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Improving course effectiveness

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Terri M. Lynch-Caris, Kettering University; Mark A. Palmer P.E., Kettering University

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

found in various classrooms across thecampus: (1) seating and room layout, (2) boards and projection and (3) computers and videocapture. In addition to the survey data, comments were solicited and compiled for continuousimprovement.A total of 75 students, faculty and staff responded to the survey. Within the three categories ofinstructional technology, three survey questions were asked to determine: (1) which technologieswere used, (2) which technologies did individuals enjoy and (3) which technologies didindividuals feel would enhance learning?There were several conclusions resulting from the data analysis including differences betweenfaculty and student preferences. The most interesting result was the compelling relationshipbetween enjoyment

Conference Session

Innovative IE Curricula

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Paul Sly, Iowa State University; Daniel P Bumblauskas, University of Missouri Harvard University; Adam R Carberry, Arizona State University

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

engineering students enrolled in the sales engineering courses between the Fall 2010and Fall 2012 semester were surveyed both at the beginning and end of the semester (N = 33).An instrument was developed for this study to specifically assess demographics, beliefs, andtechnical sales skills taught in the course (Appendix I). Student beliefs were specifically utilizedbecause only the individual can truly express their own attitudes, emotions, and internal stateswithin a specific domain6. The beliefs portion of the survey included six items rated from low tohigh on a scale from 1 to 10. A pre-post analysis of item means was undertaken for these items.The sales skill items were designed around the sales minor and the course content providinginitial

Conference Session

Innovative IE Course Content

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie Ann Layton, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Thomas Reed Willemain, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

competitive edge. As they do, theymust resolve unique demands on their information technology, their structure, their processes,and their culture. Most critical, however, is the challenge posed by analytical talent, the peopleat all levels who help turn data into better decisions and better business results.” [1]The above quote is from a publication by Accenture, a global consulting firm, about theimportance of recruiting analytic talent for businesses. In response to this need several collegeshave developed graduate programs in analytics, one of the first being North Carolina StateUniversity’s Institute of Advanced Analytics, which boasts job placement rate of 100% [2].Several other articles echo the need for trained data analysts in the information

Conference Session

Enhancing Engineering Management

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ana Valeria Quevedo, Universidad de Piura; Dante Arturo Guerrero, Universidad de Piura; Martin Palma, Universidad de Piura; Susana Vegas, Universidad de Piura

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Engineering Management

work environmentdemands that engineering students feel comfortable and are able to use the most advancedtechnology to access information and communicate with others. It is therefore necessary thatengineering programs provide students with awareness and a deeper understanding of teamwork,more than most current curricula offer [1].Historically, technical education has been based on an analytical model (Science). Futureteaching of engineering must be more inclusive [2]. Organizations seek and require engineers Page 23.715.2who are able to use the computer as a support tool, understand technology in a broad sense, withexcellent analytical skills

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Engineering Management In The Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Eric Specking, University of Arkansas; Kathryn D. Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Kim LaScola Needy, University of Arkansas

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Engineering Management

abroad, specifically,1) if there are differences among gender, classification and/or program of study, 2)whether students do not study abroad due to financial, class selection, time, and/or otherreasons, 3) what percent of the cost associated with studying abroad the students need tohave covered in order to be able to afford to study abroad, and 4) where students wish tostudy abroad. In addition, this comparison contrasts findings between a public, rural,comprehensive university (University of Arkansas) with a private, urban, technologicaluniversity (Stevens Institute of Technology). Results show that the majority of public andprivate university students want to study abroad (ideally in Europe), but identify time andfinances as constraints

Conference Session

Enhancing Engineering Management

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robert C. Creese, West Virginia University

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Engineering Management

. Page 23.339.2The Triangular Distribution The triangular distribution is a good distribution for cost estimating in that most costestimates tend to be low and that the high cost estimate is further from the most likely or modevalue than the low cost estimate. The extreme lowest cost would be zero, but the highest costcould theoretically go to infinity and thus the most likely, or mode, is closer to the low cost pointthan to the high cost point. The typical triangular distribution for cost estimating is illustrated inFigure 1. L M HFigure 1. Triangular Distribution where L= Lowest, M=Most Likely, and H = Highest Values To perform a risk analysis, the values for the

Conference Session

Enhancing Engineering Management

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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La Tondra Murray, Duke University

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Engineering Management

-building process in distance learning classes suggeststhat there are three levels of community that can be identified: 1) “making online acquaintancesor friends” through interactions with similar individuals, 2) “community conferment” viaintensive discussions on a topic of importance, and 3) “camaraderie” achieved through long-termor intensive exposure to others1. Subsequent work to identify pedagogical approaches in supportof Brown’s theory reveals that educators and students alike need practical strategies to progressthrough these levels of community in order to yield successful distance learning outcomes3.MethodologyDistance learners enrolled in the Master of Engineering Management Program (MEMP) at DukeUniversity between 2009 and 2012 were

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Engineering Management In The Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mazyar Aram, California State University Northridge; Ileana Costea, California State University, Northridge

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Engineering Management

Manufacturing Challenge student competition of SME. Ileana is a member of ASEE, ASQ and SME. Page 23.418.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Development of a minor in Sustainable Manufacturing for Manu- facturing Systems Engineering program 1. IntroductionThis paper presents a proposal of a new minor in Green Manufacturing to be offered in theManufacturing Systems Engineering and Management department at California State University,Northridge (CSUN). The campus has a very active Institute of Sustainability that offers a minorin Sustainability and will offer a

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Engineering Management In The Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nora Honken, University of Louisville

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Engineering Management

model focused on four mental functions:recollection, recognition, decision and awareness and how they varied at each level of expertise.Each time a mental function matures, the individual’s level of expertise rises. The Dreyfusbrothers hypothesized that to obtain the level of master one first must progress through the lowerlevels of expertise.5 The model is based on learning a skill not a profession. For example, acomputer engineer can be a novice in networking and an expert in Java programming. Table 1 istaken from their 1980 article and summarizes the model.Table 1. Mental Functions for Each of the Five Levels of Expertise in the 1980 Article______________________________________________________________________________MentalFunction

Conference Session

Innovative IE Curricula

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan L. Murray, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Terri M. Lynch-Caris, Kettering University

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public. This mission is supported through its member boards, board of directors, staff, board administrators, and volunteers by: • Providing outstanding nationally normed examinations for engineers and surveyors • Providing uniform model laws and model rules for adoption by the member boards • Promoting professional ethics among all engineers and surveyors • Coordinating with domestic and international organizations to advance licensure of all engineers and surveyors Figure 1. NCEES Vision and Mission [NCEES, 2012]II. The Process of Developing Professional TopicsThe NCEES process of re-evaluating

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Improving course effectiveness

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan L. Murray, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Julie Phelps, Missouri S&T, Educational Technology

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

project we exploreengineering students’ willingness and interest in using electronic flashcards.For each class, the resulting flashcards were embedded in the class’s Blackboard page. Studentscould choose to review the cards in a variety of formats and from different devices. Figure 1 is ascreenshot of two electronic flashcards. The top card displays the term and its definition at thesame time (for initial study). The lower card is showing just one side, allowing the students totest themselves. After answering the question, the student can electronically “flip” to the see thecorrect answer. The card sets from each chapter can be combined and shuffled. The material canbe presented in a random matching exercise as well. The electronic flashcards

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Innovative IE Curricula

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Yunchen Huang, Mississippi State University; Lesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University; John M. Usher P.E., Mississippi State University

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

’ questions) andteaching tips and skills.Comparison with Approaches of Mentoring in Current ProgramsComparison of current teaching mentoring practices and our mentoring model is provided inTable 1. Many universities provide TA workshops for graduate students to learn basic teachingtechniques. This provides an opportunity for graduate students to learn how to teach and the TAworkshop help to cultivate their teaching philosophy. However, little hands-on opportunity isgiven to let graduate students practice what they learn from the workshop. Many preparing futurefaculty programs (PFF) share the same limitation. While PFF focuses on developing doctoralstudent’s teaching philosophy and prepare them for a teaching career in academia, few in

Conference Session

Improving course effectiveness

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard L Marcellus, Northern Illinois University

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

engineering while learning basic theory.IntroductionThe heart of engineering practice is design. Thus (ideally), engineering design should beomnipresent in the engineering curriculum, including basic theory courses. This paper discussesstrategies for incorporating a design presence in applied probability courses. The content of thesecourses is basic probability, reliability models, Markov chains, the Poisson process, and queuingmodels. In a previous paper1, it was proposed that engineering design activity be incorporatedthrough 1. homework and test problems that emphasize parametric analysis, variations of standard models, and comparison of alternative systems; 2. loosely stated open-ended problems intended to allow creative response

Conference Session

Enhancing Engineering Management

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Liana Bayatyan, Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY); S. Jimmy Gandhi, California State University, Northridge

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Engineering Management

choice theories, etc. that followed suite andemphasized the importance of considering the psychological factors underlying the human aspect Page 23.186.4within the organizations [Levy, 7; Deckers, 1]. Moreover, a lot of work has been done in the areas of leadership, cognitive ability testing,personality testing, organizational psychological health, work attitudes, etc. That is, theresearchers have realized that the organizational efficiency not only depends on theorganizational structures but also on the psychological factors underlying the employees’attitudes towards work and their psychological health [7]. Furthermore, there

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Innovative IE Curricula

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saylisse Davila, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Viviana I. Cesani, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Alexandra Medina-Borja, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

ofvariance, indicates that the factors that contribute more heavily toward changes in the students’intercultural sensitivity are (1) the experience of going through the REU summer program and(2) whether the student went to school at UPRM or not. Both of these factors also have astatistically significant two-way interaction with the different ICSS constructs. Non-parametricpaired analyses were used to test whether the experience had a positive effect in the participant’sintercultural scale. At a 0.05 significant level, every REU summer program was able to trigger astatistically significant improvement in the interaction confidence and interaction enjoymentconstructs of the ICSS. Overall, the REU program also had a statistically significant (𝛼 = 0.05

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Engineering Management In The Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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Engineering Management In The Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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Engineering Management In The Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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Innovative IE Course Content

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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Innovative IE Course Content

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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Innovative IE Curricula

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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