INFORMATION SESSION

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WELCOME

• INFORMATION SESSION
• 01 February 2006

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ABOUT SCSU

• Established in 1869
• Is the largest State University in Minnesota
• Has over 16000 Students and 700 Faculty
• Prides in Excellence in Teaching
• MEM started in 2002 and is a high demand program
  on campus.
• Has a student chapter of the American Society of
  Engineering Management (only one in MN)

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What is Engineering Management?

• Master of Engineering Management is a special
  program that prepares Engineers, Technologists
  Scientists for taking on Managerial roles. The
  course content is suitable for graduates from a
  wide spectrum of disciplines including but not
  limited to Mechanical, Bio-Medical, Electrical,
  Civil, Manufacturing, Industrial, Computer and
  Software Engineering as well as Chemistry, Math,
  Physics, and related fields.

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Course Outline

• Financial Management - 3 Cr
• Quality Engineering - 3 Cr
• World Class Manufacturing- 3 Cr
• Operations Management - 3 Cr
• Managerial Economics - 3 Cr
• Project Management - 3 Cr
• Industry Research Project - 3 Cr
• Organizational Behavior - 3Cr
• Engineering Management - 3 Cr
• Facilities Planning and Materials Handling - 3 Cr
• Star paper - 2 Cr

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Suitability to working Professionals

• Classes on Saturday mornings and Friday nights
  with convenient parking (1450 Energy Park Dr
  Saint Paul)
• Classes every other week starting February 25th
  typically 5 to 6 meetings per course
• Professionally qualified Faculty with Industry
  Experience
• Workplace based homework in the form of projects
  (e.g., Project Management, Quality Engineering
  etc)

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Benefits

• Improved Management and Communication Skills
• Up-to-date course material
• Small class size (no more than 25)
• Network with other professionals in the program
• Career Advancement with a Masters degree
• 18 months program runs through summer at an even
  pace.

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Application Process

• Fill in the application form and send it in to
  the School of Graduate Studies
• Attach official undergraduate transcripts and
  statement of purpose
• Three letters of recommendation (in the format
  provided in the form) to speed up send in
  sealed envelopes along with your application
  package
• Official scores on the Graduate Record
  Examination (GRE) if available waived for first
  cohort
• Completed applications are due by 15th February

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Course Schedule Starting 2/25/06

• Term 1 (Spring 2006)-
• MBA 663 Operations management 3 credits
• MEM 663 Engineering Management 3 credits
• Term 2 (Summer 2006)-
• FIRE 577 Financial Management 3 credits
• ECE 648 Project Management 3 credits
• Term 3 (Fall 2006) -
• MBA 667 Organizational Behavior 3credits
• MME 638 World Class Manufacturing 3 credits
• Term 4 (Spring 2007)-
• Econ 677 Managerial Economics 3 credits
• MME 560 Quality Engineering 3 credits
• MME 697 Industry Project 3 credits
• Term 5 (Summer 2007)-
• MME 570 Facilities Planning and Material
  handling 3 credits
• Star/research paper 2 credits
• Tuition Fees 500 per credit Total 32 credits

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Faculty

• Faculty
• Ben Baliga
• B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, University of
  Mysore Master of Management Science, University
  of Poona, India Master of Engineer (CIM),
  Swinburne, Australia Ph.D., Swinburne,
  Australia. Professor, St. Cloud State University.
• Warren Yu
• B.S. in Optical Engineering, Zhejiang University,
  Hongzhou, P.R.C. M.S. in Mechanical Engineering,
  Washington State University Ph.D. in Mechanical
  Engineering, Washington State University.
  Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing
  Engineering at St. Cloud State University.
• Peter George
• B.S., University of Michigan Ann Arbor M.S.,
  Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University. 
  Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  at St. Cloud State University.
• Kenneth Zapp
• B.A. in Psychology, Rice University M.B.A. in
  Economics and Finance, University of Houston
  M.A. in Science, Technology and Public Policy,
  Case Western Reserve University Ph.D. in
  Economics, University of Lancaster, Great
  Britain. Professor of Economics at Metropolitan
  State University.
• Jayant V. Saraph
• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Indian Institute
  of Technology, India M.B.A. and Ph.D. in
  Business Administration with a concentration in
  Operations Management, Marketing and MIS,
  University of Minnesota. Professor of Decision
  Science at Metropolitan State University.

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Questions ??

• Please feel free to meet with Faculty and Staff
  present here

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Course Descriptions

• MME 663 Engineering management.
• Developing high performance teams in technology
  driven companies, study of concepts that make an
  effective team motivation and leadership as
  applied to engineers and scientists, engineering
  innovation process, technological change as
  applied to engineers and scientists, engineering
  and RD projects achieving effectiveness as an
  engineer. Reliability, Engineering Ethics,
  International Engineering Management. 3 credits.
• MBA 663 Operations Management.Case studies that
  emphasize the direction of systems comprising
  people, material, facilities and information that
  create goods and/or services. Forecasting, FMEA,
  QFD. 3 credits.
• FIRE 577 Financial ManagementBasic concepts in
  finance time value of money, financial ratio
  analysis, and security valuation. Corporate
  financial decisions capital budgeting, choice of
  capital structure, and working capital
  management. 3 credits.
• ECE 648 System Project Management. Cost
  estimation, efficient coding in large software
  projects, hardware design and integration
  management. 3 credits.
• MBA 667 Organizational Behavior.Individual and
  interpersonal behavior, group dynamics and
  structure, and leadership within the context of
  work organizations. Conceptual understanding,
  practical applications, and skill development are
  included. 3 credits.
• MME 638 World class manufacturing.
• Engineering strategy and its formation process,
  Manufacturing processes implementation
  Concurrent engineering, Inventory management
  Lead-time Management, Constraint management,
  Value added trade-offs and outsourcing, Lean Six
  Sigma, benchmarking, 5S. 3 credits.

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Course Descriptions

• ECON 677 Managerial economics.
• Economic analysis as an aid in management and
  control. 3 credits.
• MME 560 Quality Engineering.
• Quality characteristics and the impact of
  engineering design. Interaction of management,
  customers, and culture. Statistical Process
  Control, DOE, Robust design methods, design of
  experiments, control charts, cause and effect
  relationships, least squares and SVD
  identification. 3 credits.
• MME 697 Industry Project.
• Complete a special studies course working with an
  advisor in an area of interest. Workplace based
  project. 3Credits.
• MME 570 Facilities Planning / Materials Handling.
  
• Work analysis, process design and material flow
  analysis.  Facility layout and material handling
  systems design using systems engineering
  approach.