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Introduction |
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| Engineering Economics |
| 2 |
Introduction, Time Value of Money, Single Payment Discounting |
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| 3 |
Value, Multi-payment Discounting, Non-uniform Cash Flows |
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| 4 |
Effective Interest Rates
Evaluating Alternatives, MARR, PW, AW, IRR |
Homework EE1 due |
| 5 |
Uncertainty |
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| 6 |
Comparing Alternatives |
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| 7 |
Dealing with Changing Prices |
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| 8 |
Combining Concepts |
Homework EE2 due |
| 9 |
Presentations and Review |
EE project due |
| 10 |
Exam 1 |
Homework EE3 due |
| Materials Selection |
| 11 |
Concepts of Materials Indices, Software Introduction (Guest lecturer: Jeremy Gregory) |
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| 12 |
Material and Shape Selection (Guest lecturer: Jeremy Gregory) |
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| 13 |
Process Selection, In-class Examples (Guest lecturer: Jeremy Gregory) |
Homework MS1 due |
| 14 |
Presentations and Review |
MS project due |
| Cost Modeling |
| 15 |
Using Cost Models: Concepts and Principles |
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| 16 |
Tackling Variable Costs |
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| 17 |
Modeling Fixed Costs |
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| 18 |
Presentations and Review |
Homework CM1 due
CM project due |
| 19 |
Exam 2 |
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| LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) |
| 20 |
Introduction: What is the Cost of Materials Usage? |
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| 21 |
An Overview of Life Cycle Assessment |
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| 22 |
Analysis Goal and Scope; Inventory Methods |
Homework LC1 due |
| 23 |
Impact Assessment |
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| 24 |
Presentations and Wrap-up |
LCA project due |