Conference Session

Starting the Last Day with New Ideas

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natarajan Gautam, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

chalk-and-talk type of class by carefully usingtechnology in strategic places and avoiding technology in certain other places. We quantitativelyevaluate the effectiveness of our strategies and provide insights. Next, a good portion of thispaper is devoted to one specific use of technology which is in laboratory-like exercises. Theseexercises were developed to teach more difficult concepts such as Central Limit Theorem andshow how it applies to project evaluation and review technique (PERT). As a result, not only didthe student understanding of complex material improve, but also the material was covered in amuch shorter time. Finally the paper concludes with a qualitative discussion of issues where it isunclear whether technology boosts or

Conference Session

Concluding Thoughts in Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Petersen, Minnesota State University, Mankato; William Peterson, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Industrial Engineering

almost completely to an on-lineformat, with each class requiring only a single on-campus face-to-face meeting.Converting Traditional Face-to-Face Classed to Web-Based On-Line ClassesThe first step in putting classes on-line was to decide which classes would be converted to on-line over the web. By the time our Manufacturing Engineering Technology students finish theirjunior year, they have had most of our hands-on engineering and laboratory-based courses. Wehad six traditional Industrial Engineering-based face-to-face classes in the senior year:Manufacturing Resource Planning and Control, Ergonomics and Work Measurement, IndustrialSafety, Project and Value Management, Logistics and Transportation, and Quality ManagementSystems. There was a total

Conference Session

Best Practices in IE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Elam, Texas A&M University, Commerce; E. Delbert Horton, Texas A&M University, Commerce; Sukwon Kim, Texas A&M University, Commerce; Bob Wilkins, Texas A&M University, Commerce

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Industrial Engineering

mathematics instruction.ALEKS offered individualized mathematics tutoring that identified through assessmenttechnology a student's current knowledge and the material a student was ready to learn. The Pre-Calculus Engineering course also had laboratories and advising that included instruction in time-management principles. The laboratories conveyed that engineering was fun, promotedteamwork, and promoted building basic skill levels in laboratory report writing. The engineeringcourse taken concurrently with Calculus also included ALEKS as a major component.New Mexico State University implemented an Integrated Learning Community (ILC). ILC wasa cluster of first-year engineering students who were not Calculus-ready. These students tookthe same courses

Conference Session

Starting the Last Day with New Ideas

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shengyong Wang, State University of New York, Binghamton; Mohammad Khasawneh, State University of New York, Binghamton; Krishnaswami Srihari, State University of New York, Binghamton

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Industrial Engineering

the Human Factors and Ergonomics Laboratory (HFEL). Dr. Khasawneh is a member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) and the Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFES), the American Society for Quality (ASQ), and Alpha Epsilon Lambda (AEL) and Alpha Pi Mu (APM) honor societies.Krishnaswami Srihari, State University of New York, Binghamton Dr. Krishnaswami Srihari is a Distinguished Professor at the State University of New York and the Chair of the Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering at the State University of New York, Binghamton. He has worked in academia since the Fall of 1988. Since then, he has graduated more than 150 Masters students and 30 doctoral students. His

Conference Session

Starting the Last Day with New Ideas

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nagen Nagarur, State University of New York, Binghamton; Krishnaswami Srihari, State University of New York, Binghamton; Sarah Lam, State University of New York, Binghamton

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Industrial Engineering

planned keeping the needs of the industries in mind, especiallyin the light of the recent economic turmoil.References1. “International Association of Financial Engineers,” http://iafe.org/html/, Accessed February 2009.2. Alsop, Ron, “Wall Street Employers Shine to Financial Engineering Degrees,” The Wall Street Journal, November 14, 2006.3. “Career Options,” http://interpro-academics.engin.umich.edu/fep/, 2005, Accessed September 2007.4. “Laboratory of Financial Engineering,” http://lfe.mit.edu/, Accessed February 2009.5. “Financial Engineering,” http://interpro-academics.engin.umich.edu/fep/, 2005, Accessed September 2007.6. “Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering,” http://orfe.princeton.edu/, Accessed

Conference Session

Issues and Opportunities in IE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Eric Bickel, University of Texas, Austin

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Industrial Engineering

b p i 1 i  1  b ri*  pi .Bibliography1. Toda, M., Measurement of Subjective Probability Distributions. 1963, Decision Sciences Laboratory, Electronic Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force: L. G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, MA.2. Roby, T.B., Belief States: A Preliminary Empirical Study. Behavioral Science, 1965. 10(3): p