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Appendix E : Course Descriptions
I.
Course Relationships
I.
Course Relationships:
Most of the undergraduate and graduate courses offered in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering are presented below as sets of courses in various subject areas. General: Human-Machine Systems Engineering: Human-System
Interaction:
INEN255, INEN370, INEN665, INEN721, INEN735, INEN813, INEN814 Management
Systems Engineering: Economic
Analysis:
INEN260, INEN262, INEN731 Production
Systems Engineering: Production
Control:
INEN355, INEN749 II.
Background Courses
See
the Undergraduate Handbook for the list and course descriptions of undergraduate
courses that may be assigned as background courses.
III.
Advanced Undergraduate and Graduate Courses
INEN 600 Survey of Industrial Engineering Topics 3(3-0) This course will introduce topics in the
following areas of Industrial Engineering: Engineering Economy, Linear
Programming, Production Control, Methods Engineering, and Statistical Process
Control. Prerequisite: Senior/Graduate Standing. INEN 615 Industrial Simulation 3(3-0) This course addresses discrete-event simulation languages. One general-purpose simulation language is taught in depth. Modeling exercises, involving user-written event-processing routines, is emphasized. The use of simulation in design and improvement of production and service is emphasized. Term papers and projects will be required. Prerequisite: Senior/Graduate Standing. INEN 618 Total Quality Improvement 3(3-0) This
course provides a systematic engineering approach to understanding the
philosophy and application of Total Quality Improvement (TQI).
It also introduces students to Continuous Improvement (CI) techniques
used by management as a means of improving engineering processes in order to
become and remain competitive in the global marketplace.
The CI techniques and concepts in this course include strategic planning,
benchmarking, ISO 9000, teamwork, customer satisfaction, employee involvement,
quality tools, and business process reengineering. Design projects are required.
Prerequisites: Senior/Graduate
Standing. INEN 624 Computer Integrated Design/Manufacture 3(2-2) This
course addresses Computer-based tools and techniques for integrated product and
process design. Topics include numerical computer-aided design and process
planning, group technology, numerical control, computer numerical control, and
direct numerical control, rapid response technologies, integrated manufacturing
planning, execution, and control and computer-integrated manufacturing.
Design projects are required. Prerequisite:
Senior/Graduate Standing. INEN 625 Information Systems 3(3-0) This
course introduces the planning, design, implementation and evaluation of
industrial information systems. Analysis and design techniques, organization of
data, current software tools, client-server architectures, and current database
technologies are presented. The
role of information systems in global manufacturing, distribution, and services
is addressed. Design projects
are required. Prerequisite:
Senior/Graduate
Standing. INEN 632 Robotic Systems and Applications 3(2-2) This
course addresses design, analysis, implementation and operation of robotics in
production systems. End effectors,
control systems, vision systems, sensors, off-line programming, and simulation
of robotic systems are covered. Methods
for designing robotic work areas are emphasized. Design projects are required. Prerequisite:
Senior/Graduate Standing. INEN 633 Engineering Law and Ethics 3(3-0) This
course introduces engineers to law and ethics. Topics include contract
law and practices, product liability, intellectual property and patent law,
research and development contracts, environmental law, interstate commerce
regulations, labor law, workers compensation, safety regulations, ethical issues
involving conflict of interest, and confidentiality. Prerequisite:
Senior/Graduate Standing.
INEN
635
Materials Handling Systems Design
3(2-2) This
course focuses on design, and analysis of materials handling and flow in
manufacturing facilities and warehouses. Principles,
functions, equipment and theoretical approaches in materials handling are
discussed. Tools for the automation
of materials handling are introduced. Design
projects are required.
Prerequisite: Senior/Graduate Standing. INEN
648
Industrial Biomechanics
3(3-0) This
course explains and analyzes the mechanical behavior of the musculoskeletal
system and component tissue during industrial work situations.
Topics include: bio-mechanical and musculo-skeletal models, mechanical
work capacity, bio-instrumentation. Applications
to human-machine systems design and analysis are emphasized.
Prerequisites: Senior/Graduate Standing. INEN
658
Project Management
3(3-0) This course addresses
project proposal preparation, resource and cost estimation, project planning,
organizing and controlling, network diagrams, and computerized project planning
systems. Prerequisite: Senior/Graduate
Standing. INEN
664
Human Performance, Risk Analysis & Systems Safety
3(3-0) This
course addresses the relationship between system safety, risk and human
performance at work. Quantitative
and qualitative methods of investigating and analyzing accidents, system
failures and risk in human-machine system environment are discussed. Design
projects that incorporate the Occupational Safety and Health Act are emphasized.
Prerequisite: Senior/Graduate
Standing. INEN
665
Human-Machine Systems
3(2-2) This course introduces behavioral and
psychological factors such as sensory, perception and attention, decision making
and cognitive processes. This
course emphasizes the applications of these factors to the design and
development of man-machine systems. Design
projects are required. Prerequisite:
Senior/Graduate Standing INEN
670
Principles of Ergonomics
3(3-0) This
course presents concepts of psychomotor work capabilities, mental information
processing, human error, energy measures, psychological measures, anthropometry,
biomechanics and manual material handling, environmental stressors, work station
design, toxicology, human-machine trade-offs, safety and risk factor
identification, and design of hand tools. Design projects required.
Prerequisite: Senior/Graduate
Standing. INEN
675
Design and Analysis of Experiments
3(3-0) This
course addresses various experimental designs, to analyze data for research
projects, process improvements, human factors studies, and surveys.
Designs covered include Latin Squares, complete and incomplete block
designs, one, two, and three variable factorials, fractional factorials, nested
designs, and 2k designs. Suitable
laboratory apparatus will be set up to study the effect of design parameters on
selected response. Statistical
software will be utilized to analyze results.
Parametric statistics such as analysis of variance (ANOVA) are
introduced. Prerequisite: Senior/Graduate
Standing.
INEN
685
Selected Topics in Industrial Engineering
Variable Credits
(1-3) Selected
engineering topics of interest to students and faculty.
The topics will be selected before the beginning of the course and will
be pertinent to the programs of the students enrolled.
Prerequisite: Senior/Graduate
Standing. INEN
694 Special
Projects
Variable
Credits (1-3) Study
arranged on a special engineering topic of interest to student and faculty
member, who will act as advisor. Topics
may be analytical and/or experimental and encourage independent study.
Prerequisite: Consent of the
instructor. IV.
M.S. and Ph.D. level Courses
INEN
721
Systems Engineering Models for Design and Analysis
3(3-0) This
course covers quantitative methods of modeling, analyzing, and predicting the
performance of human-machine systems. Topics include estimation theory, control
theory, fuzzy set theory, information theory, neural network theory, and
knowledge-based systems. Applications considered
include fault diagnosis, process monitoring, air traffic control and human
workload modeling. Prerequisite: Graduate
Standing and Consent of Instructor.
INEN
731 Engineering
Cost Control
3(3-0) This
course is designed to emphasize the use of cost data internally by engineers as
a key participant in all functions of financial management. Cost functions, cost
behavior, cash controlling, budgeting, and cash-flow analysis are discussed.
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing and Consent of Instructor. INEN
734
Engineering Organization
3(3-0) This
course presents theories of organizational structures, motivation, leadership,
delegation, incentives and rewards systems, teams, strategic planning, and
personnel evaluation. Prerequisite:
Graduate Standing and Consent
of Instructor INEN
735
Human-Computer Interface
3(3-0) This
course addresses the critical parameters in designing the human-computer
interface. The emphasis is on
software psychology as it relates to human information processing system and
modern interaction paradigms. Prerequisite:
Graduate Standing and Consent
of Instructor. INEN
742
Linear and Integer Programming
3(3-0) This
course addresses solution techniques for linear and integer programming
problems. Topics addressed include initial basic feasible solutions, large scale
linear programs, column generations, scaling, Dantzig-Wolfe decomposition,
Interior point methods, integer programming models, and branch and bound
approaches for solving integer programming models. INEN
745
Advanced Computer-Integrated Production Systems
3(3-0) This
course addresses the principles relating to integration issues for an automated
manufacturing enterprise. Topics include control architectures, communication networks
and standards for graphical information interchange. Current research areas will be discussed.
Design projects are required. Prerequisite: INEN 624 and INEN 635.
INEN
749
Inventory Systems Analysis and Design
3(3-0) This
course presents quantitative models for inventory control decisions. The
concepts behind current manufacturing resource planning software tools are
discussed. Projects are required.
Prerequisite: Graduate
Standing and Consent of Instructor. INEN
811
Human Factors & Ergonomics in System
Design
3(3-0) This
course covers an in depth exposure of human factors principles and techniques to
life cycle analysis and design of human-machine systems. The emphasis is on
human characteristics, system requirements and specifications, and performance.
Design projects are required. Prerequisite: Graduate
Standing and Consent of Instructor. INEN
812
Advanced Ergonomics:
3(3-0) This
course covers quantitative and qualitative analysis of human motions in space
and time. Topics include human physiology, anthropometrical and human figure
modeling. Prerequisite: Graduate
Standing and Consent of Instructor INEN
813
Cognitive Systems Engineering
3 (3-0) Cognitive
Systems Engineering This course examines the principles, theories, and
applications of the cognitive basis of system design. Topics include models of
human and machine information processing, mental models, human error,
human-centered design, abstraction hierarchy, ecological interface, cognitive
task analysis, multi-flow models, activity-behavior models, and theories of
complexity in human-machine systems. Prerequisite: Graduate
Standing and Consent of Instructor INEN
814
Advanced Topics in Human-Machine Systems
3 (3-0) This
course examines advanced topics in human-machine systems. Topics covered include
supervisory control, human aspects of fixed and programmable automation,
theories and models of complex systems, collaborative work support systems,
human attention and cognitive control of dynamic actions, and tele-operations.
Applications include supervisory control in transportation, process, space
operations, waste and hazardous handling, manufacturing, and other applications
of automated systems. Prerequisite: Graduate Standing and Consent of Instructor. INEN
815
Information Engineering and Decision Aiding
Tools
3(3-0) This
course addresses the application of information engineering to the process of
design, testing, and analysis of decision aiding tools for collaborative work
systems. Topics include: introduction to artificial intelligence, expert
systems, knowledge acquisition and organization, simulation of human cognition
and decision making processes, individual and group decision support systems,
and cognitive-based decision aiding design tools such as SOAR and ACT. The
development of computer-based decision aiding tools for industrial and systems
engineering applications is emphasized. Prerequisite: Graduate
Standing and Consent of Instructor. INEN
821 Multivariate
Statistics For Engineers
3(1-2) This
course focuses on methods for statistical analysis of multivariate data.
Topics include: dimensionality, multidimensional classification and
clustering, unstructured multi-response sampling, analysis of covariance
structures, such as principal components, factor analysis and canonical
correlation analysis, and multivariate normal distribution and analysis of
multivariate means. Prerequisite: Graduate
Standing and Consent of Instructor.
INEN
822
Advanced Systems Simulation
3(3-0) This course discusses advanced
statistical issues in the design of simulation experiments: variance reduction,
regeneration methods, performance optimization and run sampling.
Continuous simulation models are introduced.
High fidelity simulation software and high-level architecture for
constructing large simulation models is introduced. Prerequisite:
Graduate Standing and Consent of
Instructor. INEN
831
Service Sector Engineering
3(3-0) This
course focuses on the application of modeling and analysis of enterprises in the
service sector of an economy. Topics include the role of the service sector in
an economy, special characteristics of service operations, structuring the
service enterprise, facility design for services, service quality, quantitative
models for managing services. Applications in the financial services, health
care, and other sectors will be emphasized. Prerequisite:
Graduate Standing and Consent
of Instructor. INEN
832
Information
Technology Management
3 (3-0)
This
course focuses on productivity measurement and improvement of information
technology and information system services. Other topics covered include the
planning and control of human resources and budgets, as well as the planning of
innovation, entrepreneurship and research and development, and the forecasting
and justification of technology. Prerequisite:
Graduate Standing and Consent
of Instructor. INEN
833
Supply Chain Systems Engineering
3(3-0) This
course addresses the analysis and design of logistics and supply chain systems.
Topics covered include: logistics and supply chain characterization, site
location, mode selection, distribution planning, vehicle routing, demand
management, replenishment management, geographic information systems and
real-time logistics control issues. Prerequisite:
Graduate Standing and Consent of
Instructor. INEN
841
Nonlinear Optimization
3(3-0)
This
course addresses unconstrained optimization, multivariate optimization, and
penalty methods. Applications to engineering, social, and economic systems are
discussed.
Prerequisite: Graduate
Standing and Consent of Instructor. INEN
843
Queuing
Theory
3(3-0)
This
course presents stochastic models and solution techniques for such models.
Specific topics include elements of queuing systems, measures of
performance, arrival processes, steady state analysis, stationary arrivals,
controlling service processes, priority queues, and queuing networks.
Prerequisite: Graduate
Standing and Consent of Instructor. INEN
844
Reliability and Maintenance
3(3-0) This
course reviews the statistical concepts and methods underlying procedures used
in reliability engineering. Topics include the nature of reliability and
maintenance, life failure and repair distributions, life test strategies, and
complex system reliability including: series/parallel/standby
components with preventive maintenance philosophy. Analytical models are
emphasized. Prerequisite:
Graduate Standing and Consent
of Instructor
INEN
851
Integrated Manufacturing Control Systems
3(3-0) This
course provides an advanced study of systems used for manufacturing execution
and shop floor control. Traditional control and adaptive control algorithms and
applications for manufacturing are explored. Integrated control system functions
include scheduling, execution planning, supervisory control, human machine
interface, process control, quality control, and information acquisition. Prerequisite:
Graduate Standing and Consent of
Instructor. INEN
852
Integrated Product and Process Design
3(3-0) This
course provides an integrated approach to the design and manufacture of a new
product. It addresses the total development process that begins with strategic
needs and concludes with the new product in production. Topics include product
requirements, concept generation and selection, design, product optimization,
tolerances, prototype development, design for manufacturability, process
optimization, on-line quality control, and holistic management. Emphasizes
methods that are improvements over common recent industrial practice, integrated
into the complete process that covers all major aspects of bringing new products
into being. Prerequisites: Graduate Standing and Consent of Instructor. INEN
853
Enterprise Integration
3(3-0) This
course is directed toward development and contribution to the advancement of a
unified framework for conceptualizing, designing, modeling, and operating
advanced integrated manufacturing systems. It builds upon emerging developments
in computer and communications technologies and conceptual breakthroughs
regarding the nature and behavior of integrated enterprises. Prerequisites:
Graduate Standing and Consent of Instructor. INEN
854
Advanced Facilities Design
3(2-2) This
course focuses on modeling design and location of production facilities.
Topics include computer simulation of production facilities, analytical
models, location theory, workplace design and preventive maintenance. Analytical
models are emphasized. Design projects are required. Prerequisite:
Graduate Standing and Consent
of Instructor.
INEN
885 Advanced
Special Topics in Industrial Engineering
3(3-0)
The
course will address a current body of knowledge in Industrial Engineering with a
research orientation. Term papers and projects will be required. Prerequisites: Graduate
Standing and Consent of Instructor.
INEN 792 Industrial Engineering Master’s Seminar 1(1-0) INEN
793
Master’s Supervised Teaching
3(3-0) INEN
794
Master’s Supervised Research
3(3-0) INEN
796
Master’s Project
3(3-0)
INEN
797
Master’s Thesis
Variable Credits (1-3) VI.
Ph.D. level Pass/Fail Courses
INEN
991
Doctoral Qualifying Examination
1(1-0) This
course will guide student to take the departmental Qualifying Examination.
The examination will be administered towards the end of the semester.
Pass/Fail evaluation only, no letter grade will be given. Prerequisites:
Doctoral Standing. INEN
992
Doctoral Seminar in Industrial
Engineering 1(1-0) The
course will present potential dissertation topics and research work-in-progress
by faculty members and doctoral students, and talks by eminent practitioners and
researchers on classical and contemporary topics in Industrial Engineering.
Pass/Fail evaluation only, no letter grade will be given. Prerequisites:
Doctoral Standing. INEN
993
Doctoral
Supervised Teaching in Industrial Engineering
3(3-0) This
course will introduce the student to teaching courses under the guidance of a
faculty member. This course will
give the student experience in course planning, lecture preparation, classroom
teaching, and student evaluation. Pass/Fail evaluation only, no letter grade
will be given. Prerequisites: Doctoral Standing. INEN
994
Doctoral Supervised Research
3(3-0) This
is supervised research under the direction of a member the Graduate Faculty.
This research should lead to the identification of a dissertation topic.
Pass/Fail evaluation only, no letter grade will be given. Prerequisites:
Doctoral Standing. INEN
995
Doctoral Preliminary Examination
3(3-0) In
this course dissertation supervisors will guide their students towards
completing the Preliminary Exam. The Preliminary Exam will consist of presenting
and defending the student’s dissertation proposal, and a written exam in the
area of specialization. Pass/Fail evaluation only, no letter grade will be
given. Prerequisites: Doctoral Standing and satisfactory completion of
departmental Qualifying Examination. INEN
997
Dissertation
Variable Credits (1-3) INEN
999
Continuation of Dissertation
1(1-0)
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