Conference Session

Engineering Economy Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Nachtmann, University of Arkansas; Kim LaScola Needy, University of Arkansas; Emily M. Evans, University of Arkansas

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Engineering Economy

AC 2011-1014: A LOOK INTO THE ENGINEERING ECONOMY CLASS-ROOMHeather Nachtmann, University of Arkansas Heather Nachtmann, Ph.D. received her Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering (IE) from the University of Pitts- burgh in 2000. She is currently an Associate Professor of IE at the University of Arkansas and the John L. Imhoff Chair in Industrial Engineering. Dr. Nachtmann serves as the Director of the Mack Blackwell Rural Transportation Center. Her research includes cost estimation modeling, economic and efficiency analyses of transportation and healthcare systems, and engineering economy education. Dr. Nachtmann teaches in the areas of engineering economy and cost analysis. She serves as an Area Editor for The

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce V. Mutter, Bluefield State College

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Engineering Economy

. More information about NCA and its journals areavailable at http://www.natcom.org/.It is perhaps worth noting that two of three students with deficient mid-term grades were retained(See Figure 4). One student reported that being able to review the lecture notes online allowedhim to “catch up” and raise a “D” at mid-term to a low “B” final grade.We should also clarify the ENGR 315 students do not typically use a Tablet PC in the classroom.While a few students have them, tablets are not required by our College or the School and theiruse is not yet significant beyond application by a few instructors. “Live capture” of the lecturehas been accomplished through the utilization of Camtasia Studio 7.0® paired with Windows

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Reifschneider, Illinois State University

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Engineering Economy

for the United States measured at 80 meters. It is important to note the wind energyresource is highly localized and driven in great part by large scale geographic topology. As withthe solar radiation data, data set used in this study is sponsored by NASA and can be accessed atthis site: http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/sse/sse.cgi? As before, the location is specified byentering the latitude and longitude. For Manhattan, KS enter: 39, -96. When the parameterselection screen appears, refer to Figure 11, select from Meteorology (Wind) and then specifythree items: Meteorology (Wind) and a. Wind Speed at 50 meters and specify the following two adjustments b. Gipe Power Law rule with "Airport" flat roughness, and

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gillian M. Nicholls, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Neal Lewis, University of Bridgeport; Paul J. Componation, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Ted Eschenbach, University of Alaska, Anchorage

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Engineering Economy

AC 2011-1574: TIME TO TRANSITION: FINANCIAL CALCULATORSAND CLICKERS IN THE CLASSROOMGillian M. Nicholls, University of Alabama,in Huntsville Gillian Nicholls is an Assistant Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering & Engineering Manage- ment and a 2009-2010 Gray Faculty Fellow at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Her research interests are in applying statistical analysis and optimization to supply chain management, transportation management, and engineering education. She holds the B.S. in Industrial Engineering (Lehigh Univer- sity), Masters in Business Administration (Pennsylvania State University), M.S. in Industrial Engineering (University of Pittsburgh.), and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering