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The document outlines the course structure for Engineering Economy (Em431) at the Alexandria Higher Institute of Engineering Technology, detailing the course aims, content, and assessment methods. Students will learn to identify and solve engineering problems, evaluate alternatives economically, and prepare feasibility studies. The course includes lectures, midterm exams, and final assessments, with a focus on various economic principles relevant to engineering projects.

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The document outlines the course structure for Engineering Economy (Em431) at the Alexandria Higher Institute of Engineering Technology, detailing the course aims, content, and assessment methods. Students will learn to identify and solve engineering problems, evaluate alternatives economically, and prepare feasibility studies. The course includes lectures, midterm exams, and final assessments, with a focus on various economic principles relevant to engineering projects.

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Alexandria Higher Institute of

Math 1 (Mat 001) Engineering Technology (AIET)

LECTURE 1

INTRODUCTION

BY :DR Soha Gaballah


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Course Code Em431
Contact Hours/Week
Course Name Engineering Economy
Lecture Tutorial Lab Total
Credit-Hours 2 2 0 0 2

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Course Aim
By the end of the course the students will be able to:
 1- identify, formulate, and solve engineering problem
 2- Provide students with economical methods to compare
and evaluate alternatives based on present, annual, rate of
return, and benefit over cost analysis.
 3. Equipping students with the knowledge and concepts of
preparing feasibility studies and managing research
projects. ‘
Course Contents
Week Content
Week1 Introduction
Economic decision process in the design and implementation of a real
Week 2
engineering project
Week 3 Investment choice
Week 4 General accounting principles
Week 5 Midterm Exam
Week 6 Balance Sheet and incoming statement
Week 7 Interest and financial mathematics
Week 8 Present and annual worth
Week 9 Benefit / cost ratio
Week 10 Midterm Exam
Week 11 The internal rate of return
Week 12 Income tax effects on depreciation
Week 13 Retirement and placement analysis
Week 14 Revision
Student Assessment
5- Student Assessment:
1- Assignment
a- Procedures
2-Quizzes
used:
2- Written Exams
1- Quizzes
week 4,9,12

2- Mid-term exam
weeks 5,10

b- Schedule: 4- Final exam


week 16

1- Attendance ,Quizzes & Reports 20%


c- Weighing of
2- Mid-term exam 20% 6
Assessment:
 Engineering Economy, Leland Blank and Anthony Tarquin,
7th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2012. ISBN 10: 0073376302,
ISBN 13: 978-0073376301

 John White and David Pratt: "Principles of Engineering


Economic Analysis", 5th Ed., Wiley and Sons, Inc, 2010.
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What is engineering
economy ?

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order to design, build, and
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devices, systems, materials and
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processes
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