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Engineering Management: Project Management and Partnerships

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wayne Paul Pferdehirt, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jeffrey S. Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; John S Nelson PE, University of Wisconsin, Madison Department of Civil & Environmental Enginieering

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led energy conservation research projects for Argonne National Laboratory. He has a BS in civil engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University and an MS in civil engineering with an emphasis in regional planning from Northwestern University. Wayne is a frequent speaker and author on continuing education for engineers, and is a member of the College of Engineering’s Education Innovation Committee.Dr. Jeffrey S. Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison Dr. Jeffrey S. Russell is the Vice Provost for Lifelong Learning and Dean of the Division of Continuing Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In his role as Vice Provost, he is striving to make UW- Madison a global leader in the service to lifelong learners. He

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Engineering Management: Project Management and Partnerships

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark Angolia, East Carolina University

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Paper ID #15595An Active Learning Approach to Core Project Management CompetenciesDr. Mark Angolia, East Carolina University Mark Angolia, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator for the Industrial Distribution and Logistics degree program in the College of Engineering and Technology at East Carolina University (ECU). Prior to entering academia in 2005, he held industrial positions in engineering, manufacturing, quality, materials, and operations management for manufacturing companies within the automotive sup- ply chain. Dr. Angolia’s teaching focuses on Enterprise Resource Planning with SAP software

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Developing Better Engineering Managers - Curricular Ideas from Year 1 Through Graduate School

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy K. Zander, Clarkson University

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engineering design process, the meaning of real world constraints, design for theenvironment, and ethics. The students present their designs in oral and written fashion at the endof the semester.In the second semester, the design process is opened up to the teams and a real-world design isundertaken. The design in the second semester involves a local real world client andincorporates performing the engineering design and learning the basic tools of projectmanagement, supply chain management, and operations management to prepare a managementplan around the project design. The product and management plan are again presented orally andin a written document and presented to the real world client. Some of the designs from thissecond semester course have

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Engineering Management: Project Management and Partnerships

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Paper ID #15568Enhancing Industrial and Systems Engineering Education through Academic-Industry AlliancesDr. Mark Angolia, East Carolina University Mark Angolia, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator for the Industrial Distribution and Logistics degree program in the College of Engineering and Technology at East Carolina University (ECU). Prior to entering academia in 2005, he held industrial positions in engineering, manufacturing, quality, materials, and operations management for manufacturing companies within the automotive sup- ply chain. Dr. Angolia’s teaching focuses on Enterprise Resource Planning

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Developing Better Engineering Managers - Curricular Ideas from Year 1 Through Graduate School

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peilin Fu, National University

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skills.IntroductionOperations management refers to the systematic design, direction, and control of processes thattransform inputs into services and product for internal, as well as external customers. It is a vitaltopic that every engineering management student needs to understand because it is at the heart ofthe creation of wealth for business and the improvement in the living standard of citizens of allcountries1. Operations Management has been listed as a core course in the management scienceand engineering programs all around the world3. This course usually covers broad areas such asprocess analysis, quality and performance, capacity planning, supply chain, inventorymanagement, forecasting, operations planning and scheduling, and resource planning etc., whichare

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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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schedule and cost analysis and considereda topic for upper management to deal with. However, as projects become more complex and theuncertainty associated with technical aspects of them increases, the risks related to not only thoseprojects but also the environment have to be considered from a holistic or systemic perspective. Inthis dynamic environment, it is important for engineers and engineering managers to understandvarious aspects of risk management such as risk identification, risk tracking, risk impactassessment, risk prioritization and risk mitigation planning, implementation and progressmonitoring.In this paper, the authors review all the existing courses in their Engineering Management (EM)program and analyze the current offerings of

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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Raed Jaradat, Mississippi State University ; Sara E. Campbell, Mississippi State University; Sawsan Abutabenjeh, Miami University

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change (Y-V), indicates an individual’s propensity to accept change. The fifth pair, levelof uncertainty (E-T), describes an individual’s preference in making decisions with incompleteknowledge. The sixth pair of preferences, level of hierarchical view of the system (H-R),indicates the way an individual approaches problems within a larger complex system. Anindividual whose answers fall into the (H)-category is probably more interested in applying bigpicture concepts and ideas. Conversely, (R)-type systems thinkers prefer to focus on particularsand details. The last pair of preferences, level of flexibility (F-D), describes an individual’spreference to altering plans. In large complex system problems where the environment ischanging rapidly, a

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Developing Better Engineering Managers - Curricular Ideas from Year 1 Through Graduate School

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph J. Suter, Johns Hopkins University; Stanislaw Tarchalski, Johns Hopkins University; Judith G Theodori, Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineeering; James D Beaty, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Michael McLoughlin, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; Richard Warren Blank, Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering

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Physics. Dr. Suter received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from the Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, a Master of Science degree in physics from Michigan State University, a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland, and a PhD degree in materials science and engineering from The Johns Hopkins University.Mr. Stanislaw Tarchalski, Johns Hopkins University Sta´s Tarchalski is a retired senior executive with more than 30 years of progressive responsibility and experience in leading strategic business planning and execution, large/complex program development and management, technical leadership and systems engineering, and organizational development in various

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Engineering Management: Project Management and Partnerships

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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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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phases:development, deployment, and improvement. Important measurable goals and objectives areshown in the framework. The importance of strategic alliances is emphasized in the early stageduring the Plan-Do-Check-Act feedback loops that provide non-linear improvementopportunities. The importance of experiential learning in achieving the professionaldevelopment growth in students at all levels is a common theme. The need for mentoring,especially among our first generation college students, is a critical success factor in the culturaltransformation of parents and communities. Although not explicit in the framework, there is ablending of art and science. For example, in the specific application discussed in this article,the students creatively and artfully

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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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highereducation system. For example, Hanoi University of Technology is currently offering mastersand bachelor’s degrees with institutions of higher education from Belgium, France, Germany,Singapore, and the U.S.10 The University of New South Wales will establish for the first time a100% foreign owned higher education institution in Singapore with a plan to offer undergraduateand graduate programs, which will include a strong research focus.In the Middle East, examples of internationalization of higher education include Saudi Arabia’sestablishment of a new private university that will involve foreign institutions and investors. TheUniversity of Arizona and UNESCO are helping to establish the Prince Sultan PrivateUniversity. The Stevens Institute of

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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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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

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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kate D. Abel, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

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Perhaps a Shift in Direction in Engineering Management Education: A Discussion and Work in Progress of Adding Data Modeling Topics to the Foundation of an EM CurriculumAbstractTraditionally, the Engineering Management body of knowledge contains topics such asproject management, financial resource planning, and the management of technology, etc.But are these traditional tools enough to prepare an Engineering Management student forthe ever more technologically complex and data driven corporate world of the 2020’s?More recently systems engineering concepts have been added to the EngineeringManagement Body of Knowledge. Is this now enough? Stevens Institute of Technologythinks not. Over the past few semesters, Stevens incorporated more

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

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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from the University of Arizona. He teaches courses on supply chain management, lean systems, decision analysis, designed experimentation, and systems design and optimization. His current research interests include on the education side development of simulations and cases for active learning, and on the modeling side supply chains and logistics management, and production systems planning and optimization, and applications in different industries.Dr. Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Agnes Galambosi earned her PhD in Systems and Industrial Engineering from the University of Arizona in Tucson. She also holds two MS degrees: one in Systems Engineering from the University of Arizona in

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Developing Better Engineering Managers - Curricular Ideas from Year 1 Through Graduate School

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ellen Belitzky, University of Bridgeport; Neal A Lewis, University of Bridgeport; Erika Belitzky, Student

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was as shown in Figure 4. Figure 3. Instruction: Team Development Model Figure 4. Experimental groupsThe class leader explained the common task to the teams. They were to build a structure with theprovided 10 craft sticks. The structure dimensions were constrained to a maximum 12” x 6” x 4”size and a minimum 1” height per Figure 5. The objective of the structure build was to supportthe weight of ten US quarter coins. Moreover, the task was tested prior to the class activity with ahigh school AP science student to demonstrate that it was feasible to complete within thetimeframe planned, with her solution shown in Figure 6. When teams asked the class leader foradvice during the exercise