Engineering economics - 2012

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Class date(s): 11 September onwards
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Selected references

The following printed materials have influenced the course content. In alphabetical order:

Author(s) Title Library link Google search for ISBN Amazon link for ISBN
Blank and Tarquin Engineering Economy (7th edition, or earlier) McMaster Google Amazon
Fraser et al. Engineering Economics in Canada (3rd edition, or earlier) McMaster Google Amazon
Fraser et al. Global Engineering Economics (4th edition, or earlier) McMaster Google Amazon
Park, Zuo and Pelot Contemporary Engineering Economics, a Canadian perspective (3rd edition, or earlier) McMaster Google NA
Stermole and Stermole Economic Evaluation and Investment Decision Methods (13th edition, or earlier) NA Google Amazon
Turton et al. Analysis, Synthesis and Design of Chemical Processes (4th edition, or earlier) McMaster Google Amazon

Class slides

The slides are in tab 3 of the notes.


11 September 2012

In this class we give an overview of the "Engineering Economics" section of the course. We start by introducing the topic of the time-value of money.

13 September 2012

We continue considering the time value of money (TVM) and do some class exercises.

  • Slides: We cover slides 24 to 29. Slides 30 and 31 will feature in the next tutorial.
  • Audio and video recording of the class

14 September 2012

  • We wrap up the TVM section with one more example and then continue looking at Measures of Profitability: slides 32 to 42
  • Audio and video (bad sound!)

18 September 2012

  • We continue with various Measures of Profitability: slides 42 to 48
  • Audio and video recording of the class

20 September 2012

  • We will wrap up Measures of Profitability (slides 49 to 54); including jumping ahead to slides 88 to 90.
  • If you are looking for some more information regarding NPV vs DCFRR, please read this tutorial, or use this Google search to understand the subtleties.
  • Audio and video recording of the class

21 September 2012

25 September 2012

  • We will (re)cover the effect of depreciation and taxes on NPV, slides 78 to 83 and go through the tutorial/assignment 3. We will also discuss the SDL project selection procedure.
  • Please see this PDF slide 80 from the course notes. Note the following relationships
    • \( \text{G} = \text{C}+\text{E} \)
    • \(\text{H} = (\text{A} - \text{B}) - \text{G}\)
    • \text{H} = (\text{A}-\text{B}) - \text{G}
    • J = \(\text{H} \cdot p_\text{tax}\)
    • L = NCFAT = (A - B) - J = A - (B+J) = Net profit - tax = Total income - (After tax cash flow out): this is the line we use for our NPV calculation
    • M = \( \displaystyle \frac{\text{L}}{\left(1+i_\text{MARR}\right)^n}\)

27 September 2012

  • We will cover sensitivity analysis on an NPV, slides 104 to 115