Engineering Management
EMEN 4030-3. Project Management Systems. Acquaints the student with multidisciplinary aspects of project management, including the relationship between schedule, project cost, and performance. Uses qualitative and quantitative tools to facilitate project management skills. Restricted to juniors and seniors.
EMEN 4050-3. Leadership and Professional Skills. Provides basic concepts of leadership and the essential skills required to become an effective leader/manager. Students will be provided the opportunity for personal development through exercises in communication and leadership effectiveness. Other major topics include leadership styles, managing commitments, change management, negotiation, conflict resolution, organizational culture, emotional intelligence, team dynamics, and business ethics. Restricted to juniors and seniors.
EMEN 4100-3. Business Methods and Economics for Engineers. Covers cost concepts, financial statements, and the company economic environment. Includes concepts and methods of analysis of the time value of money, comparison of project alternatives before and after taxes, cash flows, replacement analysis, risk management, and financial cash statements. Restricted to juniors and seniors.
EMEN 4825-3. Entrepreneurial Business Plan Preparation. Instructs students in the necessary elements of a business plan and how to prepare a complete well-written plan for an entrepreneurial business venture. Students work in interdisciplinary business-engineering five-person teams to create a business concept and take it through to business plan completion. Same as ESBM 4830.
EMEN 4850-3. Technology Ventures and Marketing. Acquiring basic management and marketing skills is essential to successfully participating in technology venture development whether in a start-up company or Fortune 500 company. In this course, students learn to evaluate a technology, consider it’s viability as product, and learn the basic tenets of marketing with emphasis on developing a technology innovation into a commercially successful product with a mind on customer development as a key aspect of product development. Restricted to juniors and seniors.
EMEN 5000-3. Engineering Analysis. Provides an introduction to the logical and systematic thinking required to evaluate and solve typical engineering problems in mechanics, electricity, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and light. Emphasizes understanding the physical behavior of systems and applying the principles and laws from the physical sciences to analyze these systems. Required for nonengineers seeking admission to the graduate technology management curriculum track. Not for degree credit.
EMEN 5005-3. Introduction to Applied Statistical Methods. Covers foundations for statistical reasoning and statistical applications. Topics include descriptive statistics, introduction to probability, random variables, discrete and continuous probability distributions, sampling theory and sampling distributions, statistical inference (point and interval estimation and hypothesis testing), and simple regression. All material taught is based upon case studies from business and industry. Not for degree credit.
EMEN 5010-3. Introduction to Engineering Management. Provides a general introduction to the principles and methods of technical management covering a variety of topics in leadership, strategic planning, product management, entrepreneurship, finance, value chains, management of R&D, and economic environments. Industry guest speakers provide real-life examples and applications. Required for all degree students.
EMEN 5020-3. Finance and Accounting for Engineering Managers. Provides the concepts and skills necessary to financially analyze project and assess financial performance and status of an organization. Includes the time value of money, comparison of alternatives, taxes, risk management, cash flow, and financial cash statements. Required for all degree students. Prereq., EMEN 5010 or instructor consent.
EMEN 5025-3. Entrepreneurial Finance for Engineers. Teaches students to prepare, interpret and use financial information, in the context of startup and early stage enterprises. Includes historical financial statements, budgets and the budgeting process, and the use of financial information in raising capital.
EMEN 5030-3. Project Management. Presents the basic skills required to manage a wide range of technical projects. Topics include selecting project alternatives, managing project teams, developing project plan elements, risk management, monitoring and controlling projects, and financial analysis of projects. Skills learned are applied to a representative project.
EMEN 5031-3. Software Project Management. Understand unique considerations of the software life cycle that impact project management. Emphasize configuration management, code reviews, architectural influences, and quality assurance with automated testing. Explore Capability Maturity Model (CMM) and Unified Modeling Language (UML) impact on project success. Recommended prereq., some software development experience. Same as ECEN 5603.
EMEN 5032-3. Advanced Topics in Project Management. Covers advanced topics in project management from a systems view based on the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK); spans the entire project life cycle. Prereq., EMEN 5030 or equivalent.
EMEN 5040-3. Quality, Strategy, and Value Creation. Introduces business performance excellence (BPE) including history of Quality Sciences, Six Sigma, and Deming’s Theory of Profound Knowledge. Addresses use of strategic planning, policy deployment, and Total Asset Utilization to exceed customer requirements and maximize profitability. Addresses topics strategically and tactically through case analysis, field study, and experiential learning. Prereq., EMEN 5010 or instructor consent. Similar to OPIM 6030.
EMEN 5041-3. Advanced Topics in Value Creation. Studies methods designed to maximize excellence in business performance. Advanced study includes interactions with the customers and suppliers, integrated manufacturing, and meeting customer requirements while focusing on maximizing profitability. These characteristics are addressed both strategically and tactically through the use of case analysis, field study, and experiential learning for both the production and service sectors. Prereq., EMEN 5040. Recommended prereq., EMEN 5042.
EMEN 5042-3. Methods for Quality Improvement. In-depth investigation of the concepts, tools, and techniques used in the management and measurement of quality and productivity. Topics include basic statistics and probability; process variation; statistical process control charting and capability analysis for process, product, and management systems; and an introduction to design of experiments (DOE) in business and industry. Prereq., EMEN 5040 or instructor consent.
EMEN 5043-3. Advanced Topics in Quality Systems/ Engineering. Advanced study of methods, tools, techniques, and systems associated with advanced quality applications. Includes a survey of advanced process control technologies, control schemes, and measurement system analysis. Prereq., EMEN 5042.
EMEN 5050-3. Leadership. Provides working engineers a background in leadership and management theory; enables students to develop practical skills in leading and managing through numerous exercises. Topics include authentic leadership, leadership styles, managing commitments, conflict resolution, change management, organizational culture, emotional intelligence, team dynamics, and business ethics. Required for all degree students. Prereq., EMEN 5010 or instructor consent. Same as TLEN 5050.
EMEN 5051-3. Technology Ventures and Leadership. Acquiring basic management and leadership skills is essential to successfully participating in technology venture development whether in a start-up company or Fortune 500 company. Using a multitude of case studies the student will gain an understanding and practice the skills required to evaluate a technology, consider its viability as a product and analyze the product development effort required for the technology. The student will also learn the leadership skills required to successfully lead a product development team.
EMEN 5080-3. Ethical Decision-Making in Engineering Management. Provide students with the ability to recognize ethical issues and dilemmas affecting managers in the workplace; understand various models and practices offering solutions to these issues; and understand how to create a culture of ethics and integrity in supporting and/or building a profitable, healthy, and responsible organization.
EMEN 5090-3. High Technology Marketing. Acquiring marketing know-how is essential for engineers interested in technology and product development. Students learn the basic tenets of marketing with emphasis on developing a technology innovation into a commercially successful product with a mind on customer development as a key aspect of product development. Highlighted will be in-depth discussions of real-world case studies and providing the student with marketing strategies for the high tech environment.
EMEN 5300-3. Management of Research and Development. Provides practical, tested tools to manage research and development in industry and in university and government laboratories. R&D strategies are emphasized, as are innovation and creativity concepts and techniques. R&D portfolio techniques are emphasized and are the basis for a team project. Prereq., EMEN 5010 or instructor consent.
EMEN 5400-3. Principles of Product Management. Provides state-of-the-art techniques for improving the identification and creation of new products, services, and brands that provide an exceptional customer experience. Both proven and emerging management techniques in new product management are covered. Prereq., EMEN 5010 or instructor consent.
EMEN 5405-3. Systems Engineering: Requirements. Provides students with an understanding of how to prepare a program for effective and timely specification development and analytical methods for specification development. Management aspects covered include traceability, margins and budgets, requirements validation, specification publishing, and use of database systems. Restricted to graduate students or instructor consent required.
EMEN 5410-3. Systems Engineering: Synthesis. Provides methods for transforming a set of requirements in a series of specifications into a physical reality through product design, material procurement, and manufacturing transforms. The solution is developed through integration and optimization. This is the second course in a three course systems engineering sequence. Restricted to graduate students or instructor consent required.
EMEN 5415-3. Systems Engineering: Verification. Provides students with methods to plan and implement effective product verification process on a program involving development of complicated products. Applies a process perfected on military programs, but the process is generic and can be applied effectively to commercial products. A worst case product and program complexity are considered permitting tailoring of the process for less complex cases. Restricted to graduate students or instructor consent required.
EMEN 5430-3. Software Product Management. Explores software product management activities from product concept to launch while ensuring both market visibility and customer satisfaction. Includes market research and opportunity analysis, software requirements, pricing and profitability, alpha-beta program feedback, operational readiness, sales channels and partner strategies. Recommended prereq., some software development experience.
EMEN 5500-3. Operations Management. Provides an introduction to management concepts and techniques for managing the ongoing value creation activities of a wide range of organizations. Value creation includes manufacturing hardware, developing software, and delivering services. Emphasizes the customer perspective and views products as one way of delivering exceptional services. Addresses globalization and supply chains challenges. Prereq., EMEN 5010 or instructor consent. Credit not granted for this course and OPIM 6080.
EMEN 5600-3. Survey of Operations Research. Applications oriented survey of operations research topics including linear and integer programming, network analysis, dynamic programming, nonlinear programming, decision analysis, Markov chain and Markovian decision models, queuing theory, and simulation. Same as OPIM 6070.
EMEN 5610-3. Advanced Statistical Methods for Engineering Research. Combines statistical methods with practical applications and computer software. Develops commonly used statistical models such as analysis of variance as well as linear and logistic regression. The statistical models are implemented and interpreted in the context of actual data sets using available statistical software. Continuation of EMEN 5005. Prereq., EMEN 5005.
EMEN 5620-3. Data Mining and Screening Experiments for Engineering Research. Combine intermediate and advanced statistical methods with practical research applications. Develops commonly used statistical models such as Two and Three-Way Analysis of Variance and the analysis of Fractional Factorial Designs for the solution of common business and industrial research problems. The statistical models are implemented and interpreted in the context of actual data sets using available statistical software.
EMEN 5710-3. Business Simulation for Engineers. Using an internet-based computer simulation, teams will be placed in a realistic international business setting. Teams will start up and run a company two years in compressed time (eight rounds of decision making). Repeatedly, teams will be expected to plan and execute a business strategy by undertaking coordinated marketing, human resources, operations, finance, and accounting actions. Instructor permission required.
EMEN 5825-3. Entrepreneurial Business Plan Preparation. Instructs students in the necessary elements of a business plan and how to prepare a complete, well-written plan for an entrepreneurial business venture. Students work in teams to create a business concept and take it through business plan completion. Recommended prereq., EMEN 5020 or equivalent.
EMEN 5840 (1-3). Independent Study Project. Available only through approval of graduate advisor. Subjects arranged to fit the needs of the particular student. Prereq., EMEN 5010.
EMEN 5900-3. Research Techniques in Engineering Management. Explores commonly used research methods including analytical, agreement, descriptive, and relational methods; experimental design including incorporation, nesting, blocking, and controlling; threats to the internal and external validity of research. Sampling procedures and considerations, measurement validity and reliability, and managing the research study are also reviewed. Prereq., EMEN 5005 or equivalent. Same as TLEN 5750.
EMEN 6805-3. Capstone Preparation. Students determine capstone research question, conduct literature review, develop research methodology and project plan, write a proposal, and select capstone committee. Restricted to students who have completed 21 credit hours toward the EMEN degree. Prereq., either EMEN 5900 if choosing an applications-oriented capstone or EMEN 5825 if choosing a business plan capstone, and selection of a capstone advisor.
EMEN 6810-2. Capstone Completion. Continues EMEN 6805 as the second half of a two-course sequence for the engineering management capstone project. Students conduct agreed-upon research, research and analyze results, develop recommendations, write a final report, and present the project to the committee for evaluation. Prereq., EMEN 6805.
EMEN 6830-3. Project Management Capstone. Evaluate project management practices in the student’s work unit, company, or in another organization. Identify strengths and weaknesses of the major product management processes as outlined in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). Opportunities for improvement and methods for implementation are expected. Prereqs., EMEN 5030 and 5032 and acceptance into the Project Management Certification option.
