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

Paper ID #18013Industrial Engineering Beyond Numbers: Optimizing under EthicsDr. Alejandro Salado, Virginia Tech Dr. Alejandro Salado is an assistant professor of systems science and systems engineering with the Grado Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. His research focuses on unveiling the scientific foundations of systems engineering and using them to improve systems engineering practice. Before joining academia, Alejandro spent over ten years as a systems engineer in the space industry. He is a recipient of the Fabrycky-Blanchard Award for Systems Engineering Research and the Fulbright

Conference Session

Engineering Economy: Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeannette Russ, Union University; Doanh Van, Union University

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Engineering Economy

AC 2007-2826: USING STUDENT-LED CURRENT EVENTS DISCUSSIONS TOMEET SPECIFIC ABET OUTCOMES THROUGH ENGINEERING ECONOMYJeannette Russ, Union University JEANNETTE RUSS is Associate Professor of Engineering at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. Prior to joining Union, Dr. Russ worked at Hewlett-Packard for several years.Doanh Van, Union University DOANH VAN is Associate Professor & Chair of the Engineering Department at Union University (www.uu.edu/dept/engineering) since 2001. Prior to joining Union, Dr. Van served as Sr. Manager of Energy and Environmental Affairs for Pfizer, Inc. with global corporate responsibilities. He is both a mechanical and environmental engineer. He has over 20

Conference Session

Student Development and Assessment in IE Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terri M. Lynch-Caris, Kettering University; Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Darrell K. Kleinke, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

AC 2012-3473: BIOMIMICRY INNOVATION AS A TOOL FOR DESIGNDr. Terri M. Lynch-Caris, Kettering University Terri Lynch-Caris, Ph.D., P.E., is an Associate Professor in the Industrial and Manufacturing Department at Kettering University and a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Michigan. She serves as the Director for the Center of Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Kettering. Her areas of interest in teaching and research include ergonomics and human modeling, statistics, work design and lean princi- ples, supply chain management, and environmental sustainability.Dr. Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit MercyDr. Darrell K. Kleinke, University of Detroit Mercy Darrell Kleinke has more than 25 years of

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

. The flowchart or table should be included in the Self-StudyCriterion 1 Section to describe the process; this would require less text and be easy for theprogram evaluator to follow (“a picture is worth a thousand words”).Criterion 3: Student Outcomes (SOs) ABET defines student outcomes as “what students are expected to know and be able todo by the time of graduation; these relate to the skills, knowledge, and behaviors that studentsacquire as they progress through the program.” The EAC defines student outcomes as a – k forall engineering programs. Using process thinking, student outcomes are therequirements/specifications that the output must meet at final inspection. Student outcomes mustprepare graduates to attain the PEOs. A simple L

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

Luisa Feliciano (Graduate Research and Innovation Center-GRIC), Aidsa Santiago (Materials Science and Engineering Department) and William J. Frey(UPRM School of Business) who actively collaborated in the editing process.References"Carin" Chuang, K., & Chen, K. (2013). Designing Service Learning Project in System Analysis and Design Course. Academy of Educational Leadership Journal, 17(2), 47- 60.Castro-Sitiriche, M., Papadopoulos, C., Frey, W., Santiago-Roman, A., & Jimenez, L. (2014, September 1). National Science Foundation Grant #1449489. Retrieved September 27, 2016, from Cultivating Responsible Wellbeing in STEM: Social Engagement through Personal Ethics: http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priyadarshan A. Manohar, Robert Morris University; Fahad Saad Almutairi, King Fahd Security College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

College, SA Project Manager Master of Engi- neering Management, USA Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, SA c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Work In Progress: A Thesis Based Option for Enhancing Pedagogy in Engineering Economyat the Graduate LevelAbstractEngineering students typically learn the basics of engineering economics through an introductoryEngineering Economics course. Such courses do cover the basic financial modeling and analysistechniques, however they don’t provide an understanding of the complexity of economic analysisof real life situations. In particular, the financial analysis of public sector projects necessitatesfinancial modeling based on incomplete data and multiple selection

Conference Session

Engineering Economics Teaching Tools

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ted Eschenbach P.E., University of Alaska Anchorage; Neal A Lewis, University of Bridgeport

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

debt and equity funds. One leading investments text does;15 however, it ismore common to include results from different combinations of investment allocations and todiscuss that much of the variation between mutual funds is due to differing allocations betweendebt and equity funds.This paper adds the use of treasury bill (T-bill) data to generate a more realistic “risk free” rate ofreturn for the capital asset pricing model and for retirement planning. In contrast, finance textsgenerally ignore the standard deviation of returns on T-bills and assume instead that the standarddeviation is zero. Since our focus is pedagogical, we have chosen not to try and sort through theover 9000 Google Scholar citations for “risk free rate of return

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lizabeth T Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

review of time value ofmoney, investment evaluation, inflation, risk and return, financing decisions, corporateinvestment strategies, risk analysis and decisions incorporating non-monetary considerations.Historically this course was taught using an advanced text where the topics were coveredsequentially. A redesign of the course now includes the construction of a stock price predictionmodel for a company of the student’s choice. Through the model, the topics are covered anddiscussed in the context of the large model-building project. For instance, inflation is discussedwhen students collect historic data on the company’s performance and use that data to forecastinto the future. Issues of discount rate and variability in inflation become evident

Conference Session

Improving course effectiveness

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard L Marcellus, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

Page 23.93.5component tasks that are connected and help the solver step through the production of requestedresults. It may be chattiness, comfort-speech, weak academic humor, or attempts to makeconnections to a young person's sense of humor, curiosity, wonder, honesty, dignity, social life,future career, and/or passion for reform. It may call attention to the key concepts and tools neededto solve the problem. It may be embedded in the statement of the required tasks.A challenge is the statement of what the solver is required to produce. It may be formulated with orwithout scaffolding.A target is what the problem poser hopes will be accomplished when a learner engages with theproblem. This could be the exercise or development of any

Conference Session

Effective Tools for Teaching Engineering Economy

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phil Rosenkrantz, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

Engineering Economy4. Analysis of Instructional and Outcomes Assessment Data5. Analysis of Learning Tools Usage Data6. SummaryA major objective of this paper was to show other instructors that engineering economy can besuccessfully taught as a hybrid course. Along with that was the desire to provide useful detailthat would aid in course development.Part 1 - IntroductionThe author has been using web-related technologies to assist with teaching since 1997. From1997 through Spring 2002 the primary on-line technologies used were internet search engines,course web pages, and email. In Fall 2002 and Winter 2003, WebCT was also incorporated atvarying levels of usage for teaching engineering economy (EGR 403 Asset Allocation inTechnical Decision

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kellie Grasman, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Dan Cernusca, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

). Quantitative measures like studentsuccess rates, performance on key learning objectives, and student perceptions of online content,measured through formal research studies, have informed a refined and stable course design5.Further, qualitative measures like survey comments, student focus groups, and instructorobservations have facilitated the fine-tuning of more subtle, yet equally important, aspects of thecourse like tone of communication and website usability.After semesters of iterative refinement, the course itself has changed as well as the attitudes ofthe students. The hybrid/buffet course design has enabled a palpable shift in studentaccountability, away from a passive receiver of content (as may be experienced in a traditionallecture

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Engineering Economy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gillian M. Nicholls, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Neal A Lewis, University of Bridgeport; Ted Eschenbach P.E., University of Alaska Anchorage

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

. A student that struggles with these concepts is atan increasing disadvantage as the course progresses and new material builds upon these concepts.A student that is less skillful at parsing word problems is further disadvantaged.Success and progress through the engineering economy and other time value of money courses isthe focus of this paper. However many of our points are also relevant to the larger problem ofthe efficient progression of engineering students through the STEM pipeline which is of greatimportance to educators. The supply and quantity of STEM graduates has a direct impact on thecompetitiveness of a nation 1. Students that perform poorly in a course or must repeat it are at agreater risk of dropping off the STEM track and may

Conference Session

Engineering Economics New Frontiers

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oscar M. Bonilla, Baruch College of the City University of New York; Donald N. Merino P.E., Stevens Institute of Technology (SES)

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

, 2012)23.It is possible to identify success/failure factors for some of the renewable energy technologiesthat have made their way through commercialization such as solar, both thermal and photovoltaic(PV), and wind. The Luz International Limited (LUZ) is one of the world’s most successfulcompanies in commercializing solar power plants for the utility sector with 95% of the world’ssolar generated electricity (Lotker, 1991)17. In a study conducted on solar energy, the analysissuggests that it is uncertain whether all oil and gas firms will abandon the commercialization ofsolar PV technology completely, as this depends to what extent they are able to generate profits(Pinkse & van den Buuse, 2012)23.This study highlights the importance of

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ted Eschenbach, TGE Consulting; Jerome P. Lavelle, North Carolina State University; Neal A Lewis, University of New Haven

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Engineering Economy

chapters ranged from the basics of tabulated factors through load factors,replacement analysis, and capacity planning to the type of enterprise, financing, forecasting,extreme conditions, and social implications. Its coverage of the human element is businessfocused.Another important text was Woods and DeGarmo (1942) which has evolved into today’s text byWilliam Sullivan et al. The text’s topical coverage was more limited than Grant’s but with moreexplanation—and still with more advanced topics than most of today’s texts. H.G. Thuesen(1950) added a functional system for interest factors along with the “given x find y” languagethat is still used today. Early editions of both texts were focused on topics and examples forbusinesses and the public

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isaac W Wait, Marshall University; Sameh M. El-Sayegh, American University of Sharjah; Salwa Mamoun Beheiry, The American University of Sharjah

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

for fluid mechanics. In Frontiers in Education, 2003. FIE 2003 33rd Annual (Vol. 1, pp. T3D-23). IEEE. [7] Bardar, E. M., Prather, E. E., Brecher, K., & Slater, T. F. (2006). Development and validation of the Light and Spectroscopy Concept Inventory. Astronomy Education Review, 5(2), 103-113.[8] Gray, G. L., Costanzo, F., Evans, D., Cornwell, P., Self, B., & Lane, J. L. (2005, June). The dynamics concept inventory assessment test: A progress report and some results. In American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.[9] "Beyond" student attitudes": Chemistry self-concept inventory for assessment of the affective component of student learning." Journal of Chemical Education 82

Conference Session

Engineering Management Applications

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

materials engineering from Auburn University. He has authored several book chapters and articles on follower component of leadership and is active in research on the leadership processes. Page 25.517.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Embedding Leadership Topics in the Engineering CurriculumHow leadership is addressed in a quantitative based curriculum has challenged engineeringfaculty interested in leadership for some time. This paper describes an approach to developingleadership topics within a general engineering curricular program. Through the widespread useof student

Conference Session

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

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dia St. John, University of Arkansas; Eric Specking, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

. Mena, and J. Weller, “What is an engineer? Implications of elementary school student conceptions for engineering education,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 100, no. 2, pp. 304–328, 2011.[8] S. E. Scanga and K. L. Hajek, “Adapting Your Research into Inquiry-Based Lessons for Public Outreach in High School Classrooms: an Answer to the Calls to Action,” The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, vol. 91, no. 2, pp. 244–256, 2010.[9] C. Young and A. E. Butterfield, “Effective Engineering Outreach through an Undergraduate Mentoring Team and Module Database,” Chemical Engineering Education, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 31–36, 2014.[10] N. Abdullah, S. Chu, S. Rajagopal, A. Tung, and Y. Kwong-Man, “Exploring

Conference Session

Improving course effectiveness

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Gosavi, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

many, ifnot all, students, and increasing the classroom size beyond a reasonable number (e.g., twenty) islikely to provide a significant obstacle to using PBL in the classroom. It is most likely that in aclass of size say eighty, students are unlikely to engage in the kind of discussions that PBLwould require.Use of Deductive Learning in TextbooksInterestingly, most IE textbooks use a deductive approach. While we need not name such texts,it will be challenging to find a textbook on Probability, Statistics, Quality Control, ProductionPlanning, Operations Research (stochastic or deterministic), or Discrete-Event Simulation thatuses a PBL format. It is natural hence that the instructor follows a deductive format. However,with some effort, it is

Conference Session

Engineering Management Applications

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Jimmy Gandhi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Alex Gorod, Visiting Fellow, University of Adelaide

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

in various delivery modules such as during the regular semester or in a modular format which would be preferable to engineering management students who are already working in industry.b. The course could also be offered jointly between the business and engineering schools at a university. This would prove beneficial as it would provide varying perspectives of understanding systemic risk. Alternatively, the program could also be offered through joint collaborations with other schools.c. The material on systemic risk could be offered through an extension of existing courses. This is a particularly useful approach to implement when the course syllabus only allows a certain amount of credits and it is difficult to drop any other

Conference Session

Assessment and Accreditation in Engineering Management

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David S. Cochran, Southern Methodist University and Meijo University; Makoto Kawada, Meijo University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

of Systems, Productivity Press, 1990.10 Womack, James P., and Jones, D., Lean Thinking, Simon and Schuster, 1996.11 Spear, S. and Bowen, K., “The DNA of the Toyota Production System,” HBR, 1999.12 Johnson, H. T. and Bröms, A., Profit Beyond Measure: Extraordinary Results through Attention toWork and People, Simon and Schuster, 2000.13 Cochran, D. S., Duda, J., Linck, J., and Arinez, J., “The Manufacturing System DesignDecomposition,” SME Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 20, No. 6., 2000/2001.14 Suh, N. P., Cochran, D. S., and Lima, P. C., “Manufacturing System Design,” Annals of 48th GeneralAssembly of CIRP, Vol. 47, No. 2, 1998, pp. 627-639.15 Cochran, D. S., “The Need for a Systems Approach to Enhance and Sustain Lean

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Corey Kiassat, PhD, MBA, PE P.E., Quinnipiac University; Xiaoyue Jiang, Quinnipiac University

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee

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Engineering Economy

Quinnipiac University that is common to all fourengineering disciplines offered. Among the three common courses, it is the only one with atechnical content, requiring analytical work and problem solving. The importance of EngineeringEconomics in Engineering Curricula has been carefully examined in literature, see e.g. Zoghi(2015)18, and the cross-disciplinary nature of the classes were recognized and utilized in teachingpractice through team-based (Martinazzi, 1998)19 and project-based (LeBlanc and Boulanger,2014)20 methods. Commonality across the engineering programs ensures a large class size andmultiple sections. Having multiple sections, and a sufficient sample size in each section, providesthe opportunity for control and treatment groups within

Conference Session

Advances in Engineering Economy Pedagogy

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University; Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University; Gene Dixon, East Carolina University; B.J. Kim, East Carolina University

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Engineering Economy

problems. Closely aligned to this definition is the question of how engineeringproblems are solved, often called the engineering design process or the engineering approach.Koen1 described this engineering approach as “the strategy for causing the best change in apoorly understood situation within available resources.” Another similar definition indicates theengineering approach “links concepts and resources together to create what has never been.”2Based on the definition of engineering and the concept of the engineering approach to problemsolving, engineering educators have continually examined approaches to equip graduates withthe needed skills through the program curriculum.As a vehicle for curricular improvement, the goal of an integrated

Conference Session

Applications of Engineering Economy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Kelley, Baylor University; Robert Doty, Baylor University; Bill booth, Baylor University; Cynthia Fry, Baylor University

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Engineering Economy

-campus companion course sequencewith similar learning objectives was conceived that can reach a greater numbers of students. Apilot version of the course, Global Business Communication (GBC), was offered for the firsttime during fall 2006. The second course in the sequence, Technology Entrepreneurship, is anew course offered through Baylor’s Business School, in which adequately prepared businessstudents may also enroll.Like the abroad course, the on-campus GBC course must substitute for existing courses in theECS curriculum. Engineering Economic Analysis is one of the possible course substitutions.Baylor engineering seniors perform on the Fundamentals of Engineering exam at a near 100%pass rate. Because of the prominence of engineering economy

Conference Session

Innovative IE Course Content

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Ann Layton, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Thomas Reed Willemain, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

todevelop undergraduate and graduate programs to help develop professional statisticians who areready to contribute to research and industry [7]. Professional statisticians are especially importanttoday with the emergence of big data and the development and analysis of experiments. Page 23.572.2There are several opinions about what really makes a good analyst, but one common trait ismastery of the methodologies of statistics. Thomas Willemain goes beyond just the technicalskills, and emphasizes the importance of analytical creativity and analytical decision-making.[8]These decision-making skills are echoed by employers who do not want an analyst

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Reifschneider, Illinois State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

electrical power generation platformsfor residential use begins with identifying the components required. The solar photovoltaic (PV)and small wind systems have been selected to be grid-tied. This is the most economical approachbecause it allows the user to feed the power they generate back into the grid and get a creditthrough the net metering programs that have been established through electric utilities. The grid-tied system allows the user to draw power, for example at night when the PV system is notgenerating power, and then automatically meter out any excess power generated during the day.This can be profitable during high electrical energy demand times of the hot summer months.The approach used in this paper for each mode of energy production

Conference Session

Pedagogical Advancements in Engineering Management

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Jimmy Gandhi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Brian Sauser, Stevens Institute of Technology; Brian E. White, Complexity Are Us - Systems Engineering Strategies; Alex Gorod, Visiting Fellow, University of Adelaide; Vernon Ireland, University of Adelaide

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

Management and Systems Engineering EducationAbstractAs engineering system complexity has increased over the years, numerous complex systems pro-jects have failed due to the lack of an appropriate systemic perspective. Since the solution to thischallenge is itself a complex system, educating and training our current and future technicalleaders on these challenges, and providing suggested changes in their mind sets, is imperative.As an educational tool, case studies can be a platform through which the analysis, knowledgeapplication, and drawing of conclusions can occur to facilitate coping with the most complexsystems. Case study learning has proven successful in the training of business leaders with reallife examples of the

Conference Session

Engineering Economics New Frontiers

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul C. Lynch, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Cynthia Bober, Penn State University; Joseph Wilck, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

found that the engineering studentsmust typically minor in a Business/ Liberal Arts program that requires 25 to 26 credits tocomplete while the crucial topics in financial accounting and finance are only 7 of the 25 or 26credits. It was found that less than 2% of the students in the industrial engineering program hadactually declared the Business/ Liberal Arts minor as a minor they were completing. The minordegree program is administered through the College of the Liberal Arts, not the College ofBusiness at Penn State University Park. Students would have limited exposure to these topics ifthey completed an engineering entrepreneurship minor.Curriculum ChangesAs a result of the feedback from the corporate executives and the statistics on the

Conference Session

Technology and Equipment to Improve IE Instruction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dave Yearwood, University of North Dakota; Alex Johnson, University of North Dakota

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

the relatively high expendituresof vocational education.18 While there may be creative ways to address cost-related issues, thetemptation to equip machine shops with older equipment, obtained through donations or othermeans, may not be a desired solution to the problem. Most modern equipment are required byOSHA to have certain minimum safety features, many of which are lacking in older machines.The lack of these features can result in hazardous situations for the student 19 thereby leaving theinstitution liable in the event of injuries associated with any accident. Even if the existingequipment can be updated to an appropriate safety level, the lack of relatively inexpensiveavailable replacement parts is often an issue. How then should

Conference Session

Pedagogical Advancements in Engineering Management

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

invaluable input. The author also thanks Dr. Paul Anderson, Director, Roger andJoyce Howe Center for Writing Excellence for his valuable guidance and encouragement Page 25.225.13References:Armstrong, Thomas. (1994). Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom. Alexandria, VA: Association forSupervision and Curriculum Development.Barrows, Howard S. (2000). Problem-Based Learning Applied to Medical Education. Springfield, IL: SIUSchool of Medicine.Barrows, H. S. (1996). “Problem-based learning in medicine and beyond: A brief overview.” In L.Wilkerson & W.H. Gijselaers (Eds.), Bringing problem-based learning to higher education: Theory and practice (pp. 3

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wolter J. Fabrycky P.E., Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

synthesis of knowledge. This has occurred not only within science, but betweenscience and technology and between science and the humanities. The forward progress ofsystemology in the study of large-scale complex systems requires a synthesis of science and thehumanities in addition to a synthesis of science and technology.When synthesizing human-made systems, unintended effects can be minimized and the naturalsystem can sometimes be improved by engineering the larger human-modified system instead ofengineering only the human-made. If system evaluation is applied beyond the human-made, thenthe boundary of the target system (meant to include both natural and human-made systems) shouldbe adopted as the boundary of the human-modified domain.Systems