Conference Session

Methods, Cases, and Directions

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph C. Hartman, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

impact the investment decision.Of course, these steps must occur after an initial estimate of fiscal feasibility has beenestablished, such as computing the net present value (NPV) or rate of return (IRR) from an initialestimate of project cash flows.Unfortunately, most engineering economy courses at the undergraduate level focus theircoursework on the financial mathematics and eventual computation of the NPV or IRR of a cashflow stream1. This is evidenced by the number of “fundamentals” or “essentials” textbooks onthe market that generally have only one or two chapters dedicated to risk analysis.With the use of spreadsheets becoming ubiquitous in practice and commonplace in teachingengineering economy, it is time to change the focus of our

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects and Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael W. Prairie, Norwich University; Ronald Lessard, Norwich University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

common program, to be reintegrated by a series of lectures tointroduce concepts and explain how to produce SE-appropriate deliverables.The framework for presenting SE content in the capstone course for non-SE majors is to presentmodules as required1 beginning in a single weekly lecture that decreased in frequency as theprojects transitioned from intensive up-front planning to longer execution tasks. The SE processoutlined in the Systems Engineering Fundamentals (SEF) guide2 was initially adopted, and isoutlined in Table 1 with an approximate correspondence to the steps in the EDP. Supplementalmaterial was also drawn from Systems Engineering Handbook,3 as well as other sources

Conference Session

Innovative IE Curricula

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan L. Murray, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Terri M. Lynch-Caris, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

research is in the area of Human Work Design and Environmental Design. Page 23.451.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Educating the Professional Engineer of 2020: The Changing Licensure RequirementsAbstractEngineering education programs would be well served to align their curricula and programoutcomes to the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam and Professional Engineer (PE) Examspecifications. These exams are required steps in the process of becoming a licensed engineer inmost states. NCEES (the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Management Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Galloway, The Nielsen-Wurster Group, Inc

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

healthiest, safest, and mostproductive civilization in history—a civilization that has advanced and continues to advance withextraordinary rapidity, in large measure through the achievements of the engineering profession.But the speed with which this civilization continues to advance is fundamentally challenging theway in which engineering is practiced and the way in which engineering students are educated. Page 13.1197.3Technological breakthroughs—the Internet most prominent among them—have effected anincreasingly global “workplace” in which the collaborative efforts of multinational teams areunhampered by geographical distance or time zones

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

developed for a reason and that they did not always exist in the body of knowledge.This thought process, especially when stimulated in the context of many fundamental conceptsrelated to the subject (e.g., Discrete-event simulation, Production Planning and Control, Linearand Non-linear Programming, and Quality Control), is often the reason for outcomes c and e.When students are forced to think and research a topic on their own, they have been seen to havean increased long-term memory of the topic (outcome a). Outcome b can be an indirectconsequence that is likely to occur when students start seeing the whys behind the fundamentaltopics. The outcome d is seen when students spend time researching the topic on their own.In contrast to PBL, deductive

Conference Session

Innovative IE Course Content

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John P. Mullen, New Mexico State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

the txt file to MS Excel or MatLab and then how toextract the individual times between arrivals and service times. Then, they check forhomoscedasticity among the data sets, estimate arrival and service rates, characterize the arrivaland service-time distributions, and compute 90% confidence intervals for λ, μ, and k. Finally,they write a one-page executive summary and publish their report online.I provide a number of self-checked exercises, as well as some discussion in lecture, of thedifferent elements of this exercise, but students need to assemble the different elements andpresent a coherent report. Because this is new to most students, the log includes redundantinformation students can use to check their work. In the example above, that

Conference Session

Innovations in the IE Curriculum

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

, emphasis added) As the application of ISE tools have migrated beyond the plant, they have also migrated to other fields. Methods in which to improve operations are not relegated to the world of manufacturing and its associated logistics. Any system in general can be studied and optimization — whether a manufacturing or service system. Hospitals are complex systems that are turning to ISE majors for optimization. Financial systems are looking for efficiencies as well as the mathematical modeling that is fundamental ISE knowledge. Telecommunications, electrical, and water distribution networks must be designed for efficiency, often with the help of ISEs. Even biomedical and biological systems are being

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Education and K-12

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reid Bailey, University of Virginia; Joanne Bechta Dugan, University of Virginia; Alexandra Coso Strong, Georgia Institute of Technology; Matthew E. McFarland, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

-LEPpeers on real world projects. Finally, a performance activity will be used to directly observe ifand how LEP students approach systems integration problems differently from their peers.IntroductionEngineering majors at East Central State University are similar to those at other schoolsthroughout the nation – students choose to major in one area and they follow a curriculum that islargely specified but has a few electives of various types sprinkled throughout. The primarycommonalities to all majors are a set of math, physics, chemistry, writing, and technology andsociety courses. With this structure, it is not surprising to learn that students in different majorsdevelop different sets of rigorous technical skills and that these skills do not

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Education and K-12

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles S. Wasson, Wasson Strategics, LLC

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

Academy of Astronautics (IAA) in Paris, France. As an internationally recognized author and instructor in system engineering and its organizational application, he is an invited guest speaker and panelist at professional meetings and symposia. Wasson champions the need to strengthen undergraduate engineering programs with a course in the fundamentals of system engineering. He holds B.S.E.E. and M.B.A. degrees from Mississippi State University and a certificate in systems engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology. His professional affiliations include the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), the International Council on System Engineering (INCOSE), and the Project Management Institute (PMI

Conference Session

Examining the Synergy between Eng'g Mgmt & Sys Eng

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wade Shaw, Florida Tech; Muzaffar Shaikh, Florida Tech; Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

2006-866: SYSTEMS ENGINEERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP TAKESENGINEERING MANAGEMENT EDUCATION TO THE NEXT LEVELCarmo D'Cruz, Florida TechMuzaffar Shaikh, Florida Tech Dr. Muzaffar A. Shaikh is Professor and Head of the Department of Engineering Systems at Florida Tech. Dr. Shaikh spent nearly nineteen years in industry, before he joined Florida Tech in 1987. Dr. Shaikh is an associate editor of the INCOSE System Engineering Journal and the North American editor of the Business Process Management Journal.Wade Shaw, Florida Tech Dr. Wade H. Shaw, P.E. is Professor of Engineering Systems in the Department of Engineering Systems at Florida Tech. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics

Conference Session

Improving IE Course Content

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yosef S. Allam, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Scott Sink, Ohio State University; Joseph M. Cerrato, Ohio State University; John A. Merrill, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

Page 25.66.4and concepts.Learning Objectives • Describe how organizations function and are organized • Demonstrate an understanding of the challenges organizations today face in a very global and competitive marketplace • Apply fundamental principles of quality and productivity improvement • Apply fundamental principles of lean and sigma such as push versus pull, single piece flow, inventory management to achieve quality AND productivity • Complete a balanced scorecard and use it to improve quality and productivity • Identify the voice of the customer and describe what the customer wants and how the customer defines qualityLab OverviewThe quality and productivity lab is approached in three phases

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

effectively utilized in amechanics course. It is important to recognize that a methodical approach has always been theprinciple behind solid fundamental knowledge acquisition.DEPLOY: Once the first three ideas have been secured in place, it is now necessary toimplement them at the required level with appropriate advantage. Here, the instructor shouldutilize multiples modes of delivery techniques. Such methods have been suggested by Flemingand Mills (Fleming and Mills, 1992). Lectures, Reading, Writing, Visual Aids, Tactile andKinesthetic modes of delivery help to reach students with diverse learning skills.DECIDE: Finally, there should be separate assessments of the course, the curriculum, thestudent body, the instructor and the

Conference Session

EM in a Global Environment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Divakar Rajamani, University of Texas-Dallas

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

University of Texasat Dallas (UT Dallas) and by the Engineering Management Program(http://www.coe.uncc.edu/mem) at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCCharlotte). At C4ISN, the SCM Process Map framework has been applied in the corecourse modules of a professional certificate program in supply chain management overthe past two years. These core modules, which are listed below, are aligned with the SCMProcess Map framework: - Supply Chain Fundamentals - Supply Chain Design - Supply Chain Planning - Supply Chain ExecutionThe Supply Chain Fundamentals module includes an introduction to supply chainsdefining what a supply chain is, and introduces the SCM process map. In addition,additional fundamental topics such as the Bullwhip

Conference Session

Pedagogical Advancements in Engineering Management

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Ocon, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

AC 2012-4441: TEACHING CREATIVE THINKING USING PROBLEM-BASED LEARNINGProf. Ralph Ocon, Purdue University, Calumet Page 25.1245.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Teaching Creative Thinking Using Problem-Based LearningAbstractAs global competition and technological innovation continue to challenge businessorganizations, the ability to solve diverse and complex problems has become essential forstudents in every academic discipline. While pursuing their careers, technology andengineering students will soon realize that the development of creative problem solvingskills is fundamental for success in today’s

Conference Session

EMD Curriculum Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart Kellogg, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

student complex reasoning skills. Baseline data has been collectedbut is not yet available at the time of this writing. Nevertheless, the faculty remain convincedthat by providing a variety of experiential opportunities and complementary avenues of support,significant gains in student growth and development can be achieved.Conclusions and Future WorkThe Industrial Engineering department embarked on an ambitious plan five years ago to moreeffectively address diverse learning needs through a variety of experiential opportunities. Dataconsistently shows we have been remarkably successful. The second part of this initiative is toensure that diverse learners also possess the complex thinking skills needed by industry. Byproviding an experiential

Conference Session

IE and EM Program Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Jinkins, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Jill Clough, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

AC 2007-2326: PIE IN THE SKY: MODELING MANAGEMENT IN THECLASSROOMPatricia Jinkins, University of Wisconsin-Platteville Patricia Jinkins, University of Wisconsin-Platteville PAT JINKINS is an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering at UW-Platteville. She graduated from the University of Tennessee and earned her Doctor of Engineering at Texas A&M so considers herself a “Volunteer Aggie.” She has worked in project and engineering management positions but has been at UW-Platteville since 2000. She currently serves as IE program coordinator.Jill Clough, University of Wisconsin-Platteville Jill M. Clough, University of Wisconsin-Platteville JILL CLOUGH is a Professor of Industrial

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech; Muzaffar Shaikh, Florida Tech; Wade Shaw, Florida Tech

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

Stanford, MIT, University of Texas-Austin and otherleading universities is testimony to the fact that entrepreneurship skills and know-how can betaught and entrepreneurs can be nurtured through supporting programs in university-basedincubators, entrepreneur associations and local business networks.10, 11, 12, 13Important Factors Impacting New Venture CreationBenjamin Mokry14 suggests that in order to create a more receptive environment forentrepreneurship, a number of fundamental societal changes must occur. He supports the majortruism that “local communities are the breeding ground of entrepreneurship” and are capable ofcreating environments favorable to it. Mokry has emphasized two factors that affectentrepreneurial success: 1) Existence of an

Conference Session

Tools of the Trade

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Niewoehner, U.S. Naval Academy; Craig Steidle, US Naval Academy; Eric Johnson, US Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

nominate particularly noteworthy stories for the entireclass. We’ve conducted similar workshops on this topic with undergraduate seniors in severalcontexts. By the time they’re twenty, students have no shortage of applicable experiences fromwhich to draw, whether athletic, academic, or extra-curricular, exemplifying virtue’s relevance.All Thinking Builds Upon Eight Fundamental Elements All thinking entails eight fundamental elements, whether it is about engineering,philosophy, cooking, sports, or business. These eight elements express eight questions that wecan pose about any intellectual activity or subject. The eight elements, and their use in analyzinga document, were introduced by asking students to write out the purpose, point of view

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Browder, Bristol Tennessee Essential Services; Andrew J. Czuchry, East Tennessee State University; Leslie Boughers, Bristol Tennessee Essential Services; Caroline Deutsch, East Tennessee State University; Nina Muehl, East Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

University in 1992. He has published extensively in refereed journals and proceedings of professional organizations related to his field.Ms. Leslie Boughers, Bristol Tennessee Essential Services Leslie Boughers is the Customer Relations Representative at Bristol Tennessee Essential Services (BTES) where she is responsible for company publications as well as marketing and advertising. She also manages and maintains the BTES website and writes award applications for the company. She graduated from ETSU in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Leslie has been on the Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence Board of Examiners for four years and has been a Team Leader for the past two years. She was a recipient of

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects and Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benito Flores, Universidad de Monterrey

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

used acquired systemsengineering methods in fundamental ways instead of making nick of time adjustments of littleconsequence.The Systems Engineering Capstone Course has been part of the degree plan since the mid1980s, and at the beginning of 2000, it was redesigned as part of a curricular change to beeven more profitable for students. The following paragraphs describe the redesign criteria,the course is it is presently, and some of its impact on student learning.Capstone Courses AdvantagesHigher education has used Capstone Courses for a long time, but they have come to the forein recent years. The reasons are many: many institutions have found that students today aremore focused on practical activities, doing things (Keller, 20046); recent

Conference Session

EM Program Design

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary A. Viola, School of Engineering, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

two-year journey. Thecurrent program architecture is illustrated in Figure 2. Figure 2: MSEM program architectureAs an example of the module integration, in Semester 1 students focus on a product developmentproject emphasizing the cross-functional nature of this fundamental activity. They acquireknowledge and concepts of marketing and project management, and develop a plan and schedulefor a new product in a semester-long team project. In order to assess the financial viability oftheir proposed product, they need financial accounting tools; they are learning those skills inanother module being concurrently taught. In the Learning to Lead module, students learn thebasics of leadership and teamwork and are given

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

civilengineering students to meet ever increasing societal and public policy demands for engineeringpractice [10]. Based on this vision for future engineers set forth in ASCE BOK 2, faculty in theDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) adopted 22 student outcomes, eight(8) of which are directly focused on developing student professional skills and competencies. Asshown in Table 1, all eight (8) of these outcomes are included as course objectives inEngineering Management, identified with adopted levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy. Assessingstudent achievement of fundamental course objectives is relatively straightforward throughapplication of course Embedded Indicators [11, 12].Table 1 – Engineering Management Course objectives and Bloom’s Taxonomy

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Hilal-Alnaqbi , United Arab Emirates University; Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, United Arab Emirates University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

sufficientcourse work in the appropriate engineering science upon which the capstone designexperience would be built. They also state that capstone project expose the students toa problem where the answer, and usually the techniques leading to an answer, are notreadily apparent. Additionally, the capstone experience requires students to combineengineering skills with other essential abilities, such as communicating effectivelyboth orally and in writing. Early capstone courses followed a case study-based modelwhere the focus is on a contemporary case study [1]. In many instances the capstonecourses now, focus on experiential or problem based learning. Duston et al. [5]reports an earlier classification of experiential learning activities in 1976 into

Conference Session

Integrating Research

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kellie Grasman, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Suzanna Long, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Sean Michael Schmidt, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

short“lecture” that students could replay, rewind, fast forward, and pause as they viewed online. Mostvideo Lessons followed a similar format, presenting equations and theory followed by anexample solved using one of several methods.While it is difficult to convey the nature of the video lessons in a written format, the image inFigure 1 may help to clarify. Page 25.706.4 Figure 1 – Sample Lesson SlideThe underlying PowerPoint™ was carefully designed to allow the Instructor room to animatemost slides, by writing on the computer screen, as the Lesson progressed. This mimicked the actof writing on the board in

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Design

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie Cherbaka, North Carolina State University; Jerome Lavelle, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

scheduling, project budgets, resource management,effective communication, and performance measurements.New Products, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation – The technology development process iscritical for both existing and new businesses. This course emphasizes the process of bringingnew ideas and products to life. Topics include legal fundamentals for new technologies, newbusiness development and decisions, intellectual property generation, proposal writing andpresenting, government contracts, and patent process.Managerial Finance in Technical Systems – Financial management involves balancing risk andprofitability. Emphasis is on analyzing alternative decisions regarding the selection of projectsand actions. Topics include a review of engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, United Arab Emirates University; Ali H. Al-Marzouqi, United Arab Emirates University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

fundamental need of thecurriculum in a developing country. On the other hand the requirements on thecurriculum in a developed country are to bring in the latest advancements in thescientific principles and the manufacturing technologies. The problem is furtherexacerbated in developing countries that aspire to grow faster and reach the developedcountry status. They have to embrace both exposure to basic engineering principles aswell as the application of advanced latest technologies.2.4 Methodology for Program DesignABET [9] identifies the Program Constituency as the starting point of the design of aprogram. The University consults the program constituencies and formulate the‘Program Educational Objectives’. These are then deployed as ‘Student

Conference Session

Engineering Management: Project Management and Partnerships

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

its application to project planning and management 17. Lauferdraws upon the French philosopher Henri Bergson’s 1907 book, Creative Evolution 18,describing Bergson’s two orders in this way: Bergson claimed that there is no such thing as disorder, but rather two sorts of order: geometric and living order. While in “geometric order” Bergson related to the traditional concept of order, in “living order” he referred to phenomena such as the creativity of an individual, a work of art, or the mess in my office.”19Applying these two forms of order to projects, Laufer writes: …all projects aim to reach a perfectly functioning product with geometric order. At the start, they may face great uncertainty – living order

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2: Curriculum and the Classroom

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, United Arab Emirates University; Essam K. Zaneldin P.E., United Arab Emirates University; Sarah Samir Sedra, United Arab Emirates university; khawla Mousa Alrayssi, UAEU ; Riham Mohamed Surkatti Ms, Graduate Student ; Haya Mohammed Al Nuaimi, UAEU

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

Theoretical PartsIn this part of the instruction, students learn the components and their fundamental concepts.This may include the definitions, processes, modeling methods, analysis strategies and othersimilar materials that form the body of knowledge. The main task of the instructor is to input thenecessary knowledge content. Selective use of the practices identified by Westbrook et al [5] canbe very useful at this stage, in order to have the constant attention of students. This essentially isa topic-centered approach to instruction. Step1: Lectures Theoretical Parts Step 2: Workshop Hands-on

Conference Session

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

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

individual efforts and the ability level that can be reached under adult guidance or incollaboration with more capable peers.1 Guidance can be provided by helping the learner tofocus on particular aspects of the problem by asking leading questions or providing starterinformation, or simplifying some of the details.2Scaffolding provides a structure that helps students construct knowledge by building newknowledge and competencies upon their existing abilities. It is commonly used in writing andusually given in one the following three forms: 1) breaking up an assignment into smallerassignments, 2) keeping assignment constant but increasing the difficulty of materials, or 3)creating a scaffold within a single assignment. 3 The levels of learning based

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division 3: Teaching and Learning in Engineering Management

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Marnie V. Jamieson, University of Alberta; Lianne M. Lefsrud P.Eng., University of Alberta; Fereshteh Sattari; John Donald, University of Guelph

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

incorporatetechnical, communication and teamwork skills (Wilson, 2013). In addition, case studiesrequire students to rework open-ended problems from a fundamental perspectivereinforcing their technical abilities and placing technical skills in the context of real worldengineering work. In conclusion, discussion and analysis of incident case studies as a partof the engineering curriculum attends to two integrated themes that any engineeringprogram is founded upon – the appropriate application of technical knowledge and skills,for example, safety principles (safety by design), and the integration of professional andcontextual knowledge and skills, for example, the organizational and societalcontributions to system causation and prevention.2.4 Developing a