Browsing IEMS 2020 by Title

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    • A finite difference solution for 1-D soil consolidation using Excel 

      McDonald, Blair J.; Brooks, Susan C.; Ravikumar, Prathivadi; McDonald, Trevor W. (Industry, Engineering & Conference Management Systems Conference, 2020-03)
      Terzaghi's one-dimensional (1-D) soil consolidation equation is solved using a finite difference (FD) method and Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet. Spreadsheets are inexpensive computational tools that are readily available ...

    • A usability study of airline booking platforms 

      Nakushian, Andrew J. (Industry, Engineering & Conference Management Systems Conference, 2020-03)
      The purpose of this study was to assess and compare the usability of booking airline flights on an airline's mobile app and on the same airline's website. The method of this study was a usability test where participants ...

    • Application of Tripod Incident Analysis in aviation 

      Carstens, Deborah S.; Howard, Sara; Barrie, Martin; Mahlman, John; Sudharsan, Akash; Chauhan, Bhoomin; Bouran, Abdullah; Hunt, Leonia; Egoroff, Erin (Industry, Engineering & Conference Management Systems Conference, 2020-03)
      The purpose of this research was to investigate literature review to explore the history of Tripod Incident Analysis, components of the Tripod Incident Analysis method, accident analysis, and human error that includes a ...

    • Consumer choice AHP using standard open source tools 

      Adams, William J. L.; Stryker III, Judson P. (Industry, Engineering & Conference Management Systems Conference, 2020-03)
      The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is an approach to multi-criteria decision analysis developed by Dr. Thomas Saaty et al. in the 1970's. The open source Python module pyanp is a library that can read in AHP/ANP models ...

    • Critical factors affecting enrollment, performance, and retention & graduation rates of construction management undergraduate students 

      Mani, Nirajan (Industry, Engineering & Conference Management Systems Conference, 2020-03)
      The shortage of construction manager and skilled construction workers is becoming one of the country's great-unsolved problems as the economic expansion has continued in USA because of various reasons, such as low students' ...

    • Developing a decision support tool for quantification and reduction of construction material waste 

      Moynihan, Gary P.; Lyu, Qingchen; Nnaji, Chuma (Industry, Engineering & Conference Management Systems Conference, 2020-03)
      The construction industry has a major impact on the environment, both in terms of resource consumption and waste production. Given the high rate of raw materials wastage and ineffective waste management frequently conducted ...

    • Drivers and barriers of advanced manufacturing technology implementation in Saudi Arabia 

      Al Fatais, Abdullah; Almuflih, Ali (Industry, Engineering & Conference Management Systems Conference, 2020-03)
      The purpose of this paper is to present a systematic literature review to identify opportunities and challenges that face Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT) adoption in Saudi industrial sector. It also highlights the ...

    • Effects of verbal versus graphical weather information on a pilot's decision-making during preflight 

      Pittorie, Warren; Carstens, Deborah S.; Carroll, Meredith (Industry, Engineering & Conference Management Systems Conference, 2020-03)
      This study focused on the older technology of a verbal preflight weather briefing compared with the newer and emerging technology of digital textual and graphical weather pertinent to the flight route the pilot has chosen. ...

    • Electric vehicles routing problem with variable speed and time windows 

      Abdallah, Khaled S.; Adel, Yasmin (Industry, Engineering & Conference Management Systems Conference, 2020-03)
      Vehicle routing is a major concern for a distribution channel of any supply chain. It plays a crucial role in attaining a competitive advantage for a company by being cost efficient or responsive. Transportation as a key ...

    • Engaging upper elementary students in activities aimed to increase female inclusion in STEM 

      Schonning, Alexandra; Perez, Susan (Industry, Engineering & Conference Management Systems Conference, 2020-03)
      This paper discusses efforts by the Center for the Advancement of Women in Engineering (CAWE) at the University of North Florida (UNF) to increase the inclusion in STEM by engaging 3rd through 5th grade students in outreach ...

    • Enhancing an organization's output through re-engineering of administrative processes 

      Kanan, Mohammad A. (Industry, Engineering & Conference Management Systems Conference, 2020-03)
      This research implements a descriptive approach in preparing a theoretical framework for reengineering administrative processes. The objective of this work is to identify the administrative processes to be considered and ...

    • Factors influencing team performance in the flight deck 

      Russack, John A. (Industry, Engineering & Conference Management Systems Conference, 2020-03)
      The safe completion of a Part 121 regional airline flight requires that two pilots form a cohesive flight deck team. Aircraft are becoming more complex, and these advanced flight decks intersect with the emerging trend of ...

    • Industry capstone projects as a vehicle for faculty development 

      Cunion, Jeffrey; Mollick, George; Willey, Richard (Industry, Engineering & Conference Management Systems Conference, 2020-03)
      There is a trend in Engineering education pedagogy focus from problem-based learning to project-based learning. An impediment to this shift in Engineering Education lies in faculty preparation. Strategies to help faculty ...

    • Integrating BIM in construction takeoff and estimating: A case study of an advanced cost estimating course for construction management 

      Huang, Yilei (Industry, Engineering & Conference Management Systems Conference, 2020-03)
      As Building Information Modeling (BIM) is becoming the standard practice for design, engineering, and fabrication in the construction industry, Construction Management (CM) programs have started to introduce BIM for cost ...

    • Law enforcement's usage of business intelligence collaboration 

      Kramer, Ellen S. (Industry, Engineering & Conference Management Systems Conference, 2020-03)
      In recent years, current events have often coined the term "officials are gathering business intelligence." The purpose of this research paper is to gain an understanding of what business intelligence is and to investigate ...

    • Proceedings of the 2020 International IEMS Conference, March 15-17, 2020 

      International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems (Industry, Engineering & Conference Management Systems Conference, 2020-03)
      This book features the proceedings of the 26th Annual International Conference on Industry, Engineering and Management Systems (IEMS'20) held March 15-17, 2020 in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Proceedings includes 21 papers presented ...

    • Quality in eLearning: Perceptions of instructors 

      Al Awadh, Mohammed; Weheba, Gamal S.; Gupta, Deepak P. (Industry, Engineering & Conference Management Systems Conference, 2020-03)
      eLearning is rapidly growing and competing with traditional classroom learning. Advancements in digital technology and democratization of the internet have made eLearning more accessible, flexible, and convenient way for ...

    • Study of kinematic and kinetic aspects of mechanisms using tools of CAD solid modelers 

      McDonald, Blair J.; Ravikumar, Prathivadi; Shin, Il-Seop; Zbeeb, Khaled; N., Puneeth (Industry, Engineering & Conference Management Systems Conference, 2020-03)
      In engineering education, the kinematic and kinetic study of mechanisms is a subject that is as challenging to teach as it is to learn. Modern computer aided design (CAD) and solid modeling software, such as SolidWorks, ...

    • Sustainable redevelopment in Fitchburg: A collaborative faculty-students-community engaged project 

      Mani, Nirajan; Chenot, D. Keith (Industry, Engineering & Conference Management Systems Conference, 2020-03)
      Collaborative faculty-students-community engaged (FSCE) projects with strong pedagogical and innovative service-learning approaches can dramatically transform and expand higher education and curriculum outcomes. FSCE ...

    • Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo energy forecast 

      Llaugel, Felipe; Ridley, Dennis; Cespedes, Amparo (Industry, Engineering & Conference Management Systems Conference, 2020-03)
      Energy time series data for Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo is analyzed and forecast by the moving window spectral method to capture cyclical components and effects. The historical record is 217 months from March ...