Principles of Finance and Engineering Economics
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What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Webinar instructions will be emailed 24-48 business hours before the date of the webinar.
Please log into the webinar 10-15 minutes before start time.
Thursday, June 11, 2026
10:00 am – 2:30 pm CDT
Friday, June 12, 2026
10:00 am – 2:30 pm CDT
Agenda:
Presented by S. Bobby Rauf, PE, CEM, CMT, MBA
Agenda Day One:
Thursday, June 11, 2026
- Finance, engineering economics and accounting concepts
- Definitions
- Discussion and examples of calculations
- Economics and engineering economics
- Common organizational structures
- Role of financial analysts, accountants, controllers, and CFO’s
- Income statements and balance sheets
- Cash flow
- Working capital concepts
- Financial reporting requirements and financial metrics and ratios
- Payback period
- Future Value (FV)
- Present Value (PV)
- Time value of money
- Conversions and analyses
- Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
- Return on Investment (ROI)
- Net Present Value (NPV)
- Return on Equity (ROE)
- Rate of Return (ROR)
- Current ratio
- Acid test ratio
- Plant turnover ratio
Agenda Day Two:
Friday, June 12, 2026
- Depreciation
- Alternatives
- Straight line (S/L) product based
- Sum of years (SOY) digits
- Inventory concepts
- First-in, first-out (FIFO)
- Last-in, first-out (LIFO)
- Economic order quantity (EOQ)
- Inventory turnover ratio
- Work in progress (WIP) inventory
- Inventory carrying costs
- Lease vs. buy decisions
- Repair vs. replace decisions
- Costs
- Life cycle cost
- Period costs
- Direct and indirect costs
Webinar Instructions
All attendees must log-on through their own email – attendees may not watch together if they wish to earn continuing education credit. HalfMoon Education Inc. must be able to prove attendance if either the attendee or HalfMoon Education Inc. is audited.
Certificates of completion can be downloaded in PDF form upon passing a short quiz. A link to the quiz will be sent to each qualifying attendee immediately after the webinar. The certificate can be downloaded from the Results page of the quiz upon scoring 80% or higher.
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Credits
Engineers
8.0 PDHs
PIE - Practicing Institute of Engineering
Pending*
Continuing Education Information
This webinar is open to the public and is designed to qualify for 8.0 PDHs for professional engineers in most states. Please refer to specific state rules to verify eligibility.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida (Provider License No: CEA362), Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, and New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00049300). HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York engineers via its registration with the Practicing Institute of Engineering (PIE).
*HalfMoon Education is seeking to apply for PIE course accreditation pending finalization of the course materials. This course listing at halfmoonseminars.org will be updated regarding pending credits.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the webinar for those who attend the entire course and score a minimum 80% on the quiz that follows the course (multiple attempts allowed).
*On-Demand Credits*
The preceding credit information only applies to the live presentation. This course in an on-demand format is not pre-approved by any licensing boards and may not qualify for the same credits; please consult your licensing board(s) to ensure that a structured, asynchronous learning format is appropriate.
Speakers
S. Bobby Rauf, PE, CEM, CMT, MBA
President, Chief Consultant and a Senior Instructor at Sem-Train, LLCProfessor Rauf has over 25 years of experience in teaching undergraduate and post graduate engineering, science, math, business administration and MBA courses, seminars, and workshops. He earned his BS degree in Electrical Engineering, with honors, from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Professor Rauf earned his Executive MBA degree from Pfeiffer University Misenheimer, North Carolina. He is a registered professional engineer in the States of Virginia, Wyoming, and North Carolina, and he is a Certified Energy Manager. Professor Rauf holds a patent in process controls technology. His last full-time engineering employment, in the corporate world, was at PPG Industries, Inc. where he served as a senior staff engineer. Professor Rauf was inducted as “Legend in Energy” by AEE, in 2014. He is a member of ASEE, American Society of Engineering Education. Professor Rauf has developed and instructed Professional Engineering and Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (NCEES) Prep Courses over the past 20 years. He develops and instructs PDHs (Professional Development Hours) and continuing education, engineering skill building seminars and courses. Professor Rauf is also an adjunct professor at Gardner-Webb University. He has published multiple texts over the last ten years. Professor Rauf also provides text editorial services to River Publishers.
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