This course discusses the fundamentals and applications of engineering information management through lectures, in-class group discussions, homework assignments, and projects. The topics discussed include:

1. Introduction to Database Management
2. Management Information Systems in a Networked Digital Enterprise
3. Project-Oriented Information Management
4. BIM (Building Information Modeling)
5. Engineering Information Lifecycle Management
6. Engineering Information Sharing and Standardization
7. Visualization of Engineering Information
8. 4D Construction Management
9. Engineering Knowledge Management

1. The objectives, scope, and importance of engineering information management
2. Key concepts for applying engineering information management effectively
3. Basic knowledge of related computer & information technologies for engineering information management

1. Class notes
   
2. Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, 9/E by Kenneth
   C. Laudon and Jane P. Laudon, Prentice Hall, 2006.
   
3. Chapter 5: Database Concepts, in Fundamentals of Computer-Aided
   Engineering by B. Raphael and I. F. C. Smith, Wesley, 2003.
   
4. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), Third
   Edition, by Project Management Institute, 2004.