Engineering Management
Engineering Management is a rapidly expanding multidisciplinary field that integrates engineering, technology, management, systems, and business. A wide variety of hi-technology companies i n the telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, consulting, information technology, and other industries utilize the concepts and tools of engineering management such as project management, quality management, engineering economics, modeling and simulation, systems engineering and integration, and statistical tools. These technology-based companies recruit engineering management graduates for their expertise in these tools and techniques. After only a few years many of these graduates are promoted because they can bridge the gap between business and technology and fill a critical need of integrating engineering and business operations.
Recent studies show that most engineers will ultimately assume managerial positions, and that most will spend a considerable part of their professional careers in a management or supervisory capacity. In a recent survey conducted by the American Association of Engineering Societies, it was found that within ten years of the start of their careers, more than 50 percent of engineers find themselves in technical management positions, often without the benefit of formal training in management.
The Engineering Management (EM) program combines a strong engineering core with training in quality management, project management, production and technology management, accounting, cost analysis, managerial economics, engineering design, and systems integration. The course selection offered by this major exemplifies the Stevens interdisciplinary approach to developing strong problem-solving skills. The program prepares students for careers that involve the complex interplay of technology, people, economics, information, and organizations. Graduates from this program will be prepared to work effectively at the interface between engineering and management and to assume professional positions of increasing responsibility. Because of the advent of technology and globalization, this is the engineering education for the 21st century.
Mission
The mission of the EM Program is to provide an education based on a strong engineering core, complemented by studies in business, technology, systems, and management, to prepare the graduate to work at the interface between technology/engineering and management, and to be able to assume positions of increasing technical and managerial responsibility.
The objectives of the EM program can be summarized as follows:
- EM graduates have a strong general engineering foundation and are able to use modern technological tools while working on complex multidisciplinary problems.
- EM graduates will have assumed leadership positions in their chosen areas of work using knowledge gained from their engineering management education.
- EM graduates effectively work in teams on projects to solve real world problems. This effort can involve information research, the use of project management tools and techniques, and the economic justification of the solution that is effectively communicated in a written or oral project report/business proposal and presented to the client.
- EM graduates possess the ethics, knowledge, skills, and attributes to define, design, develop, and manage resources, processes, and complex systems needed to work in a multidisciplinary team environment.
EM graduates apply the management tasks of organizing, staffing, planning, financing, and the human element and have the tools to continue sustained intellectual growth in the corporate or academic world.
The EM Program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).
Bachelor of Engineering in Engineering Management
Many Engineers find themselves at a decision point five years after graduation. They must choose between continuing in their technical specialty or entering the ranks of technical management. By ten years after graduation, more than 75% of engineers have chosen the latter route, assuming managerial responsibilities for which they have little or no formal training. Training in economics, statistics, operations research, engineering design, teaming and project/quality management renders engineering management graduates well prepared to assume professional positions of increasing responsibility. Engineering Management graduates possess the technical and managerial skills to perform staff and management functions in many industries.
Engineering Management (EM) students are in high demand in today's information based society. For the latest salary survey (http://www.stevens.edu/engineering/seem/UG/SalaryArticle.pdf) read the article published in The Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society (ISA) and see the accepted salary offers for Engineering Management graduates. The financial services, manufacturing, energy, telecommunications, construction, information technology, consulting, and healthcare industries hire EM graduates because they possess the management and technical skills needed for the modern, high technology, interdisciplinary business world.
Engineering Management students undertake a rigorous curriculum encompassing technical and business essentials. As students, they are required to complete a traditional engineering program while attaining a solid background in the management sciences involving the constructs of analysis and synthesis of real world problems. Engineering Management students graduate with a Bachelor of Engineering degree and are eligible to take the Engineer In Training (EIT) Exam during their senior year. Many acquire their Professional Engineer (PE) license.
The Stevens Engineering Management program is fully accredited by Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) and has received many awards and accolades. For example, the American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM) awarded Stevens Engineering Management Program the "Excellence in Leadership of Management of Technology in Academia in 2006, 2005, 2003, and 2001. This is awarded to the best EM program in the United States.
Engineering Management Graduates have varying interests and skills. These include decision risk analysis, manufacturing engineering, logistics, production management, technical sales, project planning, and quality management & control. Past graduates of the program have gone to work as Project Managers, Management Engineers, Production Supervisors, Technical Sales Representatives, Manufacturing Engineers, Consultants, Account Executives, Industrial Engineers, Quality Assurance Engineers, Business Analysts, and Investment Bankers.
Included is the Engineering Management Curriculum to help you map your academic career at Stevens. In completing your study plan, be sure that all course requirements are accounted for using the information here and in the Stevens Undergraduate Catalog. Because the core curriculum for all engineering students is the same, it is possible to change from another discipline to Engineering Management with little or no loss of credits up to your junior year. If you are a transfer student, you should discuss your study plan and past courses in depth with an Engineering Management professor to determine credit acceptability and avoid complications.
Key People in the Engineering Management
There are several key people in the Engineering Management Program available to tell you more about Engineering Management and help you with your study plan. You should make an appointment with Kate Abel, the Director of the Bachelor of Engineering in Engineering Management Program to complete your study plan.
You may also contact one of the professors listed below.
Dr. John V. Farr, P.E., is Associate Dean for Academics. Previously, was Director of Engineering Management Program at the United States Military Academy.
Dr. Donald N. Merino, P.E., was responsible for establishing the Engineering Management program at Stevens. His professional background makes him a valuable source of guidance.
Dr. Merino is a Fellow of the American Society of Engineering Management (ASEM). Dr. Farr and Dr. Abel are also members of ASEM. Dr. Merino has received the highest ASEM award, the Bernard R. Sarchet Award. Dr.Merino has also received the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Engineering Management Division award.
Please review these web pages and arrange to meet with one of the representatives mentioned below.
Cordially, Dr. Kathryn Abel
Director of Undergraduate Academics
Babbio
Room 504
Phone: 201.216.8647
Fax: 201.216.5541
kabel@stevens.edu Dr. John Farr
Associate Dean for Academics
Babbio
Room 507
Phone: 201.216.8103
Fax: 201.216.5541
jfarr@stevens.edu |
"The engineers' role has changed from performing solely technical
operations to being involved in the integration of engineering,
technology and business operations. The Engineering Management
discipline fills this critical education need by graduating engineers
who understand the increasing demand for efficiency, effectiveness, and
integration in engineering and business operations across varied industries."
