Industrial & Systems Engineering: Course Descriptions

Course	Course Title	Course Description
IE 1911	Intro to IE	Three hours laboratory. Concepts of industrial engineering, emphasizing the total systems approach. Introduction to analysis and design of general and industrial systems.
IE 2990	Special Topic In IE	Credit and title to be arranged. This course is to be used on a limited basis to offer developing subject matter areas not covered in existing courses.
IE 3124	Industrial Ergonomics	(Co-requisites: IE 4613). Three hours lecture. Three hours laboratory. Analysis of work tasks; ergonomic design principles for manual work design, workplace design, and work environment design; work measurements; and design of wage payment plans.
IE 3323	Manufacturing Processes	(Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in IE 3913, Co-requisites: CHE 3413 and IE 4613). Two hours lecture. Three hours laboratory. Manufacturing processes and materials; interrelationship of product design, material properties, and processing methods; robotics and CAM systems; economic factors in material, process, and equipment selection.
IE 3913	Engineering Economy I	(Prerequisite: MA 1713). Three hours lecture. Principles of evaluating alternative engineering proposals. Economic measures of effectiveness, costs and cost estimates, basic comparative models, break even and replacement analysis.
IE 4000	Directed Individual Study	Hours and credits to be arranged.
IE 4113/6113	Human Factors Engineering	(Prerequisite: Junior standing in engineering). Two hours lecture. Three hours laboratory. Human capabilities and limitations affecting communications and responses in man-machine systems. Emphasis on physiological and psychological fundamentals.
IE 4123/6123	Psychology of Human Computer Interaction	Two hours lecture. Two hours laboratory. Exploration of psychological factors that interact with computer interface usability. Interface design techniques and usability evaluation methods are emphasized. (Same as CS 4673/6673 and PSY 4743/6743).
IE 4173/6173	Occupational Safety Engineering	(Prerequisite: Junior standing). Three hours lecture. Causes and prevention of industrial accidents. Analysis of hazardous processes and materials. Design of occupational safety systems and programs.
IE 4333/6333	Production Control Systems I	(Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in IE 4613). Three hours lecture. Principles, analysis, and design of production and inventory planning and control. Demand forecasting, production scheduling and control systems and introduction to CPM.
IE 4353/6353	Material Handling	(Prerequisite: IE 3124). Three hours lecture. Analysis and design of material handling systems and components. Introduction to facilities design.
IE 4373/6373	Automation	Two hours lecture. Three hours laboratory. Introduction to the various technologies used in both design and manufacturing automation.
IE 4393/6393	Concurrent Engineering	(Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing). Three hours lecture. An introduction to the implementation, application, and management of concurrent engineering, as well as, the tools and techniques that support new product development.
IE 4513/6513	Engineering Administration	(Prerequisite: Senior or graduate standing in engineering). Three hours lecture. Study of problems confronting the engineering manager. Includes: Organization and communication theory, internal and external relationships and responsibilities, and designing and implementing managerial systems.
IE 4533/6533	Project Management	(Prerequisites: Grade or C or better in IE 4613). Three hours lecture. Use of CPM, PERT, and GERT for planning, managing and controlling projects. Computer procedures for complex networks.
IE 4543/6543	Logistics Engineering	(Prerequisite: IE 4613 or Senior or Graduate standing). Three hours lecture. Analysis of complex logistics networks. Integration of supply, production, inventory, transportation, and distribution. Strategies for reducing logistics costs and lead times. Customer-supplier partnerships.
IE 4553/6553	Engineering Law and Ethics	(Prerequisite: Senior standing in engineering). Three hours lecture. The engineer and his relations to the law, to the public, and the ethics of his profession. Includes contracts, patents, copyrights, sales agreements, engineering specifications.
IE 4573/6573	Process Improvement Engineering	Three hours lecture. Introduction to quality and productivity improvement methodologies and tools. The design and implementation of continuous improvement systems in organizations.
IE 4613/6613	Engineering Statistics I	(Prerequisite: MA 1723). Three hours lecture. Introduction to statistical analysis. Topics include: probability, probability distributions, data analysis, and statistical inferences. Simple, multiple, and polynomial models for regression and correlation.
IE 4623/6623	Engineering Statistics II	(Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in IE 4613). Three hours lecture. Three hours laboratory. Continuation of IE 4613/6613. Introduction to engineering applications of regression, experimental design and analysis, and nonparametric methods.
IE 4653/6653	Industrial Quality Control I	(Prerequisite: IE 4613). Three hours lecture. The theory and application of statistical quality control: statistical process control and statistical acceptance sampling.
IE 4673/6673	Reliability Engineering	(Prerequisites: IE 4613 and MA 3253). Three hours lecture. Probability functions and statistical methods for component life testing and system reliability prediction. System availability and maintainability. Redundancy in time-dependent and time-independent situations.
IE 4713/6713	Operation Research I	(Prerequisites: CS 1213 and IE 4613). Mathematical techniques of decision making, queuing, networks, simulation and dynamic programming.
IE 4733/6733	Linear Programming I	(Prerequisites: CS 1213 and MA 3113). General theory of linear programming and its application; the simplex algorithm, revised simplex algorithm, duality, sensitivity transportation algorithm, assignment algorithm network analysis, and goal programming. (Same as MA 4733/6733).
IE 4743/6743	Engineering Design Optimization	(Prerequisites: MA 3113). Three hours lecture. Introduction to optimality criteria and optimization techniques for solving constrained or unconstrained optimization problems. Sensitivity analysis and approximation. Computer application in optimization. Introduction to MDO. (Same as ASE 4553/6553 and EM 4143/6143)
IE 4753/6753	Systems Engineering and Analysis	(Prerequisite: IE 4613). Three hours lecture. Systems concepts, methodologies, models, and tools for analyzing, designing, and improving new and existing human-made systems.
IE 4773/6773	Systems Simulation I	(Prerequisite: CS 1233 or equivalent and grade of C or better in IE 4613). Three hours lecture. Introduction to mathematical techniques of queuing and the principles of stochastic simulation. The statistics of simulation. Use of C programming language and special purpose simulation languages.
IE 4915	Design Of Industrial Systems	(Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in the following courses : IE 3124, IE 3323, IE 4333) Two hour lecture. Eight hour laboratory. The fundamental procedures and techniques in design of operational systems. Emphasis on both sub-systems and total systems.
IE 4923/6923	Six Sigma Project	(Prerequisites:IE 4623/6623, IE 4653/6653 ) One hour lecture Four hours laboratory. Introduction of six sigma and problem solving methodologies . Application of learned methodologies in selecting, performing , and completing a process involvement project.
IE 4934/6934	Information Systems for Industrial Engineering	(Co-requisites: IE 1911). Three hours lecture. Three hour laboratory. An introduction to the design and development of information systems for use in industrial engineering applications.
IE 4990/6990	Special Topic in IE	Credit and title to be arranged. This course is to be used on a limited basis to offer developing subject matter areas not covered in existing courses. (Courses limited to two offerings under one title within two academic years).
IE 7000	Directed Individual Study	Hours and credits to be arranged.
IE 8000	Research / Thesis	Hours and credits to be arranged.
IE 8153	Cognitive Engineering	Three hours lecture. Implications of human perceputal, cognitive, and psycho-motor capabilities on the design of systems for effective, efficient and safe human-machine performance.
IE 8333	Production Control Systems II	(Prerequisites: IE 4333 and consent of instructor). Three hours lecture. Inventory systems, static and dynamic production planning, operations scheduling and forecasting systems.
IE 8343	A I in Manufacturing	(Prerequisite: Computer programming ability and consent of instructor). Three hours lecture. Introduction to artificial intelligence techniques used in manufacturing. Topics include the application of expert systems, neural networks, machine learning, and discussion of current research.
IE 8353	Manufacturing Systems Modeling	(Prerequisites: IE 4733 and IE 4773). Three hours lecture. A study of models used to describe and analyze manufacturing systems. Development of medels using queuing networks, mathematical programming, simulation, and other techniques.
IE 8373	Computer Integrated Manufacturing	(Consent of instructor). Three hours lecture. An investigation of computer integrated manufacturing and the technologies that support its implementation.
IE 8583	Enterprise Systems Engineering	(Prerequisite: Consent of instructor). Three hours lecture. Focuses on the design and improvement of an enterprise through the use of engineering tools and methods, based on the systems perspective of industrial engineering.
IE 8713	Mechanics and Control of Manufacturing Systems	Three hours lecture. Design and operation of computer controlled machine tools. Kinematics and control of robot manipulators. Industrial applications of robots. (Same as ME 8713).
IE 8723	Operations Research II	(Prerequisite: IE 4713). Problem formulation, general inventory theory, restricted inventory models. Markovian and queuing processes, sequencing and coordination, game theory, search problems.
IE 8733	Decision Theory	A quantitative development of the decision making process. Criteria for decision making. Treatment of risk under uncertainty and in conflict situations.
IE 8743	Nonlinear Programming I	Optimization of nonlinear functions; quadratic programming, gradient methods, integer programming; Lagrange multipliers and Kuhn-Tucker theory.
IE 8753	Net Flow & Dynamic Programming	(Prerequisites: MA 2733 and IE 4613). Three hours lecture. Study of serial and nonserial multistage systems both deterministic and stochastic. Principles of optimality. Application of dynamic programming to industrial and management problems.
IE 8773	Systems Simulation II	(Prerequisites: IE 4773/6773 or CS 4023/6023). Three hours lecture. Continuation of IE 4773/6773. Includes: Advanced theory and practice of simulation. The statistics of simulation. Simulation languages. Continuous simulations. (Same as CS 8023).
IE 8793	Heuristics in Optimization	Three hours lecture. A study of heuristic methods and their applications to optimization problems.
IE 8913	Engineering Economy II	(Prerequisites: IE 3913 and IE 4713). Three hours lecture. Advanced principles and methods for engineering analysis of industrial problems. Topics include criteria for decisions, project investment and analysis, and elements of risk and uncertainty.
IE 8990	Special Topics in IE - Advanced Ergonomics	Credit and title to be arranged. This course is to be used on a limited basis to offer developing subject matter areas not covered in existing courses. (Courses limited to two offerings under one title within two academic years).
IE 8990	Special Topic In IE - ISE Research Design
IE 9000	Research / Dissertation	Hours and credits to be arranged.