Managing Engineering and Technology

Dr. Lucy C. Morse recently retired as an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Technology in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Central Florida (UCF). She was both the Coordinator for the Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology program and Director of Engineering Technology at a Distance, a program focused on using advanced learning technologies to deliver engineering technology degrees to students on and off campus. Currently she teaches engineering management as an adjunct for UCF and NTU/Walden University. She was the first woman to obtain a doctorate in engineering at UCF, receiving a PhD from the Department of Industrial Engineering in 1987. In the early 90's Dr. Morse served as a Program Manager at the National Science Foundation in the Engineering Directorate.

In 2002 she was named a Faculty Fellow to the UCF Academy for Teaching, Learning and Leadership; she was named a Fellow in the University's Teaching and Learning Center in 2005. Dr. Morse is a Fellow in the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and has served as an examiner for the national Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award and the Florida Sterling Award. Her experience in management came through her leadership roles in national and local volunteer organizations before she returned to engineering graduate school. Dr. Morse has lectured on engineering management, quality management and distance learning education throughout the continental U.S. as well as in Spain, Romania, Ukraine, Germany and Antarctica.

Daniel L. Babcock began his career as a chemical engineer, earning a BS at Penn State and an SM at MIT. He then served 3 years as a USAF officer in development testing, 3 years as a chemist and technical writer for a silicone chemical manufacturer, and 3 years abstracting progress in solid propellant rocket development on a U.S. government contract. Next, he spent 7 years with North American Rockwell Corporation coordinating development and integration of solid and small liquid propellant rocket motors into the Apollo Command and Service Modules, engine with a leave to complete a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering Management at UCLA in 1970.

Dr. Babcock then accepted a position as Associate Professor (later Professor) of Engineering Management at the University of Missouri - Rolla. When assigned the introductory course in engineering management he found many fine textbooks in business management as well as some confined to specific technical areas (managing research, production or projects), but none that included topics broadly needed in managing technology, dependent departments and companies. Dr. Babcock began to supplement the assigned management textbook with handouts for his students on areas of his experience, such as project management, quality assurance and reliability engineering. He later outlined what he thought a more comprehensive text on Managing Engineering and Technology should include and began to write one with encouragement from Prentice-Hall. With publication of the 1st (1991) and 2nd (1996) editions, Dr. Babcock retired from teaching. He has since been pleased to have Dr. Lucy Morse as his co-author to keep the book current and timely through its 3rd, 4th, 5th and now 6th editions.

William J. Schell IV is Associate Professor of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering in the Norm Asbjornson College of Engineering and Associate Director of the Montana Engineering Education Research Center at Montana State University. Schell earned his Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering/Engineering Management from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. His undergraduate and graduate teaching covers a wide array of topics including courses in quality, engineering statistics, and project and engineering management. His research focuses on the role of leadership in process improvement and engineering education and includes NSF supported work to understand leadership development in undergraduate engineers. Schell's research program has resulted in over 50 peer reviewed publications and includes best paper awards from the Engineering Management Journal and the American Society for Engineering Education. Prior to joining the faculty, Schell's industry career spanned 14 years including executive positions in technology and engineering management with American Express, Wells Fargo and PrintingforLess.com. He is an elected Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Management, serves as Associate Editor for the Engineering Management Journal, and is a registered Professional Engineer, certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Certified Professional Engineering Manager.