The Engineer Ought To Be A Man Of Business

Dickson, Brian

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“…It has been recognized for a number of years that every engineering graduate should possess some knowledge about the world of business, and that those competencies can serve to help them advance their careers. [1][2] The benefits of learning about the fundamentals of engineering management are numerous, including developing skills in leadership and teamwork that are valuable to the student even in other undergraduate courses. 3,4 Furthermore, developing skills in this area can promote entrepreneurship, which is a natural complement to engineering management skills.…”

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Effectively Recruiting Engineers To Become Mba Students

Brown¹,

Tougaw²

2006 Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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Master of Business Administration Program. Her area of research focuses primarily on the continued development of students who receive advanced degrees in business and engineering. Currently she is serving as an adjunct faculty member teaching first-year management courses. Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso UniversityDoug Tougaw is the Leitha and Willard Richardson Professor of Engineering and Department Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Valparaiso University. His area of scientific research is nanotechnology, and his teaching interests include first-year courses and the interaction between engineering and business.

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Section: Benefits Of Engineering Management Education For Engineering Studentsmentioning

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Effectively Recruiting Engineers To Become Mba Students

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Tougaw²

2006 Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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“…Newell et al 52 use the learning combination inventory to teach students about learning styles and their importance in the ChE workplace. Dickson 53 advocates a business-based curriculum within ChE courses to prepare students for their careers. Streicher et al 54 use simulation to engage students in the learning process.…”

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Strategies For Creating And Sustaining A Departmental Culture

Bullard¹,

Visco²,

Silverstein³

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2010 Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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“…In addition to these abilities, it is becoming apparent that knowledge of business and management skills is also essential for the career-long success of an engineer. [1][2][3][4] Engineering management can, in fact, be considered its own discipline, and a number of universities offer specific engineering management degrees that help students prepare to become both technically skilled and knowledgeable about managing other engineers in a professional setting. [5][6][7][8][9] Even within traditional engineering programs, the importance of engineering management is emphasized in a variety of settings, including senior design projects [10][11][12] and undergraduate research programs.…”

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Managing Senior Projects: Educating Graduates And Undergraduates In A Senior Project Course

Hagenberger

Johnson

Tougaw

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2007 Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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take a multidisciplinary senior design course. In the first week of the Fall semester, students are assigned to teams (based on their ranked preference), and each team is then given a project that contains both electrical and mechanical aspects. Some past projects have included competing in national design competitions, developing a student entrepreneurial project, creating a prototype for industry, advancing a National Science Foundation sponsored research project, or helping people in developing countries. Teams are typically made up of two to three electrical/computer engineering students and two to three mechanical engineering students. All teams have a primary advisor from one discipline and a secondary advisor from another discipline to balance the expertise available to each team. The structure of the course follows the design process from conception to a computational model of the design to the creation of a physical prototype. The loop is closed by requiring each team to test their prototype based on design requirements developed earlier in the design process.In the summer of 2006, the College of Engineering and the College of Business Administration offered their first course in a new Master of Engineering Management (MEM) program. A unique aspect of this program is the MEM 625/626 course sequence. In this pair of courses, MEM graduate students become project managers for the senior design teams in the undergraduate, multidisciplinary senior design course described above. This has had numerous benefits for both programs. Undergraduates are now given an experience that more closely resembles that which many will find in industry upon graduation, while the graduate students are given a chance to practice the project management skills learned in their own coursework. This paper describes the decisions made during the process of incorporating the graduate students into the undergraduate, senior projects course, the benefits of these choices, and the lessons learned throughout this process.

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The Engineer Ought To Be A Man Of Business

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Effectively Recruiting Engineers To Become Mba Students

Effectively Recruiting Engineers To Become Mba Students

Strategies For Creating And Sustaining A Departmental Culture

Managing Senior Projects: Educating Graduates And Undergraduates In A Senior Project Course

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