CAPSTONE: Project Advisor
Before beginning work on the final project, a student should select a project advisor from among the full-time EMEN faculty. Currently this means that either Professor Lawton, Professor Kirschling, or Professor Luftig will serve as the principal advisor. Other faculty who have indicated their willingness to serve as members of the capstone committee are listed below. At least two of the three capstone committee members must come from the EMEN faculty, either full-time or adjunct.
To facilitate the selection of an advisor and two committee members, the areas of interest of each faculty member are shown below. If the student's topical area of interest falls into one of the areas shown for either Professors Lawton, Kirschling, or Luftig, it is recommended that this individual be contacted to serve as the primary project advisor. Depending on the number of students working on projects in a given semester, it may not be always possible to match the student's interest area with a particular principal advisor. However, every attempt will be made to match the areas of interest.
Professors Kirschling, Lawton, and Luftig serve as primary advisors.
| Dr. Wayne Kirschling |
| Corporate venturing |
Operations Management |
| Federal R&D funding |
Product management |
| Lean manufacturing |
Research methods |
| Managing in highly cyclical environments |
Statistical methods |
| Management of creative destruction |
Supply chain |
| Management of high-tech companies |
Survey methods |
| Management of R&D |
Theory of constraints |
| Management science |
Venture capital |
| Dr. Barbara Lawton |
| Applying systems of profound knowledge |
Organizational change |
| Change Management |
Quality function deployment |
| Design of experiments |
Research methods |
| Evolutionary change |
Statistical methods |
| Statistical methods |
Statistical quality control |
| Intellectual Capital |
Systems thinking and applications |
| Knowledge Management |
Total Quality Management |
| Leadership and Management |
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| Dr. Jeffrey Luftig |
| Advanced quality planning |
Research methods – experimental, quasi–experimental designs |
| Applied statistics / statistical methods Business performance excellence |
Research methods – survey design and associated data Analysis |
| Control & capability of measurement systems: continuous and discrete gauging |
Statistical quality control |
| Customer quality assurance |
Statistical start-Up of new facilities/systems |
| Data mining |
Strategic planning & policy deployment Hoshin planning) |
| Quality function deployment |
Supplier quality assurance |
| Research methods |
Total quality management |
Additional Committee Members
It is required that at least two of the three capstone committee members are EMEN faculty (including the primary advisor). For your reference, below is a list of additional faculty who can serve as committee members. An asterisk indicates the EMEN faculty.
| Dr. Keith Molenaar |
| Learning organizations for architecture, engineering or construction companies |
Project controls |
| Mr. Frank Moyes |
| Entrepreneurship |
Business plan development |
Feasability plan |
| Dr. Mario Vidalon |
| Training |
Integrated product teams |
| Systems engineering |
Market research |
| E-marketing |
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