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Engineering Management Division 3: Teaching and Learning in Engineering Management

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Michael Sollitto, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi

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Engineering Management

among engineering students between the two timeperiods. However, training effectiveness was positively associated with engineering students’cognitive learning. Instructors and trainers can use these results to facilitate insightful trainingabout conflict negotiation to assist engineering students with navigating their personal andprofessional endeavors.Introduction As organizations become increasingly diverse and focused on knowledge generation [1],[2], decision makers desire for their organizational members to possess interpersonalcommunication skills for collaborating with supervisors and coworkers [3]. Among thoseinterpersonal communication skills that decision makers find most desirable and important fororganizational success is the

Conference Session

EMD 2: Issues in Engineering Management Education

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Nicholas Jon Monacelli; Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Engineering Management

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Interleaving Lenses to Scale Our Units of Analysis for Engineering Education ImprovementIt is clear from multiple sources that the current state of engineering education is not preparingstudents for useful practice in the 21st century [e.g., 1-3]. One of the key drivers of this is thelarge barrier that exists between the research and the implementable action items developed bypractitioners [4, 5]. Changing research, practice, and forming stronger connections betweenthem, at all scales, is required to close the gap between the engineers we are producing today,and the graduates industry is seeking.How then do we establish a defined link between research

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division 3: Teaching and Learning in Engineering Management

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Marnie V. Jamieson, University of Alberta; Lianne M. Lefsrud P.Eng., University of Alberta; Fereshteh Sattari; John Donald, University of Guelph

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Engineering Management

professional skills in undergraduate and graduate studentsbetter preparing them for their future roles in a world demanding sustainable solutions.1. IntroductionEngineering education must equip graduates with an understanding of the role ofengineering in society and the complex interactions of engineering designs with theenvironment, people, organizations, and society. To support the educational developmentof engineers equipped for this complex environment, program accrediting bodies, such asthe Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB), have introduced a broad array oftechnical and non-technical outcome-based graduate attributes (Appendix A). In thispaper, we argue that sustainable design and sustainable operation of complex systemsrequires

Conference Session

EMD 2: Issues in Engineering Management Education

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Elizabeth Hart, University of Dayton; Andrea Mott, University of Dayton; Sandra L. Furterer, University of Dayton

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

Undergraduate Engineering Mentoring Program to Enhance Gender DiversityAbstractMany female undergraduate Engineering students struggle during their first and second years ofcollege with finding their place and questioning whether they belong in Engineering. It has beenshown that mentoring programs can help encourage women to stay in STEM. The purpose ofthis study is to implement a women in science and engineering mentoring program within theSTEM disciplines at the university. The focus of the initial pilot mentoring program includes:1) orientation to the program, networking, community building and defining the program’s goals;2) understanding the imposter syndrome and strategies for dealing with it; 3) networking withfemale

Conference Session

EMD 2: Issues in Engineering Management Education

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Tatiana A. Cardona, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Elizabeth A. Cudney, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Jennifer Snyder, Valencia College; Roger Wesley Hoerl, Union College

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Engineering Management

of the main focus areasfor universities and colleges [1]. This is perhaps more important to community colleges as theyare a growing entry point for higher education [2].In terms of retention improvement, efforts have been made to adjust admission requirements;however, the retention rates remain low with a national average of 62% for four-year collegesand 60% for universities [3] and many of these strategies have reduced access from differenteconomic sectors to higher education [4]. Thus, many institutions have recognized the need tounderstand the factors that contribute to retention to better focus their efforts. While universitiesand colleges collect considerable student data, their ability to process the available informationdoes not occur

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cassandra Elrod, University of Missouri; Ashley Rasnic, University of Missouri; William Daughton, University of Missouri

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Engineering Management

factors, and improvement. The distribution of terminology as they appeared ininstitutional program definitions can be seen in Tables 1, 2 and 3. For example, the term“engineering” appeared in five out of five B.S.E.M. definitions while the term “technology”appeared in only three out of five B.S.E.M. definitions. Page 12.644.4 Table 1: Bachelor of Science in Engineering Management 5 Definitions 4 Definitions 3 Definitions 2 Definitions 1 Definition Engineering People Technology

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EMD Curriculum Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

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Engineering Management

accountability is paramount-to cooperation-whereindividual accountability is carefully structured4, i.e., an experiential learning environment. Thesolution proposed here is the application of the tools of project management5.Learning project management skills is a trial and error process. Academic courses can teach allthe tools that the PMBOK define and reference but to learn it, students have to use it. The Page 12.1273.2challenge for undergraduates is to learn how to learn, to learn and to learn in a way that doesn’tcause harm. Providing that kind of opportunity for undergraduates requires hands on tools and 1

Conference Session

EMD Curriculum Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

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Engineering Management

candidate for a projectmanagement demonstration project. The current status is a conceptual demonstration project.Steps to Do ItThe project floundered after the idea was first suggested due to a lack of leadership. No onefrom the three collaborating universities demonstrated real leadership initially until ECU facultymade some overtures and requested the three universities each take become proactive. A basicoutline, or steps to achieve the exchange, emerged. 1) Establish a point of contact with the universities. A working relationship had been previously established with CVUT for other exchanges. SUST had not been previously approached although other Chinese universities had worked with ECU on similar exchanges. 2

Conference Session

Tools of the Trade

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert Niewoehner, U.S. Naval Academy; Craig Steidle, US Naval Academy; Eric Johnson, US Naval Academy

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Engineering Management

deflection, they are alsoconstantly asking themselves, “Am I healthy?” Critical thinking includes not only the process bywhich we gain a conclusion, it is also the process by which we ask, in parallel, “Is my thinkinghealthy?” This Figure 1 depicts Paul’s model. The goal, at the bottom, is the mature thinker, whosethinking skills and ethical dispositions act in concert, as evidenced by intellectual traits/virtues.The Elements of Thought comprise the tools by which we analyze intellectual work, our own andothers, taking it apart to understand its constituent parts. Intellectual Standards are the criteriaagainst which we evaluate the quality of intellectual work. Specifically, the model identifies thevital questions we should be asking ourselves

Conference Session

Professional Engineering Management Initiatives

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Merino, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Engineering Management

inclusion of material” will be “generally recognized as good practice on mostprojects most of the time.” ASEM criteria substituted subjects/topics for projects.In addition, the process to create a BoK needs to include input from both Subject Matter Experts(SMEs) as well as industry practitioners. Individual subjects and topics need to be based onstandard references in the field. These references should be easily available to anyone who seeksthem. Finally the process needs to include a peer review process that insures that the BoK has thebenefit of various experts to ensure against group think or individual bias. This is also needed tovalidate the EM BoK. Appendix I - Figure 1 and Appendix II illustrate the ASEM EM BoKdecision process.ASEM EM BoK

Conference Session

Professional Engineering Management Initiatives

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Merino, Stevens Institute of Technology; S. Jimmy Gandhi, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Engineering Management

analyzedundergraduate and graduate EM programs and provided their definitions of EM. 1, 2Development of ASEM EM BoKThe ASEM, as the lead professional society in Engineering Management developed acertification program for Masters in Engineering Management. This helped provide curriculumstandards for EM Masters level programs4. Over the last few years the number of undergraduateEM programs achieving accreditation form the Accrediting Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET) have increased from three to six5.The ASEM certified MS EM programs and the ABET accredited BS/BE programs formed thebasis for ASEM to establish an EM BoK. Both ASEM and ABET require programs to be basedon outcomes developed with industrial advisory boards. Curricula are developed by

Conference Session

IE and EM Program Mangement

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lahoud Hilmi, East Carolina University; Batts David, East Carolina University

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Engineering Management

factors such as the legal, security, accessibility, compatibility, and growthof the enterprise network. In addition to such challenges, management style andleadership can contribute to the job-dissatisfaction of such individuals and drivethem to pursue other job opportunities or even changing careers. This paperfocuses on how Theory X and Theory Y management styles affect theperformance of IT professionals in general and network administrators andengineers in particular; in addition, this paper discusses how an engineeringmanager can improve the network engineer’s performance through jobsatisfaction.According to 1 network engineering, in telecommunications, is a career whereindividuals work in different IT related areas such as telephony

Conference Session

Tools of the Trade

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Engineering Management

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Management Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia Galloway, The Nielsen-Wurster Group, Inc

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Engineering Management

Engineering Education Reform which willprovide the reader with a better understanding of what a 21st-century engineer may be facing inhis or her endeavors, of how we as a profession must elevate our public standing and increase thepublic’s confidence in us, and of what skills may be necessary to add to one’s individual tool boxin order to succeed in the 21st-century global marketplace.1 The paper also provides a model forengineering education suggesting curricula which could be used for a master’s degree inprofessional engineering management.Why the Need For Engineering Education Reform?The world changed more during the past hundred years than during any preceding century. Bythe dawn of the new millennium, the developed world constituted the

Conference Session

IE and EM Program Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patrick Mantey, University of California-Santa Cruz; RAM AKELLA, University of California-Santa Cruz; John Musacchio, University of California-Santa Cruz; Yi Zhang, University of California-Santa Cruz; Kevin Ross, University of California-Santa Cruz; Subhas Desa, University of California-Santa Cruz

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Engineering Management

systems of both technology andpeople. In TOM, the emphasis is on development of both theory and software to enableorganizations to manage large collections of data in a way that preserves and enhances theinformation and knowledge that data represents, as well as enabling people in an organization toretrieve that information in a timely and comprehensible way, in areas from manufacturing tosales to services, and across the enterprise functions of analysis, planning and operations. Insummary, the domain of the TIM program is: 1) the management of technology and innovation,with emphasis on analytic approaches to complex problems whose solutions have bothtechnological and financial components, and 2) the development of technology of

Conference Session

EMD Curriculum Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raymond Krizek, Northwestern University; Ahmad Hadavi, Northwestern University

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Engineering Management

4657, which was formulated after a decade long interactivestudy involving both industry and academic leaders, states that ASCE supports the concept of themaster’s degree or equivalent as a prerequisite for licensure and the practice of civil engineeringat the professional level. The implementation of this policy, however, will take another decade.At the 2006 Annual Business Meeting of the National Council of Examiners for Engineering andSurveying (NCEES), held September 13–16 in Anchorage, Alaska, delegates voted to adopt theposition that, effective January 1, 2015, an engineer intern with a bachelor's degree must have anadditional 30 credits of acceptable upper-level undergraduate or graduate-level coursework fromapproved providers to be

Conference Session

EM in a Global Environment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Divakar Rajamani, University of Texas-Dallas

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Engineering Management

arelation between the end-to-end supply chain processes and the strategic, tactical andoperational decision phases of a supply chain. An example from the soft goods supplychain is presented to illustrate the proposed framework.1. IntroductionSupply chain management (SCM) education has become an important part of themanagement and engineering management curriculum. This is due to many companiesrealizing that eliminating supply chain inefficiencies such as excessive inventory levels,poor customer service, high operating costs, long order cycle times, and inefficient assetutilization can save millions of dollars. Based on the State of Logistics Report5, over $1trillion (10% of Gross National Product – GNP) is spent on supply-related activities inthe

Conference Session

Examining the Synergy between Eng'g Mgmt & Sys Eng

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Timothy Trainor, U.S. Military Academy; Heidi Hoyle, U.S. Military Academy

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Engineering Management

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

Conference Session

EM in a Global Environment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Bramhall, Sheffield Hallam University; Steve Lawson, Leeds Metropolitan University; Ian Robinson, Sheffield Hallam University

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Engineering Management

responsibly and take on leadership roles as required.• People to be responsive to customer demands and able to move more quickly when faced with changing environments.It is interesting to note the distinction in focus between managers, who look to the specificactivities of the here-and-now and leaders who have a clear vision for the future.However, although the four themes of Marketing, Quality and Project Management, HumanResources, and Leadership are clearly important, we have not been given the whole picture.We believe that two vital themes have been missed: those of Strategic Management andKnowledge Management. These themes, together with the previous four, are represented asslices of a cake in Fig 1

Conference Session

Emerging EM Areas

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erin Brown, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University

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Engineering Management

resultsof these efforts and lessons learned over several years of recruiting engineers to becomeengineering managers.2. Benefits of Engineering Management Education for Engineering StudentsIt has been recognized for a number of years that every engineering graduate should possesssome knowledge about the world of business, and that those competencies can serve to help themadvance their careers.1-2 The benefits of learning about the fundamentals of engineeringmanagement are numerous, including developing skills in leadership and teamwork that arevaluable to the student even in other undergraduate courses.3,4 Furthermore, developing skills inthis area can promote entrepreneurship, which is a natural complement to engineeringmanagement skills.5

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Emerging EM Areas

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmen Zafft, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Stephanie Adams, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Engineering Management

, managing resources,and defining goals. Members of self-managed teams hold a variety of skills and play a variety ofroles pertinent to the goals of the team. Lastly, compensation and feedback is made available tothe team as a whole. For the purposes of this study, the definition of a SMT developed by Adams [1] will beutilized: “A small group of individuals responsible for planning, scheduling, evaluating, andcontinually improving themselves and their work” (p.21). Page 11.228.6 Self-Managed Team Outcomes Typically, positive outcomes for self-managed teams are most noticeable in performanceand employee relations [1]. SMTs increase

Conference Session

Emerging EM Areas

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmen Zafft, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Maria A. Perez, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Stephanie Adams, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Engineering Management

order to fully utilize the TEQ, a scoring system is necessary to facilitatecalculating and interpreting results. In choosing the norm reference standard score, T-score, we analyzed and evaluatedseveral other scoring categories such as: content reference, criterion reference, and normreference. The decision to use the T-score type was made after analyzing and evaluating thecharacteristics, objectives and/or intentions of the various types. The standard T-score wasselected because: 1) it would not report negative values, 2) people are familiar with a 0-100 scalewhich would allow for easier interpretation, and 3) this type will allow individuals to comparetheir responses with the norm group. The use of a standard score will minimize

Conference Session

Examining the Synergy between Eng'g Mgmt & Sys Eng

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Michael Vinarcik, University of Detroit Mercy

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Engineering Management

final examination (the lead author chose instead to use the weekly quizzes toencourage the students to remain up-to-date in their studies). In addition, a premium was givenfor early completion of work. Three deadlines were assigned for every case study and project:110%, 105%, and 100%. Each student’s assignment score was multiplied by the appropriate Page 11.333.3value based upon when it was submitted.1 No group assignments were given.The University of Detroit Mercy uses BlackBoard web-based instructional software; the MEMstudents were required to use it for assignment submissions, quizzes (if they were traveling), andon-line discussion board

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Management

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathryn Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Engineering Management

and their relationship to theProgram Objectives and ABET criterion 3. Thus, this section should list the EngineeringProgram’s outcomes and how these program outcomes relate to the program’s objectivesand ABET’s a-k. See Tables 1 and 2 for examples of partial tables.Table 1: School of Engineering (SoE) Curriculum Outcomes, Engineering ManagementProgram Outcomes and their relationship to ABET Criterion a-k Engineering Management SoE Curriculum Outcomes ABET Program Outcomes By the time of graduation, Crit 3

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Program Delivery Methods and Real World Concepts

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rosida Coowar, University of Central Florida; Sandra Furterer, University of Central Florida; Temitayo Akinrefon, University of Central Florida; Ala` Battikhi, University of Central Florida; Ana Ferreras, University of Central Florida; Kelvin Gibson, University of Central Florida; Ramamoorthy Lakkoju, University of Central Florida; Katherine Meza, University of Central Florida

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Engineering Management

variation, and eliminate waste. It hasbeen used successfully in the automotive, chemical, healthcare, high-tech, financial and retailindustries. The Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Department at the University ofCentral Florida has incorporated service experiential learning opportunities into the curriculumwithin a Total Quality Improvement course. This course teaches the Six Sigma body ofknowledge together with Lean Principles and provides hands-on Six Sigma project experience.This paper describes how a team of faculty and students used the Lean Six Sigma Technology todocument and improve the pre-application process used by the College of Engineering andComputer Science at the University of Central Florida.1. IntroductionIn the Fall

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Program Delivery Methods and Real World Concepts

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Keith Plemmons

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Engineering Management

addresses the requirements for Outcome 13 in the following statement, “Outcome 13(includes “understanding the elements of project management”) should be taken to Level 1(recognition) in the B and/or M/30.” The “B and/or M/30” refers to a Bachelors degree and/or aMaster’s degree or 30 credits, and represents to the total post-secondary education expected tofulfill the requirements for professional licensing and practice in civil engineering4.Level 1 or recognition is associated with the lower two levels of Blooms Taxonomy -Knowledge (memorization and recall) and comprehension. Knowledge “consists of facts,conventions, definitions, jargon, technical terms, classifications, categories, and criteria.Knowledge is necessary but not sufficient for solving

Conference Session

EM Program Trend and Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ron Foster, University of Arkansas; Ken Vickers, University of Arkansas

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Engineering Management

year extension, a NSF Partnership for Innovation(PFI) grant and then follow up PFI grant, and a five year NSF Material Research Center forScience and Engineering Center (MRSEC) grant with a just awarded second five yearcontinuation.The specific elements for microEP students’ career preparation were (1) academic excellence incourses that would directly support a student’s professional performance, (2) research excellencein an area that would provide practice of the academic knowledge being gained throughcoursework, and (3) operational excellence in both the execution of graduate research and inmanagement skills needed in early professional careers.This paper will not address the first two elements of the microEP Graduate Program, but

Conference Session

Examining the Synergy between Eng'g Mgmt & Sys Eng

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Michael Vinarcik, University of Detroit Mercy

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Engineering Management

context of our courses: Systems Architecting: The mapping of function to form via concept.1 Systems Engineering: An interdisciplinary approach and means to enable the realization of successful systems.2The architecting activity is critically important; that is the time to fully understand the problemand to search for creative alternative architectures that optimally map the system’s requiredfunctions to form (hardware and software). Well-executed architectural explorations will resultin the most competitive and successful systems because no amount of systems engineering ordetailed design can overcome a fundamentally flawed architecture. It is most often poorjudgment during the architecting phase of system

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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S. Gary Teng, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Yesim Sireli, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Karen Elmore, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Engineering Management

, trustworthy, cost-efficient and schedule-compliant manner throughout a system'sentire life cycle1. In conclusion, the SE discipline provides the critical need of education tohandle the increasing demands of systems efficiency, effectiveness, and integration in globalengineering and business operations.The Educational Objectives of the BSSE ProgramThe educational objectives of the proposed BSSE program are as follows: Provide students with knowledge and educational opportunities in dealing with systems issues in the competitive global engineering and business environment. Produce engineers who will lead in (1) improving the understanding of global engineering issues; (2) developing effective approaches for engineering

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Engineering Management Program Management / IE and EM Program Mangement / Engineering Management Program Management

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Raymond Price, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Engineering Management

AC 2007-398: HUMAN BEHAVIOR SKILLS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONRose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois-Urbana ChampaignRaymond Price, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign Page 12.814.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 1 Human Behavior Skills in Engineering Education AbstractThis past decade has been characterized by a series of changes in engineering education,beginning with the recognition of the need to incorporate human behavior skills in engineeringeducation. Now, it is important