These podcasts are short presentations that summarize concepts, terminology and problem-solving procedures. They are offered as supplemental learning aids for courses in Engineering Economics and Project Management. They feature voice-over animated Power Point slides.
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| 1. Foundations of Engineering Economy | | Time value of money and equivalence | | View Now |
| | Simple and compound interest | | View Now |
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| 2. Factors: How Time and Interest Affect Money | | Single amount factors | | View Now |
| | Uniform series factors | | View Now |
| | Arithmetic gradient factors | | View Now |
| | Geometric gradient factors | | View Now |
| | Shifted uniform series | | View Now |
| | Shifted gradient series | | View Now |
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| 3. Nominal and Effective Interest Rates | | Nominal and effective interest rates: meaning and computation | | View Now |
| | Effective interest rates in equivalence relations | | View Now |
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| 4. Present Worth Analysis | | Present worth of equal-life alternatives | | View Now |
| | Present worth of different-life alternatives | | View Now |
| | Capitalized cost analysis | | View Now |
| | Evaluation of independent projects | | View Now |
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| 5. Annual Worth Analysis | | Annual worth analysis | | View Now |
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| 6. Rate of Return Analysis | | ROR: understanding and calculation | | View Now |
| | Incremental ROR analysis | | View Now |
| | Multiple ROR values | | View Now |
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| 7. Benefit/Cost Analysis; Public Sector Projects | | Public projects and basics of B/C analysis | | View Now |
| | Incremental B/C analysis | | View Now |
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| 8. Breakeven, Sensitivity and Payback Analysis | | Breakeven analysis: one project | | View Now |
| | Breakeven analysis: two alternatives | | View Now |
| | Payback period analysis | | View Now |
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| 9. Replacement and Retention Decisions | | Economic service life | | View Now |
| | Performing a replacement study | | View Now |
| | Replacement with a fixed study period | | View Now |
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| 10. Effects of Inflation | | Inflation: its effect and PW equivalence | | View Now |
| | FW and AW equivalence with inflation | | View Now |
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| 11. Estimating Costs | | Cost estimation approach and basic methods | | View Now |
| | Cost-estimating relationships | | View Now |
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| 12. Depreciation Methods | | Depreciation basics and SL method | | View Now |
| | Declining balance methods | | View Now |
| | MACRS depreciation | | View Now |
| | Depletion methods | | View Now |
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| 13. After-Tax Economic Analysis | | Preparing cash flows for after-tax analysis | | View Now |
| | Performing the after-tax evaluation | | View Now |
| | After-tax replacement study | | View Now |
| | Cost of capital and MARR | | View Now |
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| 14. Multiple Attributes and Risk | | Multiple attribute evaluation | | View Now |
| | Variation and risk | | Available soon |
| | Evaluation using sampling and simulation | | Available soon |
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