Transportation cost is an important factor to determine the optimal size of a biofuel refinery.
In this article, we analyze the impact of logistic costs on the optimal size of a biofuel refinery …

Engineering management and engineering projects are subject to greater levels of
uncertainty and complexity as part of the current dynamic and competitive industrial …

Machine intelligence is increasingly entering roles that were until recently dominated by
human intelligence. As humans now depend upon machines to perform various tasks and …

Project Management. On a personal note, I'ma PMP and I spent 20 years on the board of my
local PMI chapter. Project management is part of every EM program that I know, and project …

Interviews with engineers near retirement suggest that engineering work has become more
prescriptive over the span of their careers. Work is now highly controlled by procedures and …

This paper is another installment in a series looking at the needs of practitioners, current
research being conducted, and the gap between the two. This paper addresses some of the …

During informal discussions at EM conferences, the subject often comes up that the
schedules developed for a particular large project are not used by the execution team. As …

Abstract'Economies of Scale'is a term often used to help justify endeavors such as mergers
or expansions. Sometimes the largest feasible choice is selected with the assumption that …

Einstein's theory of relativity recently celebrated its 100th birthday. Frederick Taylor's
scientific management is just as old. In those hundred years, most paradigms of the natural …

As world populations increase, the demand for non-renewable resources forces
organizations to pursue mega projects in sparsely or non populated regions. Worldwide …