Engineering Economist articles from December 2006

Engineering Economist archives from December 2006

The economic impact of obesity on automobile fuel consumption.
December 22, 2006... INTRODUCTION Obesity has become an important public health issue in the United States. Since the early 1960s, the average adult weight has increased by more than 24 pounds (U.S. DHHS, 2004). In 2002, it was estimated that 65% of adults...

Electronic resource management: a multi-period capital budgeting approach.
December 22, 2006... INTRODUCTION As the costs for acquisitions have been rising consistently faster than the increases in budgets, academic libraries are struggling to financially manage their subscriptions of electronic resources, including electronic...

Economics of engineering: a new fabric from some old threads.
December 22, 2006... INTRODUCTION Present value (present worth) is a widely used measure for comparing the economic value of alternatives. The investigation presented here is focused on the definition of present value, PV, a generalization of the concept, and...

Engineering Economy, 13th Edition.(Book review)
December 22, 2006... Engineering Economy, 13th Edition By William G. Sullivan, Elin M. Wicks, James T. Luxhoj, Pearson Education, Inc. 2006 With such a competitive selection of engineering economy textbooks available for use in an introductory course, it can be...

Corporate Investment Decisions and Economic Analysis, Exercises and Case Studies.(Book review)
December 22, 2006... Corporate Investment Decisions and Economic Analysis, Exercises and Case Studies By Denis Babusiaux and Axel Pierru IFP Publications/Editions Technip, Paris, 2005 This volume by Drs. Denis Babusiaux and Axel Pierru, both of IFP (The...

Engineering Economy: Applying Theory to Practice, 2nd Edition.(Book review)
December 22, 2006... Engineering Economy: Applying Theory to Practice, 2nd Edition By Ted G. Eschenbach, Oxford University Press, 2003 The subject of this review is the second edition textbook offered by Dr. Ted G. Eschenbach and Oxford University Press. One of...

2006 IIE-EED business meeting minutes.
December 22, 2006... The annual business meeting of the Engineering Economy Division of the Institute of Industrial Engineers was held at the IIE Annual Conference on May 21, 2006, in Orlando, Florida. ATTENDEES Joe Hartman jch6@lehigh.edu Kim...

2006 ASEE-EED business meeting minutes.
December 22, 2006... 1. Chair Scott Grasman called the meeting to order at 12:40 p.m. on June 19, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois at the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. 2. A sign-up sheet was circulated and signed by the...

ASEE-EED revised bylaws.(American Society for Engineering Education)(engineering economy education)(Organization overview)
December 22, 2006... The following is the revision of the Division Bylaws, approved at the 2006 business meeting of the Engineering Economy Division of the American Society of Engineering Education. CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS Article I. Name The name of...