Conference Session

Focus on Emerging Topics Around the World

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Bursic, University of Pittsburgh; Kim Needy, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

in any department at the school. The IEDepartment is leading an effort to ensure that all of its graduates have an internationalexperience.Discussion amongst the IE faculty at Pitt regarding implementing the international requirementhas been ongoing for well over two years. We wanted to go beyond simply requiring students totake international or global coursework. We believe that the best way to ensure that ourgraduates are prepared for the global market, have a basic understanding of global and culturalissues, and can utilize this understanding in an engineering context is to require an internationaltravel experience. However, there were clearly some serious issues and obstacles to considerbefore proceeding with such a requirement.A survey

Conference Session

Focus on IE Principles and Techniques

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon Johnson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Bryan Norman, University of Pittsburgh; Jean Fullerton, Elizabethtown College; Susan Pariseau, Merrimack College

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

Introductionto Engineering course at a third school. We describe and contrast the implementation experienceat each school, including specifics about how the materials were included in the courses, thesupport needed, and faculty preparation and observations. In addition, we present some of ourassessment tools, and provide a preliminary analysis of student learning across two settings. Ourassessment addresses the extent to which students are able to apply lean principles and use datato support decision-making.IntroductionGood process design can be a cornerstone of competitive advantage, and provide an opportunityto significantly improve operational performance6. The techniques and issues associated withprocess design are a significant part of the