Abstract Engineering economy has been studied by the majority of engineering students for many years, yet its place in engineering education is often misunderstood. Logic suggests that the engineering economy course would be highly valued since it is the only course many engineering students will take related to financial matters, but instead there is evidence that the subject is being marginalized. While pressures to reduce program credit hours and changes to the Fundamentals of Engineering exam may play a role in this, perhaps engineering economy has not sufficiently evolved to meet the needs of students or the realities of the contemporary workplace. What can be done to ensure that engineering economy fulfills its potential as an important part of engineering education? There may be few clear-cut answers, but we believe that engineering economy should shift toward a future characterized by rigorous coursework grounded in engineering design principles and applications of risk and uncertainty. This has been our goal in teaching engineering economy at Western Michigan University for many years. The purpose of this paper is to communicate the essential elements of a strategy that has helped to make the course a vibrant component of several engineering programs.

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工程经济作为当今和未来工程项目中一门充满活力且相关的课程

摘要 工程经济学为广大工科学生研究多年，但其在工程教育中的地位却常被误解。逻辑表明，工程经济课程将受到高度重视，因为它是许多工程专业学生将学习的唯一与财务问题相关的课程，但有证据表明该学科正在被边缘化。虽然减少课程学分的压力和工程基础考试的变化可能在这方面发挥作用，但也许工程经济还没有充分发展以满足学生的需求或当代工作场所的现实。如何确保工程经济发挥其作为工程教育重要组成部分的潜力？可能没有几个明确的答案，但我们认为，工程经济应该转向以工程设计原则和风险和不确定性应用为基础的严谨课程为特征的未来。这是我们多年来在西密歇根大学教授工程经济学的目标。本文的目的是传达一项战略的基本要素，该战略有助于使该课程成为多个工程项目的一个充满活力的组成部分。