EM 600 Engineering Economics and Cost Analysis

Spring 2010 Course Schedule - Monday McLean Chemical Sciences Buil 106: 6:15 — 8:45 pm

Ses. Homework
Date Chapter * Topic Homework; Exam; Other Due
# Review
01/25 1 1 Capital Projects
3 Cash Flow Patterns
02/01 2 4 Undiscounted Figures of Merit
5/6 Rate of Return/Equivalence
2 Accounting - see Tutorial – Questions
02/08 3 7 The Three Worths
8 Capitalized Costs and Capital Recovery HW 1 (Ch 5 & 6)
02/16
4 9 Internal Rate of Return HW 2 (Ch 7) HW 1
**
11 Benefit Cost Analysis HW 3 (Ch 8)
Ranking: Tech. & Finan. Exclusivity
02/22 5 12/13/14 HW 4 (Ch 9) & HW 5 (Ch 11) HW 2 & 3
MARR
03/01 6 15 Retirements and Replacements HW 4 & 5
03/08 7 16 After Tax Analysis Accounting Test
Midterm Exam - Take home – Ch. 1 – 15
03/15 NO CLASS - (Spring Recess)
03/22 8 After Tax Analysis & Real Estate HW 6 (Ch 15)
03/29 9 18 Inflation Mid Term HW 6
04/05 10 20 Cost / Benefit Estimation HW 7 (Ch 16)
21 Sensitivity Analysis
22/23/24
04/12 11 Intro. To Risk Analysis HW 8 (Ch 18) HW 7
Green Econ.
04/19 12 25/26 Review of Multi-Attribute Analysis HW 9 (Ch 21) HW 8
Final Exam - Take home –
Real Estate
Ch 16, 18 & 21
Criticism of Eng. Econ-Review Final
04/26 13 19 HW 9
Exam
05/03 14 Final Exam Due
*Text: The Selection Process for Capital Projects, Lang & Merino: J. Wiley 10th Printing
**President’s Day Holiday – Tuesday (02/16): Monday Class Schedule

Grading: Midterm: 30% - Out by Lec 7 - Due by lecture 9;

Final Exam: 40% - Due by Lec. 14 - May 03;
Real Est. Case: 10% - Complete by lecture 12;
Home Works: 15% - See schedule above;
Acc. Test: 5% - Complete by lecture 7;
Total: 100%- Extra credit: 1/2 pt. per improvement suggestions (Max 1pt)

Donald N. Merino. PhD, PE

Alexander Crombie Humphreys Professor of Economics of Engineering
Professor of Engineering Management, School of Systems & Enterprises
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 07030
Fax: (201) 216-5541, E-Mail: dmerino@stevens.edu

EM600 SP10 Schedule