New Orleans, Louisiana
June 26, 2016
June 26, 2016
June 29, 2016
978-0-692-68565-5
2153-5965
Engineering Economy
ASEE Diversity Committee
11
10.18260/p.26885
https://peer.asee.org/26885
686
Jingjing Tong, Ph.D. is an assistant professor within Department of Polytechnic Studies at Southeast Missouri State University. She received her Ph.D. in 2014 from the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas. Her teaching and research focus on applied operations research in transportation, logistics, supply chain, disruption response and homeland security, and engineering decision analysis.
Dr. Heather Nachtmann is the Associate Dean for Research in the College of Engineering and a Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas. She teaches in the areas of engineering economics and cost analysis. Dr. Nachtmann is a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Management and the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, a member of the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department Research Advisory Council, and an associate editor for The Engineering Economist and the Engineering Management Journal. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh.
Student ability and understanding of engineering economy is promoted through real world application. As engineering and engineering technology educators, we are encouraged to educate our students in contemporary issues related to engineering education. This paper provides engineering economy instructors with a real world educational case study based on maritime logistics. An instructor’s solutions manual is available from the authors.
Tong, J., & Nachtmann, H. (2016, June), Economic Analysis of Disruptions on the Mississippi River: An Engineering Economy Educational Case Study Paper presented at 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana. 10.18260/p.26885
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