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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

-enforced.However, it was not only industry, as the end user, who had demonstrated an interest in thesewider professional skills. Students themselves were beginning to perceive the importance ofstudying on a course which explicitly encouraged the development of knowledge and skillsfirmly rooted in the business-oriented context of the modern engineering industry. In the1992-3 Presidential Address, the President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers reviewedthe trends within engineering education, and drew attention to ‘the search by students forcourses which provide them with wider skills’7.The Engineering Council, in its 3rd Edition of SARTOR, continued the increasingly strongtrend of basing the curriculum within the vocational arena, and argued that

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

is the Engineering &Science curriculum director for the program.The University of Detroit Mercy also offers a Master of Engineering Management (MEM)degree; it is a hybrid degree offered by the College of Business Administration and the Collegeof Engineering and Science. The program integrates technical and management studies toproduce graduates capable of assuming leadership roles in engineering management.The primary author was invited to teach and/or develop an elective for the MEM program.Because of his affinity for systems architecture and systems engineering (as well as hispassionate belief that these two disciplines are both critical and often neglected), he proposed ablended class that covered both topics in adequate depth for the

Conference Session

EM in a Global Environment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Halvard Nystrom, University of Missouri-Rolla

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Sri Lanka Curriculum Development in Medicine 6492 Sri Lanka Pharmacy 6493 Sri Lanka Physical Education 6494 Sri Lanka Political Science 6570 Paraguay All Disciplines 6571 Peru All Disciplines 6581 Singapore Military HistoryOnce you have an idea of which awards are of interest to you and might be a little off thebeaten track, you should communicate with the program officers and ask them for advice.I received very good advice from a number of program officers I contacted, since theprogram officers are eager to find qualified candidates for their less popular locations.This is important since you can only apply to one at a time and should apply only afteryou have prepared

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

2006-1701: EMBEDDING THEORY AND PRACTICE OF TECHNOLOGY GROUPMANAGEMENT IN AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE/ENGINEERINGGRADUATE PROGRAMKen Vickers, University of Arkansas Ken Vickers is a Research Professor in Physics at the University of Arkansas, and has served as Director of the interdisciplinary Microelectronics-Photonics Graduate Program since April 1998. He worked for Texas Instruments from 1977 through March 1998 in integrated circuit fabrication engineering, and has authored thirty issued patents. He received BS and MS degrees in Physics from the University of Arkansas in 1976 and 1978 respectively.Ron Foster, University of Arkansas Ron Foster is a Research Associate Professor at the University

Conference Session

EM Program Trend and Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gordon Geiger, University of Arizona

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suggestions, the BEEd proposed integrating into the curriculum 1. “exposure to the concepts of business, economics, marketing and manufacturing and risk. 2. Sustainable development of the environment and 3. Engineering management, including effective interaction with shop-floor and technical support personnel.”They also recommended “ remove some material and some courses from the currentcurriculum. …Remove redundancies, for example the repetitious teaching of the sameprinciples of chemistry, physics and thermodynamics in different courses. Incorporatesome math and science “base” courses into engineering courses. Emphasize in-depth onearea of engineering practice in a discipline and provide

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EM Program Trend and Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jerry Westbrook, University of Alabama-Huntsville

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processes.B. Curriculum RequirementsThe standard requires a balance between qualitative and quantitative concepts with therequirement of at least one third of the courses being qualitative management related material.Curricular requirements thus focus on the management side of engineering management. Muchof engineering management is conceptually qualitative. Quantitative concepts are required to tiethe discipline to the field of engineering. Thus, there is a requirement for both types of concepts.Hick’s (1999) study found that qualitative concepts were the most likely to be missing. Thisstandard ensures that the program is, in fact, an engineering management program. The centralfocus must be on management in some context, at some level.The remainder

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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

Important to Engineering Management USMA is not the only university in which the Engineering Management major is run by aSystems Engineering (SE) department. SE is a central theme in several of the top undergraduateprograms in Engineering Management. Three other undergraduate ABET accredited EMprograms (University of Arizona, University to Missouri at Rolla and Stevens Institute ofTechnology) are integrated with departments that have large SE or Industrial Engineeringprograms.4 Many other non-ABET accredited EM or hybrids of EM programs co-exist in SEdepartments. This phenomenon also occurs at the graduate level at many universities andhappens by design. This strongly indicates that an understanding of SE principles is critical tothe success

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

Engineering management skills are so important and diverse that someuniversities offer accredited degrees that instill these skills in their students throughout theirfour-year undergraduate career. Although these programs vary in their areas of emphasis, all aredesigned to be practical degrees that prepare their graduates to become leaders in engineeringorganizations.6-10Many undergraduate programs integrate engineering management skills into their senior designsequence.11-13 Frequently, this is done in an effort to commercialize the senior projectsthemselves, but it is also done in an effort to instill an entrepreneurial spirit in the engineeringstudents as they are on the verge of graduation. Similar benefits have been observed whenapplying the

Conference Session

EM Program Trend and Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Engineering Management

2006-588: GROWTH OF A YOUNG ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT PROGRAMYesim Sireli, University of North Carolina-Charlotte Yesim Sireli is an Assistant Professor at the Engineering Management Program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received a Ph.D. degree in Engineering Management from Old Dominion University, and also holds MSc and BSc degrees in Electrical Engineering. Her research interests include business forecasting, decision analysis, customer-oriented product development, quality management, and technology management.S. Gary Teng, University of North Carolina-Charlotte S. Gary Teng is the Director of Engineering Management Program and Center for Lean Logistics and

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EM Program Trend and Development

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Merino, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Engineering Management

organizations; an understanding of and dealing with the stochastic nature of management systems. They must also be capable of demonstrating the integration of management systems into a series of different technological environments.Appendix B. ASEM Criteria for EM Graduate ProgramsSource: ASEM Website: Certification Academic Standards: Graduate Programs B. Curriculum Requirements 1. A balance between qualitative and quantitative courses 2. At least one third of the curriculum will be management and management related courses. 3. Courses designated “Engineering Management” are in the academic catalog. 4. Course material must be directly related to technology driven organizations. 5. The curriculum must require each

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

2006-2085: A CASE-BASED APPROACH TO SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE ANDENGINEERING EDUCATIONJonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy JONATHAN M. WEAVER, PH.D. is an Associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM). He received his BSME from Virginia Tech in 1986, his MSME and PhD in ME from RPI in 1990 and 1993, respectively. He has several years of industry experience and regularly consults with an automaker on projects related to CAD, DOE, and product development. He can be reached at weaverjm@udmercy.edu.Michael Vinarcik, University of Detroit Mercy MICHAEL J. VINARCIK, P.E. is an Interior Trim Engineer with Ford Motor Company and an adjunct faculty