Advanced Engineering and Economy
| Numbering Code | G-ENG90 8i042 SE20 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ First semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Lecture | |
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| Language | English | Day/Period | Tue.5 | |
| Instructor name | Juha Lintuluoto (Graduate School of Engineering Associate Professor) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | Engineering economics plays central role in any industrial engineering project. For an engineer, it is important to apply the engineering know-how with the economic analysis skills to obtain the best available materials, methods, devices, etc. in the most economical way. This course is aimed to teach engineering students the basic economic methods to manage economically an engineering project. In addition, the report writing on various engineering economic issues prepares to write reports in a professional form. The lab sessions are meant for the verbal skills improvement as well as improvement of analytical thinking. The topics are of current relevant topics Small-group brain-storming method is used. The exercise sessions cover the use of Ms-Excel for various quantitative economic analyses. | |||
| Course Goals | This course is aimed to strengthen engineering students’ skills in economics. The course concept is to teach students selectively those subjects which serve as major tools to solve economic tasks in engineering environment. The reports and lab sessions provide students stimulating and analytical thinking requiring tasks, and presentation skills training is an important part of this course. | |||
| Schedule and Contents |
Student orientation and Introduction to engineering economy,1time,Course contents, goals Cost concepts and design economics,1time,Cost terminology and classification Cost estimation techniques,1time,WBS for cost estimation, estimation techniques (indexes, unit, factor, power-sizing, learning curve, CER, top down, bottom up), target costing The time value of money,1time,Simple interest, compound interest, economic equivalence concept, cash-flow diagrams, PW, FW, AW Evaluating a single project,1time,MARR, present wort method, bond value, capitalized worth, internal rate of return, external rate of return, payback method Comparison and selection among alternatives,1time,Investment and cost alternatives, study period, equal and unequal useful lives, rate-of-return method, imputed market value Depreciation and income taxes,1time,SL and DB depreciation methods, book value, after-tax MARR, marginal income tax rate, gain(loss) on asset disposal, after-tax economic analysis general procedure, EVA, Price changes and exchange rates,1time,Actual dollars, real dollars, inflation, fixed and responsive annuities, exchange rates, purchasing power Replacement analysis,1time,Determining economic life of challenger, determining economic life of defender, abandonment, after-tax replacement study Evaluating projects with the benefit-cost ratio method,1time,Benefits, costs, dis-benefits, self-liquidating projects, multi-purpose projects, interest rate vs. public project, conventional B-C ratio PW and AW method, modified B-C ratio PW and AW method Breakeven and sensitivity analysis,1time,Breakeven analysis, sensitivity analysis, spider plot Probabilistic risk analysis,1time,Sources of uncertainty, discrete and continuous variables, probability trees, Monte Carlo simulation example, decision trees, real options analysis The capital budgeting process,1time,Capital financing and allocation, equity capital and CAPM, WACC, WACC relation to MARR, opportunity cost Decision making considering multiattributes,1time,Non-compensatory models (dominance, satisficing, disjunctive resolution, lexicography), compensatory models (non-dimensional scaling, additive weight) Final test,1time,90 minutes, concept questions, calculation task (option of choice) ,times,Additionally, students will submit three reports during the course on given engineering economy subjects. Also, required are the five lab participations (ca.60 min/each) for each student. Additionally, three exercise sessions (ca.60 min/each), where use of Ms-Excel will be practiced for solving various engineering economy tasks, should be completed |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Final test, reports, class activity | |||
| Course Requirements | -This course is highly recommended for those who attend “Project Management in Engineering course , Small group working method | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | Engineering Economy 15th ed. William G. Sullivan (2011) | ||
| References, etc. | Will be informed if necessary. | |||
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