AC 2012-4100: SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING MODULESProf. Victoria C. P. Chen, University of Texas, ArlingtonDr. K.J. Rogers, University of Texas, ArlingtonMrs. Andrea M. Graham, University of Texas, Arlington Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering DepartmentJohn F. Dickson, University of Texas, Arlington John Dickson has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Anna University, India, a master’s in engineering management from the University of Texas, Arlington, and is pursuing a Ph.D. in sustainable engineering at the University of Texas, Arlington.Prof. Stephen Mattingly, University of Texas, ArlingtonDr. Melanie L. Sattler, University of Texas, Arlington Melanie Sattler serves as an Associate
AC 2010-241: PANEL DISCUSSION: HOW CAN ENGINEERING ECONOMYCONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES BE INCLUDED IN ALL ENGINEERINGCURRICULA?Leland Blank, Texas A&M University Leland Blank, PhD, PE, is Dean Emeritus of Engineering at the American University of Sharjah (AUS), United Arab Emirates, and Professor Emeritus of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University. While serving at AUS, all undergraduate and graduate programs were accredited by UAE and US agencies, including full ABET accreditation. Lee is currently a Visiting Professor at Texas A&M University at Qatar in Doha. He is a Past President and Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers. He has served higher
AC 2012-4103: ”LIFE CYCLE SUSTAINABILITY ECONOMICS” MOD-ULEDr. K.J. Rogers, University of Texas, ArlingtonDr. Melanie L. Sattler, University of Texas, Arlington Melanie Sattler serves as an Associate Professor at the University of Texas, Arlington, where she teaches courses and conducts research related to air quality and sustainable energy. Her research has been spon- sored by the National Science Foundation, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Luminant Power, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. She has published more than 60 peer- reviewed papers and conference proceedings. In 2010, she received UT Arlington’s Lockheed Martin Excellence in Engineering Education Award. She is a registered
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AC 2010-1113: DEVELOPING AN ONLINE UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERINGECONOMY COURSEJoseph Hartman, University of Florida Joseph Hartman is Professor and Chair of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Florida. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois and Georgia Institute of Technology and currently serves as Editor of The Engineering Economist.Jennifer Smith, University of Florida Jennifer Smith is an Instructional Designer in the Center for Instructional Technology and Training at the University of Florida. Page 15.383.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010
AC 2012-4675: INTEGRATING STUDENT PROJECTS THROUGH THEUSE OF SIMULATION TOOLS ACROSS LOGISTICS ENGINEERING CUR-RICULUMDr. Pawel Pawlewski, Poznan University of Technology Pawel Pawlewski works as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Engineering Management, Poznan University of Technology. He holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, with a specialization in organi- zation of production systems from the Poznan University of Technology. His research interests include organization of manufacturing systems, monitoring of operations management, reengineering and IT ap- plication for logistics, simulation, and modeling of processes.Dr. Zbigniew J. Pasek, University of Windsor Zbigniew J. Pasek is an Associate
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
AC 2012-3410: UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULA IN ABET-EAC ENGI-NEERING MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS: WITH AN INTERNATIONALTOUCHDr. Amy K. Zander, Clarkson University Amy K. Zander is a professor and the Director of the Engineering and Management program at Clarkson University, Potsdam, N.Y. She has been an engineering educator since 1991 and a member of ASEE since 1993. She holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from the University of Minnesota. Page 25.1384.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Undergraduate Curricula in ABET EAC Engineering
AC 2012-3403: DOES THE USE OF CLICKERS INCREASE CONCEP-TUAL UNDERSTANDING IN THE ENGINEERING ECONOMY CLASS-ROOM?Dr. Karen M. Bursic, University of Pittsburgh Karen M. Bursic is an Assistant Professor and the Undergraduate Program Director for Industrial En- gineering at the University of Pittsburgh. She received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in industrial engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to joining the department, she worked as a Senior Consultant for Ernst and Young and as an Industrial Engineer for General Motors Corporation. She teaches undergraduate courses in engineering economics, engineering management, and probability and statistics in industrial engineering as well as engineering
AC 2012-5066: IMPACT OF AN UPDATED ROBOTICS LABORATORY INAN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING PROGRAMDr. Richard A. Pitts Jr., Morgan State University Richard Pitts, Jr. is currently an Associate Professor in the Industrial & Systems Engineering Department at Morgan State University (MSU). He received his B.S.I.E. degree from MSU in 1991. Later, he received both his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in industrial engineering from yhe Pennsylvania State University in 1995 and 2006, respectively. Page 25.715.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Impact of an Updated
AC 2012-3312: SYSTEMS ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN THE U.S.: TEXT-BOOKS AND PROGRAMSDr. Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo Jane M. Fraser is Chair of the Department of Engineering at Colorado State University, Pueblo. She was formerly on the faculty at the Ohio State University and Purdue University. She has a B.A in mathematics from Swarthmore College and a M.S. and a Ph.D. in industrial engineering and operations research from the University of California, Berkeley.Dr. Abhijit Gosavi, Missouri University of Science & Technology Page 25.1230.1 c American Society for
AC 2012-5126: AN EXERCISE FOR IMPROVING THE MODELING ABIL-ITIES OF STUDENTS IN AN OPERATIONS RESEARCH COURSEDr. Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia, Colorado State University, Pueblo Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Engineering at Colorado State University, Pueblo. He received his M.Sc. in system engineering and his Ph.D. in engineering manage- ment from the National University of Colombia and Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Va, respectively. His research interests include scheduling, operations research, and modeling and simulation in health care and energy planning. He has participated in several funded projects through various sources such as NASA, the Department of Homeland Security
AC 2012-3984: HIGHLY RELEVANT AND PRODUCTIVE COLLABORA-TIONS BETWEEN INDUSTRIES AND UNIVERSITIESDr. Mahesh C. Aggarwal, Gannon University Mahesh Aggarwal has been a faculty member at Gannon University since 1978. He graduated from Marquette University with a M.S. and University of Michigan with Ph.D. in thermal science area. He has worked for numerous companies and is currently working with GE Transportation in Erie, Penn. At GE, he is the coordinator of GE/Gannon MS Program. He has seven patents with GE Transportation over the last 10 years. He is an active member of the ASME, serving as Chair to numerous groups. He served as Vice President for Region V (District B now) and is actively involved in precollege
AC 2012-4882: A NANOTECHNOLOGY MODULE WITHIN THE CUR-RENT COURSE IN ENGINEERING ECONOMYDr. Bidhan C. Roy, University of Wisconsin, Platteville Bidhan Roy (Ph.D. 2003, UIUC) is an Assistant Professor with the Department of General Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Platteville. His research interests are primarily in mechanics with a focus on biological systems, applied mathematics, and numerical methods.Dr. Osama M. Jadaan, University of Wisconsin, PlattevilleMitchell Dean Cornelius, University of Wisconsin, Platteville Mitchell Cornelius is originally from Decorah, Iowa. He is currently a Senior Mechanical Engineer at the University of Wisconsin, Platteville, and he plans to attend Iowa State University for graduate
AC 2010-2191: EFFECTIVENESS OF TEXTBOOK AND OUTSIDE SOURCES INTEACHING ENGINEERING ECONOMICSArup Maji, University of New Mexico Page 15.443.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Effectiveness of Textbook and Outside Sources in Teaching Engineering EconomicsAbstractThe paper will discuss changes made in the teaching of Engineering Economics, a requiredsophomore undergraduate class. The first change was the inclusion of relevant economic andfinancial news to complement subject matter covered in class. This new material coveredapproximately 25% of the required contact hours and allowed the course to be used to assess twoABET
AC 2012-3134: ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT WITHIN AN UNDER-GRADUATE BACHELOR’S OF ENGINEERING (HONOURS) PROGRAMMEDr. Maxwell Reid, Auckland University of Technology Maxwell Reid lectures in telecommunications engineering, computer network engineering, engineering management, ethics, and sustainability. He has researched and published on ethics and sustainability in engineering education, technology education, the role of a university as a critic and conscience of society, the need for an engineering code of ethics, and the principles of ethical and values-based decision-making in engineering. He has also published on effective teaching methodologies for engineering education in the post-modern period. Reid is the Deputy
AC 2012-4960: A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY AND MULTI-INSTITUTIONALAPPROACH TO PREPARE INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS TO RESPONDTO FUTURE ENERGY CHALLENGESDr. Heidi A. Taboada, University of Texas, El Paso Heidi A. Taboada is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering at the University of Texas, El Paso. She holds M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in industrial and systems engineering from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Her research strengths involve the development of multiple objective optimization models and evolutionary game theory algorithms, design of new biologically inspired algorithms, engineering education research, and renewable energy systems optimization
AC 2012-3147: HYBRID DELIVERY OF ENGINEERING ECONOMY TOLARGE CLASSESKellie Grasman, Missouri University of Science & Technology Kellie Grasman serves as an instructor in engineering management and systems engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. She holds graduate degrees in engineering and business admin- istration from the University of Michigan and began teaching in 2001 after spending several years in industry positions. She was named the 2011-12 Robert B. Koplar Professor of Engineering Management for her achievements in online learning. She serves as an eMentor for the University of Missouri System and earned a Faculty Achievement Award for teaching.Dr. Suzanna Long, Missouri
AC 2010-1778: WHY ENGINEERING ECONOMY PROFESSORS SHOULDTEACH INTRODUCTORY CORPORATE FINANCETed Eschenbach, TGE Consulting Dr. Ted Eschenbach, P.E. is the principal of TGE Consulting, an emeritus professor of engineering management at the University of Alaska Anchorage, and the founding editor emeritus of the Engineering Management Journal. He is the author or coauthor of over 200 publications and presentations, including 13 books. With his coauthors he has won best paper awards at ASEM, ASCE, & IIE conferences, and the 2009 Grant award for the best article in The Engineering Economist. He earned his B.S. from Purdue in 1971, his doctorate in industrial engineering from Stanford
AC 2010-1469: A LOOK INTO THE ENGINEERING ECONOMY EDUCATIONLITERATUREEmily Evans, University of Arkansas Emily Evans is currently pursuing her Bachelors of Science in Industrial Engineering from the University of Arkansas. Her research includes engineering economy education.Heather Nachtmann, University of Arkansas Heather Nachtmann, Ph.D. received her Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering (IE) from the University of Pittsburgh in 2000. She is currently an Associate Professor of IE at the University of Arkansas and serves as the Director of the Mack Blackwell Rural Transportation Center. Her research includes cost estimation modeling, economic and efficiency analysis of transportation and
AC 2012-4001: THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING SYSTEMICRISK IN ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT EDUCATIONDr. S. Jimmy Gandhi, Stevens Institute of Technology S. Jimmy Gandhi is a faculty member in The School of Systems and Enterprises (SSE) at Stevens Institute of Technology, as well as at Baruch College, which is part of the City University of New York (CUNY). His research interests are in the field of risk management, engineering education and globalization. He got a Ph.D. in engineering management from Stevens Institute of Technology, a master’s in engineering management from California State University, Northridge, and a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He is currently co
AC 2011-1041: USING PEN-BASED TABLET PC TECHNOLOGY TO IM-PROVE INSTRUCTION IN ENGINEERING ECONOMICSBruce V. Mutter, Bluefield State College Bruce V. Mutter is the founder and CEO of the Center for Applied Research & Technology, Inc. (CART) and teaches project management and engineering economics at Bluefield State College as an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Technology. Page 22.1628.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Using Pen-Based Tablet PC Technology to Improve Instruction in Engineering EconomicsAbstractA Center
AC 2010-249: FUNDING DECISIONS FOR MULTI-STAGE PROJECTSNeal Lewis, University of Bridgeport Dr. Neal Lewis received his Ph.D. in engineering management in 2004 and B.S. in chemical engineering in 1974 from the University of Missouri – Rolla, and his MBA in 2000 from the University of New Haven. He is an associate professor in the School of Engineering at the University of Bridgeport. He has over 25 years of industrial experience, having worked at Procter & Gamble and Bayer. Prior to UB, he has taught at UMR, UNH, and Marshall University.Ted Eschenbach, TGE Consulting Dr. Ted Eschenbach, P.E. received the MCE degree in 1998 from the University of Alaska Anchorage. His masters in
AC 2012-4700: MEASURING THE EFFECT OF ONLINE HOMEWORKPROCEDURES ON STUDENT EXAM PERFORMANCEAlison M. Knight, Mayo Clinic Alison M. Knight received her bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Tennessee Technological University. She worked for three years for TranSystems as a simulation analyst. She then received her MSE in Systems Engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. During her graduate studies, she was a teaching assistant and later instructor for undergraduate Engineering Economy courses. She is currently working as a Health Systems Engineering Analyst at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.Dr. Gillian M. Nicholls, University of Alabama, Huntsville Gillian Nicholls is an Assistant Professor of
AC 2010-3: INCORPORATING UNCERTAINTY INTO LEARNING CURVES: ACASE STUDY IN OIL DRILLING ESTIMATESChristopher Jablonowski, University of Texas, Austin Christopher Jablonowski is Assistant Professor of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin where he performs research on decision-making under uncertainty, industrial organization, and safety management systems. Prior to joining the University of Texas at Austin, he worked as an upstream project analyst with IPA, Inc., an economist with the US Government, and as a drilling engineer with Shell Offshore Inc. He holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech, a M.B.A. from Tulane University, and a Ph.D. in
AC 2010-1477: INTEGRATION OF ENGINEERING ECONOMICS, STATISTICS,AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT: REINFORCING KEY CONCEPTSPaul Kauffmann, East Carolina University Paul J. Kauffmann is Professor and Chair in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University. His industry career included positions as Plant Manager and Engineering Director. Dr. Kauffmann received a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and MENG in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Penn State and is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia and North Carolina.Stephanie Sullivan, East Carolina University Stephanie Sullivan is a visiting instructor in the Department of
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
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AC 2012-4002: APPLICATION OF CASE STUDIES TO ENGINEERINGMANAGEMENT AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING EDUCATIONDr. S. Jimmy Gandhi, Stevens Institute of Technology S. Jimmy Gandhi is a faculty member in the School of Systems and Enterprises (SSE) at Stevens In- stitute of Technology and also at Baruch College, which is a part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system. His research interests are in the field of risk management, engineering education, and globalization. He got a Ph.D. in engineering management from Stevens Institute of Technology, a mas- ter’s in engineering management from California State University, Northridge, and a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He is
AC 2012-3821: INTEGRATING PROJECT MANAGEMENT, LEAN-SIXSIGMA, AND ASSESSMENT IN AN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING CAP-STONE COURSEDr. Ana Vila-Parrish, North Carolina State University Ana ”Anita” Vila-Parrish is a Teaching Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Programs in the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering.Dr. Dianne Raubenheimer, Meredith College Page 25.803.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Integrating Project Management & Lean-Six Sigma Methodologies in an Industrial Engineering Capstone CourseAbstractThe ability to