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Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE)
The terms indicated are expected but are not guaranteed . For the courses offered during any given term, consult the Schedule of Classes.
105 Introduction to Industrial and Systems Engineering (2, FaSp) A combination of plant tours, laboratory experiences, and lecture are used to introduce the philosophy, subject matter, aims, goals, and techniques of industrial and systems engineering.
220 Probability Concepts in Engineering (3, Fa) Techniques for handling uncertainties in engineering design: discrete and continuous random variables; expectations, probability distributions and transformations of random variables; limit theorems; approximations and applications. Corequisite: MATH 226.
225 Engineering Statistics I (3, Sp) Sampling distributions; parameter estimation, hypothesis testing; analysis of variance; regression; nonparametric statistics. Prerequisite: ISE 220.
232L Manufacturing Processes (3, Fa) Basic manufacturing processes including casting, machining, forming and welding; current trends in manufacturing processes including polymer, ceramic and composite material processing, and electronic device fabrication; introduction to numerical control and computer integrated manufacturing. Recommended preparation: MASC 110L or CHEM 105aL or CHEM 115aL.
310L Production I: Facilities and Logistics (4, Sp) Facilities layout and design; material handling and transportation; site selection and sourcing; supply chain management. Prerequisite: ISE 330; corequisite: ISE 460.
330 Introduction to Operations Research: Deterministic Models (3, Fa) Introduction to linear programming; transportation and assignment problems; dynamic programming; integer programming; nonlinear programming. Prerequisite: MATH 225.
331 Introduction to Operations Research: Stochastic Models (3, Sp) Stochastic processes; Markov chains; queueing theory and queueing decision models; probabilistic inventory models. Prerequisite: ISE 220; recommended preparation: ISE 330.
370L Human Factors in Work Design (4, Fa) Physiological systems and psychological characteristics; ergonomics; anthropometry; effects of the physical environment on humans; occupational safety and health; work methods. Prerequisite: ISE 225.
382 Introduction to Computer Systems (3, Sp) Fundamental concepts of modern computer systems; design of industrial information systems including hardware selection, software design, human/machine interface, and data processing economics. Prerequisite: CSCI 101L.
390 Special Problems (1-4) Supervised, individual studies. No more than one registration permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
410 Production II: Planning and Scheduling (3, Fa) Production planning, forecasting, scheduling, and inventory; computer integrated decision systems in analysis and control of production systems. Corequisite: ISE 330.
415 Industrial Automation (3, Irr) Traditional (automobile) and modern (computer based) concepts in Industrial Automation. Computer control concepts (sensors, actuators), robotics, flexible manufacturing systems. Prerequisite: senior level status.
426 Statistical Quality Control (3, Fa) Quantitative aspects of statistical quality control (process control, acceptance sampling by attribute and by variable, rectifying inspection), quality assurance and the management of QC/QA functions. Prerequisite: ISE 225.
435 Discrete Systems Simulation (3, Fa) Model design to simulate discrete event systems with basic input and output analysis using high order languages, applied to industrial systems analysis and design problems. Prerequisite: ISE 220, CSCI 101L; corequisite: ISE 225.
440 Work, Technology, and Organization (3, Sp) Impact of technology on work and organizational design; effects of automation; design of improvement programs; information infrastructures; teams; individual behavioral outcomes. Upper division standing.
460 Engineering Economy (3, FaSpSm) Utilizing principles of economic analysis for choice of engineering alternatives and engineering systems. Pre-tax and after-tax economy studies. Upper division standing.
470 Human/Computer Interface Design (3, Sp) Essentials of human factors and computer interface for the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of integrated media systems.
490x Directed Research (2-8, max 8, FaSp) Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit. Prerequisite: departmental approval.
495abx Senior Design Project (2-2 FaSp) a: Preparation and development of the senior project proposal. Not available for graduate credit. Senior standing in industrial and systems engineering. Open only to industrial and systems engineering students. Corequisite: ISE 225, ISE 310; ISE 382 or CSCI 485. b: Group work on an industrial engineering design problem in an organization. Not available for graduate credit. Senior standing in industrial and systems engineering. Corequisite: ISE 370 or ISE 470; ISE 435.
498x Foundations of Industrial and Systems Engineering (4, Irr) Review of industrial engineering fundamentals, covering human factors, work analysis, facility layout, and production planning and control. Not available for credit to industrial and systems engineering majors, graduate or undergraduate, or for graduate credit to engineering management, manufacturing engineering, and operations research engineering majors.
499 Special Topics (2-4, max 8) Course content to be selected each semester from recent developments in industrial and systems engineering and related fields.
511L Computer Aided Manufacturing (3, Fa) Modern industrial automation, numerical control concepts, programmable controllers, robotics, computer-process interfacing, automated process and quality control, flexible manufacturing systems, introduction to computer-integrated manufacturing systems.
513 Inventory Systems (3, Sp) Deterministic and stochastic demand systems with static/dynamic models. Practice in inventory management, computerized procedures, materials requirements planning, just-in-time production, Kanban systems.
514 Advanced Production Planning and Scheduling (3, FaSm) Advanced concepts in production planning and scheduling including resource allocation, lot sizing, flow shop and job shop scheduling, workforce scheduling and assembly line balancing. Recommended preparation: prior knowledge of operations research and probability theory.
515 Engineering Project Management (3, FaSpSm) Applying industrial and systems engineering skills to problems drawn from industry, while working in teams of 3-4 students. Teach project management skills and provide direct experience in managing and executing a group project.
516 Facilities Location and Layout (3) Problems of location and layout for single or multiple facilities; applications in plant, warehouse, emergency service contexts; quantitative models and solution techniques for these problems.
517 Modern Enterprise Systems (3, FaSp) Study of various aspects of integrated manufacturing and service enterprises including management, design and production functions, interfaces and related resources and information systems. Recommended preparation: manufacturing processes, probability, statistics, computer programming.
520 Optimization: Theory and Algorithms (3, Fa) Conditions for optimality. Nonlinear programming algorithms for constrained and unconstrained problems. Special problems such as quadratic, separable, fractional, geometric programming. Prerequisite: MATH 225 or EE 441, or departmental approval.
525 Design of Experiments (3, FaSp) Planning data collection to investigate relationships between product/process design choices (materials, temperatures, etc.) and performance, empirical modeling to predict performance, identification of the best design choices. Recommended preparation: ISE 225.
527 Quality Management for Engineers (3, FaSp) Principles of quality management, quality philosophies and frameworks, quality leadership and strategic planning, process management, and performance measurements.
528 Advanced Statistical Aspects of Engineering Reliability (3) Advanced statistical methods applied to reliability engineering. Experimental design analysis and interpretation of multifactor reliability problems.
530 Introduction to Operations Research (3, Sp) Linear programming, integer programming, transportation and assignment problems, networks, dynamic programming, Markovian models, and queueing. Prerequisite: MATH 225, ISE 220.
532 Network Flows (3, Sp) Tree, path, flow problems, formulation and solution techniques. Methods for minimal cost flows. Applications. Prerequisite: ISE 330 or ISE 536 or departmental approval.
535 Continuous Systems Simulation (3) Analysis of continuous systems via simulation; concepts of combined discrete and continuous system modeling; emphasis on simulation of large-scale industrial and systems engineering problems and related physical systems.
536 Linear Programming and Extensions (3, Fa) Linear programming models for resource allocation; simplex and revised simplex methods; duality; sensitivity; transportation problems; selected extensions to large scale, multiobjective, and special structured models. Prerequisite: MATH 225 or EE 441 or departmental approval.
538 Elements of Stochastic Processes (3, Sp) Random variables, stochastic processes, birth-and-death processes, continuous and discrete time Markov chains with finite and infinite number of states, renewal phenomena, queueing systems.
541 Systems Engineering Theory and Practice (3, FaSpSm) Integration of engineering problem solving methodologies based on systems concepts. Application to complex, large scale technical systems and problems faced by engineering managers. Case studies.
542 Advanced Topics in Systems Engineering (3, FaSp) Advanced topics in integration software management and systems engineering, probabilistic foundations of decision-based theory, quantitative risk management, decision-based design, and safety aspects of systems engineering. Prerequisite: ISE 541.
544 Management of Engineering Teams (3, FaSp) Design and management of engineering teams. Group decision-making, motivation, leadership, infrastructural requirements, performance measurement, team diversity, conflict, and integration.
545 Technology Development and Implementation (3, Fa) Principles and practices of technology development and implementation, with application to products and systems in manufacturing and services. Graded CR/NC.
549 Systems Architecting (3, FaSp) (Enroll in SAE 549)
550 Engineering Management of Government-Funded Programs (3, Sp) Analysis of risks inherent in managing high-tech/high-cost government-funded engineering programs; tools and techniques for coping with the impacts of politically-driven budgets on the engineering design process. Recommended preparation: two years of work experience.
555 Invention and Technology Development (3, Sp) This project-oriented course elaborates on the process of engaging creative thought, tools and techniques for invention, and issues involved in bringing inventions to the production phase. Graded CR/NC.
561 Economic Analysis of Engineering Projects (3, FaSp) Economic evaluations of engineering systems for both government and private industry; quantitative techniques for evaluating non-monetary consequences; formal treatment of risk and uncertainty. Prerequisite: ISE 460.
562 Value and Decision Theory (3, Fa) Decision making under risk conditions; utility theory; sufficient statistics; conjugate prior distributions; terminal and pre-posterior analysis; Bayesian statistics versus classical statistics.
564 Performance Analysis (3, Irr) Measurement systems for performance analysis. Determination of performance metrics, analytical models, case studies. Cross-industry comparisons, measures for manufacturing and service systems, information and knowledge workers.
570 Human Factors in Engineering (3, Fa) Psychological and physiological characteristics of humans; how they limit engineering design of machines and human-machine systems.
571 Human Factors Issues in Integrated Media Systems (3) Psychological, cognitive, physical and social characteristics of human factors and how they affect information technology design, development and evaluation for Integrated Media Systems.
573 Work Physiology (3) Survey of metabolic processes in the performance of physical work, study of individual and environmental factors affecting these processes.
575 Engineering Approaches to Music Perception and Cognition (3, Sp) Survey of computational research in music perception and cognition. Topics include: induction of pitch and time structures, pattern and style recognition, expression synthesis, analysis and interpretation. Open to students with graduate standing in engineering. Recommended preparation: Programming experience (C/C++ or Java)
580 Advanced Concepts in Computer Simulation (3, Sp) Coverage of various stages of simulation processes using a project and case study oriented approach; an introduction to available simulation tools and modern simulation concepts. Prerequisite: ISE 220, ISE 325, ISE 435.
582 Web Technology for Industrial Engineering (3, Fa) A fast-paced, project-based introduction to designing and implementing interactive Web applications. Emphasizes skills for building engineering and market research applications requiring information gathering, analysis, representation. Prerequisite: ISE 382.
583 Enterprise Wide Information Systems (3, FaSp) The role of enterprise resource planning systems (ERPs) in an organization and the task of implementing and managing the IS function.
585 Strategic Management of Technology (3, FaSp) Management skills and tools for technology intensive enterprises. Life cycle analysis of technology from planning through exploitation, obsolescence and renewal.
589 Port Engineering: Planning and Operations (3, Sp) (Enroll in CE 589)
590 Directed Research (1-12) Research leading to the master's degree; maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
594abz Master's Thesis (2-2-0) Credit on acceptance of thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC.
599 Special Topics (2-4, max 9, Fa) Course content will be selected each semester to reflect current trends and developments in the field of industrial and systems engineering.
650abcd Seminar in Industrial Engineering (1/2, 1/2, 1/2, 1/2, FaSp) Reports on current departmental research; review of papers, proposals, and special projects; guest speakers. Required of all students enrolled in Ph.D. program.
690 Directed Research (1-4, max 8, FaSpSm) Laboratory study of specific problems by candidates for the degree Engineer in Industrial and Systems Engineering. Graded CR/NC.
790 Research (1-12, FaSpSm) Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
794abcdz Doctoral Dissertation (2-2-2-2-0) Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.