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Background
Courses
See the Undergraduate Handbook for the list and course descriptions of
undergraduate courses that may be assigned as background courses.
Advanced undergraduate and graduate
courses
| INEN60 |
Survey
of Industrial Engineering Topics |
3(3-0) |
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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.
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| 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.
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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.
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| INEN
624 |
Computer-Integrated
Design / Manufacturer |
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.
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| INEN
625 |
Information
Systems |
(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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| INEN
635 |
Materials
Handling Systems Design |
3(2-2) |
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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.
Design projects are required.
Prerequisite: Senior/Graduate
Standing.
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| INEN
648 |
Biomechanics |
3(3-0) |
This course covers human
biomechanical and physiological behavior during work. Quantitative
methods using engineering mechanics principles and computer simulation 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.
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| INEN
664 |
Systems
Safety Engineering and Risk Analysis |
3(3-0) |
| This course presents
the principles and methods of system safety management and risk analysis.
Quantitative and qualitative methods and their applications in
safety and risk analysis of human-machine systems are emphasized.
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| 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.
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| INEN
670 |
Principles
of Ergonomics |
3(3-0 |
| This
course presents an overview of ergonomics principles including human
physical and mental characteristics.
Applications to human-machine systems ae emphasized. Prerequisite:
Senior/Graduate Standing.
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| INEN
675 |
Design
and Analysis of Experiments |
3(3-0) |
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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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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Graduate
Courses
| INEN
721 |
Systems
Engineering Models |
3(3-0) |
| This
course presents an overview of modern quantitative and computational
techniques for system modeling, design and control.
Topics include fuzzy set theory, neural network, control
theory, optimization search methods, Petri-nets, and knowledge-based
systems. Prerequisites: Graduate Standing.
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| INEN
731 |
Engineering
Cost Control |
3(3-0) |
| This
course is designed to emphasize the use of cost data by engineers in
support of the financial management function.
Cost functions, cost behavior, cash control, budgeting, and
cash-flow analysis are discussed.
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| 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
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| INEN
735 |
Human-Computer
Interface |
3(3-0) |
| This
course provides a fundamental coverage of topics in human-computer
interface (HCI). The primary emphasis is on the impact of human
characteristics and the use of information processing models for HCI-design,
usability evaluation, virtual reality, and multimedia systems.
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| INEN
812 |
Advanced
Ergonomics |
3(3-0) |
| This
course covers quantitative and qualitative analysis of human motions
in space and time. Sample
topics include human physiology, anthropometry, human figure
modeling, and human performance for a set of task requirement and
specification. Design
projects are required. Prerequisites: Graduate Standing.
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| 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
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| 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.
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| INEN821 |
Multivariate
Statistics For Engineers |
3(1-2) |
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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.
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| INEN
822 |
Advanced
Systems Simulation |
3(3-0) |
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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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| INEN
841 |
Linear and
Nonlinear Optimization |
3(3-0) |
| This
course addresses solution techniques for linear and integer
programming problems, and nonlinear optimization.
Topics addressed include initial basic feasible solutions,
large scale linear programs, column generation, scaling, Dantzig-Wolfe
decomposition, interior point methods, integer programming models,
branch and bound approaches, unconstrained multivariate
optimization, and penalty methods.
Applications to engineering and economic systems are
discussed. Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.
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| 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.
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| 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
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| INEN851 |
Integrated
Manufacturing Control Systems |
3(3-0) |
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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.
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| INEN852 |
Integrated
Product and Process Design |
3(3-0) |
| This
course provides an integrated approach to the design and manufacture
of a new product. Topics
include product requirements, concept generation and selection,
design, product optimization, tolerances, prototype development,
design for manufacturability and assembly, process optimization, and
quality function deployment. Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.
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| INEN853 |
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.
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| INEN
854 |
Inventory
& Warehouse Systems |
3(2-2) |
| This
course investigates the integration of inventory and warehouse
systems. Quantitative
models for inventory and warehouse layout/location are developed and
solved. Computational
tools and equipment in inventory and warehouse systems are reviewed.
Application of supply chain and information technology
concepts to strategic inventory and warehouse system integration is
addressed. Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.
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| 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.
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Pass/Fail
| M.S.
Level |
| INEN792 |
Industrial Engineering Master’s Seminar |
1(1-0) |
| INEN793 |
Master’s
Supervised Teaching |
3(3-0) |
| INEN794 |
Master’s
Supervised Research |
3(3-0) |
| INEN796 |
Master’s Project |
3(3-0) |
| INEN797 |
Master’s
Thesis |
Variable
Credits (1-3) |
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| Ph.D.
level |
| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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. |
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