ETI 3432



EMGT 6837: Engineering Management Capstone Project

• Please note that this is a mini syllabus for EMGT 6837 Capstone course.

• You are eligible to take this capstone course only if you have completed at least 18 credit hours of your CPS.

• Note that you could not register for this course by yourself. The course will be registered by a course instructor only. For registration for this course, you need to contact your instructor and fill out the form called “Registration course request form”

• The full syllabus with detailed course schedules/assignments will be available in the Blackboard before a semester starts

Course Information

Course Number & Section: 6837-01 (Face-to-Face) or 6837-02 (Online)

Textbook Information

No required textbook.

One Recommended: The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century, Thomas Friedman.

Instructor Information

Professor: Young Jeong, Ph.D., MBA, PMP, CPIM

Office: Delta 111

Office Phone: 281-283-3862

Electronic mail: jeongk@uhcl.edu

Office hours: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or by appointment.

Office hours are always by appointment. The email is the preferred method of communication for this class – I am trying to be very responsive. If you leave a voice message you should be sure to leave your name, the class name and section number, a return phone number and appropriate times for return phone calls.

Please use the email address provided in WebCT or Blackboard as long as your topic is concerned about this course. If you have any question beyond this course, then you could use the jeongk@uhcl.edu. In this way, we could manage our communication better for this course.

Course Description

The objective of this capstone course is to provide students with the opportunity to summarize their learning in the Engineering Management program by conducting a significant investigation of engineering management problems and presenting a report of the results of the projects. Students are expected to show the capability in problem formulation, solution process, and presentation. They could choose their own problems to solve in their work. For this, students are provided by two options. The first option is the instructor-led option where an instructor assigns specific projects and cases for students, and the second option is that the student-led option where each student brings his or her own projects to solve. Topics could include any subject related to Engineering Management issues. For each option, students need to provide multiple written reports and oral presentations. Students may work as a group or an individual.

Prerequisite: At least 18 semester-credits or an instructor’s approval (3 CR)

Course Objectives

Major Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

0. Understand an engineer’s role as manager and engineering management functions.

1. Develop the engineering problem formulation capability.

2. Develop the capability to apply engineering management skills and knowledge to the problem formulated.

3. Develop the problem solving capability within limited time and scope.

4. Develop the team based performance capability.

Course Format

This course could be taken either 100% online or face-to-face and the materials were designed for your self-study under my guidance. The course format includes several individual and/or group works for presentation and discussion.

Student Responsibilities

Time Commitment:

This is a 3-credit course conducted over 16 weeks. In order to meet accreditation standards, on average, students should expect to spend between 12 to 15 hours per week on course activities and assignments. Spending less time would be insufficient for success in this course.

Academic Honesty:

The University of Houston-Clear Lake has a “0” tolerance policy for academic dishonesty and if the student is in violation an “F” the course will be apply. Please refer to the 11.4 ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY in the Faculty Handbook.

Dropping Course:

Students may drop a course through the registration process and may receive a refund during the first week of classes. After the first week students need to notify the instructor and then withdraw from the course as faculty will not drop or withdrawal students. Please refer to the academic calendar for the exact dates and also review the withdrawal policy

Counseling Services:

Counseling assistance will be available on Tuesday and Thursdays by appointment

Technical Assistance:

Help Desk Hours -

Monday through Thursday 8 A.M. to 10:30 P.M.

Friday 8 A.M. to 5 P.M.

Saturday 8 A.M. to 5 P.M.

Sunday Closed

Email: supportcenter@uhcl.edu

Phone: (281) 283-2828

From Student and Educational Services-Students with Disabilities: 

If you wish to receive special accommodations as a student with a documented disability, please make an appointment with the Disability Services at ext 2626 or Students service building Room 1301

Attendance and Feedback

I expect you to login to WebCT at least two times per week. I am going to provide my feedback to you within 48 hours.

Course Progress:

Considering the diverse course format and intensity, it is strongly recommended that you are to complete all readings required prior to the class.

Late Assignment and Make-up Exam Policy:

No late assignment will be accepted, and there is no make-up exam allowed.

Incomplete Policy:

Incomplete grades may be given at the discretion of the instructor to students who fail to complete necessary work for final evaluation. When assigning the Incomplete (“I”), instructors should provide students with an outline of the work to be accomplished before the “I” can be converted to a final mark and should specify a deadline date; the outline constitutes an agreement between the instructor and the student. Students are encouraged to read the “Incomplete policy” at 11.3 Grading Procedures in the Faculty Handbook.

Grading Policy

Your final grade will be determined by the following components:

Individual Assignments

Please note that the partnering option is available for the individual assignment where you work with your partner based on an instructor’s approval. The individual assignment is a small project-like assignment that needs to be finished within one or two weeks.

Term Project

This is an end-of-semester-project (EOSP) where two options are available – The instructor-Led Topic where the instructor provides a topic to you (Option A), and the Students-Led Topic where you choose your own topic, and get approval from the instructor (Option B). You should present your Power Point slides and submit your written report for your term project.

Since two options are using different course format and methods, it is important to decide which option to choose. Two options will use the same learning method until week 5. After that, two options are separated, and follow different teaching methods and paths.

Detailed Grading Policy

For option A: Individual Assignment (70%), Term Project (30%)

For option B: Individual Assignment (30%) and Term Project (70%)

Grading Scale and guidelines:

A 93-100% A- 88-93%

B+ 86-88%      B 83-86%     B- 80-83%

C+ 77-80%      C 73-77%     C- 70-73%

F < 59%

Covered Topics

Option A: Instructor-Led Topics:

These are topics covered by an instructor under this option.

• Multiple Criteria Decision Making – Analytic Hierarchy Process: tutorial and application.

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• The World Is Flat

• Lean Process

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o Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System, Harvard Business Review (distributed by an instructor)

• Toyota Case Study for TPS.

• NASA case study: James Webb Space Telescope: Large‐Program Management on a Long Horizon.

• Article Summary and Discussion:

o Sony's Battle for Video Game Supremacy, MIT Slon Management, 07-046 – This is an free article available at MIT Slon School of Management

o Other Project Management articles

• Term Project Topics: Technology Forecasting

Here are some technology areas that might interest you, one of which you might like to predict developments in, with justification, for the next five years. What you should do in terms of flow is:

1) Predict how it will develop in the next five years – you must use both quantitative and qualitative techniques for this. Please consider this as your educated guess. You need to convince your customers with this justification.

2) Assess what its development will mean for business and other organizational (e. g, public agency and non-profit organization) models that use this area of technology.

3) Identify whether a leadership or followership role will be appropriate for your own organization in this area of technology.

Potential Technology Areas:

Agricultural technology/Aviation technology/Computing technology/Defense technology/Educational technology/Energy technology/Home building technology/Identity technology/Information security technology/Legal technology/Manufacturing technology/Medical technology/Nanotechnology/Sales technology/Security technology/Telecommunications technology/Transportation technology etc.

You need to submit less than 10-page in 1.5 space as well as 20 minutes long Power Point Presentation. In the report, you have to clearly provide:

o The above-mentioned three flows

o The results-filed Executive Summary

o The explanation of the technology,

o Why it is so important,

o Current industry map – main players, their revenue, main customers for the technology

o All presentations require the voice recorded Power-Point slides

Option B: Student-Led Topics:

In this option, once students finish a set of common topics during five weeks, each student selects his or her topic for an individual study of engineering management problems as EOSP. Students need to provide (1) two-page long detailed written proposal, (2) Research Methodology Presentation, (3) two regular progress presentations and (4) one final written report as well as the presentation.

The first five weeks discuss the following common topics:

• Multiple Criteria Decision Making – Analytic Hierarchy Process: tutorial and application.

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• The World Is Flat

• Lean Process

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o Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System, Harvard Business Review (distributed by an instructor)

Choose Your Own Topics and follow the schedule below:

• Send me your email by end of week 4 with the topic title and descriptions/problem statements. If there is no email from you, I will assume that you are following the option A.

• Do your research proposal presentation during week 6 and include

o Topic title and descriptions/problem statements

o Justification/Importance

o Proposed approaches for solutions (detailed descriptions)

o Project Milestones (Use MS-Project)

o All presentations require the voice recorded Power-Point slides

• Students are required to provide two additional brief progress presentations according to the predetermined schedule.

• Students are also required to present the final oral presentation as well as the final written report.

• The final Report should include the following items but not limited to

o Title

o Table of Contents

o The results-filed Executive Summary

o Problem Statements/Introduction

o Importance and any justification of the problem

o Detailed problem analysis

o Any previous approach to solve the problems

o Your approach/methodology

o Your progress and achievements

o Discussion/Further Research

o Conclusion

o References

o Submit it in no more than 25 pages with 1.5 spaced

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