IEE 205 Microcomputer Applications in Industrial Engineering. (3) F, S
Concepts related to development of operational capability in the use of microcomputer hardware, software, and networking as related to industrial engineering applications. Prerequisite: ECE 100. General Studies: N3.

IEE 300 Economic Analysis for Engineers. (3) F, S
Economic evaluation of alternatives for engineering decisions, emphasizing the time value of money. Prerequisites: ECE 100; MAT 270.

IEE 305 Information Systems Engineering. (3) F
Emphasis on systems analysis, design and implementation of information systems using fourth generation languages and alternative data base structures. Prerequisite: IEE 205. General Studies: N3.

IEE 367 Methods Engineering and Facilities Design. (4) F
Analyzing and designing work systems for productivity, including time and motion studies, human factors, material handling, facility layout and location. Lecture, lab. Prerequisites: IEE 205, 300.

IEE 374 Quality Control. (3) F
Control charting and other statistical process control techniques. Organization and managerial aspects of quality assurance, plus acceptance sampling plans. Prerequisite: ECE 380. General Studies: N2.

IEE 431 Engineering Administration. (3) F
Introducing quantitative and qualitative approaches to management functions, engineering administration, organizational analysis, decision making, and communication. Prerequisite: senior standing.

IEE 437 Human Factors Engineering. (3) F
Study of the human psychological and physiological factors that underlie the design of equipment and the interaction between people and machines.

IEE 461 Integrated Production Control. (3) F
Production control techniques for the planning, analysis, control, and evaluation of operating systems. Time series forecasting, network planning, scheduling, and control. Prerequisites: ECE 380; IEE 205.

IEE 463 Computer-Aided Manufacturing and Control. (3) F, S
Computer control in manufacturing, CIM, NC, logic controllers, group technology, process planning and robotics. Prerequisite: “C” programming capability. General Studies: N3.

IEE 464 Concurrent Engineering. (3) N
Understanding and analysis of complex design issues, including product attributes, manufacturing processes and service issues. Prerequisites: ECE 100; IEE 205.

IEE 475 Introduction to Simulation. (3) F, S
Using simulation and modeling in analysis and design of network and discrete systems with statistical aspects. Prerequisites: ECE 380; IEE 205. General Studies: N3.

IEE 476 Operations Research Techniques/Applications. (4) F, S
Linear programming, network optimization, Markov processes, queuing models, emphasizing model building for solving industrial system problems. Prerequisites: ECE 380; MAT 242. General Studies: N2.

IEE 490 Project in Design and Development. (3) F, S
Individual or team capstone project in creative design and synthesis. Prerequisite: senior standing.

IEE 505 Applications Engineering. (3) F
Develop working knowledge of application systems development tools needed for computer integrated enterprise. Includes techniques for application generation in fourth and fifth generation software environments. Topics include client server network systems, decision support systems, and transaction systems in distributed environment.

IEE 511 Analysis of Decision Processes. (3) S
Methods of making decisions in complex environments and statistical decision theory; effects of risk, uncertainty, and strategy on engineering and managerial decisions. Prerequisite: ECE 380.

IEE 520 Ergonomics Design. (3) S
Human physiological and psychological factors in the design of work environments and in the employment of people in man-machine systems. Open-shop lab assignments in addition to class work. Prerequisite: IEE 437 or 547.

IEE 530 Enterprise Modeling. (3) S
Focus on social, economic, and technical models of the enterprise with emphasis on the management of technological resources. Included are organization, econometric, financial, and large-scale mathematical models.

IEE 531 Topics in Engineering Administration. (3) S 2000
Consideration given to philosophical, psychological, political, and social implications of administrative decisions. Prerequisite: IEE 532 or instructor approval.

IEE 532 Management of Technology. (3) F
Topics include designing a technical strategy; technological forecasting; interfacing marketing engineering and manufacturing; designing and managing innovation systems; creativity; application of basic management principles to technology management. Prerequisite: IEE 431 or 541 or instructor approval.

IEE 533 Scheduling and Network Analysis Models. (3) S 2000
Application of scheduling and sequencing algorithms, deterministic and stochastic network analysis, and flow algorithms. Prerequisites: ECE 380; IEE 476 (or 546).

IEE 541 Engineering Administration. (3) F
Introducing quantitative and qualitative approaches to management functions, engineering administration, organizational analysis, decision making, and communication. IEE 431 students ineligible.

IEE 543 Computer-Aided Manufacturing and Control. (3) S
Computer control in manufacturing, CIM, NC, logic controllers, group technology, process planning and robotics. IEE 463 students ineligible. Prerequisite: “C” programming capability.

IEE 544 Concurrent Engineering. (3) N
Understanding and analysis of complex design issues, including product attributes, manufacturing processes and service issues. IEE 464 students ineligible. Prerequisites: ECE 100; IEE 205.

IEE 545 Discrete Event Simulation. (3) F, S
Modeling and analysis of stochastic systems using queuing theory and simulation. Statistical aspects of systems and analysis of output measures. Prerequisites: IEE 475 (or equivalent); instructor approval.

IEE 546 Operations Research Techniques/Applications. (4) F, S
Linear programming, network optimization, Markov processes, queuing models, emphasizing model building for solving industrial system problems. IEE 476 students ineligible. Prerequisites: ECE 380 (or equivalent); IEE 205; instructor approval.

IEE 547 Human Factors Engineering. (3) F
Study of people at work; designing for human performance effectiveness and productivity. Considerations of human physiological and psychological factors. Open only to students without previous credit for IEE 437.

IEE 552 Strategic Technological Planning. (3) S
Study of concept of strategy, strategy formulation process, and strategic planning methodologies with emphasis on engineering design and manufacturing strategy, complemented with case studies. An analytical executive planning decision support system is presented and used throughout course. Pre- or corequisite: IEE 545 or 566 or 567 or 574 or 575.

IEE 560 Database Concepts for Industrial Management Systems. (3) S
Application of object oriented database technology concepts to manufacturing and enterprise systems.

IEE 561 Production Systems. (3) F, S
Enabling theory for production control systems including: class item discounting, costing, factory physics, factory variability, inventory control, JIT, lot sizing, and sequencing. Prerequisites: ASE 485 (or 500 or ECE 380) and IEE 461 and 475 and 546 (or equivalents) and MAT 242.

IEE 562 Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) Tools. (3) F
Current topics in automation, distributed control, control code generation, control logic validation, CAM integration, CAD/CAM data structures, planning for control systems. Topics vary by semester. Prerequisite: IEE 463 or 543 or equivalent.

IEE 563 Systems Analysis for Distributed Systems. (3) S
Analysis and design of distributed groupware applications for manufacturing and enterprise systems. Prerequisite: ECE 380.

IEE 564 Planning for Computer-Integrated Manufacturing. (3) F
Theory and use of IDEF methodology in planning for flexible manufacturing, robotics, and real-time control. Simulation concepts applied to computer-integrated manufacturing planning. Prerequisite: IEE 463 or 543.

IEE 565 Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Research. (3) S
Determination and evaluation of research areas in computer-integrated manufacturing, including real-time software, manufacturing information systems, flexible and integrated manufacturing systems, robotics, and computer graphics. Prerequisite: IEE 564.

IEE 566 Simulation in Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Planning. (3) F
Use of simulation in computer-integrated manufacturing planning related to flexible, integrated, and robotics manufacturing systems. Use of computer graphics combined with simulation analysis for CIM decision support. Prerequisite: IEE 545.

IEE 567 System Simulation. (3) S
Use of simulation in the analysis and design of systems involving continuous and discrete processes; simulation languages; statistical aspects of simulation. Prerequisite: IEE 545.

IEE 569 Advanced Statistical Methods. (3) F 1998
Application of statistical inference procedures, based on ranks, to engineering problems. Efficient alternatives to classical statistical inference constrained by normality assumptions. Prerequisite: ASE 485 or 500.

IEE 570 Advanced Quality Control. (3) S
Economic-based acceptance sampling, multiattribute acceptance sampling, narrow limit gauging in inspector error and attributes acceptance sampling, principles of quality management, and selected topics from current literature. Prerequisite: ASE 485 or 500 or equivalent.

IEE 571 Quality Management. (3) F
Total quality concepts, quality strategies, quality and competitive position, quality costs, vendor relations, the quality manual, and quality in the services. Prerequisite: IEE 431 or 541.

IEE 572 Design of Engineering Experiments. (3) F, S
Analysis of variance and experimental design. Topics include general design methodology, incomplete blocks, confounding, fractional replication, and response surface methodology. Prerequisite: ASE 485 or 500.

IEE 573 Reliability Engineering. (3) S
Nature of reliability, time to failure densities, series/parallel/standby systems, complex system reliability, Bayesian reliability, and sequential reliability tests. Prerequisite: ECE 380.

IEE 574 Applied Deterministic Operations Research Models. (3) F, S
Formulation, solution, analysis, and application of deterministic models in operations research, including those of linear programming, integer programming, and nonlinear programming. Prerequisite: IEE 476 or 546.

IEE 575 Applied Stochastic Operations Research Models. (3) S
Application of stochastic models, including inventory theory, queuing theory, Markov processes, stochastic programming, and renewal theory. Prerequisite: ASE 485 or 500.

IEE 577 Decision and Expert Systems Methodology. (3) F
Systems approach to the analysis, design, and implementation of decision support systems. Emphasis on development of databases, model bases dialogs, and systems architecture as well as systems effectiveness. Introduction to expert systems as decision aid included. Term project required. Prerequisite: IEE 205 or equivalent.

IEE 578 Regression Analysis. (3) F
A course in regression model building oriented toward engineers/physical scientists. Topics include linear regression, diagnostics biased and robust fitting, nonlinear regression. Prerequisite: ASE 485 or 500.

IEE 579 Time Series Analysis and Forecasting. (3) F 1999
Forecasting time series by the Box-Jenkins and exponential smoothing techniques; existing digital computer programs are utilized to augment the theory. Prerequisites: ASE 485 (or 500); IEE 461.

IEE 582 Response Surfaces and Process Optimization. (3) S
An introduction to response surface method and its applications. Topics include steepest ascent, canonical analysis, designs, and optimality criteria. Prerequisite: IEE 572.

IEE 672 Advanced Topics in Experimental Design. (3) S 2000
Engineering applications of factorial and fractional factorial designs with randomization restrictions, analysis techniques in parameter comparison, missing data, unbalanced designs. Prerequisite: IEE 572 or instructor approval.

IEE 677 Regression and Linear Models. (3) S 1999
General linear models, applications, theory, including least squares, maximum likelihood estimation, properties of estimators, likelihood ratio tests and computational procedures. Prerequisite: IEE 578 or instructor approval.

IEE 679 Time Series Analysis and Control. (3) F 1998
Identification, estimation, diagnostic checking techniques for ARIMA models, transfer functions, multiple time series models for feedback and feedforward control schemes. Prerequisite: IEE 579 or instructor approval.

IEE 681 Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability. (3) F 1998
Organizing hardware and software, integrity and fault-tolerant design, maintenance design and strategy, Markov models, fault-free analysis, and military standards. Prerequisite: ECE 380.

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