Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University; Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College

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Engineering Management

to real life situations.Curriculum Development:An Engineering management degree is primarily an applied degree that seeks to apply businessprinciples to the management of engineering firms. As such, it is extremely important that thevoice of different stakeholders including employers, government organizations and regulatoryagencies is incorporated into the curriculum. This can be accomplished through the extensive useof a tool referred to as Quality Function Deployment (QFD).≠ Quality Function Deployment:Quality Function Deployment (QFD) makes widespread use of the so called house of Quality.This is a matrix that converts customer requirements into product design features.Figure 1 illustrates the structure of a typical house of quality 4

Conference Session

Frontiers in Engineering Management

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanna Long, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Hector Carlo, University of Puerto Rico; Jane Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Abhijit Gosavi, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Scott Grasman, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Engineering Management

and experiences that will further enhance learning opportunities.Group projects will cross institutional and course boundaries to develop knowledge of cross-functional teams beyond textbook descriptions. Student participants are at the senior/graduatelevel; each team will include students from all partner schools and relevant course offeringsduring any given semester (see Table 1).Courses are being redesigned to add vital components necessary to implement this pedagogy. Atable of equivalent courses for partner schools is presented below. Course descriptions, syllabi,curriculum modules, and other materials will be available as completed through a projectwebsite. This table identifies relevant topics needed for the integrated curriculum

Conference Session

EM Program Design

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary A. Viola, School of Engineering, Tufts University

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Engineering Management

program outcomes and student assessments is included, as well as a shortdescription of our efforts to adapt key elements of the MSEM program to the Tufts engineeringundergraduate curriculum. Included, as appendices, are demographic data for students andindustry representation as well as the objectives and outcomes for the leadership courses. Page 22.3.2MSEM Courses and Integrated Modular ArchitectureThe mission of the Tufts MSEM is to prepare practicing technical professionals to lead andinnovate in the highly competitive global environment. The program focuses on studentdevelopment in four areas: (1) technical skills, (2) business knowledge, (3

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Ronald Rosenberg, Michigan State University

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Engineering Management

goals of the nation’scolleges of engineering and the societal and corporate needs for graduates of those institutions.In 2005, the guest editors of a special issue of the Journal of Engineering Education (JEE),subtitled The art and science of engineering education research, opened their foreword with thestatement “The engineering profession is currently facing an unprecedented array of pressures tochange.” [1, p. 7] The editors emphasized a recommendation from the National Academy ofEngineering (NAE) report The Engineer of 2020 [2]: “… engineering education should berevitalized to anticipate changes in technology and society, rather than lagging behind them … .”This may be taken as both a call for engineering educators to try to anticipate

Conference Session

Engineering Management In The Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Kabirian, California State University Northridge; S. Jimmy Gandhi, California State University, Northridge; Ileana Costea, California State University, Northridge; Ahmad R Sarfaraz, California State University, Northridge; Mark Rajai, CSUN

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Engineering Management

together should modernize the statuesque to bring it to the state of the art education ofEM.1. BenchmarkingThere are many schools around the country that offer similar degrees to The Master of Science(MSc) in EM, some are residential programs and a few are online. We did a research comprisingabout 10 leading colleges around the country and looked into their program structures,requirements and strategies. These schools are Johns Hopkins University, Massachusetts Instituteof Technology, Cornell University, Case Western Reserve University, Drexel University, DukeUniversity, Dartmouth University, Northwestern University, University of California-Irvine, andPurdue University. This was done because the authors thought it was worthwhile looking at

Conference Session

Enhancing Engineering Management

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Philip Mayhorn, Univerisity of North Carolina, Charlotte; Ertunga C Ozelkan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Engineering Management

educationalobjectives and student learning outcomes, which ultimately helps improve related courses over Page 23.957.2time. In this paper, we look at continuous improvement from a related but slightly differentperspective: specifically program office processes.UNCC’s Systems Engineering and Engineering Management (SEEM) Program is a relativelysmall but fast growing program (Figure 1). The program offers two degrees: BS in SystemsEngineering which was introduced in 2008 and MS in Engineering Management which wasintroduced in 2000. The program’s enrollment is 119 students as of fall of 2012 with 85 of thembeing undergraduate students. There are four full-time

Conference Session

Improving course effectiveness

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Gosavi, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

the topics that can be potentially covered using PBL in IE, focusingon the two specific IE courses named above. In that section, we also present some examples ofdiscussions that the instructor can have in the classroom in order to extract the greatest advantageof the PBL style. Finally, we conclude with a summary of our discussion and enumerate sometopics that are perhaps best taught via a deductive mechanism.Advantages of PBLA few studies that show PBL to be beneficial are: Pierrakos et al.11, Mergendoller et al.8, Dochyet al.1, Patel et al.10, and Vernon and Blake12. Some studies, however, point in the oppositedirection, e.g., Kirschner et al.6, but these have been far outnumbered by those that show positiveoutcomes with PBL. Some of the

Conference Session

Innovative IE Course Content

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas H Timmer, University of Texas, Pan American; Miguel Gonzalez, University of Texas, Pan American

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

constructed with varying amounts of variability in the height,width and depth dimensions facilitating different outcomes. Assessment of student performanceand perceptions (behavior and attitudes) from a small-scale (initial) pilot study will be measured,evaluated and discussed.IntroductionMontgomery states that “determining the capability of the measurement system is an importantaspect of many quality and process improvement activities.”1 Quality is integral component ofmost organizations and is a primary method in which organizations compete.2 The Society ofManufacturing Engineering (SME) has repeatedly identified quality as an important competencygap in the field of manufacturing.3,4This paper presents a method to address the quality competency gap

Conference Session

Engineering Management In The Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian E. White, CAU-SES; S. Jimmy Gandhi, California State University, Northridge

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Engineering Management

free) alternatives that lead to either a certificate or degree. With today’sinternet technology and social networking capabilities, it seems feasible to provide superior edu-cational opportunities for a much larger and more diverse population of people. The online me-dium is not only a venue for educational innovation through experimental teaching methods, butalso a source of new information (e.g., through online surveys and tracking of student progress).Online experiences should lead to further improvements in modern educational techniques andmethods. This and subsequent papers will explore the viability of these notions while concentrat-ing on several online education scenarios through: 1) further elaboration (particularly, within

Conference Session

Improving course effectiveness

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory L. Wiles P.E., Southern Polytechnic State University; Thomas Reid Ball, Southern Polytechnic State University (ENG)

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

instructors provide a fifteen week semester schedule readily downloadable thatdescribes the weekly course requirements along with deadline dates. Since 2004, we have run asuccessful graduate level degree program entirely online thus we were able to take lessonslearned from that experience and parlay that into undergraduate classes taking a midwayapproach with hybrid solutions rather than jumping immediately to fully online solutions. Wehave seen a measurable effect of students preferring hybrid classes over traditional and onlineclasses. Figure 1 demonstrates the results of a longitudinal quasi-experiment of enrollment dataover the past 7 semesters representing a total of 3,707 enrollments in IET undergraduate classes.The chart shows a marked

Conference Session

Enhancing Engineering Management

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Garth V Crosby, Southern Illinois University Carbondale; Julie Dunston, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

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Engineering Management

Page 23.1183.3advantage due to their proximity to the instructor since all pedagogically related communicationwas exclusively addressed online via email or the messaging/chat/discussion features of theLearning Management System (LMS).Students’ performances were assessed through weekly quizzes, weekly discussions, 4 tests, and afinal examination. Quizzes and tests consisted of multiple choice, true/false and short answerresponses. For the discussion, each student was typically required to submit 1 original commentand respond to at least two of the posts by fellow classmates. The weekly discussion was gradedout of 10 points. While students did not gain points for the quality of the content of the post,points were deducted for trivial comments

Conference Session

Engineering Management In The Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ted Eschenbach, University of Alaska Anchorage; Neal A Lewis, University of Bridgeport; Gillian M. Nicholls, University of Alabama in Huntsville; Jani M Pallis, University of Bridgeport

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Engineering Management

andquantitative courses. The sample is very small, but it does control for the instructor, theuniversity, and the level of the course.These results are detailed to also provide a concrete example of student evaluation of clicker usewith clear implications as to the impact on course evaluations. One course was qualitative innature (N=28), a second course was a management course considered 1/3 quantitative and 2/3qualitative (N=10), and the last course was a quantitative class (N=18). The students in the threecourses were surveyed and the results shown in Table 1 were similar between the three classes aswell as to past quantitative course results54. These results are not surprising, as the literaturereview included a broad variety of classes; nevertheless

Conference Session

Innovative IE Course Content

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Connie Gomez, Galveston College; Heidi A. Taboada, University of Texas, El Paso; Jose F. Espiritu, University of Texas, El Paso

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

of suchimportance, that engineering programs seeking accreditation must be able to prove that ethics istaught.1 Page 23.1251.2This responsibility to society becomes more pronounced as our nation looks to engineering toaddress areas of renewable energy, sustainability, clean water, and even urban infrastructure.2However, the students within our program are not required to take a specific engineering ethicscourse. This places our students at a disadvantage if they are not able to consider the ethicalquestions that emerge from protecting the existing environment and resources, from increasingthe efficiency of existing processes, and from

Conference Session

Innovative IE Course Content

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John P. Mullen, New Mexico State University

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

Improving Stochastic AwarenessAbstractIt is possible for a student to pass a course on stochastic analysis without actually understandingthat W = 1/(μ - λ) is not the same sort of equation as F = ma. That is a student might grosslyunderestimate the role of variability in stochastic systems. Failure to grasp this concept early cancause a student to mischaracterize much of the presented information. This is especially an issuein distance courses because students do not interact as much as in residence courses. This paperdescribes a collection of exercises intended to determine the level of students’ understanding ofstochastic behavior and build their stochastic awareness early in a course so that they will betterunderstand the role of randomness and

Conference Session

Innovative IE Curricula

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masud Salimian, Morgan State University; Yaseen Mahmud, Morgan State University; Avis L. Ransom, Morgan State University School of Engineering

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

of Engineering, she develops projects, plans and implements strategies and develops and documents reports, newsletters and proposals. Page 23.1262.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Training Industrial Engineering Students as Energy EngineersIntroductionBuildings consume approximately 40% 1 of all energy in the United States. Most buildingsoperate far less efficiently than their potential. In the U.S., industry alone accounts for about 31%of all energy used 8. There are many benefits to making commercial and industrialmanufacturing plants more efficient. One is to

Conference Session

Innovative IE Course Content

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin W. Kile, Quinnipiac University

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

1 2 3 Notes Professionalism Detrimental to the Somewhat Mostly on topic Attentive and on Training Session distracting or off Topic topic Knowledge Shows little or no Limited knowledge Knowledgeable Shows complete knowledge of of topic knowledge topic Clarity Cannot be Discussion Few questions Easily understood understood required to required to

Conference Session

Engineering Management: Project Management and Partnerships

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Angolia, East Carolina University

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

extensivefield work providing customized project management training classes for engineering staffmembers from diverse manufacturing industries. The core competencies are mapped to theProject Management Institute’s Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and the EMBOK to establishrelevancy for the defined undergraduate project management course.IntroductionThe Project Management Institute (PMI) defines project management as the application ofknowledge, skills, tools and techniques to manage activities required to meet objectives within aproject scope.1 The role of a project manager is to lead a team while balancing competingconstraints of scope, cost, and time which are impacted by project risks and desired quality. TheEngineering Management Body of Knowledge (EMBOK

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Browder, Bristol Tennessee Essential Services; Andrew J. Czuchry, East Tennessee State University; April Eads

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Engineering Management

results. For Page 26.297.2example, the joint approach resulted in financial breakeven nine years ahead of theentrepreneurial engineering startup approach. Bristol has become a Broadband Community witheach customer having access to 1 gigabit per second of bandwidth capability; and the BaldrigeBased Approach has expedited efforts to provide a highly reliable, effective and efficient smartgrid power system. The lessons learned from BTES’s continuing journey are translated intocoaching points in this article. To the extent others choosing to implement the conceptualframework offered in this article find these coaching points helpful, a significant

Conference Session

Engineering Management: Project Management and Partnerships

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew J. Czuchry, East Tennessee State University; James H. Lampley, East Tennessee State University; Leendert M. Craig, East Tennessee State University; Addison Scott Karnes, East Tennessee State University

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Engineering Management

experiential learning methodologies, and following a review of relevant literature,recent results of our applied research have identified a gap that can be closed. This gap isparticularly acute at the graduate level where experiential learning is often critical indemonstrating mastery of the subject matter. Further research is necessary to refine the needs inengineering at the undergraduate level. However, it is anticipated that mutually beneficialstrategic alliances will contribute to improved learning outcomes for undergraduate engineeringstudents as well.IntroductionThe purpose of this applied research is to: 1) Explore the use of technology to increase theoperational efficiency and strategic effectiveness of engineering education; 2) Suggest

Conference Session

Engineering Management: Six Sigma, Data Modeling, and Risk Management

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ertunga C Ozelkan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Sandeep Krishnakumar; Arun Kottayil

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Engineering Management

Tucson, one in Meteorology from Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest, Hungary. She is a Senior Lecturer now at the Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her research interests include a wide range of topics from educational games in college teaching to engineering management and optimization problems and applying systems methods to climate change modelling.Mr. Sandeep KrishnakumarMr. Arun Kottayil c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 1 How to design lean six sigma simulation games for online

Conference Session

Engineering Management: Supply Chain, Systems Thinking, and Lean Initiatives

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ekaterina Koromyslova, South Dakota State University; Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

undergraduate program. There are fourlearning objectives defined in this course: After successful completion of the course, studentsshould be able to: 1) Differentiate and explain the concept, framework, and techniques of the supply chain design, planning, operation, and strategic management. (ASAC j) 2) Apply analytic methodologies, utilizing practical managerial levers, to design a supply chain for defined conditions, and to achieve competitive advantage in the supply chain. (ASAC l) 3) Analyze contemporary issues in SCM and to propose solutions to the identified issues. (ASAC m) 4) Demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively and use information from a variety of sources. (ASAC g)The notation of (ASAC x

Conference Session

Engineering Management: Six Sigma, Data Modeling, and Risk Management

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiju Antony, Heriot Watt University; Elizabeth A Cudney, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Engineering Management

and abroad, very fewHigher Education Institutions have adopted the integrated Lean Six Sigma approachfor waste reduction and variability reduction, which leads to superior performance andenhanced student satisfaction.Key words: Lean Six Sigma, Process Excellence, Quality, Higher EducationIntroductionThe last two decades have witnessed an increased pressure from customers andcompetitors for greater value from their purchase whether based on superior quality,faster delivery, or lower cost (or a combination of both) in both manufacturing andservice sectors (1). Lean is a powerful business process improvement methodology tominimize or even eliminate different forms of waste or non-value added activities. SixSigma, on the other hand, focuses on

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel A. Malachowsky, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Management

practical and pedagogical benefits.1. IntroductionProcess is a major focus of software engineering and its curriculum;13, 18 because of this, projectmanagement has been included as a required topic of study in many of these programs.24 Whileproject management principles and practices are frequently a part of these classes,6, 11, 14, 21 manydo not include the opportunity to participate as a project manager (PM) or as a member of a PM-led team.12 It is important to include the hands-on leadership and planning elements that makeproject management a discipline rather than simply conveying a collection of relatedmethodologies.8 In many cases, the disciplines involved in project management itself has fallento the instructors; this is often carried out

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University; John Vail Farr P.E., West Point; Elizabeth W Schott, USMA, Department of Systems Engineering; David A. Wyrick PE, PEM, American Society for Engineering Management

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

the courses within the department, in general wereable to claim higher ET hours than those where the less technical topics were taught outside thedepartment.IntroductionBased on a range of influences such as the globalization of the manufacturing base, outsourcing ofmany technical services, efficiencies derived from advances in information technology (and thesubsequent decrease in mid-management positions), and the shifting of the economy to a service-based orientation, technical organizations and engineering in general are experiencing a significantchange in overall career characteristics and expectations. The nature of this change can be seen inthis description of what a 21st century technical organization must be concerned with:1 (1

Conference Session

Engineering Management: Supply Chain, Systems Thinking, and Lean Initiatives

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Jimmy Gandhi, California State University, Northridge; Andreas Jattke, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt; Ahmad R Sarfaraz, California State University, Northridge

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

Engineering Education, 2016 An Innovative Approach to Offering a Global Supply Chain Class for Engineering Managers in an International ContextIntroduction to International Context in Higher EducationThere is a growing movement in higher education institutions in the United States as well as inEurope to encourage students to study abroad. The reason for this is so that students can get earlyexposure to different cultures and experience the intricacies and challenges of working withcolleagues from different countries and varying cultures.1 Additionally, ABET Outcome h statesthat a student should be able to experience the broad education necessary to understand theimpact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context.2

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan L. Murray, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Julie Phelps, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Kelly L. Jones

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

watch the number of problems being solved that they need to masterthe concept and take advantage of as much “bonus” content as they desire – potentially reducingtheir level of boredom with the class. All of the students will benefit from the flexibility of the Page 26.285.3blended course structure.The new design includes weekly modules covering one or two textbook chapters. The in-classportion continues to be a mixture of lectures and hands-on problem-solving. The out-of-classportion is a mixture of materials. Figure 1 is a screenshot of the first online module inBlackboard learning management software). Each module has:  In-class

Conference Session

Engineering Management: Six Sigma, Data Modeling, and Risk Management

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maryam Tabibzadeh, California State University, Northridge; S. Jimmy Gandhi, California State University, Northridge

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

into various courses offered as part ofthe engineering management program at the California State University, Northridge.What is Risk?The term “risk” refers to potential problems or issues that could arise and adversely impact theprogress or outcome of a project.1 Risk is a part of every project and is usually associated withadverse outcomes; hence, it is generally perceived as negative or an adverse effect.2,3 For thepurpose of this paper, the authors would like to define risk as the product of probability of an eventoccurring and the consequence of occurrence.3,4 Thus, when evaluating risk, engineering or projectmanagers should think of both the probability of how often this negative outcome could occur andalso evaluate that if the risk were

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekar Viswanathan, National University; Ben D Radhakrishnan, National University

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

. The union representing poultry workers are concerned with theincreased work requirements since the injury rate in this sector exceeds a third higher than theaverage for all manufacturing industries (59% of line workers already have carpal tunnelsyndrome at line speeds of 70 to 91 birds a minute). The students developed an educational gamewith at least three variables (independent) affecting quality (positive and negative) and ethics.Figure 1 illustrates one such game board. The objective of this game is to "maximize" companyprofit while improving quality by selecting TQM variable percentages (increasing or decreasingvalues) for the three independent variables chosen namely, Production Rate, Inspectors, andEmployees. The game is designed

Conference Session

Engineering Management: Project Management and Partnerships

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Angolia, East Carolina University; Leslie Pagliari, East Carolina University

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Engineering Management

, ISE is the “distinguished home”of the Industrial and Management Engineering program, founded in 1933 at RensselaerPolytechnic Institute.1 ISE integrates a quantitative engineering approach with qualitativeinsight, and works closely with other disciplines, such as computer science and management. Areview of nationally ranked University web pages show that typical career paths for ISEgraduates included careers in manufacturing to improve operations inside manufacturing plants.More recently, ISE roles have expanded outside the plant to design and improve supply chainsand transportation systems that connect manufacturing facilities.2,3The need to incorporate supply chain management (SCM) content is indirectly confirmed as theSociety of

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Gary Teng, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Engineering Management

, and the enhancement of company branding/marketing andbusiness development through the visual attraction of the transparent factory operations.Research ObjectivesThe objectives of this research are (1) to enhance engineering management students’understanding of engineering management principles and practices through the use of atransparent factory design project as a term project to cover broader concerns of engineeringoperations, and (2) to investigate the effect of using this project to enrich students’ understandingof the current issues in engineering management and project management.Due to the growing trend of global business competition, the management of engineeringoperations has to involve issues in branding, marketing, and business