Director:
Arthur W. Winston, Engineering management, systems analysis and design, product
development
Associate director:
Mary Viola, New product and process development, multinational strategies
Core faculty:
Professor Linfield Brown, Design of Experiments
Professor Richard Chechile, Organizational Dynamics
Professor Sinaia Nathanson, Conflict Resolution
Professor Anil Saigal, Statistical Process Control
Lecturer Pier Abetti, Technology Transfer
Lecturer Harold Goldberg, Product Development, Project Management
Lecturer Brad Goldense, Concurrent Engineering
Lecturer Partha Ghosh, Multinational Strategies
Lecturer Rana Gupta, Financial Management
Lecturer Michael Kaufman, Humanities
Lecturer Samuel Liggero, Product Development
Lecturer Sheryl Read, Business Strategies
Lecturer Johanna Rothman, Software Methodology
Lecturer Jared Spool, Usability Engineering
The Gordon Institute of Tufts University offers a professional, accredited graduate program in engineering management. The program develops practicing scientists and engineers into effective leaders who possess a blend of advanced technical knowledge, critical management ability, and strong communication skills.
The institute has strong ties to industry, and the program is focused on the practical application of material learned in the classroom. All participants are required to conduct a full-scale, intensive project for an organization as part of the degree requirements. Classes are taught by professors from Tufts University and by industry specialists with extensive corporate experience.
The integrated curriculum addresses current issues in the field and provides participants with the skills and mindset they need to make sound business decisions regarding new product development; to understand the relationships between product design, engineering, manufacturing, marketing, and human resources; to translate technical ideas into cost-effective and market-desired products and services; to maximize the operational effectiveness of information in both national and international marketplaces; to develop diverse teams of technical and nontechnical personnel; and to lead teams and drive technically challenging projects from start to finish.
Two enrollment options are available: a one-year intensive program, and a two-year
executive-style program. Both programs lead to a master of science degree in engineering
management. For scientists and engineers employed in the biotechnology industry, there is
a joint program with the university's biotechnology center leading to a master of science
degree in engineering management with a specialization in biotechnology.
Graduate Courses
210 Quantitative Methods. Series of modules that broaden the perspective of participants while providing engineering tools and techniques: data analysis, statistical methods and process control, experimental design, process behavior and techniques.
220 Product and Process Development. Introduction to the document-driven design and development technique by which project leaders may use the scheduling and control of documentation as both the engine to drive the development and the measure of completion.
230 Project Development and Analysis. Introduction to business finance from an engineering standpoint: balance sheet, profit and loss, cash flow; importance of profit, growth, value of inventory, and effect of engineering; critical steps in project leadership, including researching the market, competition, customer needs and wants.
240 Emerging Technologies. Through development cases, guest lectures, and site visits, participants are introduced to leading-edge technologies, including information processing and artificial intelligence, science-based research, and other current innovations.
250 Humanistic Perspectives on Engineering Leadership. Provides broad intellectual skills and exercise in creative thinking: technology and society; engineering management; leadership; ethical dilemmas and personal values.
260 Engineering Leadership. Ties together and extends leadership issues discussed in the other courses, e.g., organizational dynamics, the psychology of individuals and groups, motivation, leadership styles, developing subordinates, management of change, engineering project leadership, and moral aspects of leadership.
280 The Project. The opportunity for participants to put into practice the material learned in the classroom, particularly the methodology. Over a six- to twelve-month period, each participant conducts a full-scale, intensive project for an organization.
401PT Master's Continuation, Part time.
402FT Master's Continuation, Full time.