Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Prof Karen M. Bursic - Industrial Engineering - Publications

Doctorate in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 1990

PhD in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 1990

Masters in Engineering Management, University of Pittsburgh, 1987

B.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 1984


Engineering Economic Analysis

Engineering Education

Engineering Management





Bursic, K.M., Clark, R., Besterfield-Sacre, M., and Budny, D., 2014, "Preliminary Experiences with 'Flipping' a Freshman Engineering Program Course," 6th First Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference, College Station TX.

Bursic, K.M., Steiner, S., Besterfield-Sacre, M., and Shuman, L., 2014, "An Approach to Evaluate Engineering Global Preparedness in Industrial Engineering Curricula," 2014 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Montreal, QC.

Bursic, K.M., 2012, "Does the Use of Clickers Increase Conceptual Understanding in the Engineering Economy Classroom," 2012 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, San Antonio Texas.

Bursic, K.M., Shuman, L., Besterfield-Sacre, M., Vidic, N., and Siewiorek, N., 2012, "CCLI: Model Eliciting Activities: Experiments and Mixed Methods to Assess Student Learning III," American Society for Engineering Education, San Antonio, TX.

Siewiorek, N., Shuman, L.J., Besterfield-sacre, M.E., Vidic, N., and Bursic, K.M., 2012, "Students' Confidence Levels in Technical Concept Knowledge with Model Eliciting Activities," San Antonio, TX.

Bursic, K.M., Shuman, L., and Besterfield-sacre, M.E., 2011, "Improving Student Attainment of ABET Outcomes Using Model-Eliciting Activities (MEAs)," American Society for Engineering Education, Vancouver, BC.

Bursic, K.M., Shuman, L., Besterfield-sacre, M.E., Vidic, N., and Yildirim, P., 2011, "CCLI: Model Eliciting Activities: Experiments and Mixed Methods to Assess Student Learning - Part II," American Society for Engineering Education, Vancouver, BC.

Bursic, K.M., Vidic, N., Shuman, L., Besterfield-sacre, M.E., Yildirim, T.P., and Siewiorek, N., 2011, "Leaning Impacts Gained from Introducing Model Eliciting Activities (MEAs) in an Introductory Statistics Course," Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Reno, NV.

Bursic, K.M., Budny, D., Lund, L., and Vidic, N., 2010, "Reviewing the Success of a Freshman Programming Course," ASEE North Central Section Regional Conference.

Bursic, K.M., Shuman, L., Besterfield-sacre, M.E., Yildirim, T.P., and Siewiorek, N., 2010, "Improving Conceptual Learning in Engineering Economy using Model-Eliciting Activities (MEAs)," Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Cancun, Mexico.

Bursic, K.M., Shuman, L., Besterfield-sacre, M.E., Clark, R., and Yildirim, P., 2009, "E-MEAs: Introducing an Ethical Component to Model Eliciting Activities," American Society for Engineering Education, Austin, TX.

Bursic, K.M., and LaScola, K., 2008, "Implementing International Requirements in Undergraduate Industrial Engineering Programs," American Society for Engineering Education.

Bursic, K.M., Needy, K.L., Norman, B., Besterfield-sacre, M.E., and Hunsaker, B., 2007, "The Challenges of Undergraduate Industrial Engineering Curriculum Reform at the University of Pittsburgh," Industrial Engineering Research Conference.

Bursic, K.M., 2006, "Applying Engineering Economic Analysis to Contemporary Problems with Global and Societal Implications," American Society for Engineering Education.

Bursic, K.M., 2006, "Engineering Economy."

Bursic, K.M., 2004, "Self-Managed Production Teams," in Field Guide to Project Management, 2nd ed..

Bursic, K.M., Needy, K.L., and Wilson, J.P., 2003, "Integrating Engineering Economic Analysis Across the Engineering Curriculum," American Society for Engineering Education.

Bursic, K.M., Atman, C.J., Chimka, J.R., and Umphred, H.N., 1999, "A Comparison of Freshmen and Senior Engineering Design Processes," Design Studies.

Bursic, K.M., and Atman, C.J., 1998, "Verbal Protocol Analysis as a Method to Document Engineering Student Design Processes," Journal of Engineering Education.

Cleland, D., Bursic, K.M., Puerzer, R., and Vlasak, Y., 1998, "Project Management Casebook and Instructor's manual," Project Management Institute.

Bursic, K.M., and Atman, C.J., 1997, "Information Gathering: A Critical Step for Quality in the Design Process," Quality Management Journal.

Bursic, K.M., Chimka, J.R., and Atman, C.J., 1997, "Describing Student Design Behavior," American Society for Engineering Education.

Bursic, K.M., and Atman, C.J., 1996, "Teaching Engineering Design: Can Reading a Textbook Make a Difference," Research in Engineering Design.

Bursic, K.M., Atman, C.J., and Lozito, S.L., 1996, "An Application of Protocol Analysis to the Engineering Design Process," American Society for Engineering Education.

Bursic, K.M., and Atman, C., 1995, "Do Freshmen Design Texts Adequately Define the Engineering Design Process?," American Society for Engineering Education.

Bursic, K.M., and Atman, C., 1995, "Gathering Information: What Do Students Do?," American Society for Engineering Education.

Cleland, D., 1993, "Project Management Casebook and Instructor's Guidelines," Project Management Institute.

Bursic, K.M., 1992, "Strategies and Benefits of the Successful Use of Teams in Manufacturing Organizations," IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.

Bursic, K.M., and Cleland, D.I., 1992, "Strategic Technology Management: Systems for Products and Processes," American Management Association.

Bursic, K.M., 1991, "The Use of Teams for Improving Productivity and Quality in Manufacturing," Conference on Productivity and Quality Research.

Bursic, K.M., and Cleland, D., 1991, "Strategic Technology Management," Engineering Management Journal.

Bursic, K.M., 1990, "Production Teams in Manufacturing," in The Automated Factory Handbook, TAB Books.

Bursic, K.M., Cleland, D., and Wain, H.W., 1990, "A Strategic Technology Management System," Second International Conference on Management of Technology.

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Optimizing Energy Consumption - Successful IoT Applications - 2015



http://blog.lnsresearch.com/blog/bid/202987/the-iot-is-returning-tangible-benefits-in-industrial-energy-management


2014 - 15 conferences

At Schneider’s Software Global Customer Conference, Aena's for 'Smart City Management' of 46 Airports across Spain, using the Wonderware System Platform was presented. This was an example of integration of over 1 million different signals coming from a myriad of sub-systems being effectively managed in a common way to ensure uptime, security, and energy efficiency.

International Paper’s story was about improving energy efficiency by integrating sensor-based information in combination with SimSci, Schneider’s advanced process control software.

At the Emerson Global User Exchange,  the session on "Enabling Water & Energy Reductions Through Expanded Utility Metering"  was there. A presentation was made by the system integrator and Emerson on how they implemented an energy management project for a major beverage manufacturer. The team implemented a facility-wide monitoring system that included monitoring steam, condensate, water, liquid ammonia, and plant air that span four separate business units. A Peruvian mining company presented on how they were able to control the total load of air used on their processes, mainly on flotation cells while reducing the amount of energy used to pump the air into the plant. The Galloway Company, a dairy firm saved $120,000 annually in sewer costs by increasing the reliability and accuracy of measurement with modern connected technology.

At the GE Intelligent Platforms 2014 User Summit there were also numerous examples of how companies have used GE’s SmartSignal and CSense products to process data from IoT-connected sensors to improve energy and utility performance. Jeff Immelt gave  keynote address. Speakers from companies like Kimberly Clark, Summer Garden Foods, Duke Energy, and GE Transportation and GE’s jet engine group, gave examples on how they are using the data available from the IoT with the analytic capabilities of CSense and SmartSignal to save  billions of dollars.

Sunday, April 5, 2015

Value Engineering 2014 - Subject Update




2014

MECH 497 Value Engineering (3 credits)
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering), McGill University Canada Course for B.Engg
Overview
Mechanical Engineering : Value Engineering is an in-depth analysis of an industrial product or process with a view to improving its design and/or performance to increase its worth. This is a workshop type of course. Projects will be supplied by industrial firms and students will work in teams with industrial personnel.
Terms: Fall 2014
Instructors: Paul Joseph Zsombor-Murray, Josef Slanik (Fall)
http://www.mcgill.ca/study/2014-2015/courses/mech-497

Wekiva Parkway/SR 417 and I-4 Interchange  - Highway project value analysis study report  2014
http://wekivaparkway.com/wpcms/data/img/uploads/files/Section%208%20Value%20Engineering%20Study_Final%20Report%20Sept%202014.pdf


Value Engineering Manual - 2014 - West Virginia Department of Transportation

http://www.transportation.wv.gov/highways/engineering/files/wvvemanual.pdf

Friday, April 3, 2015

Lighting Cost Reduction Opportunity for Hotels Using LED Bulbs - 2015




https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/reducing-opex-increasing-profitability-hotels-led-lighting-dass


Brief

100 rooms

Using CFL: 470 Watts   Full year cost per Room: 9811 rupees
Using LED: 126 Watts  Full year cost per Room: 2920 rupees

Cost of CFL bulbs: 11,600 rupees  Cost of LED bulbs: 13,300

Additional investment Rs. 1700   Annual benefit: 5900

An investment worth making and saving huge amount of money per room