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The industrial engineering department offers the following courses:


I E 1101 -- Introduction to Industrial Engineering

This course introduces students to the industrial engineering profession, the history of production systems, and the relation of the profession to resource utilization and control.

I E 1305 -- Engineering Analysis

This course focuses on the use of microcomputers in engineering analysis and design and includes instruction in structured programming languages.

I E 2301 -- Engineering Design in Production Operations

This course concentrates on the engineering design process as applied to management objectives development, resource planning, product design, production operations, and engineering design team operations. The prerequisites to this course are I E 1305 and E GR 1306.

I E 2331 -- Professional Communication for Engineers

Rhetorical theory and conventions applied to communication strategies for engineering practice in the global workplace, addressing collaboration, ethical situations, community service, and electronic communication. The prerequisite to this course is ENGL1302.

I E 2351 -- Principles of Industrial Automation

Students in this course study the principles of the design of industrial automation and real-time systems using structured languages. In addition, students also study hardware and software interfacing. The prerequisite to this course is I E 1305.

I E 3301 -- Engineering Economic Analysis

This course focuses on the evaluation of engineering proposals using the time value of money, selections between alternatives, break-even and minimum-cost studies, depreciation, taxes, replacement studies, life cycle costing, and inflation. The prerequisite to this course is MATH 1352 or its equivalent.

I E 3311 -- Operations Research I

This course introduces operations research, linear programming, dynamic programming, integer programming, transportation, assignment problems, and the traveling salesman problem. The corequisite for this course is MATH 2350.

I E 3341 -- Engineering Statistics

This introductory statistics course covers descriptive statistics, probability theory, discrete and continuous distributions, point and interval estimates, sampling distributions, one- and two-parameter hypothesis testing, and simple linear regression and linear correlation. The corequisite for this course is MATH 2350.

I E 3343 -- Quality Assurance and Engineering Statistics

This course covers quality assurance systems, quality control and statistical quality control (including control charting, acceptance sampling, quality costs, and loss functions), multiple linear regression, goodness of fit testing, and an introduction to experimental design. The prerequisite to this course is I E 3341.

I E 3351 -- Manufacturing Engineering I

This course emphasizes the properties of materials as related to manufacturing. Specific topics include processing methods for metals, plastics, ceramics, semiconductors, and composites as well as process selection, planning, and economics. The prerequisite to this course is either CH E 2330 or M E 3311, PHYS 1105, or consent of the instructor.

I E 3361 -- Work Analysis & Design

This course concentrates on the principles and techniques of work measurement, methods engineering, workplace design, work sampling, and predetermined time systems. The course also covers basic ergonomic principles applied to workplace design and physiological work measurement. The corequisite to this course is I E 3341.

I E 3371 -- Production Control

This course covers production control systems, production planning, forecasting, scheduling, materials and inventory control systems and models, learning curves, and critical path methods or PERT and CPM. The prerequisite to this course is I E 3341.

I E 3372 -- Management Systems Control

This course covers cost control techniques for management, methods of financial statement analysis, capital and expense budgets, cost ratios, cost behavior, pricing methods, and overhead allocation methods. The prerequisite to this course is junior standing.

I E 4311 -- Operations Research II

This course focuses on the fundamentals of Monte Carol methods, as well as on the systematic development, programming, and analysis of computer simulation models using a high-level simulation language such as GPSS, SLAM II, or SIMAN. The prerequisites to this course are I E 3311 or its equivalent and a working knowledge of microcomputer operation.

I E 4312 -- Operations Research Problems

This course focuses on the application of operations research methods and makes extensive use of case studies and projects. The course draws problems from both public and private service systems and industrial operations. The prerequisites to this course are I E 3311 and I E 4311 or their equivalents.

I E 4320 -- Fundamentals of Systems

This course focuses on the application of basic foundations and applications of general systems theory applied to engineering and organizational enterprises addressing systems efficiency, effectiveness, productivity, economics, innovation, quality, and QWL. 

I E 4331 -- Individual Studies in Industrial Engineering

This course allows students to study areas of individual interest. Students may repeat this course for credit. The prerequisites to this course are advanced standing and departmental approval.

I E 4333 -- Senior Design Project

This course allows students to complete individual industrial engineering design projects. The prerequisite to this course is senior standing in industrial engineering.

I E 4351 -- Facilities Planning & Design

This course focuses on modern plant layout and materials handling practices and stresses the importance of interrelationships with management planning, product and process engineering, methods engineering, and production control.  Prerequisites for this course are I E 3311, I E 3361,IE 3371.

I E 4352 -- Manufacturing Engineering II

This course introduces computer-aided manufacturing, including computer-aided process planning and control and monitoring processes. The course also covers numerical control and industrial robots. The prerequisite to this course is either I E 3351 or the consent of the instructor.

I E 4361 -- Engineering Design for People

This course emphasizes the design of systems for human use. It includes instruction on human sensory and information processing abilities, human-machine system design processes and principles, and the reduction of human error in systems design.

I E 4362 -- Industrial Ergonomics

This course focuses on advanced ergonomics principles with an emphasis on the physiological, biomechanical, and psychological assessment of work. The course also covers the subject of human capabilities and limitations. The prerequisite to this course is I E 3361.

I E 4363 -- Work and Product Safety Engineering

This course emphasizes principles of design for work and product safety, accident theory, loss prevention, accident cost analysis, standards and regulations, system safety, hazards recognition, evaluation control, product safety, and liability. The prerequisite to this course is junior or senior standing.