Pathway to Excellence for Minority 

Students on Supply Chain Management 

and Logistics Standards through 

Interdisciplinary Curriculum Innovation 

(PEMS) 

Drs. Kai Jin, Hua Li, and Ruth Chatelain-Jardon

Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Team Background

• PI: Dr. Kai Jin - Professor of Mechanical 

and Industrial Engineering

• Co-PI: Dr. Hua Li – Professor of 

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

• Co-PI: Dr. Ruth Chatelain-Jardon -

Associate Professor of Management, 

Marketing and Information Systems
Project Goal and Objectives

• Goal: create a pathway to excellence for 

engineering and business students in different 

levels, especially underrepresented minority 

students, to strengthen their education and 

knowledge about supply chain management and 

logistics standards.
Project Goal and Objectives

• Objectives

- Develop entry level course modules to use in current 

freshman introduction to engineering and business 

courses to increase students’ awareness on standards;

- Develop interdisciplinary undergraduate minor program 

on supply chain management and logistics standards to 

improve students’ career readiness;

- Develop interdisciplinary graduate certificate program 

to advance students’ professional preparedness on 

supply chain management and logistics standards.
Overall Structure of the Project

Supply Chain 

Management 

and Logistics 

Standards

Advanced

TAMUK-NIST 

PEMS

Develop One 

New Graduate 

Course

Modify One 

Existing 

Graduate Course

Develop One New 

Undergraduate 

Course

Modify One Existing 

Undergraduate 

Course

Modify One 

Existing 

Graduate Course

Develop One 

New Graduate 

Course

Develop One New 

Undergraduate 

Course

Modify One Existing 

Undergraduate 

Course

College of 

Engineering

College of Business 

Administration

Undergraduate 

Minor Program

Graduate 

Certificate 

Program

Freshman 

UNIV/GEEN 

Classes

Advanced

Advanced

Advanced

Basics

Business

Engineering

● TAMUK 

Engineering and 

Business Courses

● Community 

Colleges

● Other 

Universities

● Industry 

Professionals

● Webinars to 

the Public

Internal

& External

Sharing
Curriculum Development Summary

Course type and name Standards to be covered

Freshman courses

UNIV 1101- Learning in global context I (Business and Preengineering) / GEEN 1201- Engineering as a career (Eng.)ICC Incoterm 2020 Introduction

ICC UCP 600 Introduction

Upper Level Undergraduate Courses

MKTG 4345 – Contracts and Documentation ICC Incoterm 2020 and ICC UCP 600

IEEN 43XX – Introduction to cybersecurity standards in supply 

chain

ISO 31000:2018 Risk management

ISO 27001 Information security standard

MGMT 4358-Lean operations ISO 44001 Collaborative business 

relationship management systems

IEEN 4332- Principles of engineering management ISO 22301:2019 Business continuity 

management systems and ISO 9001

Graduate Courses (Two required + One elective courses to get the certificate)

Revamped (Business, required): MKTG 5320-Logistics and SCM ICC Incoterm 2020 and ICC UCP 600

New (Eng., required): IEEN 53XX-Advanced risk management and 

cybersecurity standards in logistics

ISO 31000:2018 Risk management

ISO 27001 Information security standard

New (Business, elective): MKTG 53XX-Responsive supply chain ISO 44001 and ISO 22301:2019 

Revamped (Eng., elective): IEEN 5312-Supply chain management ISO 44001 and ISO 22301:2019
Minor Program

• “Supply Chain Standards” minor (18 hours)

- Students are required to complete three of the following courses with C 

or better: 

IEEN 43XX Introduction to Cybersecurity Standards in Supply Chain; 

IEEN 4332 Principles of Engr. Management; 

MKTG 4345 Contracts and Documentation; 

MGMT 4358 Lean Operations. 

- Students also need complete three of the following courses with C or 

better: 

IEEN 3321 Op. Research Meth. In Engr. I; IEEN 3325 Engr. Economic 

Analysis I; IEEN 4321 Op. Research Meth. In Engr. II; IEEN 4325 Engr. 

Economic Analysis II; MGMT 3355 Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain 

Management; MKTG 3330 Transportation; MKTG 3375 Warehouse and 

Inventory Management; MKTG 4335 Supply Chain Management; or BAUD 

3366 – Introduction to Business Intelligence.
New Courses

• Graduate level: 

– IEEN 5303-Standards of Cybersecurity in Supply 

Chain and Logistics to be offered in Spring 2021

• Undergraduate level: 

– IEEN 4313-Cybersecruity standards in supply chain, 

proposed together with the minor program

– MKTG 4345- Trade standards in Logistics and 

Supply Chain, course to be offered in Summer 2021
Additional Goals

• Short Term: significantly increase TAMUK 

business and engineering students’ awareness and 

knowledge of SCM and logistics standards by 

creating sustainable and cost-effectiveness 

curriculum structures. 

• Long Term: adequately prepare and train the 

college graduates in south Texas to produce future 

workplace equipped with standards and 

standardization knowledge and generate positive 

impacts on regional, state, and national economy. 
Sustainability, Scalability, and 

Replicability 

• All the modules and course contents developed by 

the project team will be available to TAMUK and 

other IHEs through online learning platforms 

Blackboard and Canvas. 

• Webinars will be offered to promote the adoption 

of the modules and the teaching experiences. 

• Three different levels of modules are flexible and 

easy for other educators to use.

• Short courses for industries.
Dissemination and Sharing 

• IHE collaborators: Del Mar College, Lerado 

College, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M 

University–Corpus Christi, Texas Tech 

University, Cincinnati University, etc. 

• ASEE annual conferences, TAMUK senior 

design conferences, Javelina Research 

Symposium, and TAMU Pathway Research 

Symposium 

• Ten page summary paper
Activity Plan

Activities Fall 20 Sp 21 Su 21 Fall 21 Winter 21 Sp 22 Su 22

Develop new course modules and courses ● ●

Develop new minor/certificate program ● ●

erevamped courses ● ● ● ● ●

Collect feedbacks ● ● ● ● ●

Create online version of course modules ● ●

Continuous improvement ● ●

Internal sharing at TAMUK ● ●

Webinars/Seminars ● ● ● ● ● ●

Evaluation and Assessment ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Project results dissemination ● ● ● ● ● ●

Share project products outside TAMUK ● ●

Attend one-day workshops at NIST ● ●

Prepare final summary paper ●
Other Communication Plan

• Website

• Social medias: Twitter, Facebook, YouTube
Thank you!