The main objective of this activity is to collect information about the most modern teaching tools, survey of the available multimedia facilities for teaching EE in Egypt, Italy, UK, and Greece was done. These facilities include the current used course texts, tutorials, projects, and laboratory work, internet websites, multimedia tools, computer packages, video films, laboratory equipment and instructional materials with their specifications.

 

The following pages summarize the effort done in this activity during the period from August 2004. The survey will be presented in groups as follows:

 

Full survey reports

 

There are four survey reports done as marginal activity during our project. They are:

 

1. Effective Teaching and Engineering Economy.

2.  Improvement of Teaching Methods. Case Study: Teaching Engineering Economics Course.

3.  Volume of Engineering Economy Study in FECU.

4.  Syllabus of EE courses in FECU.

 

The complete reports are available in the project web-site.

 

Engineering Economy Courses

 

During our search, we found a lot of Engineering Economy studied courses especially in the field of industrial engineering. This can be referred to the importance of studying engineering economic concepts before going through design process.

The following links represents some Engineering Economy courses in several universities.

 

1. Management system courses, Industrial and Systems Engineering department, University of Florida.

EIN 6357: Advanced Engineering Economy

EIN 4905: Introduction to Financial Engineering (Honors course)

http://iseunix2.ise.ufl.edu/courses/

 

2. The site of the Technion Undergraduate Studies, Industrial Engineering and Management Faculty

http://www.undergraduate.technion.ac.il/catalog/00901892.html

 

3. Industrial Engineering department, University of Buffalo

IE 320: Engineering Economy

http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/~nagi/teaching_IE320.shtml

 

4. Industrial and Systems Engineering department, University of Wisconsin System, Masison

http://www.engr.wisc.edu/ie/

IE 313:  Engineering Economic Analysis

http://www.engr.wisc.edu/ie/courses/ie313.html

 

5. Web page of Associate Professor in Civil Engineering at Boise State University

ENGR 360 – 425: Engineering Economy

http://coen.boisestate.edu/mkhanal/syllabus1.htm

 

6. Minor in Business Administration for Engineers, UMAss College of Engineering , University of Massachusetts Lowell

http://www.uml.edu/engineering/minorBA.htm

 

7. Stevens Institute of Technology, HOWE school of Technology Management

MGT 618:  Engineering Economics & Management Policy

http://howe.stevens.edu/Courses/mgt618.html

 

8. College of Engineering, California State University, Long Beach.

MSEM 406B – Engineering Economy (3 units)

http://www.csulb.edu/colleges/coe/

CE 406 /514:  Engineering Economy and Administration (3)

http://www.csulb.edu/colleges/coe/cecem/views/courses/upper/upper_406_514.shtml

 

9.  Industrial Engineering department, College of Engineering, University of Washington.

http://www.washington.edu/students/crscat/inde.html

 

10. Penn State's Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Department

IE 302: Engineering Economy

http://www.ie.psu.edu/courses/ie302.htm

 

11. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/

Course Offerings in Transportation Engineering

http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/programs/Transportation/class.html

 

12. Civil Engineering , Faculty of Engineering,  University of Waterloo.

http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infoucal/COURSE/course-CIVE.htm

 

13. Engineering Program at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

ENGR 352: Engineering Economy (3)

http://www.utc.edu/Academic/Engineering/Abet_Engr/352.htm

 

14. Distance Education, University of Houston

INDE 6365: Engineering economy II

http://distance.uh.edu/courses/course.html?id=2724

 

15. Center for Systems Engineering, Core Systems Engineering Courses

http://cse.afit.edu/page.cfm?page=13&sub=59

 

Glossaries of Economic Terms
 

1. http://www.investorwords.com/
2. http://www.economist.com/research/Economics/alphabetic.cfm
3. http://www.investopedia.com/dictionary/
4. http://economics.about.com/od/economicsglossary/index.htm
5. http://www.bized.ac.uk/virtual/economy/library/glossary/
6. http://www.auburn.edu/~johnspm/gloss/
 

Multimedia Tools

 

Multimedia tools are important facilities that can be used to help in understanding engineering economy basics and concepts. These tools include tool kits, templates, CDs and video tapes. The following sites present some of these tools.

 

1.  Georgia Institute of Technology, Center of Distance Learning

Engineering Economy -Video Tape (ISYE 6225)

http://www.cdl.gatech.edu/dl/servlet/edu.gatech.dl.major.ViewCourseDetails?COURSE_ID=485

 

2.  Templates, books and Tool Kits for Project Managers

http://www.projectmanagementsurvival.com/

 

3.   Free Excel Spreadsheets    

http://www.exinfm.com/free_spreadsheets.html

http://members.allstream.net/~johnjaz/spreadsheets.htm

 

Articles

 

There is a lot of articles concern engineering economy. Some of them discuss its importance and new trends; others may explain special topics of engineering economy like money-time relationship, decision making, depreciation, and many other specific topics.

 

- General Articles:

 

1.   An empirical analysis of engineering economy pedagogy

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3621/is_200001/ai_n8878909

 

2.   Statistical Analysis of Students' Performance in New Engineering Science Core Courses with Economic and Design Concepts

http://fie.engrng.pitt.edu/fie95/3c3/3c31/3c31.htm

 

3.    Engineering Economy

http://www.du.edu/~jcalvert/econ/enecon.htm

 

4.    Enhancing engineering economy concepts with computer spreadsheets

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3621/is_199607/ai_n8747176

 

- Special-purpose Articles:

 

1.  Engineering Economy Tutorials

http://www.isr.umd.edu/~austin/ence202.d/economics.html

http://www.tecolote.com/Services/CostEstimating.htm

 

 

2.  Engineering Economy Virtual Classroom

http://wps.prenhall.com/e_sullivan_engecon_12/0,6748,151802-,00.html

 

3.  Glossary of Economics Terms

http://economics.about.com/od/economicsglossary/index.htm

 

Interactive Resources

 

Interactive web pages that present economic calculators for many engineering economy aspects are helpful tools for good understanding of presented concept. The following pages are examples of this type of resources.

 

1.  Engineering Economics Calculator

http://www.aes.uconn.edu/tools/calcv2.htm

 

2.   Loan Amortization Calculator

http://www.aes.uconn.edu/tools/amort.htm

 

3.   Break-Even Analysis

http://www.jaxworks.com/calc6.htm

http://militaryfinance.umuc.edu/calculators/BreakEven.html

http://www.sitkoco.com/scpt3.html

 

4.   Depreciation Calculator

http://www.fixedassetinfo.com/calculator.asp

 

 

Software Programs

 

Software programs are helpful tools in analyzing any economic problem, such as cash-flow analysis, break-even analysis, investments and planning your project. The following are links for some available software program related to engineering economy.

 

1.  Business Plan  Pro 2004

http://www.BusinessPlanPro.com/

 

2.   Break-Even Analyzer 1.01

http://download.bot.nu/Break-Even-Analyzer/03.9262.html

http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/Break-Even-Analyzer/3000-2077_2-10258130.html

http://downloads.zdnet.co.uk/0,39025604,39070784s,00.htm

 

3.   Budget Express

"Draws up a balance sheet of your financial situation and makes your projects achievable!"

http://www.ozgrid.com/Services/finance-budget-express.htm

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000A0AZD/104-0590494-3380727?v=glance

http://www.terragame.com/content/software_1/budget_express.html

 

4.   Business Functions Basic Edition 1.29

http://www.tucows.com/preview/261771

http://www.soft32.com/download_27363.html

http://www.download.com/Business-Functions-Basic-Edition/3000-2077_4-10375113.html

 

5.   Business Functions - Excel modeling library

http://www.businessfunctions.com/

 

6.   Cash Flow Manager 1.01 popular

http://www.download.com/Cash-Flow-Manager/3000-2077_4-10324468.html

http://www.zdnet.com.au/downloads/0,39024478,39086723s,00.htm

http://home.comcast.net/~john.bauman/uploadfiles/CashFlow.htm

http://www.aes.uconn.edu/tools/calc.htm

http://www.aes.uconn.edu/tools/calcv2.htm

 

7.   Certified Cash Flow Manager

http://www.iirme.com/cashflow/

 

8.   EZ Loan Manager 2004 8.0 

http://www.download.com/EZ-Loan-Manager-2004/3000-2057_4-10254102.html

http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/EZ-Loan-Manager-2004/3000-2057_2-10254102.html

http://shareware.pcmag.com/product.php[id]75118[cid]29[SiteID]pcmag

 

9.   Investment Studio Lite 1.1   

http://www.investmentstudio.com/download.html

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Investment_Studio_Lite/1071433328/1

http://www.freefunfiles.com/software/business/misc/investment-studio-lite.html

http://www.zdnet.com.cn/download/windows/business/swinfo/0,2008004950, 39051321s,00.htm

 

10.  Financial Planner Professional 7.1

http://www.myzips.colm/software/J&L-Financial-Planner-Professional.phtml

http://www.zdnet.com.au/downloads/0,39024487,39004770r-25,00.htm

 

11.   Master Planner 3  version 3.02.011

http://www.tucows.com/preview/198518

 

12.   Master Planner 4 by Ross Software

http://www.rosssoftware.eclipse.co.uk/index.htm

 

13.  A-Plan 2004 : Project Management Software with Resources Planning for Windows

http://vpsv2.braintool.com/engl/?source=google?group=projectmanagement

 

14.   Project-xl : Plan your projects in less time for less bucks!

http://www.project-xl.com/

 

15.  Service Scheduling

http://www.distrix.ca/service scheduling.html

 

16. Value Investor 1.2

http://www.gold-software.com/download9152.html

http://www.softpicks.net/download.php?index=13709

http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?21000000037455

http://shareup.com/Value_Investor-download-24901.html

 

References and Text Books

 

Text books are important to learn basics of any topic; here is list of some references and text books that are available as hard copy with us or available on the internet.

 

- Available Text Books:

 

1.     Sullivan, W. G., Wicks, E. M, and Luxhoj, J. T, "Engineering Economy" Virginia, USA, Prentice Hall, 2003.

 

2.     Young, D., "Modern Engineering Economy", Georgia, USA, JOHN WILEY& SONS, Inc, 1993.

 

3.     Steiner, H. M., "Engineering Economy Principles", Washington, USA, McGraw-Hill, 1996.

 

4.     Park, C. S., "Contemporary Engineering Economics, 3/E", USA, Person Education International, 2002.

 

5.     Eschenenbach, T. G., "Engineering Economy Appling Theory To Practice", Alaska, USA, ARWIN, 1995.

 

6.     White, J. A., "Principles Of Engineering Economic Analysis", Georgia, USA, JOHN WILEY& SONS, Inc, 1977

 

7.     Lenland Blank, P. E., and Anthony Tarquin, P.E., "Engineering Economy", Texas, USA, McGraw-Hill, 2002.

 

8.     Newnan, D. G., Lavelle, J. P., and Eschenbach, T. G., "Engineering Economy", Texas, USA, Engineering Press, 2002

 

9.     Donald G. Newman, Ted G. Eschenbach, and Jerome P. Lavelle, "Engineering Economic Analysis", New York, USA, Oxford University Press, 2004

 

- Books on the internet:

 

1.                 "Contemporary Engineering Economics ", Chan S. Park

http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~park/cee/index.htm

 

2.                 Project Plan Books

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/104-0590494-3380727?search-type=ss&tag=cremedelaweb-20&keyword=project%20plan&index=books

 

3.                 Project Plan Template

http://www.creme-de-la-web.com/Category/Project Plan/[-1664253185