ETM Survey

Conducted by
Portland State University - Engineering and Technology Management Department

 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL TRENDS IN ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT (ETM)

Responses:
Institution Miami University 
Department: Engineering Management 
Contact Person: Karen Schmahl 

1 University System: Semester
2 Title of ETM program: Engineering Management
3 Date of establishment: 1992
4 Academic base: Program in the School of Engineering and Applied Science
5 Degree (s)/ Certificate (s) offered by your ETM program: 
  
B.S. in: Applied Science in Engineering Management
M.S. in:
M.Eng. in:
Ph.D. in:
Dr. of Eng. in:
Other:
Certificate:
6 Nature of financial support for a typical ETM student (check all that apply):

  • Personal Funds
  • Scholarships

    		•
    7 Type (s) of collaboration between your ETM program and industry:

  • ETM students conducting projects in industry
  • Faculty consulting to industry
  • Student interns in industry
  • Adjunct faculty (Part-Time faculty members employed in industry)

    		•
    8 Type(s) of collaboration between your ETM programs and international organizations:

  • Faculty appointments at Miami University Dolibois European Center, Luxembourg

    		•
    9 Offers short courses? :  No
    10 Approximate figures for current teaching methods:

  • 100% in the classroom.

    • 11 Methods used in distance delivery of courses:

    12 Optional: Approximate percentage change in ETM enrollments.

    Year Undergraduate Graduate
     

    +%

    -%

    		+% -%
    '97-'98 to '98-'99
    +12
    '98-'99 to '99-'00
    0
    '99-'00 to '00-'01
    -14
    '00-'01 to '01-'02
    -10
     

    13

    Optional: Please indicate the background of the current ETM faculty in each of the following areas:
     
    Number of ETM Faculty: ENGINEERING/SCIENCE
    Background     		BUSINESS/MANAGEMENT
    Background     		SOCIAL SCIENCE
    Background     		OTHER
    Background     		TOTAL
    Tenure stream
    1
    0
    0
    0
    1
    Adjunct
    1
    0
    0
    0
    1
    Affiliated (in other depts.)
    14
    8
    0
    0
    22
    Visiting
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    Other
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
     

    TOTAL ETM FACULTY

    24
     

    14 ETM- related professional organizations to which the ETM faculty members belong:

  • ASEE-EM Division
  • ASQC
  • ASEM
  • PMI
  • SME

    • 15 Research areas in which ETM faculty and graduate students have been engaged in the last five years:

    Impact of new technology and systems on production operations, assessment, engineering economy, quality systems

    16 Sources of research/funding for ETM program:
  • State/Province grants and contracts
  • Industry funding
  • University funding
  • Unfunded research
    		•
    17 Potential Engineering/Technology Management research areas emerging in the next five years: 


    18 Professional meetings where papers have been presented by ETM faculty and/or students. 
    Meetings

    ASEE, ASQC,ASEM

    19 Please list the journals in which your ETM faculty have published (check all that apply):

    20 Related books published by ETM faculty:
     
    21 Offers an undergraduate degree in ETM: Yes
    22 Average years for students to complete the Bachelors degree requirements:  4.5
    23 Approximate number of ETM graduates with the Bachelors degree since the program was initiated: 240
    24 Approximate figures for your current undergraduate ETM enrollments. 

    Undergraduate Student Demographics

    Full-time students (number): 160
    Part-time students (number):
    Total Number: 160
    Female (percent): 22% Male (percent): 78%
    International (percent): 3% U.S. Students (percent): 97%
    Average Age: 21
    25 Requirements in the undergraduate ETM curriculum:
  • Mathematics
  • Engineering Specialty
  • Physics
  • Humanities
  • Chemistry
  • Natural Science
  • Computer Science
  • Management
  • Accounting, Marketing,

    Total required credits for the Bachelors degree: 132
    • 26 Representative titles of the management courses in undergraduate curriculum:

    Required: Project Management, Organizational Behavior, Production Management, Electives (take 2):Materials Management, Human Resources, Entrepreneurship, Supply Chain Management, Logistics Management, Product Planning Innovation and Technology,

    27 Please list representative projects recently completed by your ETM students at undergraduate level (Undergraduate thesis, capstone projects, course projects, etc.)

       

    Project Title Year
    Waste reduction at a paper bag manufacturing facility   2001  
    Landfill Utilization Planning in Butler County   2002  
    Engineering and Business Practices in Ghana   2000  
    Design of workstation for wheelchair bound   2001  
    Insuring quality in processing of the space shuttle   2002  
    Redesign of a neonatal transport cart for vibration control   2002  
    Self Controlled Robot for Robotics International Competition   2001  
    Implementing an ASRS system in a CIM Cell   2002  
    Process Planning Templates for Special Processes   2000  
    Dissassembly of Cellular Phones   2001  
    Justification and Implementation of Robotic Workcells   2002  
    Lean Manufacturing Layouts for local industry   2002  
    28 Offers a Masters degree: No
    29 How many years does an average ETM student take to complete the Masters degree requirements? 
      
      Number of years
    Full-time
    Part-time
    30 Please give approximate number of ETM students currently enrolled at the Masters level. 
     
    masters level Student Demographics
    Full-time students (number) 0
    Part-time students (number) 0
    Total Number 
    Female (percent): 0% Male (percent): 100%
    International (percent) 0% U.S. Students (percent): 100%
    Average Age
    31 Approximate number of ETM graduates with the Masters degree since your program was initiated: 
    32 Number of credits of coursework beyond the B.S level that are required for the Masters degree: 
      
      # Credits
    Core Courses (common requirements for all) 0
    Elective Courses 0
    Total credits 0
    33 Please list representative projects recently completed by your ETM students (Masters theses, capstone projects, course projects, etc.)

       

    Project Title Year
    34 Please describe your curriculum at the Masters level by indicating the topics covered in the courses taken by ETM students
    (Check all that apply):      
    35 Offers a Doctoral degree in Engineering/Technology Management: No
    36 Number of years that ETM students take to complete the doctoral degree requirements beyond the Masters degree? 
     

     

    Number of years

    Full-time

    Part-time

    37 Number of credits of coursework that are normally required for the Doctoral degree beyond the Bachelors level (not including the dissertation): 
    38 Awarded any Ph.D.'s so far: 
    39 Please describe representative doctoral dissertations completed under the supervision of ETM faculty. 
      
    40 Steps of the Ph.D. program:
      
    Coursework
    Preliminary Exam
    (Qualifying Exam)
    Comprehensive Exam
    Proposal Defense
    Dissertation Defense
    Other
    42 Additional Comments