EngM Course Information

ENGM 150. Dynamics of Change: Impacts of Technology. An introductory course concerned with the interrelations among changes in society and advance in technologies in health care, information processing, control systems, etc. Elementary techniques for analyzing problems and for devising strategies for treating them are developed. Cases are presented to illustrate and confirm the techniques. No credit for junior and senior engineering students. Technology-society elective. FALL. [3] 

ENGM 216. Engineering Economy. (Also listed as CE 216 and ChE 216) Economic evaluation and comparison of alternatives: interest, periodic payments depreciation, criteria, and analytical procedures in investment decision-making, plant feasibility, and cost estimating. FALL, SPRING. [3]

ENGM 221. Introduction to Engineering Management. A study of the problems encountered by managers in the planning, organizing, and allocating of resources and in directing, and controlling technical activities. Required for ENGM minor. Normally taken in the sophomore year. FALL. SPRING.  [3]

ENGM 242. Technology Marketing. Marketing industrial and technologically-based products and services. Marketing activities from the inception of a product to end use are covered. Business marketing strategy, segmentation, distribution, and personal selling are explored through lectures, readings, cases, and individual student projects. SPRING. [3]

ENGM 244. Applied Behavioral Science. The “people part of management.” Focus is on employees, customers, owners, and managers, with emphasis on skills and experience needed by young engineers to cope with management responsibilities in technical enterprises. Required for EngM minor. Offered to seniors only. FALL, SPRING, SUMMER. [3]

ENGM 251.  Finance and Accounting for Engineers. Finance and accounting topics are studied from the perspective of engineering professionals working in business organizations. Areas covered include time value of money, capital budgeting, capital formation, financial accounting and reporting, performance measurements, amd working capital management. May be taken as an alternative to EngM 216. Only one of these courses may be taken for the minor. Junior standing or above. FALL. SPRING. [3]

ENGM 253. Technology-Based Entrepreneurship. Approaches to the identification and evaluation of opportunities. Risks faced by entrepreneurs. Market assessment, capital requirements,  acquisition of venture capital, legal structures, tax implications for starting technology-based businesses. Prerequisite: MT 221. FALL. [3]

ENGM 254. Production and Supply Chain Management. Manufacturing strategy, process analysis, product and process design, total quality management, capacity planning, inventory control, supply chain design, and advanced operations topics. Modeling and analysis using cases and spreadsheets. Prerequisite EngM 221 and junior standing. EngM 273 strongly recommended. FALL, SPRING. [3]

ENGM 273. System Engineering. An introduction to the fundamental considerations associated with the engineering of large scale systems. Models and methods for systems engineering and problem solving, using a systems engineering approach. Prerequisite: EngM 221, Math 196 or Math 198 (may be taken concurrently), preliminary understanding of probability and statistics, linear algebra, and engineering systems. Required for EngM minor. Normally taken in the junior year. FALL. [3]

ENGM 274. Program and Project Management. Methods for planning programs and projects. Organization structures and information management for project teams. Communications between project teams and clients, government agencies, and others. Motivational factors and conflict resolution. Budget/schedule control. Prerequisites: EngM 221, EngM 273. Required for EngM minor. Normally taken in the junior year. SPRING, SUMMER. [3]

ENGM 275. Technology Assessment and Forecasting. Methods of assessing technological changes in the social, political, ecological, economic, legal, and institutional environments. Technology forecasting is treated in detail: intuitive thinking, exploratory techniques of trend extrapolation, normative techniques of relevance and perspective trees, scenario writing, etc. Government and industrial reports are used as case studies and a term project is required. FALL [3] Staff

ENGM 291-292. Special Topics. [Variable credit 1-3 each semester]