Conference Session

EMD Program Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech; Muzaffar Shaikh, Florida Tech; Wade Shaw, Florida Tech

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

. Calvin A. Kent (Lexington Books, 1984) p. 4115. Knight Russell M. “Can Business Schools Produce Entrepreneurs ? An Empirical Study,” Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Vol. 5 (1) Summer 198716. AUTM: Association of University Technology Managers Licensing Survey (1999). http://www.autm.net/surveys99A.pdf17. Schreiberg, D. The Matchmakers. Stanford Today. (Jan/Feb 1998)18.Wolfe, C., D. Adkins, and H. Sherman. Best Practices in Action – Guidelines for Implementing First-Class Business Incubation Programs. NBIA Publications, Athens, OH 2001.19. Aley, J. “The Heart of Silicon Valley: Why Stanford.. Fortune. (July 7, 1997) pp 68-69.20. Robinson, R. “Technology Transfer”. Research Horizons (Sum/Fall 1998). Atlanta: Georgia

Conference Session

EMD Curriculum Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raymond Krizek, Northwestern University; Ahmad Hadavi, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

to ten technical individuals, but with the potential to move up theladder as the need grows.Carr2 argued that industry attention was operating primarily at the undergraduate level, whereasthe research and graduate study nature of civil engineering faculties established the desirablefoundation for each program at the master’s level. Berger3, as mentioned previously, leavesopen the desired level of management education.Construction EducationOglesby4 stated in 1990 that more than 150 undergraduate construction programs were inexistence, and these programs essentially followed three tracks: (a) an engineering base (civilengineering programs), (b) an architecture base (building construction programs), and (c) othernonengineering or

Conference Session

EMD Curriculum Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rashmi Jain, Stevens Institute of Technology; Ozgur Erol, Stevens Institute of Technology; Anithashree Chandrasekaran, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

business process; (3) BPR tries to achieve major goals or dramaticperformance improvements; (4) IT is a critical enabler of BPR; and (5) organizational changesand human issues are critical enabler of BPR and must be managed accordingly16. We built ourBPR course around these five elements and specially tailored our curriculum to address the needto produce EM graduates who can work effectively at the interface between technology,management, and engineering.The Stevens BPR CourseThe BPR course provides knowledge on BPR and its main concepts; the technologies and thestrategies for implementing business transformation; and best practices on BPR. It emphasizesthe role of BPR in managing technology and the engineering functions. The course covers

Conference Session

IE and EM Program Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kam Jugdev, Athabasca University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

appropriateinfrastructure in place, and ensuring that faculty receive formal training in distance educationmethods and technology 20.Considerable research has focused on assessing distance education practices, and a number ofpublications have examined this topic in terms of what faculty can do to improve the educationalexperience for students: “What determines the success of distance teaching is the extent to whichthe institution and the individual instructor are able to provide the appropriate opportunity for,and quality of, dialogue between teacher and learner, as well as appropriately structured learningmaterials” 15, p. 6. However, tension can also exist between faculty and instructional designpersonnel. Whereas the ideal relationship would be one of

Conference Session

EMD Recruitment and Certification

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

the case, there isa difference of opinion concerning exactly what constitutes this set of TQM best practices.Goetsch and Davis5 (2003) consider TQM best practices to be customer service, quality control,new product development, innovation, planning, continual improvement, teamwork, andtraining. A different approach to determine the best practices and critical success factors forTQM also involved using existing data. An extensive study of current literature listed as bestpractices “top management commitment and leadership, customer focus, information andanalysis, training, supplier management, strategic planning, employee involvement, humanresource management, process management, teamwork, product and service design, processcontrol

Conference Session

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

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

academic institutions, engineering employers, researchers, and ABET’sEngineering Criteria 2000, which requires that engineering programs demonstrate that theirgraduates have an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility (Bekir, Cable,Hashimoto, & Katz, 2001; Herkert, 2000; Hissey, 2000; Passino, 1998; Stephan, 2002; Stern, &Pimmel, 2002). The importance of incorporating ethical education in engineering programs lieson the need of properly preparing engineering graduates for their careers. As Stern and Pimmel(2002) stated, An engineer’s work can have significant impact on society; therefore the practice of engineering carries certain obligations and responsibilities. Engineers need to assess both positive