Apr 29, 2024  
2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Industrial and Systems Engineering

  
  • ISE 1150 - How Things Work

    (4)
    For non-science majors, a practical introduction to engineering and science in everyday life. This course considers objects from our daily environment and focuses on their principles of operation, histories and relationships to one another. ISE 1150 emphasizes concepts from mechanical and thermal objects.
    General Education Requirement(s): Satisfies the university general education requirement in the knowledge application integration area.
    Prerequisite(s): completion of the general education requirement in the writing foundation area
  
  • ISE 1170 - Learning How to Learn

    (4)
    Learning How to Learn gives students practical insight, based on research findings from neuroscience and cognitive psychology, on how to learn more deeply and with less frustration.
    General Education Requirement(s): Satisfies the university general education requirement in the social science knowledge exploration area.
  
  • ISE 3318 - Engineering Statistics and Economic Analysis

    (4)
    Simple linear and multiple linear regression analysis, design of experiments - single factor, full factorial, fractional factorial design. Taguchi’s method, control charts, and time series analysis. Engineering cost models, equivalence analysis, estimation of net present value, rate of return, depreciation and taxes, incremental analysis and uncertainty in cash flow. Offered fall.
    Additional Requirement(s): Major standing
    Prerequisite(s): EGR 2600  
  
  • ISE 3330 - Engineering Operations Research

    (3)
    Introduction to operations research models used in decisionmaking and system performance evaluation. Topics include linear programming including simplex method and duality theory, integer linear programming, the assignment and transportation problems, network flows and dynamic programming. Cross-listed with MOR 3330 . Offered winter.
    Additional Requirement(s): Major standing
  
  • ISE 3341 - Ergonomics and Work Design

    (4)
    Design, analysis, and measurement of work: work/time studies, pre-determined time studies, and line/work balancing techniques for both repetitive and non-repetitive work. Anthropometry and techniques for consideration of anthropometric data in the design and analysis of work. Offered fall. With laboratory.
    Additional Requirement(s): Major standing
  
  • ISE 4410 - Supply Chain Modeling and Analysis

    (4)
    Concepts, procedures and optimization methodologies for modeling a supply chain and the analysis of its performance. Relevant issues affecting the efficiency of a supply chain. Examples of globally dispersed supply chains will be considered.
    Additional Requirement(s): Major standing
  
  • ISE 4421 - Leadership Principles and Positive Engagement

    (4)
    A comprehensive examination of leadership principles and their applications within typical business situations and settings. Introduction to leadership from a positive engagement perspective at individual, team and organization levels. Project management leadership activity will be studied through the lens of an engineer. The course provides the ability to evaluate and enhance personal potential through assessments and exercises.
  
  • ISE 4422 - Robotic Systems

    (4)
    Overview of industrial robotic manipulators, their components and typical applications. Kinematics of robots and solution of kinematic equations. Trajectory planning and the Jacobian matrix. Robot programming languages and task planning. Laboratory experience in the development and implementation of a kinematic robot controller using a reconfigurable industrial manipulator. Demonstrations and applications using industrial robots. With laboratory. Credit cannot be received for both ISE 4422 and ME 4740 . Offered fall.
    Additional Requirement(s): Major standing
  
  • ISE 4423 - Industrial Automation Systems

    (4)
    Tools and techniques for application of industrial automation in a variety of individual settings with emphasis on systems architecture. Topics include hierarchical relationships of automated controls from Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) to the sensor level and application of Plan-Do-Check-Act to achieve lean automated solutions.
    Additional Requirement(s): Major standing
  
  • ISE 4431 - Engineering Operations Research - Stochastic Models

    (4)
    Review the fundamentals of mathematical modeling for linear and nonlinear systems and solution procedures applicable to decision making in an uncertain environment. Topics include stochastic programming, robust optimization, stochastic dynamic programming, Markov decision processes, decision trees, queuing models, and inventory theory. Solutions will be obtained using theoretical methods and software packages.
    Additional Requirement(s): Major standing required
    Prerequisite(s): ISE 3330  
  
  • ISE 4434 - Metamodeling and Optimization Methods in Design

    (4)
    Fundamentals of metamodeling and optimization with emphasis on practical design applications. Topics include design of experiments, Latin hypercube design, orthogonal arrays, metamodeling fundamentals, radial basis functions, Kriging, convex and non-convex sets, classification of optimization problems, gradient descent and Newton’s methods, KKT conditions, and genetic algorithms. Cross-listed with ME 4434, ISE 5434, SYS 5434
  
  • ISE 4435 - Data Analytics

    (4)
    Various techniques for analyzing data with multiple dependent and independent variables are introduced, with an emphasize on applied methodologies and applications in management and engineering fields. Topics covered include regression, logistic regression, multivariate analysis of variance, principal components analysis, cluster analysis, neural networks, ARIMA and data visualization. Effective use of advanced data analysis software for solving real-world engineering problems is addressed.
  
  • ISE 4441 - Human Factors Engineering

    (4)
    Design and analysis of products and systems considering the human body’s sensory and cognitive limitations in the work environment including the study of stresses on the visual, auditory, tactile and vestibular system; the selection, design and arrangement of controls and displays; and basic principles of human-computer interaction. Cross-listed with ISE 5441. Offered winter.
    Additional Requirement(s): Major standing
    Prerequisite(s): ISE 3341
  
  • ISE 4450 - Fundamentals of Energy Management

    (4)
    Basic concepts involving energy usage in residential, commercial and industrial enclosures, heat transfer and infiltration, electric and natural gas utilization, performing energy assessments, optimizing usage through increased efficiency and alternative energy technology and cost-benefit analysis. The course focuses on using energy assessments to manage energy efficiently.
    Additional Requirement(s): Major standing
  
  • ISE 4455 - Foundations of Safety Engineering

    (4)
    Application of engineering principles to the field of industrial safety. Skills to develop include: risk assessment, program effectiveness measurement and optimization, safe systems from an engineering perspective, safety engineering consensus standards and standards of competence. The importance of safety engineering in the intelligent design, automation and corrective processes are studied.
    Additional Requirement(s): Major standing
  
  • ISE 4456 - Engineering Risk Analysis

    (4)
    Systematic approach to risk management in engineering decision making including tools for proactive risk planning, identification, analysis/assessment and prioritization in a formal and scientific manner required for engineering applications.  A focus on risk solutions for preventing, mitigating, responding, monitoring and controlling the likelihood and/or consequences of unfavorable events. 
    Additional Requirement(s): Major standing
  
  • ISE 4461 - PLM Applications - Product Data Management

    (2)
    Methodologies and application of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software tools used for Product Data Management (PDM) and CAD to author and manage product data. Course will emphasize hands-on use of state-of-the-art PLM tools and their application.
    Additional Requirement(s): Major standing
  
  • ISE 4462 - PLM Applications- Robotic Systems

    (2)
    Methodologies and application of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software tools for modeling and analyzing robotic systems. Course will emphasize hands-on use of state-of-the-art PLM tools and their application.
  
  • ISE 4463 - PLM Applications - Ergonomics

    (2)
    Methodologies and application of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software tools for ergonomics modeling and analysis. Course will emphasize hands-on use of state-of-the-art PLM tools and their application.
    Additional Requirement(s): Major standing
    Prerequisite(s): ISE 3341 
  
  • ISE 4464 - Design for Manufacturing and Assembly Analysis

    (4)
    Motivations behind design for manufacturing and assembly.  Benefits of Design For Manufacturing (DFM) concepts to a company, an industry and the economy.  Selection of manufacturing processes and materials.  Concepts in DFM subfields such as design for - manual assembly, electrical assembly, robotic assembly, machining, sheet metal working and hot forging.  Application of design for disassembly concepts.  Statistical methods used in tolerancing.
    Additional Requirement(s): Major standing required
  
  • ISE 4466 - PLM Applications - Change Management

    (2)
    Methodologies and application of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software tools used to capture a complex product’s definition, functional and physical requirements towards designing, developing and managing it through its lifecycle. Course will emphasize hands-on use of state-of-the-art PLM tools and their application.
    Additional Requirement(s): Major standing
  
  • ISE 4467 - PLM Applications - Throughput Simulation

    (2)
    Methodologies and application of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software tools for throughput simulation of discrete event systems. Course will emphasize hands-on use of state-of-the-art PLM tools and their application.
  
  • ISE 4469 - Computer Simulation of Discrete Event Systems

    (4)
    Simulation as modeling tool for discrete-event systems, general principles of simulation, statistical models, input modeling, random variable generation, model building using a commercial simulation language, model verification and validation, determination of run length, output analysis variance reduction techniques. Design and optimization of production service systems. Offered winter.
    Additional Requirement(s): Major standing
    Prerequisite(s): ISE 3318  
  
  • ISE 4480 - E-Commerce and ERP

    (4)
    This course focuses on the evolving technologies on the World Wide Web that support new models of business including 1) electronic commerce with concerns of fault tolerance, security, and 24x7 availability; and 2) ERP with concerns of financial, human resource and manufacturing systems integrating into inter-company supply chain systems. Offered fall.
    Additional Requirement(s): Major standing
  
  • ISE 4482 - Engineering Processes Decisions Using ERP

    (4)
    Examines three major steps in the deployment of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system: criteria for the selection of a system; configuration of the selected system to match a company’s business processes; and execution of business processes as well as making decisions supported by the ERP system. The course is case-based and will give students access to an instance of an ERP system.
    Additional Requirement(s): Major standing
  
  • ISE 4483 - Production Systems and Workflow Analysis

    (4)
    Design issues to control the flow of material in manufacturing systems from forecast to finished product. Topics include aggregate planning and disaggregation, inventory control, MRP, JIT systems, scheduling, project planning and resource balancing, application of lean principles, theory of constraints and supply chain, facilities planning and layout. Offered fall.
    Additional Requirement(s): Major standing
    Prerequisite(s): ISE 3330  
  
  • ISE 4484 - Flexible and Lean Manufacturing Systems

    (4)
    Flexible manufacturing concepts and tools such as: material transport and automated warehousing (AS/RS); Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC); Design for Assembly; Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T); group technology. Lean concepts and tools such as: 5S; visual management; seven wastes; one-piece flow; Toyota Production System (TPS); Total Quality Management (TQM); Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED). With laboratory. Credit cannot be received for both ISE 4484 and ME 4710 . Offered winter.
    Additional Requirement(s): Major standing
  
  • ISE 4485 - Statistical Quality Analysis

    (4)
    Fundamentals of statistical quality control, control charts for variable and attribute data, custom charts, DNOM charts, estimation of process capability, statistical tolerancing and sampling plans. Fundamentals of design of experiments and application to product/process design. Taguchi’s approach to robust design and related topics. Offered winter.
    Additional Requirement(s): Major standing
    Prerequisite(s): ISE 3318  
  
  • ISE 4487 - Foundations of Systems Engineering

    (4)
    Techniques for generation, analysis and verification of traceable product requirements. System performance and structural modeling using object, behavioral and other models. Techniques for analysis of system for serviceability, reliability, maintainability and testability. System alternative trade-off study techniques. System life cycle and other tools for implementation of systems engineering techniques. Offered winter.
    Additional Requirement(s): Major standing
  
  • ISE 4488 - Advanced Systems Engineering

    (4)
    Theories behind system realization: identifying and encoding customer needs, identifying stakeholders and modeling their preferences, uncertainty modeling and propagation, optimization in engineering design, design churn, design for X, design flexibility and its importance in large-scale engineering projects and public policy.
    Additional Requirement(s): Major standing
    Prerequisite(s): ISE 4487  
  
  • ISE 4491 - Senior Design

    (4)
    Capstone design project selected from manufacturing systems, automotive or industrial systems, instrumentation and measurement, and control systems. Develops system approach to design; preparation of specifications, scheduling, modeling, simulation, and technological, financial environmental aspects. Teamwork is emphasized.
    General Education Requirement(s): Satisfies the university general education requirement for the capstone experience. Satisfies the university general education requirement for a writing intensive course in the major. Prerequisite for writing intensive: completion of the university writing foundation requirement.
    Additional Requirement(s): Offered fall and winter.
    Prerequisite(s): ISE 3318 , ISE 3330  , ISE 3341  and major standing. Prerequisite(s) with concurrency: ISE 4483  or ISE 4484 
  
  • ISE 4900 - Special Topics

    (2 TO 4)
    Advanced study of special topics in engineering. May be taken more than once.
    Additional Requirement(s): Major standing
  
  • ISE 4996 - Independent Study

    (2 TO 4)
    Advanced individual study in a special area. Topic must be approved prior to registration. May be taken more than once.
    Additional Requirement(s): Major standing
  
  • ISE 4998 - Senior Project

    (2 TO 4)
    Independent work on advanced laboratory projects. Topic must be approved prior to registration. May be taken more than once.
    Additional Requirement(s): Major standing