Description: Sequencing and scheduling methods and models are presented, with special emphasis on scheduling and controlling projects.

 

Description:  Manufacturing system design based on a strategy of linked cells providing a continuous flow of materials. Evaluation strategies of analysis tools are studied.

 

Description: History of automotive manufacturing and the automotive manufacturing systems for a typical automotive assemble plant.

 

Description: Overview of the human body systems and evaluation of the physiological response of the human body to occupational activities with emphasis on task design.

 

Description: Examination of human factors, ergonomics and safety methodologies. Emphasis on human information input, output, and control processes with the objective of optimizing integration of the human into simple and complex systems.

 

Description:  Advanced concepts of experimental design including blocked designs, analysis of variance regression approach, and fractional factorials in base-2 designs. Emphasis throughout is on developing and improving industrial products and processes.

 

Description: Theory and practice of decision making under uncertainty. Stochastic capital budgeting models: Decision trees, the value of information: Bayesian approaches, including conjugate and predictive distributions: Utility theory foundations, risk preference, multi-attribute utility: Financial engineering, real options.

 

Description:  Presentation and discussion of ISE research by graduate students, faculty and guests. Must be taken at least one term and cannot be used in the plan of study to apply towards the minimum number of hours for a degree. Fall, Spring.