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2001-2003


Courses: Industrial Engineering (INDE)
College: Cullen College of Engineering

1331: Computing for Engineers (also CHEE 1331, CIVE 1331)
Cr. 3-0. (2-2). Prerequisite: MATH 1431. Credit may not be received for more than one of CHEE 1331, CIVE 1331, and INDE 1331. Introduction to the computing environment; matrix arithmetic; programming essentials; spreadsheets; symbolic algebra tools; solution of typical engineering problems using computer tools.

2331: Computer Applications for Industrial Engineering
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: INDE 1331: Structured programming in Visual Basic with numerical analysis applications in industrial engineering. Introduction to computer aided drafting software.

2333: Engineering Statistics I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: MATH 1432. Probability and statistical inference for engineering applications; probability distributions, estimation, statistical tests, and reliability theory.

3330: Industrial Cost Systems
Cr. 3. (3-0). Methods to collect, organize, present, interpret, and control costs in industrial enterprises.

3333: Engineering Economy I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: INDE 2333, ENGL 1304 or 1310. Time value of money, depreciation, after tax evaluations, decisions under uncertainty, and risk. Economic evaluation of engineering alternatives and proposals.

3334: Industrial Engineering Fundamentals
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ENGI 1331 or INDE 1331. Production: principles, systems, methods, analysis, management, economics, control, and techniques of improvement.

3335: Distribution and Logistic Information Systems
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: INDE 3330. Introduction to inventory, transportation, and supply chain databases and decision process. Material supply and demand issues considered from perspectives of logistics and commerce.

3361: Computer Aided Design
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ENGI 2331 or INDE 2331, INDE 2333. Use of subroutine libraries and problem-oriented languages, input-output programming, design of engineering problem-oriented languages, digital stochastic simulation.

3362: Computer Aided Design/ Computer Aided Manufacturing
Cr. 3. (2-2). Prerequisite: INDE 1331 and 3432. Comupter aided design, computer aided manufacturing, and manufacturing database systems.

3364: Engineering Statistics II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: INDE 2333. Quality control, sampling plans, control charts, hypothesis testing, multiple regression, analysis of variance, design of experiments, and applications to engineering problems.

3370: Discrete Event Simulation
Cr. 3. (2-2). Prerequisites: INDE 1331 and 2333 or consent of instructor. Computer modeling and analysis of manufacturing and service processes. Data input analysis, model development, animation, verification and validation, experimental design, output analysis.

3381: Linear Optimization
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ECE 2331. Matrices and simultaneous equations, simplex algorithm, primal-dual methods, sensitivity analysis, integer programming, and industrial applications of linear programming.

3382: Stochastic Models
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: INDE 2333. Probability models, Markov chains, inventory models, queueing theory, game theory, and dynamic programming.

3431: Materials Processing I (formerly 3331)
Cr. 4. (3-3). Prerequisites: PHYS 1321 and CHEM 1332, and credit for or concurrent enrollment in INDE 2333. Engineering design factors and associated projects.

3432: Manufacturing Processes
Cr. 4. (3-3). Prerequisites: PHYS 1321 and CHEM 1372. Introduction to manufacturing systems, engineering manufacturing processes, design and machining of components.

4111: Industrial Engineering Seminar
Cr. 1. (1-0). Prerequisite: Senior standing in industrial engineering. Speakers, reports, and discussion of current industrial engineering topics. Emphasis on technical report writing.

4198:4298:4398: Special Problems
Cr. 1-3 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: approval of chair.

4311: Distribution and Logistic Systems: Performance Analysis
Cr. 3. (3-0). PrerequisiteS: INDE 3335 and senior standing. Various distribution systems are compared for performance effectiveness relative to parameters of inventory, receiving, shipping, safety, quality, operational cost, and relative value-added cost. Extensive use of case studies.

4321: Distribution and Logistics Systems: Design and Strategy
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: INDE 3335 and senior standing. Distribution systems considered for strategic change opportunities within the context of dynamic industrial environments. Design plans and operational procedures developed as proposals for improving distribution system performance.

4331: Analysis of Industrial Activities
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisites: INDE 3330, 3333, 3364, 3382, and 3432. Analysis of production systems to determine systems capacity, capacities in situations involving complex mechanical-human interactions, production standards, and problems in instrumentation and recording.

4333: Operations Research II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ENGI 2331 or ECE 2331. Matrices and simultaneous equations, simplex algorithm, primal-dual methods, sensitivity analysis, integer programming, and industrial applications of linear programming.

4334: Engineering Systems Design
Cr. 3. (2-3). Prerequisites: Senior standing and credit for or concurrent enrollment in INDE 4369. Applications of analytical, experimental and computational techniques in open-ended problems supplied by industry and faculty.

4337: Human Factors and Ergonomics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: INDE 4331. Measurement and evaluation of human-machine systems; techniques and procedures for developing and applying principles of human factors engineering to system design.

4344: Industrial Safety Engineering
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: senior standing in engineering or consent of instructor. Foundations of safety engineering, applications of safety principles to industrial and commercial systems, the design of totally safe systems.

4364: Engineering Statistics II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: INDE 2333 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in INDE 3361. Quality control, sampling plans, control charts, hypothesis testing, multiple regression, analysis of variance, design of experiments, and applications to engineering problems.

4368: Industrial Engineering Design I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: INDE 3331, 3333, and 4331 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in INDE 4333. Design and synthesis of production systems, man-machine systems, and related systems in other operational environments.

4369: Facilities Planning and Design
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: INDE 3382 and 4331. Planning and design of production systems, man-machine systems, and related systems in other operational environments.

4371: Operations Research I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: INDE 2333. Probability models, Markov chains, inventory models, queueing theory, game theory, and dynamic programming.

4372: Operations Control
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: INDE 2333 and 3382 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in INDE 3381. Design of systems to control production, inventories, and other processes in industry. Development of planning, coordination, and control of specific operations, especially through computerized data processing.

5397: Selected Topics
Cr. 1-3 per semester. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.


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