Conference Session

Examining the Synergy between Eng'g Mgmt & Sys Eng

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

Engineering Systems at Florida Tech have greatly enriched thestudents’ educational experience, broadened their perspectives, served as community outreachforums and integrated experiential learning with academic programs. Students work in E-teamsand write NCIIA proposals to commercialize innovative product or university/research labdeveloped technology.This paper describes a unique course series in Systems Engineering (SE) Entrepreneurship.Innovation in product/service design and commercialization that enables entrepreneurship can besuccessfully leveraged by applying SE principles/ techniques which parallel entrepreneurshipsteps such as Customer Requirements Engineering and opportunity recognition; Project/QualityEngineering, Decision/Risk Analysis

Conference Session

EM Program Trend and Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Merino, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

definable body of knowledgeby discipline. EM programs which are ABET accredited are at the University of Missouri atRolla, Stevens Institute of Technology and United States Military Academy at West Point.ABET lists other schools under EM but they combine other disciplines like IndustrialEngineering, etc. Two newly ABET accredited programs will be added in a later analysis.The above analysis was sent to the various schools for peer review. The results are reported inthis paper. Analyses of these topics and the weight they occupy in the curriculum are used as aguide in establishing an EM Body of Knowledge. They can also be used to help determine theweight of test questions to certify engineering managers.Overview of PaperIn a previous paper 1