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Page 5.44.1Technologies Management Program was designed to meet the educational needs of theseengineers and their employers.Description of ProgramThe Healthcare Technologies Management Program (HTM) was designed with the guidance ofrepresentatives from medical device companies, hospitals, healthcare consulting firms, andinsurance companies. The program is supported by a Special Opportunity Award from theWhitaker Foundation and is jointly offered by Marquette University and the Medical College ofWisconsin, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Graduates of the program will earn a Master of Sciencedegree in Healthcare Technologies Management from both institutions.The objectives of the program are to provide engineers with formal business and

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Session 2342 An Undergraduate Program in Technology and Management Russell D. Jamison University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignABSTRACTA new program in Technology and Management at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign brings together undergraduate students from the colleges of engineering and com-merce and business administration to gain knowledge and experience in complementary, cross-disciplinary fields. The program provides custom-designed and mainstream courses in engineer-ing and business subjects as well as interdisciplinary team projects supported by industry spon-sors

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EngineeringManagement and related programs. M. Badawy authored two papers that provided insight intograduate level Engineering Management and Technology Management programs. H. Nystorm, inhis paper, attempts to identify the current programs and courses that are offered by engineeringmasters level programs. P. Hicks (Hicks, 1998) used the Koontz model to classify variousEngineering Management and Technology Management Programs.The focus of this paper is TM/MoT/EM and not MBA programs although some MBA programshave designated themselves as executive level. These programs are usually in Schools ofBusiness Administration while this paper concentrates on programs in engineering schools. Listswith MBA programs, such as the Techno MBA, were in papers authored by A

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engineeringmanagement such as quality, reliability, product design, human resources, cost analysis,technology, and strategy. The program has a high demand from engineers who arecurrently working in the Chattanooga and surrounding areas. However, increasing workdemands, necessity for travel, and/or relocation and job changes prevalent in the businessenvironment make participation more and more difficult for individuals. Therefore, theEM program wants to offer an alternate and innovative learning environment for thoseindividuals who want to enroll in this program.I. IntroductionThe Engineering Management (EM) Program is a very challenging Master of Scienceprogram in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. It is not limited tomanaging engineers but

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conceptual framework and principles that will be utilized forestablishing this e-journal. The e-journal will be designed so that key ideas and taxonomy aremapped to a MOT theory structure. This will entail a logical hierarchy that permits linking specificideas and taxonomy in the cases.I. IntroductionThe pervasiveness of technology and its impact on society has resulted in increasing the educationalcourses and programs available dealing with the management of technology. The related conceptualframeworks, principles, and tools are evolving in this emerging academic field. This paper discusses aconcept for utilizing the Internet to enhance the study of management of technology.II. Need for MOT CasesPrevious papers have outlined the need for

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by adding construction expertise and by enhancingservices in the pre-construction phases of the project: budgeting, value engineering,constructability reviews, scheduling, and phasing are all addressed. This process willensure that the project (1) meets the approved schedule, (2) meets all constructiondeadlines, and (3) is feasible concerning phased occupancy. When it comes time tobuild, the Construction Manager will manage the bidding, awarding and constructionphases of the project to ensure the highest quality work, in a timely fashion, within thebudget. This allows the Architect to focus on what they do best, the programming anddesigning of the building.How much more does it cost to use the Construction Management method?It should not

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certificate programs require the completion of sixto nine credit hours compared to our requirement of 18 hours. Our belief was the completenessand integration that such an extended program provides would offset the length and associatedcost. However, the commitment to an extended course of study that does not yield a degree isoften difficult to make.We have found that non-engineers can successfully participate in technical management coursesoriginally designed for engineers. In fact, the mixing of these two populations appears to have apositive effect on both. The perspective that each population brings to class discussions andassignments enriches the learning experience of both.ConclusionSince its introduction in 1997, we have had two students enter

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Arpita Gupte; Patricia F. Mead; Marjorieanne Natishan; James Greenberg; David Bigio; Linda Schmidt

human beings can have multipleapproaches as we go about the business of “getting things done” will result in increasedobjectivity and equity in our assessments of peers and colleagues.BESTEAMS PhilosophyBased on a survey of several team management resources, discussions with experts, andinterviews with engineering faculty and students, the BESTEAMS program has outlinedseven basic dimensions that may be used to establish a viable framework upon whicheffective teams can develop [Gibbs, 1997; Mead et al., 1999; Scholtes, 1988]. Theseseven BESTEAMS performance dimensions are as follows:• Unified Purpose• Human Resource Management• Time Management• Decision Management• Team Dynamics• Conflict Resolution• ProductivityIt is therefore proposed that

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Session 3520 Engineering Programming Language Concepts Holly Patterson-McNeill, Carl Steidley Texas A&M University-Corpus ChristiAbstractThe study of programming languages is beneficial to all levels of programmers. The first part ofthis paper reviews some of the reasons for studying programming languages. To isolate some ofthe issues of language design, definition, and implementation, mini-languages have been used inProgramming Languages courses. Mini-languages are small and complete, yet restrictedlanguages. They have a small syntax and simple semantics. Mini-languages and their

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Miguel J. Bagajewicz; Mariano J. Savelski

Session 2451 Green Engineering: Integration of Industrial Water Management into the Engineering Classroom Mariano J. Savelski† and Miguel J. Bagajewicz‡ Rowan University, Chemical Engineering Department, 328 Henry M. Rowan Hall, Glassboro, NJ 08028AbstractAs environmental regulations increase and get stricter, green engineering novel solutionsbecome more appealing to industry. Green engineering approaches look into obtainingnew designs/methods that are environmentally benign and also economically profitable.This paper presents a

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Sally A. Szydlo; Paul R. McCright; Laurence Sibilly; Eric Marshall; Anita L. Callahan

://www.virtualschool.edu/mon/Academia/KierseyLearningStyles.htmlPAUL McCRIGHTPaul McCright is an Assistant Professor in the Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Department atthe University of South Florida, where he teaches Work Design, Occupational Safety Engineering, HumanFactors Engineering, and Engineering Economy. He holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Texas TechUniversity, a MS in Engineering (IE) from Arizona State University, and a PhD in IE from Stanford University.ANITA CALLAHANAnita Callahan has a BS in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Virginia Tech, an MS in IEand a PhD in IE (Organizational Behavior and Engineering Ethics), both from Stanford University. Beforereturning to academia, she held positions in various

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project management skills and provides materials and suggestions forhelping students develop these skills.TeamworkTeamwork is common in engineering. Technical competence is necessary of course, but it’s notsufficient. The importance of teamwork is routinely stressed by business leaders. For example,the current CEO of General Electric, John F. Welch, recently said (December, 1993): "If youcan’t operate as a team player, no matter how valuable you’ve been, you really don’t belong atGE.". Effective teamwork is not easy to accomplish. Engineering professor Douglas J. Wildesaid “It’s the soft stuff that’s hard, the hard stuff is easy.” Larry Leifer, Director of the StanfordCenter for Design Research, reports “Design team failure is usually due to

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Louis Cloutier; Jean-Francois Methot; Jean Brousseau; Bernard Larocque

Session 1625 A NEW ENGINEERING PROGRAM THAT INTRODUCES DESIGN WORKSHOP COURSES Jean Brousseau, Université du Québec à Rimouski Louis Cloutier, Université Laval Bernard Larocque, Université du Québec à Rimouski Jean-François Méthot, Université du Québec à RimouskiAbstractWhile the accreditation board clearly indicated which components that must be included in theengineering programs, we are free to arrange them so as to achieve our goals. It is the need for anengineering program oriented towards creativity, design ability and

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Pannapa Herabat; Sue McNeil; Adjo Amekudzi; Kristen Sanford Bernhardt

a system, providing supporting services to awide range of economic and social activities, a crucial enabling environment for economicgrowth and enhance quality of life8.A Snapshot of Activity in U.S. Colleges and UniversitiesAn informal survey, conducted during September and October 1999, examined fifty-one Civiland Environmental Engineering programs nationwide to determine the level of academic activityin infrastructure management/systems and the content of these courses as deciphered from web-based course descriptions. The characteristics of the institutions that were surveyed aresummarized in Table 2 and indicate that, while the sample was not drawn randomly or usingexperimental design, it is fairly representative geographically

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). This paper introduces one approach for integrating educational model currently being Page 5.277.1implemented in the Construction Management program at Zagazig University. In this approach,an integrated course has been developed at the undergraduate level that vertically integratesbasic construction management needs. Also, it presents openings to strengthen and exploitcommunication skills to prepare engineers for interdisciplinary projects and industry integratedneeds. This paper describes the primary constituents of this approach including the integrationof course, the cooperation required to support the communication emphasis, and

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site. Enhancements are being accomplished bydeveloping 1) an Internet-based Interactive Construction Management Learning System (ICMLS)and 2) an advising and mentorship program that will enhance practitioner-involvement. TheInteractive Learning System uses interactive and adaptive learning environments to train students inthe areas of construction methods, equipment and processes. This system is being developed usingmultimedia; Internet based computing; Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML); databases; anddiscrete-event simulation. This paper will provide an update on the design, development andimplementation of ICMLS. Lessons learned and tools utilized that may be helpful in other branchesof engineering and non-engineering fields will be

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Robert J. Gustafson; John Merrill

Session 2793 Developing an Outcomes Assessment Survey for Seniors, Alumni and Managers/Supervisors Robert J. Gustafson, John A. Merrill The Ohio State UniversityI. IntroductionDuring the 1998-99 Academic year the Outcomes Assessment Committee (OAC) forUndergraduate Engineering Programs at The Ohio State University developed a ProgramsOutcomes Assessment Model. In the model, collection of data from constituents (e.g. currentstudents, alumni, and employers) is important to both the Program Educational ObjectivesSystem (long-term) and the Programs Outcomes System

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extensive research on how chemicals are used and how they can be eliminated, reduced, or recycled. Industry is thus faced with hiring environmental engineering technologists and/or training its workforce. The Sinclair Environmental Engineering Technology program is designed to provide the necessary training. Courses such as SRM 151-OSHA 40 hour Hazardous Waste Operations, EVT 260 Treatment, Storage, and Disposal of Hazardous Wastes, and EVT 200 Environmental Waste Management (Pollution Prevention) are just a few of the subjects sought by industrial firms. Students, who enroll to take one or two work-related courses, often return to complete a degree program. Thus the Environmental Engineering

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Thomas H. Ortmeyer; M. Sathyamoorthy; Karl Cunningham

Poster Session 93 A Manufacturing Engineering Experiential Learning Program Thomas H. Ortmeyer@, Karl Cunningham& and M. Sathyamoorthy@ @ Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York & Alcoa-Massena Operations, Massena, New YorkAbstractThe current paper describes the development and implementation of anindustry/university collaboration in experiential learning. Each individual project inthis program consists of the participating student, an industrial mentor, and a facultymentor. The year long program is designed to offer the participating student theopportunity to participate in a design

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students’ capstone projects in themanufacturing department of Arizona State University East. This program involves metalworking and mechanical manufacturing. The following seven tools: (a) employee participation,(b) process safety information, (c) process hazard analysis (PHA), (d) operating procedures, (e)pre-start up safety review, (f) mechanical integrity, (g) management of change, would beappropriate for in-depth coverage in our capstone project. For example, early this year (march1999) the students designed and built a retrofit kit for converting a propane powered forkliftengine used by Boeing Company to a hydrogen powered engine where the battery and the liftingpower is provided by hydrogen power. This project won a first place and a grand

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, the concept of offering a doctoral degree in the future is a realpossibility at the University of North Texas.V. What Should be DoneAs Engineering Technology programs continue to evolve, it is imperative that graduateeducation be considered as an important element. The need for appropriate graduate educationwill become a priority in remaining competitive in the international market place6. Institutionsof higher education should facilitate the transfer of new technologies from laboratory to theworkplace not only by developing a strong base of technological knowledge and skills but alsothrough directing research13. A masters degree program must be designed to prepare individualswith advanced technical, management, and research skills, enabling

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Matthew V. Galati; Joseph C. Hartman

Session 1339 A Revised Business Game for Use in Teaching Engineering Economy or Operations Management Joseph C. Hartman, Matthew V. Galati Lehigh UniversityAbstractWe report on the use of a revised business game as a supplemental teaching aid in a production andinventory control course in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at LehighUniversity. The revisions were born out of student evaluations of an original game developed atStanford and implemented at Georgia Tech and Lehigh. The basic premise of the game remainscentered around student teams

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Albert L McHenry; Lakshmi Munukutla, Arizona State University

of technical specialization is digital electronics. He has industrial experiencewith the Boeing Co., 3M Co., Motorola Inc. and Minority Engineers of Louisiana. His current researchinterests include noise in digital systems design methodology and effective paradigms in engineeringtechnology education. He is Co-director of The Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunity, aNational Science Foundation Alliance for Minority Participation project. Dr. McHenry has been activelyinvolved in four-year technology programs for over 35 years. He was the recipient of the 1996 ASEE,Fredrick J. Berger Award and is presently the Chair of the Engineering technology Council and a memberof the ASEE Board of Directors

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Session 1302 Design and Implementation of a Mechanical and Aerospace Program Assessment Model Dick Desautel San Jose State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes both the process and the content we at the SJSU College of Engineeringexperienced in designing, implementing and testing a model assessment system for engineeringprograms. Described in the context of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Programs, thepaper’s focus is on the assessment system design and development, together with a critiquebased on pilot testing. More than two year’s

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Session 2663 Rapid Prototyping for Manufacturing Engineering Technology Program Andrzej Markowski, Harry Petersen Automotive and Manufacturing Engineering Technology Minnesota State University, MankatoAbstractDevelopment, presentation and evaluation of a Rapid Prototyping class for ManufacturingEngineering Technology (MET) students at Minnesota State University, Mankato is presented.The two credit (400/500 level) class has been designed as an open-ended one-semester project inwhich students work in small groups following the typical stages of product development -designing, prototyping

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Lisa A. Haston; James S. Fairweather; P. David Fisher; Diane Rover

fundamentals and gain experience in designing, building andtesting simple logic circuits. A three-hour/week laboratory provides active learning experiencesfor the students.Results of BenchmarkingWe conducted a web-based search of other similar courses at other institutions to see whatengineering service courses were required and how these courses were linked to majorengineering design experiences. We selected the institutions and academic programs tobenchmark by drawing upon the U.S. News & World Report web site to identify the “best”engineering programs at institutions whose highest degree is a Ph.D. (Category I) and atinstitutions whose highest degree is a bachelor’s or master’s (Category II) 7. This benchmarkingprocess led us to the following

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Session 3425 Engineering Design and Common Household Devices Edward McMahon The University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaAbstractMost design is redesign. Some might suggest this is an overstatement, while others may say alldesign is redesign. An engineering manager at a large appliance manufacturer told me, "Someengineers, fresh out of school, think they are going to be working on innovative, far out, projectsand are disappointed when asked to work on a redesign of one our standard products". Onecomponent of our junior level methodology course is and individual project is aimed at

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critical result). Visit (double length): Visit a building or bridge under construction, in cooperation with Powers and Sons Construction, a local minority-owned company and program sponsor.This is a popular topic, and involves several design contests. Activity sheets have beendeveloped to guide the students.Companion topics have been added in some years, depending on time and the availability ofinterested teachers. These include beams (modulus of elasticity and cantilever beamexperiments) and materials (melting point of tin and breaking steel experiments, as well as a visitto a steel plant). A steel plant visit dramatizes the difference between the engineers in air-conditioned offices and the workers in the hot, dirty plant.9. Example

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year 2000.In November 1995, Kentucky’s Council on Higher Education passed a resolution directing threeeducational institutions to cooperate in establishing ABET-accredited undergraduate programsin chemical and mechanical engineering in the Western Kentucky region. The University ofKentucky (UK) was designated to be the degree-granting institution, with courses supplementedby Murray State University (MSU) and Paducah Community College (PCC). See Figure 1 for Page 5.221.1location of these institutions.The Kentucky legislation adopted the resolution and provided $1.5M to start up and administerthe extended campus program. In addition, a new

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Lexington campus College of Engineering dean. The motivation for developingthese programs was to provide engineering graduates and further engineering educationalopportunities for local industries in the area. The programs were initiated after Kentucky’s Council onHigher Education passed a resolution, based on a needs assessment, directing three educationalinstitutions (University of Kentucky, Murray State University, and Paducah Community College) tocooperate in establishing ABET-accredited undergraduate programs in mechanical and chemicalengineering in the western Kentucky region, with the University of Kentucky designated as thedegree-granting institution. This paper will provide an overview of the development of the extendedcampus program in