Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Tech Session 1: IE-ing a Broader Perspective

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alejandro Salado, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

engineers focuses on learning a number of techniques with which theycan mathematically model a number of scenarios and optimize a mathematical function that issubjected to various mathematical constraints. Reality works differently though. Theimplementation of optimization actions in a real context yields direct and indirect impacts tosociety and to individual people. They are further strengthened when projects are implemented orexecuted in international settings, where different systems of laws, regulations, cultures, andvalues play a role. Several examples in the past have shown dramatic consequences for notconsidering ethical implications of engineering decisions in real projects. Therefore, exposingstudents to ethical conflicts, as well as

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Tech Session 1: IE-ing a Broader Perspective

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cristina D. Pomales-Garcia, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez campus; Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez campus

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

Cornell University (1999). Prior to coming to UPRM, Papadopoulos served on the faculty in the department of civil engineering and mechanics at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Papadopoulos has diverse research and teaching interests in Structural Mechanics, Appropriate technol- ogy, Engineering Ethics, and Mechanics Education. He is a PI on the NSF-sponsored project Full-culm Bamboo as a Full-fledged Engineering Material and is developing community bamboo projects in Puerto Rico and Haiti. He is also co-author of the book Lying by Approximation: The Truth about Finite Element Analysis and served as the Chair of the ASEE Mechanics Division in 2015-16. c American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Tech Session 1: IE-ing a Broader Perspective

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan O. Schall, SOS Consulting, LLC

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability). e) Ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems. f) An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility. h) Broad education to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context. i) A recognition of the need for, and have the ability to engage in life-long learning. k) An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.This means that a program will need more than one indicator (summative measure) for eight ofthe eleven SOs. Sample performance

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Tech Session 2, IE-ing the Classroom

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alejandro Salado, Virginia Tech; John Ray Morelock, Virginia Tech; Arash Baghaei Lakeh, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

final project in a senior level class on global industrialmanagement. The course focuses on teaching how the practice of engineering changes in globalindustrial settings. It addresses elements such as political and regulatory constraints (import andexport tariff and quotas), foreign currencies, applicability of foreign legal systems, working inmulticultural environments, resolution of emerging ethical issues, and the impact of internationalstrategies to the practice of engineering. The course had 80 students; approximately 60 studentsmajored in Industrial Engineering and the rest of the students majored in Packaging Design,Biological Systems Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering.Teams. Students were randomly assigned to twelve teams of six or