Neal Lewis, Ph.D.

Neal A. Lewis, Ph.D.

Publications (2003 - 2013)

  1. Eschenbach, Ted G.Neal A. Lewis, Joseph C. Hartman, and Lynn E. Bussey.The Economic Evaluation of Industrial Projects, 3rd edition, in production by Oxford University Press.
  2. Lewis, Neal A., Barbara J. Miller, and Ted G. Eschenbach. Instructor’s Solutions Manual for Eschenbach, Ted G. Neal A. Lewis, Joseph C. Hartman, and Lynn E. Bussey,The Economic Evaluation of Industrial Projects, 3rd edition, accepted for publication by Oxford University Press (submitted July 2013).
  3. Lewis, Neal A. and Ted G. Eschenbach. “Time Value of Money Calculations Using Spreadsheets and Calculators,” in Donald G. Newnan, Jerome P. Lavelle, and Ted G.
  4. Eschenbach, Engineering Economic Analysis, 12th edition, Oxford University Press, 2014, Appendix B, pp. 588-598.
  5. Lewis, Neal A. “A Prescription for Success,” Vignette for Chapter 3 in Donald G. Newnan, Ted G. Eschenbach, and Jerome P. Lavelle, Engineering Economic Analysis, 11th edition, Oxford University Press, 2012, pp. 72-73.Reprinted in the 12th edition, 2014, pp.72-73.
  6. Eschenbach, Ted G. and Neal A. Lewis.  “Time Value of Money (TVM) Calculators” in Donald G. Newnan, Ted G. Eschenbach, and Jerome P. Lavelle, Engineering Economic Analysis, 11th edition, Oxford University Press, 2012, pp. 586-593.
  7. Eschenbach, Ted G. and Neal A. Lewis.  “Time Value of Money (TVM) and Calculators” in Ted G. Eschenbach,Engineering Economy, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, 2011, pp. 583-590.
  8. Lewis, Neal A.  Project Valuation for the Strategic Management of R&D, Lambert Academic Press, 2010.  Published dissertation.
  9. Lewis, Neal A. “Aunt Allee’s Jams and Jellies”in William R. Peterson and Ted G. Eschenbach, Cases in Engineering Economy,Oxford University Press, 2009, pp. 218-222.
  1. Nichols, Gillian,Neal Lewis, Liang Zhang, and Zhuoyuan Jiang. “Breakeven Volatility for Real Option Valuation,” Engineering Management Journal, Vol. 26, No. 2, 2014, pp. 49-61.
  2. Selig, Gad,Elif Kongar, Neal Lewis, Christian Bach, and Tarek Sobh. “The Proposed Ph.D. in Technology Management at the University of Bridgeport – A Case Study,”International Journal of Information and Operations Management Education, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2013, pp. 172-189.
  3. Eschenbach, Ted G. and Neal A. Lewis. “Using When to Start Collecting Social Security as a Student Case Study,” Advances in Financial Education, Vol. 10, No. 1&2, 2012, pp. 120-136.
  4. Rangarajan, Kiran, Suzanna Long, Norbert Ziemer, and Neal Lewis. “An Evaluative Economic Development Typology for Sustainable Rural Economic Development.” Community Development, Vol. 43, No. 3, July 2012, pp. 320-332.
  5. Eschenbach, Ted and Neal Lewis. “Letter to the Editor: Proposition on Using Tabulated Factors.” The Engineering Economist, Vol. 56, No. 4, October-December, 2011, pp. 281-282.
  6. Eschenbach, Ted and Neal Lewis. “The Roles of Tabulated Factors, Financial Calculators, and Spreadsheets in Engineering Economy Teaching.” The Engineering Economist, Vol. 56, No. 4, October-December, 2011, pp. 283-294.
  7. Eschenbach, Ted, Neal Lewis, and Joseph Hartman. “Waiting Cost Models for Real Options.” The Engineering Economist, Vol. 54, No. 1, January-March, 2009, pp. 1-21. One of five most cited articles, The Engineering Economist, 2009-2011.
  8. Lewis, Neal, Ted Eschenbach, and Joseph Hartman. “Can We Capture the Value of Option Volatility?”The Engineering Economist, Vol. 53, No. 3, July-September 2008, pp. 230-258. Winner of the Eugene Grant Award for best article, 2009. Most downloaded The Engineering Economist article, 2011.
  9. Spurlock, David G.; Leroy R. Cox, Neal A. Lewis, and Gail A. Lueck. “A Content Analysis of Data Collection and Analysis Techniques as Reported in the Engineering Management Literature,” Engineering Management Journal, Vol. 20, No. 2, June 2008, pp. 46-55.
  10. Eschenbach, Ted; Neal Lewis, Morgan Henrie, Elisha Baker IV, and Joseph Hartman. "Real Options and Real Engineering Projects." Engineering Management Journal, Vol. 19, No. 4, December 2007, pp. 11-19.
  11. Lewis, Neal. “A Tracking Tool for Lean Solid Dose Manufacturing.” Pharmaceutical Technology, Vol. 30, No. 10, October 2006, pp. 94-108.
  12. Lewis, Neal; David Enke, and David Spurlock. “The Staging Option and Drug Development.” Pharmaceutical Engineering, Vol. 25, No. 6, Nov./Dec. 2005, pp. 58-78. 
  13. Lewis, Neal; David Enke, and David Spurlock. “Valuation for the Strategic Management of Research and Development Projects: The Deferral Option.” Engineering Management Journal, Vol. 16, No. 4, December 2004, pp. 36-47. Winner of the Ted Eschenbach Best EMJ Article Award, 2005.
  1. Lewis, Neal, and Jani Pallis, “Interdisciplinary Course in New Product Commercialization,” 2014 National Conference, American Society for Engineering Management, Virginia Beach, VA (accepted).
  2. Rodrigues, Talisa M., Ted G. Eschenbach, and Neal A. Lewis, “The Couple’s Advantage: A Case Study of When to Start Collecting Social Security,” 2014 Financial Education Association Annual Conference, Academy of Business Education, Savannah, Georgia, September 2014.
  3. Nicholls, Gillian, Neal Lewis, and Ted Eschenbach. “Teaching Time Value of Money: A Few Winning Strategies from the Front Lines,” 2014 National Conference, American Society for Engineering Education, Indianapolis, Indiana, June 2014.
  4. Lewis, Neal and Ted Eschenbach. “Extending the Case Study of When to Collect Social Security: Economic Decision Making for Couples,” 2013 National Conference, American Society for Engineering Education, Atlanta, Georgia, June 2013. 
  5. Eschenbach, Ted, Neal Lewis, Gillian Nicholls, and Jani Pallis. “The Impact of Clickers on Your Classroom and Your Career,” 2013 National Conference, American Society for Engineering Education, Atlanta, Georgia, June 2013. 
  6. Oun, Tariq, Neal Lewis, and Ted Eschenbach. “The Mean Reversion Tendency of Oil Prices,” 2012 National Conference, American Society for Engineering Management, Virginia Beach, VA, October 2012.
  7. Nicholls, Gillian,Neal Lewis, and Liang Zhang. “Breakeven Volatility for Real Option Valuation,” 2012 National Conference, American Society for Engineering Management, Virginia Beach, VA, October 2012.
  8. Lewis, Neal, Gillian Nicholls, and Zhuoyuan Jiang. “The Real Option Volatility Parameter,” 2012 National Conference, American Society for Engineering Management, Virginia Beach, VA, October 2012.
  9. Eschenbach, Ted and Neal Lewis.  “Using When to Start Collecting Social Security as a Student Case Study,” 2012 Financial EducationAssociation Annual Conference, Academy of Business Education, Charleston, South Carolina, September 2012.  Won Honorable Mention in conference best paper competition.
  10. Eschenbach, Ted, Neal Lewis, and Yiran Zhang. “When to Start Collecting Social Security:  Designing a Case Study,” 2012 National Conference, American Society for Engineering Education, San Antonio, Texas, June 2012.  Winner of the Engineering Economy Division Best Paper Award.  Winner of the ASEE Professional Interest Council #1 Best Paper Award.  One of six finalists (out of 1506 submitted papers) for conference best paper.
  11. Pallis, Jani; Neal Lewis, Ravi Mishra, Navarun Gupta, Arthur McAdams, and Richard Yelle.  “Strategy for Student Inclusion within a University-Based Business Incubator,” 2012 ASEE Northeast Section Conference, Lowell, Massachusetts, April 2012.
  12. Lewis, Neal, Gillian Nicholls, and Ted Eschenbach.  “Synergy from Teaching with Clickers and Financial Calculators,” 2011 Financial Educators Conference, Academy of Business Education, Orlando, Florida, September 2011.
  13. Nichols, Gillian, Neal Lewis, Paul Componation, and Ted Eschenbach.  “Time to Transition: Financial Calculators and Clickers in the Classroom,” 2011 National Conference, American Society for Engineering Education, Vancouver, BC, June 2011.
  14. Lewis, Neal, Ted Eschenbach, LisongFan, and Joseph Hartman.  “EVPI and Real Option Valuation,” 2011 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Reno, Nevada, May 2011.
  15. Lewis, Neal, Ted Eschenbach, and Joseph Hartman.  “Real Options:  Divergent Views on Implementation,” 2010 National Conference, American Society for Engineering Management, Rogers, AR, October 2010.
  16. Eschenbach, Ted, and Neal Lewis. “Updating the Engineering Economy and Engineering Management Lecture Hall”, 2010 National Conference, American Society for Engineering Management, Rogers, AR, October 2010.
  17. Lewis, Neal, Ted Eschenbach, and Joseph Hartman.  “Funding Decisions for Multi-Stage Projects,” 2010 National Conference, American Society for Engineering Education, Louisville, KY, June 2010.
  18. Eschenbach, Ted, and Neal Lewis.  “Calculators vs. Factor Tables and Reducing the Financial Arithmetic?” 2010 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Cancun, Mexico, June 2010.
  19. Lewis, Neal, Ted Eschenbach, and Joseph Hartman. “Real Options:  Risk-free and Market Interest Rates”, 2009 National Conference, American Society for Engineering Management, Springfield, MO, October 2009.
  20. Lewis, Neal, Ted Eschenbach, and Joseph Hartman.  “Real Options and the Use of Discrete and Continuous Interest Rates”, 2009 National Conference, American Society for Engineering Education, Austin, TX, June 2009.
  21. Lewis, Neal, Ted Eschenbach, and Joseph Hartman.  “Where Real Options Might Really Work”, 2009 Zone 1 Conference, American Society for Engineering Education, Bridgeport, CT, April 2009.
  22. Lewis, Neal, Ted Eschenbach, and Joseph Hartman.  “Integrating Real Options with Decision Trees & Simulation:  Uncertainty in the Graduate Engineering Economy Course,” 2008 National Conference, American Society for Engineering Management, West Point, NY, November 2008.
  23. Lewis, Neal, and Ted Eschenbach.  “Real Options in Engineering Economy Education,” 2008 National Conference, American Society for Engineering Education, Pittsburgh, PA, June 2008.
  24. Lewis, Neal; Ted Eschenbach, and Joseph Hartman.  “Waiting Costs for Real Engineering Projects Evaluated with Real Options,” 2008 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Vancouver, BC, May 2008.
  25. Lewis, Neal.  “The Engineer as a Professor:  Bringing Experience to the Engineering Classroom,” 2008 Zone 1 Conference, American Society for Engineering Education, West Point, NY, March 2008.
  26. Lewis, Neal, Ted Eschenbach, and Joseph Hartman.  "Sensitivity Analysis of a Real Options Problem."  2007 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Institute of Industrial Engineers, Nashville, TN, May 2007.
  27. Lewis, Neal, and Mohammed Ibrahim.  “Are Lean Manufacturing Efforts Reflected in Corporate Finances?”  2006 National Conference, American Society for Engineering Management.
  28. Lewis, Neal and David Spurlock.  “Volatility Estimation of Forecasted Project Returns for Real Options Analysis.”  2004 National Conference, American Society for Engineering Management.
  29. Lewis, Neal and David Spurlock.  “Project Valuation for the Strategic Management of Research and Development:  The Abandonment Option.”  2003 National Conference, American Society for Engineering Management.
  30. Lewis, Neal and David Spurlock.  “Research Methods in Engineering Management: Approaches to Studying Things Other Than People,”  2003 National Conference, American Society for Engineering Management.
  31. Lewis, Neal and Amit Patil.  “A Financial Comparison of U.S. and European Pharmaceutical Companies”.  2003 National Conference, American Society for Engineering Management.  Second Place award, best student paper contest.
  1. Invited Panel member, “Engineering Economy Education in the 21st Century,” 2014 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 2014.
  2. Nicholls, Gillian,Neal Lewis, and Ted Eschenbach. “Agile Project Management for Academic Projects,” 2013 International Conference, American Society for Engineering Management, Minneapolis, MN, October 2013
  3. Lewis, Neal and Ted Eschenbach.“When to Collect Social Security: Couples Strategies as Case Studies,” 2013 Financial Education Association Annual Conference, Academy of Business Education, Bermuda, September 2013.
  4. Nicholls, Gillian, Neal Lewis, and Eschenbach, Ted.  “Applying Agile Project Management to the Tasks of a Professor,” 2013 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 2013.
  5. Eschenbach, Ted,Gillian Nicholls, and Neal Lewis.  “Double Positive Roots with P, A, and F Cash Flows,” 2013 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 2013.
  6. Lewis, Neal. “Engineering Careers,” Engineering Colloquium, University of Bridgeport, October 25, 2012.
  7. Lewis, Neal, Gillian Nicholls, and Zhuoyuan Jiang.  “Investigating the Real Option Volatility Parameter,” 2012 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, Orlando, Florida, May 2012.
  8. Nicholls, Gillian,Neal Lewis, Liang Zhang, and Joseph Hartman.  “Breakeven Volatility for Real Option Valuation,” 2012 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, Orlando, Florida, May 2012.
  9. Weng, Mufu,Ted Eschenbach, and Neal Lewis.  “What’s the Right Inputs for the WACC?” 2012 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, Orlando, Florida, May 2012.
  10. Eschenbach, Ted,Gillian Nicholls, and Neal Lewis.  “Is PW Useful for the Lorie-Savage Oil Pump Problem?” 2012 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, Orlando, Florida, May 2012.
  11. Eschenbach, Ted,Neal Lewis, Elisha Baker IV, and John Whittaker.  “Textbook Multiple Rate of Return Examples:  The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” 2011 Financial Educators Conference, Academy of Business Education, Orlando, Florida, September 2011.
  12. Nichols, Gillian,Neal Lewis, Paul Componation, and Ted Eschenbach.  “Synergy from Financial Calculators and Clickers in Engineering Economy,” 2011 Industrial  Engineering Research Conference, Reno, Nevada, May 2011.
  13. Nichols, Gillian, Paul Componation, Neal Lewis, and Alison Knight.  “Assessing the Effects of On-Line Homework Procedures and Students’ Performance,” 2011 Industrial  Engineering Research Conference, Reno, Nevada, May 2011.
  14. Eschenbach, Ted; Neal Lewis, and Joseph Hartman. “Real Options:  State of the Art & Future Directions”, 2009 National Conference, American Society for Engineering Management, Springfield, MO, October 2009.
  15. Panel member, “Career Panel for Graduate Students,” 2009 National Conference, American Society for Engineering Management, Springfield, MO, October 2009.
  16. Eschenbach, Ted, Neal Lewis, and Joseph Hartman.“The Cost to Keep a Real Deferral Option Open”, 2009 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Miami, FL, June 2009.
  17. Lewis, Neal.  “Internships as a Two-Way Business Deal:  An Industrial Perspective,” 2008 National Conference, American Society for Engineering Management, West Point, NY, November 2008.
  18. Lewis, Neal.  “Use of Industrial ‘War Stories’ in the Technical Management Classroom.”  2007 National Conference, American Society for Engineering Management, Chattanooga, TN, October 2007.
  19. Lewis, Neal.  “Real Options Analysis,” Presentation to the University of Bridgeport, School of Engineering Colloquium, October 4, 2007.
  20. Lewis, Neal.  “Troubleshooting in a Crisis Mode,” Presentation to Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia, Specialists Technical Conference, Dec. 8, 2005.
  21. Lewis, Neal.  “Real Options Analysis:  A New Tool for Improved Project Valuation,” Presentation to the Project Management Institute, West Virginia/Ohio Valley Chapter, November 11, 2005.

Dr. Neal Lewis received his Ph.D. in engineering management in 2004 and B.S. in chemical engineering in 1974 from the University of Missouri - Rolla (now the Missouri University of Science and Technology), and his MBA in 2000 from the University of New Haven. He is an associate professor in the School of Engineering at the University of Bridgeport. He has over 25 years of industrial experience, having worked at Procter & Gamble and Bayer. Prior to UB, he has taught at UMR, UNH, and Marshall University, and is the winner of 4 best paper awards.

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