASEE annual conference during the past few years. He has published more than 85 papers in reputed journals and conferences.Dr. Salah Burhan Al Omari P.E., United Arab Emirates University Salah Al Omari is an associate
leading major, complexprojects who have had their own moments of “This is it. This is how I (or my project/career)end.” What can we as engineering educators do to best equip our students to prepare for thosemoments and challenges, and have the knowledge, resolve, and adaptability to solve enoughproblems to get their projects home?This paper explores that challenge and some related lessons that we, the authors, have learnedand which we seek to continue to explore with like-minded educators and practitioners. Our goalis to find how best to prepare project managers that have both the deep knowledge and honedadaptability to navigate their projects and teams through tough, challenging crises that they arecertain to experience. We don’t pretend to have
Paper ID #14108Implementing Project Managers in the Software Engineering ClassroomMr. Samuel A Malachowsky, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Samuel A. Malachowsky is a career Project Manager (PMP) currently serving as a Lecturer in the Soft- ware Engineering Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Sam’s current interests include classroom application of process and project concepts, working with colleagues in emerging ar- eas of interest, and practical career and resume studies, including the creation of a technical undergraduate maturity model. His latest thoughts and publications are
career, he had a very successful corporate management career working in R&D at Lucent Technologies and as the Director of Global Technology Management at Qualcomm. He had initiated and managed software development for both the companies in India. Prof. Radhakrishnan holds Masters Degrees (M.Tech, M.S., M.B.A) and Sustainable Business Practices certification from University of California San Diego.Dr. S.R. Subramanya Page 26.160.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Advanced Sustainable Home Water Management through Gamification and Mobile Application
< 20% NONE 0%Table 1: Degree of Commonality (Scale)The above table describes the Degree of Commonality between the various EMBoKs and isbased on the logic of normal distribution6. The 68-95-99.7 rule or empirical rule states that for anormal distribution, almost all values lie within 3 standard deviations of the mean. From that,about 68% of the values lie within 1 standard deviation of the mean.The ASEM EMBoK7 is used as the basis of comparison to other EM BoKs since it is based onthe undergraduate and graduate EM programs. ASEM EM BoK is the basis of the knowledgeEM graduates should have before they join the workforce. It is considered to be a pivotal point inthe career of an engineering manager; therefore it was
Systems and Enterprises. She has served as a Senior Systems En- gineer consultant to Lockheed Martin, IBM, and EDO Ceramics, for Advanced Systems Supportability Engineering Technology and Tools (ASSETT), Inc. Squires also previously served as a Senior Engi- neering Manager for General Dynamics (GD) and Lockheed Martin (LM), and as a technical lead for IBM. She is an INCOSE-certified CSEP and CSEP-Acq, and she has a Ph.D. in dystems engineering, a M.B.A. and a B.S.E.E. and began her professional career as an analyst for Delex Systems, Inc. Squires is a lifetime member of Beta Gamma Sigma (business), Tau Beta Pi (national engineering), and Eta Kappa Nu (national electrical engineering) honorary societies and is a
it may work fora wide range of careers; however, they do not necessarily see benefits in their specific companyor area within a company. For example, some who completed the survey may work in areaswhere management is overseeing activities that does not involve machining.Safety ConcernsThere were some differences in how participants viewed the factor of safety with regards to thesubstitution of bench-top lathes for industrial lathes in educational settings. Faculty, for instance,have divided opinions concerning the impact of a lack of certain safety features on bench-toplathes and what this may mean for their suitability in educational settings, as 46.6% view the lackof a brake as a concern while only 13.6% did not feel it was. The remaining
sections of the current website. From the surveys it was apparent that studentsneeded an easier way to navigate and the solution was to design an effective site map. Anothersection that needed to be added was to have more examples of engineering careers to aid studentswith future job prospects. The other key takeaways from the survey were to clearly define themission statement, improve website functionality, and add a calendar of events section to thewebsite. This team worked on a step by step mockup for the programmers to follow whenimplementing the website requirements. Two of the mockups are shown in Figures 3 and 4below.Figure 3: Mockup of Future “Site Map” Tab
and a unique knowledge transfer associatedwith the game design methodology, demonstrated in explanation and actual game play by eachstudent.Students FeedbackThe teaching methodologies received very positive feedback from students. Most of the studentsstrongly agreed in their course evaluations that • I gained significant knowledge about this subject. • My ability to think critically about topics in this class has improved. • My ability to do research has improved. • Discussions contributed to my learning. • The required speaking assignment(s) improved my oral communication skills. • I can apply what I learned in this course to my job or career goals.The end-of-course survey in Table 2 reveals the students' opinions on the
Page 12.1154.2 Safety management Communication skills Ethical decision making Team skills Professional development and responsibility Career planningAlthough these are covered in many other courses in the curriculum, the engineeringManagement course provides an important aspect of the education in each vital area thatcould not be slighted in coverage.Coverage, however, did not require use of lecture, written assignment, and exams. Infact, more memorable mechanisms would be preferred. It was determined that acombination of pedagogical techniques could be used to advantage and a syllabusconstructed that relied heavily on: Class discussion Case studies Independent and group research and
, and organizational development. She worked for manufacturing companies in the Human Resource area prior to her academic career. Page 12.793.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 GROUP WORK ASSESSMENT IN ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT CLASSESStatement of the problemThe Industrial Engineering Department at The National University of Tachira (UNET) is incharge of managing the engineering management area. Engineering management courses areoffered to Industrial, Mechanical and Electronical engineering programs Faculty in this area usesthe group work approach as learning strategy in the
homeworkassignments and the term project.IEE 598 Introduction to Systems EngineeringThis curriculum provides ESIM program participants with flexibility to choose a concentration inan area that suits their talents and career interests. Each concentration culminates in a capstoneproject that students complete based on the needs of their enterprise and their interests. Capstoneprojects will be pertinent to their specific concentration area, and are expected to draw upon theconcept foundations of the core curriculum.PedagogyThere has been as much consideration of pedagogy as curriculum in the design of this program.It is anticipated that the program participants will consist primarily of practitioners who will havelittle patience for overly theoretical material
. This requirement produces theneed for the engineering management.Program Flexibility and Students’ BackgroundMore than two-thirds of all engineers will move into management positions during theirprofessional careers for which their technical background has not prepared them. Currently, morethan 95% of our students are working professionals who attend CSUN on a part time or full timebasis, taking two or three evening courses per semester. To accommodate the schedules ofemployed students, the courses are taught in the evening hours, Monday through Thursday. Eachcourse is normally offered in a 3-hour once a week for the entire semester, from 7:00 p.m. to10:00 p.m. The classes are enriched by the diverse industry experience and
Paper ID #26400Transforming the Industrial Engineering Technology Curriculum through aGraduate Level Management of Systems Engineering CourseCaleb Wolters, University of Dayton Caleb Wolters is currently an Engineering Management Masters student at the University of Dayton. His undergraduate degree was in Mechanical Engineering also from the University of Dayton. During his five years at UD he played college golf and led his team as a captain in 2016-17. He was a scholar athlete and on the honor roll for all five years of his college career. He is now a full time student while mentoring and managing graduate students. He