seminars

ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

Seminars

Spring 2008 (download pdf version)

Dr. Gary Teng

1. Distributing a Tough Economy

By: Greg D. Miller, Manager, Regional Sort Operations Planning and Engineering, FedEx Express
Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 1/28/2008, Duke Centennial Hall 345.

2. The Uniqueness of Low Volume Engine Manufacturing in a High Volume Engine World

By: Timothy M. Schag, PMP, Site Manager, Powertrain Performance Build Center, General Motors Corporation
Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 2/11/2008, Duke Centennial Hall 345.

3. International Environmental, Health, and Safety Management

By: Eric Wu, P.E., Senior Consultant and Global Accounts Manager, Delta Consultants
Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 2/18/2008, Duke Centennial Hall 345.

4. How Harris Teeter Logistics Uses Supply Chain Management Concepts to Increase Productivity and Reduce Costs

By: Chuck Grant, Director of Logistics, Harris Teeter, Inc.
Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 2/25/2008, Duke Centennial Hall 345.

5. Labor, the Ultimate Material Handling Equipment

By: Scott Campbell, Director of Business Development, Insource Contract Services & President, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals-Charlotte Roundtable
Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 3/10/2008, Duke Centennial Hall 345.

6. Green Logistics

By: Michael Ogle, Ph.D., Vice President, Educational and Technical Services, Material Handling Industry of America
Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 3/24/2008, Duke Centennial Hall 345.

Fall 2007 (download pdf version)

Dr. Gary Teng

1. Managing Change in a Changing Environment

By: Michael W. Howard, Ph.D., P.E., Sr. Vice President, R&D, Electric Power Research Institute
Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 9/10/2007, Duke Centennial Hall 345.

2. Buddha Never Drove a Truck – The Art of BEING in the Supply Chain

By: Christopher Coutinho, President and CEO, Paystar Logistics
Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 9/17/2007, Duke Centennial Hall 345.

3. Current Global Manufacturing Environment

By: Gary Teng, Ph.D., PE, Professor & Director, Engineering Management Program & Center for Lean Logistics and Engineered Systems & Hector Jaramillo, Procurement/VAVE Engineer, Jacobsen-A Textron Company
Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 10/15/2007, Duke Centennial Hall 345.

4. Early-Stage Technology Commercialization Planning

By: J. Bion Schulken, Jr., Assistant Director, Management Education Services, NC Small Business & Technology Development Center
Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 10/22/2007, Duke Centennial Hall 345.

5. Tour of Harris Teeter Distribution Center

By: Tony Lucchino, Director of Warehouse Operations - Indian Trail Facility, Harris Teeter, Inc.
Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, 11/5/2007, Indian Trail. (EMGT students have 1^st priority)

6. EMGT Student Presentations

Seminar titles to be determined.
Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 11/12/2007, Duke Centennial Hall 345.
Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 11/19/2007, Duke Centennial Hall 345.
Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 11/26/2007, Duke Centennial Hall 345.
Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 12/3/2007, Duke Centennial Hall 345.

Spring 2007 (download pdf version)

Dr. Gary Teng

1. Practical Applications of Business Ethics

By: Brian Kenney, Ethics Director, General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 2/5/2007, Cameron 101.

2. Cost of Engineering in Manufacturing

By: Majid Babaie, PE, Chairman & CEO, M&M Technology

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 2/12/2007, Cameron 101.

3. Current Supply Chain Challenges due to Ocean Terminal and Rail Constraints

By: David Bennett, Vice President, Sales & Development, Globe Express Services

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 2/26/2007, Denny220.

4. The Progress of AGV Industry in Current Global Business Environment

By: Mats Herrstromer, Chief Technology Officer, AGV Products

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 3/19/2007, Cameron 101.

5. Lean Six Sigma

By: S. Michael Ho, Director, Reliability, Statistical Methods, and Manufacturing Systems, ArvinMeritor, Inc.

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 3/26/2007, Denny 220.

6. Pass & Seymour/Legrand Plant Tour

By: Dean Nestvogel, Project Manager/Lean Facilitator, Pass & Seymour/Legrand

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, 4/16/2007, Concord. (EMGT students have 1^st priority)

Fall 2006 (download pdf version)

Dr. Gary Teng

Fall 2006 Seminar Series Theme: Achieving Success in Global Economy

1. Achieving Success for Engineering Managers in Global Economy & Current State of the Engineering Management Program

By: S. Gary Teng & Engineering Management Program Faculty, Engineering Management Program & Center for Lean Logistics and Engineered Systems, UNC Charlotte

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 8/28/2006, Engineering Research Building 345.

2. Corporate Ethics in Global Economy

By: Eddy Souffran, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, UNC Charlotte

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 9/11/2006, Engineering Research Building 345.

3. Six Sigma in the Midst of Change: Maintaining and Improving Quality Through the Use of Six Sigma

By: Ian Cato, Sr. Vice President, Deposits, Debit and Student Banking, Consumer Quality & Productivity Executive, Bank of America

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 9/18/2006, Engineering Research Building 345.

4. Engineering a Synchronized Supply Chain

By: Troy Pate, District Engineering Manager, West Carolina, UPS

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 10/2/2006, Engineering Research Building 345.

5. Successful Management in an Integrated World Economy

By: James Woodward, Ph.D., Chancellor Emeritus, UNC Charlotte

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 10/16/2006, Engineering Research Building 345.

6. FedEx Ground Tour (for EMGT Students)

By: Todd Smith, Charlotte Hub Manager, FedEx Ground

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, 10/30/2006, FedEx Ground facility in Charlotte.

7. Current Issues and Trends Affecting NC's Small Manufacturers

By: J. Bion Schulken, Jr., Manufacturing & Technology Counselor, Small Business & Technology Development Center, UNC Charlotte

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 11/6/2006, Engineering Research Building 345.

Spring 2006

Dr. Gary Teng

1. Managing Complexity in Product Development

By: Stephen D. Elgin, Sr. Director, Detection Systems, General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 2/6/2006, Cameron 101.

2. Financial Management for Engineers – Industry Practices

By: Thomas J. Weir, Sr. Vice President, Engineering, Framatome ANP, Inc. (an AREVA and Siemens Company)

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 2/13/2006, Cameron 101.

3. Preparing for and Living through a Merger: Lessons Learned

By: Cindy Young, General Manager, Global Sourcing and Logistics, Duke Energy

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 2/20/2006, Cameron 101.

4. Potential Intermodal Yard at Charlotte Douglas Airport

By: Thomas M. Flynn, CEcD, Economic Development Director, City of Charlotte Economic Development Office

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 3/20/2006, Denny 220.

5. Achieving Lean System Benefits: A Lean Supply Chain Case Study

By: Ertunga Ozelkan & S. Gary Teng, Center for Lean Logistics and Engineered Systems, UNCC, Tom Johnson, Johnson Lean Enterprise Consultancy, Tom Benson, Pass and Seymour/legrand & ASQ, and Dean Nestvogel, Pass and Seymour/legrand

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 7:20 pm, 4/17/2006, Denny 220.

* Four other seminars are arranged separately.

Fall 2005 (download pdf version)

Dr. Gary Teng

1. Implementation in the Changing Process

By: Bill Bath, General Manager–Monroe Operations, Scott Health & Safety

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 8/29/2005, Cameron 101.

2. Modernizing the U.S. Nuclear Plant Fleet: Project Engineering and Management Methods

By: Thomas J. Weir, Sr. Vice President, Engineering, Framatome ANP, Inc. (an AREVA and Siemens Company)

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 9/12/2005, Cameron 101.

3. Public Policies to Encourage Regional Growth: Why Do Some Regions Thrive?

By: Laura S. Mundell, Economic Project Administrator, Centralina Council of Governments

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 10/3/2005, Denny 220.

4. The Culture of Organizational Change and Process Improvement

By: David Trusty, Vice President-Corporate Communications and Investor Relations,

Piedmont Natural Gas

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 10/17/2005, Denny 220.

5. Natural Gas Supply Chain Management

By: Fred D’Ambrosio, Marketing Manager, Amerada Hess

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 11/7/2005, Cameron 101.

6. Guidelines and Recommended Standard Practices Pertaining to Acceptance Testing of Integrated Systems

By: Richard E. Ward, Executive Vice President, Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA)

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 11/14/2005, Cameron 101.

Spring 2005 (download pdf version)

Dr. Gary Teng

1. Optimizing Total Supply Chain Cost with Integrated Supply

By: J. Wade Reece, Purchasing Manager, Duke Power

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 1/24/2005, Cameron 101.

2. Why the Construction Process Breaks

By: Stephen J. (Steve) Peklenk, Managing Director, Corporate Construction Services, LLC

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 2/7/2005, Cameron 101.

3. Principles for Successful Construction Project Management

By: Howard N. Peabody, Executive Vice President & General Partner, Shelco, Inc.

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 2/21/2005, Cameron 101.

4. Supply Chain Management and Center for Lean Logistics and Engineered Systems (CLLES)

By: S. Gary Teng, Director, Engineering Management Program & CLLES, UNCC

Ertunga Ozelkan, Associate Director, CLLES, UNCC

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 3/14/2005, Cameron 101.

5. Enron – An Insider’s Perspective

By: Fred D’Ambrosio, Marketing Manager, EnLine Energy Solutions

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 3/21/2005, Cameron 101.

6. Supply Chain Execution: Getting the Right Products to the Right Place at the Right Time at the Right Cost

By: Mike Ogle, Director of Technical and Engineering Services, Material Handling Industry of America

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 4/4/2005, Cameron 101.

Fall 2004 (download pdf version)

Dr. Gary Teng

1. Ubiquitous Customer Delight: From Manufacturing to Services
By: Vele Galovski, Senior Vice President, Customer Satisfaction & Loyalty, Bank of America

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 8/30/2004, Cameron 101.

2. Supply Chain Management within the Grocery Industry
By: Bill Rhyne, Director, Supply Chain and Labor Management, Harris Teeter, Inc.

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 9/20/2004, Cameron 101.

3. The Relocation of General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products to Charlotte

By: Linda Hudson, President, General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 9/27/2004, Cameron 101.

4. CMM - A Model for Process Improvement
By: Rob Wyatt, Vice President, Information Technology, Wachovia Corporation

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 10/4/2004, Cameron 101.

5. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
By: Raymond Guerrein, Consultant, Waste Reduction Partners

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 10/18/2004, Cameron 101.

6. Engineering from a Business Perspective
By: Ed Tucker, Director, Cigarette Manufacturing, Philip Morris U.S.A.

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 10/25/2004, Cameron 101.

Spring 2004 (download pdf version)

Dr. Gary Teng

1.  Labor Planning and Management Issues in the Supermarket Industry
        By: Bill Rhyne, Director, Supply Chain and Labor Management, Harris Teeter, Inc.
        Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 2/2/04, Cameron 101.

2.  Project Management - Examples in Process Automation
        By: Anthony Helm, Director, Maintenance & Engineering, Philip Morris U.S.A.
        Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 2/16/04, Cameron 101.

3.  From Physician to Professional Consultant - Engineering the Transformation
        By: Julian Blumenfeld, M.D., Founder and President, JBMD Consulting LLC
        Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 7:20 pm, 3/15/04, Cameron 101.

4.     Leadership and the Federal Reserve System
        By: Jeffrey Kane, Senior Vice President and Officer in Charge, Charlotte Office,

               Federal Reserve Bank
        Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 3/22/04, Cameron 101.

5.  The Future, Your Challenge!
        By:  Manuel L. Zapata, P.E., President, Zapata Engineering
        Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 3/29/04, Cameron 101.

6.  Apparel Manufacturing in a Global Market
        By: M. Darrell Hinnant, Principal Consultant and Owner, dHinnant Business Solutions, Inc.,
               COO/CFO, Asia Apparel Company, Inc., Consultant, Ameritex Corporation,
               Bangkok, Thailand, and Kannapolis City Council Member
       Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 4/5/04, Cameron 101.

Fall 2003

Dr. Gary Teng

1. Patent Law
By: Steven Gardner, Partner, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 9/15/03, Cameron 101.

2. Information Technology - Balancing the Human Elements
By: Christopher Nugent, Director of Information Technology, W. K. Dickson & Co., Inc.
Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 9/29/03, Cameron 101.

3. Policy Deployment - Lean Manufacturing at Boston Gear
        By: Ed Novotny, Vice President of Operations/General Manager, Boston Gear
        Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 7:20 pm, 10/6/03, Boston Gear.

4.     Managing Innovation Projects
        By: Kendall Clark, Director, Product Development, National Gypsum Company
        Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 10/20/03, Cameron 101.

5. Implementing Continuous Improvement Initiatives at ArvinMeritor, Inc.
        By: Debra Shumar, Senior Vice President, Continuous Improvement and Quality,
        ArvinMeritor, Inc.
        Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 10/27/03, Cameron 101.

6. The Justification of Implementing AGV Systems
        By: Mats Herrstromer, President, AGV Products, Inc.
        Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 11/3/03, Cameron 101.

Spring 2003

Dr. Gary Teng

1. Management and Engineering Issues in the Telecommunications Industry
By: Michael R. Nash, Senior Vice President, CT Communications, Inc.
Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 2/3/03, Cameron 101.

2. Current Configuration and Data Management Practices
    By: Chris Feigl, Consultant
    Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 2/10/03, Cameron 101.

3. The Transition to Process at Duke Power
    By: Barbara B. Orr, Vice President - Process Operations, Duke Power
    Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 2/17/03, Cameron 101.

4. The Innovation Process
By: R. Page Odom, Senior Vice President, Business Development and Technology, National Gypsum Company
Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 8:20 pm, 4/21/03, Technology Innovation Center,

National Gypsum Company.

Fall 2002

Dr. Gary Teng

1. Industrial Designed Experimentation --- Design of Experiments
    By: Gary Teng, Director, Engineering Management Program, UNCC, and
           Michael Ho, Director, Reliability and Statistical Methods, ArvinMeritor, Inc.
    Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 9/9/02, Cameron 101.

2. Electric Utility Reregulation, the Role of an Engineering Manager
By: Donald B. Blackmon, Vice President, Engineering Services, Energy Delivery Services
Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 9/16/02, Cameron 101.

3. Challenges in New Product/Process Development
By: Jerry S. Lee, Senior Vice President, Technology and Innovation, Goodrich Corporation
Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 9/30/02, Cameron 101.

4. Managing IT Projects
By: Olin Broadway, Director, Institute for eBusiness Technology and Executive in Residence, UNCC
Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 10/14/02, Cameron 101.

5. Managing I-77 Design-Build Project
By: David Grey, Vice President, Rea Construction Company
Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, 10/21/02, Cameron 101.

6. Top 10 Challenges to Being a Successful Entrepreneur
By: Mark Schaffner, President & CEO, The Ben Craig Center
Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 10/28/02, Cameron 101.

7. The Business of Consulting
By: Michael Petko, President, Palma Project Professionals
Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:20 pm, 11/4/02, Cameron 101.

Spring 2002

Dr. Gary Teng

1. Results Oriented Facility Maintenance Strategies

By: Ray Thompson, General Manager, North Carolina Operations, and

Kenneth P Hanshaw, Technical Sales Executive, Johnson Controls, Inc.

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, 1/17/02, Cameron 101.

2. Who Are You? And What You Must Be Prepared for in the Future Work Environment

By: Fred E. Dabney II, President, d2 Consulting, Consultant, Royal & SunAlliance,

and Chairman, Charlotte Mayor’s International Cabinet

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, 1/31/02, Cameron 101.

3. Process Improvement in Utility Industry
By: Donald B. Blackmon, Vice President, Power Delivery, Duke Engineering and Services

Time and Location: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, 2/14/02, Cameron 101.