Management Electives

IE 5339 - PRODUCT DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCIBILITY, AND RELIABILITY DESIGN: This course covers product development and engineering design process with a focus on collaborative design. Software, manufacturing, reliability, testing, logistical and product support considerations are emphasized. Prerequisite: graduate standing.

IE 5345 - MANAGEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY: Review of contemporary issues in knowledge management, databases, decision support systems, and intelligent systems. Topics include knowledge acquisition, intelligent database design, decision support systems, data mining, knowledge transfer, and collaborative development. Prerequisite: graduate standing.

IE 5346 - TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT: Review of management issues in developing and implementing new technologies and methodologies into an organization. Topics include technology forecasting, management of technology based projects, technological competitiveness, technology alliances, and collaboration. Prerequisite: graduate standing.

IE 6305 - ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT I: The management of the engineering function in high-technology industry with principal emphasis on the historical development of industrial management principles, decision-making and planning. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

IE 6306 - ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT II: The management of the engineering function in high-technology industry with principal emphasis on human resources and staffing, directing and leading, and controlling. Prerequisite: IE 6305.

Other Management Electives

IE 5350 - GRADUATE DESIGN CAPSTONE: Practicum in Industrial Engineering techniques consisting of professional level experience in a relevant company, agency, or institution. This technical experience is directed by a supervising professor and requires the writing of a professional report. Prerequisite: 24 hours of graduate work in Industrial Engineering.

FIN 5311 - BUSINESS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: Study of providing the organization with funds necessary for its operation and of achieving effective utilization of funds. Primary emphasis on financial decision-making within organizations, and techniques of financial analysis and forecasting. Prerequisite: ACCT 5301 or departmental permission.

MARK 5328 - PRODUCT MANAGEMENT: Management of the firm's product or service offerings. Topics include new product development, new product screening, evaluation of existing products, product line and mix analysis, product abandonment decisions, the brand manager's role, the new product planning department, and others. Emphasis on the development of meaningful criteria for decision-making in the product area and on the development of information systems to suggest, screen, and monitor products.

MANA 5333 - MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION: Management of the innovation and the technology commercialization process in both the startup and corporate environment. Students will understand how to identify and assess the feasibility of technology-based innovations, how to turn these innovations into products and services, and how to introduce them in the market. Through case studies, students will explore innovations across a range of emerging technologies and have an opportunity to assess the options for commercializing an emerging technology from the view point of either a startup firm, a potential investor, or a corporation. Students may work on their own innovation or an innovation arising from either university research, an existing business, or their current employer.

IE Core

IE 5301 - ADVANCED OPERATIONS RESEARCH: A survey of quantitative methods to develop modeling and decision-making skills. Topics include z-transforms and difference equations, Markov Chains, decision analysis techniques, goal programming, game theory, queuing theory and nonlinear programming. Prerequisites: IE 3301 and IE 3315 or equivalent.

IE 5304 - ADVANCED ENGINEERING ECONOMY: Analysis of capital investments in engineering and technical projects. Topics include decision analysis methods, cash flows, revenue requirements, activity-based analysis, multi-attribute decisions, probabilistic analysis and sensitivity/risk analysis. Prerequisite: graduate standing.

IE 5318 - ADVANCED ENGINEERING STATISTICS: An in-depth study of one predictor variable followed by the matrix approach to multiple linear regression. Topics include estimation, prediction, analysis of variance, residual analysis, transformations, multicollinearity, model selection, weighted least squares, ridge regression, robust regression and logistic regression. Prerequisite: IE 3301 or equivalent.

IE Applications (Pick three)

IE 5303 - QUALITY SYSTEMS: Principles and practices of industrial quality control. Topics include the Deming philosophy, process improvements, statistical process control, process capability analysis and product acceptance. Prerequisite: IE 3301 or equivalent.

IE 5322 - SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION: An in-depth study of discrete event simulation theory and practice. Optimization and search techniques used in conjunction with simulation experiments are introduced. A commercial simulation software application is used. Prerequisite: IE 5318 or concurrent.

IE 5329 - PRODUCTION AND INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEMS: The fundamentals of production and inventory control systems. The economic impacts of fluctuating demand, supply availability and production rates are examined. Prerequisite: graduate standing.

IE 5338 - HUMAN ENGINEERING: Human structural, physiological, psychological, and cognitive capacities and limitations in the workplace, and their effects on the design of work systems to enhance productivity, and maintain health and safety. Prerequisite: IE 3301 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.

IE 5342 - METRICS AND MEASUREMENTS: Work measurement, methods improvements, and performance measurement. A survey of enterprise and management measurement systems is presented. Prerequisite: IE 3343 or equivalent.

IE 6302 - FACILITIES PLANNING AND DESIGN: Facilities planning through layout design. Product flow, space-activity relationships, personnel requirements, and material handling are considered, as well as receiving, shipping, warehousing, and integration with manufacturing. Facilities planning models are explored. Prerequisite: IE 3343, IE 5301, IE 5329 or equivalent.

Based on prior academic preparation, additional or substitute coursework may be required.