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2006-2007 Graduate Catalog [NOTE!!!! THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. FOR THE CURRENT CATALOG, GO TO CATALOG.NIU.EDU]
College of Engineering and Engineering Technology
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Dean: Promod Vohra, Ed.D., P.E.
Associate Dean: Mansour Tahernezhadi, Ph.D., P.E.
Department of Electrical Engineering
Department of Industrial Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Technology
No active programs available.
IEET 490 - Topics in Engineering and Engineering Technology
Selected interdisciplinary topics from various engineering or engineering technology disciplines not offered in regular departmental courses. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of instructor.
Electrical Engineering
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Certificates of Graduate Study
Masters Programs
ELE 421 - Biomedical Sensor Engineering
Theory, analysis, and design of biomedical sensors. Topics include biological elements; immobilization of biological components; medical, biological, and chemical sensors; and transducers based on electrochemistry, optics, and solidstate devices.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Grade of C or better in CHEM 210T and CHEM 212, PHYS 251A, and ELE 335 or ELE 215 or ELE 330; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 430 - Design with Field Programmable Logic Devices
Design of high performance logic designs utilizing programmable logic gates. Design of finite state machines and introduction to latest computeraided tools.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 350 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 431 - Theory of Semiconductor Devices II
Continuation of ELE 335 dealing with complex semiconductor devices. Theory of operation of integrated circuits, solid state lasers, switching devices, and negative conductance microwave devices.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 335 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 432 - Semiconductor Device Fabrication Laboratory
Design and fabrication of active semiconductor devices. Laboratory exercises include artwork and pattern generation, mask making, oxidation, photolithographic processing, diffusion, metallization, and device testing.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 433 - Design of Gallium Arsenide Integrated Circuits
Fundamentals of GaAs devices and logic families; fabrication processes; physical layout for VLSI circuits; interconnection and testing of high speed systems.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 335 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 434 - Semiconductor Material and Device Characterization
Study of fundamentals and principles of semiconductor material properties with applications to device characterization. Modern measurement techniques of semiconductor industry including electrical, optical, chemical, and physical methods.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 335 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 435 - Integrated Circuit Engineering
Basic theory of integrated circuits including MOS processing technology. Principles of layout design, simulation, and design rule checking of large-scale integrated circuits. Introduction to design tools and techniques including utilization of available design software packages. Requirements include the design, simulation, and layout of an integrated circuit to the point of mask generation.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 250 and ELE 330, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 436 - Analog MOS VLSI Engineering
Introduction to analog MOS (nMOS and CMOS) circuits. MOS transistor as both a switch and a linear device. Different MOS circuits such as amplifiers, switches, comparators, sensors, D/A-A/D converters, multipliers, and neural networks.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 330 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 437 - Hybrid Circuit Design
Lecture/laboratory course covering thick film processing techniques as they apply to the design and fabrication of miniature electronic circuits. Topics include minimum design rules, design of electronic components, artwork generation, screen preparation, screen printing, drying and firing profiles, and trimming.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 360 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 438 - Thin Film Engineering
Lecture/laboratory course designed to demonstrate theory and principles of thin film processing including vacuum processing and deposition techniques. Topics include resistive evaporation, DC sputtering, RF sputtering, ion beam sputtering, electron beam evaporation, methods of achieving vacuum, and measurement techniques.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 335 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 440 - Power Electronics
Introduction to concepts involved with switch mode power electronic circuits. Analysis of basic circuit topologies including AC/DC, DC/DC, and DC/AC converters. Discussion of desired outputs of these circuits, as well as undesired components such as harmonies and ripple.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 330 and ELE 340, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 441 - Electric Drives
Advanced discussion of different types of electric motors under various load conditions. Application of power electronic drives to electric motors. Topics include DC drives, AC induction motor drive, and AC synchronous motor drives. Efficiency and harmonic effects discussed for each drive system.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 330 and ELE 340, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 450 - Digital Design with Hdl
Design, simulation, and synthesis of digital circuits and systems using Verilog HDL or VHDL. Topics include digital design methodologies, finite state automata, behavioral models, structural design, finite state machines and datapath controllers, and algorithms and architectures for digital signal processors. Includes a term project to design, simulate, and synthesize a digital circuit/system.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 250 and CSCI 240, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 451 - Digital Filter Design
Difference equations, z-transform, Fourier representation of sequences, discrete-time system transfer functions, infinite impulse response discrete-time filters design. Includes implementation considerations and computer aided filter design. Practical examples and computer simulations.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 315 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 452 - Real-Time Digital Signal Processing
In-depth presentation of the use of single-chip programmable signal processors. Hardware design aspects of digital signal processing (DSP) systems, architectural issues, and fixed versus floating pointing representations for implementing DSP algorithms. Applications to speech processing, adaptive filtering, and telecommunications.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 356 and ELE 451, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 454 - Introduction to Digital Image Processing
Principles, techniques, and algorithms for enhancements of degraded images, compression of pictorial information, recognition of patterns in scenes, reconstruction of a picture from projections, and descriptions of objects in a scene.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: CSCI 240 and consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 455 - Computer System Architecture
Register transfer and micro-operation, basic computer organization and design; central processing unit; micro-programmed control; pipeline and vector processing; computer arithmetic; input/output organization, and memory organization.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 250 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 456 - Introduction to Pattern Recognition
Theory and design of pattern recognition systems. Topics include pattern recognition and perception, nonparametric decision theoretical classification, statistical discriminant functions, Fisher’s approach, unsupervised learning systems (clustering) and their performance, and neural networks for pattern recognition.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: CSCI 240 or CSCI 241, ELE 350, and STAT 350 or IENG 335, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 457 - Microprocessor
Analysis of computer logic systems. Topics include parallel and serial I/O ports, memory interface, I/O interface, and interrupt interface.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 356 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 461 - Synthesis of Active and Passive Filters
Principles of network synthesis are introduced. Synthesis techniques are used to design active and passive filters.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 360 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 464 - System Design Utilizing Analog Integrated Circuits
Basic theory for the utilization of special purpose integrated circuit amplifiers in application specific to circuit designs, including special differential and operational amplifier circuits.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 330 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 470 - Microwave Circuits and Devices
Wave equation; microwave waveguides and components; solid-state devices and circuits; microwave integrated circuits; microwave test equipment and laboratory measurements.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 370 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 471 - Lightwave Engineering
Theory, analysis, and design of opto electronic communication techniques. Multimode and monomode optical fibers examined for loss, dispersion, and practical considerations. Optical receiver, transmitter, and repeaters presented with an introduction to optical signal processing.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 335, ELE 360, and ELE 370, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 474 - Transmission Line Media and Wave Propagation
Theory and applications of various transmission line media such as twowire, coaxial, stripline, and microstrip lines. Principles of wave propagation in freespace and waveguides. Distributed circuits and impedance matching using the Smith chart approach.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 370 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 475 - Antenna Theory and Design
Fundamentals of electromagnetic radiation from wire and aperture-type antennas; applications of field equivalence principles to aperture radiation; receiving antennas and noise evaluation of communication systems; antenna test equipment and measurement techniques.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 370 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 477 - Advanced Microwave and Millimeter Wave Engineering
Analysis of various transmission-line media, including rectangular and circular waveguides, dielectric waveguides, finlines, and microstrip transmission lines; microwave/millimeter wave passive and active components; theory and design of integrated circuits, such as receiver front-ends; application of microwave systems and measurement techniques.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 370 or consent of department.
Credits: 4
ELE 480 - Control Systems II
Design and compensation of feedback control systems. State-variable approach to the analysis and design of feedback control systems. Use of digital controllers in modern control systems.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 380 or MEE 322, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 481 - Digital Control Systems
Introduction to digital and sampled-data control systems. Analysis and design of digital systems using z-transform and state-space methods. Study of the effects of quantization and sampling on stability and performance.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 480 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 530 - Advanced Integrated Circuit Engineering
Design of large integrated circuits explored at transistor, gate, and register subsystem level. Mathematical abstractions related to parasitic effects and discussion of physics layout complications.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 435 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 531 - VLSI Engineering: Computer-Aided Design
Creative use of design aids in parameter extraction, schematic capture, chip layout, channel routing, and maze routing multilevel simulation. Artwork generation and verification.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 435 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 532 - VLSI Engineering: Device Design
Special design considerations of NMOS, COMS, and bipolar technologies. Topics include device simulation, application of graph theory to chip layout, design rules and validation techniques, and strategies for layout of microcells and macrocells.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 530 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 533 - VLSI Engineering: Chip Design
Complete design of integrated circuits in MOS and bipolar technologies. Designs evaluated by computer simulation with the computer results utilized in an iterative manner to optimize circuit design prior to mask generation.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 532 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 534 - Integrated Circuit Design for Testability
Current methodologies and techniques for design of VLSI systems are introduced. Topics include the introduction to integrated circuit design; modeling integrated circuits at functional, structural, and physical levels; fault modeling and fault detection; testing; design for testability; built-in self test; and test pattern generation.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 435 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 535 - Advanced Electronic Devices
Theory, analysis, and design of advanced electronic devices such as metal semiconductor field effect transistors, modulation doped field effect transistors, heterojunction bipolar transistors, and quantum well devices.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 335 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 536 - Design of Microsystems
Theory, analysis, and design of micro-electro-mechanical systems. Topics include fabrication process of micro and nanodevices; electrical, mechanical, magnetic and thermal properties of micro and nanostructures; and analysis of newly developed nanostructures.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 335 and ELE 330, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 537 - Thin Film Resistive Sensors
Analysis and design of resistive sensors and capacitive sensors. Includes anisotropic magnetoresistors (AMR), giant magnetoresistors (GMR), thermistors, humidity sensors, and mass flow sensors.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 335 and ELE 370; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 540 - Advanced Power Electronics
Discussion of advanced topics involved with switch mode power electronic circuits. Topics include switching characteristics of power semiconductor devices, resonant converters, and soft-switching converters. Advanced techniques for the modeling and control of power electronic circuits.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 440.
Credits: 3
ELE 550 - Digital Signal Processing
Theory and computer realization of digital signal processing. Fourier and z-transform hardware and software implementation of digital filters. Discrete Butterworth and Chebyshev filters. FIR, IIR, and linear phase filters. Effects of finite word length in fixed and floating-point arithmetic.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 315 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 551 - Random Signal Processing
Statistical description of discrete and continuous signals in communication. Power spectrum analysis. Applications to filtering and interpolation problems. Detection and extraction of signals in noise background based on statistical decision theory.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 360 or ELE 550, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 553 - Digital Speech Processing
Principles, techniques, and algorithms for speech signals. Emphasis on the representation of speech signals in digital form, the implementation of sophisticated processing techniques, and the classes of applications which rely heavily on digital processing.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 551 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 554 - Advanced Topics in Digital Image Processing
Advanced treatment of image processing techniques; linear and nonlinear image restoration, image segmentation, image enhancement, image encoding, feature description, and image understanding; and related computer projects.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 454 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 555 - Microprocessor System Design
Principles and techniques required to design a microprocessor-based electronic system by treating the microprocessor as a component of the overall system. Hardware design aspects of systems including buses, memory system design, I/O, interrupts, DMA, and memory management will be examined.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 457 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 556 - Pattern Recognition
Principles of approaches currently employed in pattern recognition; nonparametric classification, clustering analysis, nonsupervised learning, dimensionality reduction, feature extraction, shape recognition, curve fitting, polygon clipping, and graphic display generation.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: CSCI 230 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 557 - Parallel Processing
Fundamental concepts of parallel processor organization. Development of basic algorithms suitable for such systems. Parallel sorting and interconnection networks. Applications and discussion of specific processors.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 558 - Artificial Intelligence
Methodology in the design of a knowledge-based system using LISP or other appropriate computer language. Subjects and strategies including information base, forward chaining, testing and debugging, and dedicated hardware. Stages from initial problem definition to system implementation will be discussed.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 559 - Adaptive Signal Processing
The adaptive transversal filter with least mean square algorithm introduced and compared with frequency-domain and lattice algorithms. Applications to modeling and system identification, inverse modeling, deconvolution, equalization, adaptive noise canceling, and adaptive array. Practical examples and computer simulations.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 551 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 560 - Digital and Analog Communication Systems
Theory of digital communication systems including digital transmission of analog systems. Digital communication in the presence of noise and the use of error correcting codes.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 360 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 561 - Error Control Coding
Fundamentals of coding theory digital communications. Topics include finite fields, linear block codes, convolutional codes, and parallel concatenated codes. Design and implementation for a digital communication system.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 360 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 562 - Optical Communication
Fundamentals of the propagation of optical beams in various media. Theory and applications of optical resonators. Laser oscillation and modulation techniques of laser beams. Optical detection and noise in optical systems. Two-laser optical systems and phase conjugate optics.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 335 and ELE 360, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 564 - Spread Spectrum Communication Systems
Concepts of spread spectrum digital communication and frequency hopped communication systems, including code tracking loops, synchronization of the receiver spreading code, and binary shift register sequence.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 560 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 571 - Microwave Integrated Circuits
Analysis and design of microwave/millimeter wave integrated circuits using various transmissionline media, such as microstrips, finlines, and dielectric waveguides. “Supercompact” will be used as a design tool.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 572 - Microwave Solid-State Devices and Circuits
Theory of operation of passive and active microwave devices including beamlead detector and mixer diodes, switching and varactor diodes, Gunn and IMPATT diodes; use of these devices in various microwave circuits, such as receiver front-ends, Gunn and IMPATT oscillators, and voltagecontrolled oscillators. Design of practical microwave/millimeter wave circuits.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 580 - Microprocessor Sensors and Control Systems
Application of microprocessors to various sensors including temperature, pressure, flow, and moisture measurements. Development of microprocessor based control systems. Includes laboratory experiments in microprocessor interface techniques.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 380 or MEE 322, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 581 - State Space Analysis
Study of linear systems emphasizing state space analysis. Topics include signals and signal representation, mathematic description of continuous and discrete systems, matrices and linear spaces, state variables and linear continuous systems, state variables and linear discrete systems, system controllability and observability, and introduction to stability theory.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 480 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 582 - Nonlinear Control Systems
Study of the methods used for the analysis and design of nonlinear feedback control systems. Emphasis on the phase-plane method, numerical techniques, describing functions, and the methods of Lyapunov.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 480 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 583 - Computerized Control and Modeling of Automated Systems
Study of computerized control in automated systems for industries, emphasizing digital controllers and linear quadratic controllers (LQC). Topics include introduction to computer control, digital controller design, command generation for process control, process modeling, optimal design methods, finite-wordlength effects, and case studies.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 480 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 584 - Optimum Control Systems
Introduction to the basic theory and methods for the optimization of control system problems. Topics include matrix calculus, optimization with and without constraints, calculus of variations, dynamic programming with applications, optimal control of continuous and discrete systems, state estimation, and Kalman filters with electrical engineering applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 481 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 585 - Control Laws and Strategies for Multilink Manipulators
Study of servo control for manipulators, emphasizing various control schemes currently active in the robotic field. Topics include single-link control, kinematics and dynamics of multilink manipulators, computed torque technique, variable-structure control, nonlinear feedback control, resolved motion control, adaptive control, and force control.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 480 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 587 - Fuzzy Logic in Engineering
Study of fuzzy logic with emphasis on its engineering applications. Topics include classical and fuzzy sets, classical and fuzzy relations, membership functions, fuzzy-tocrisp conversions, fuzzy arithmetic, classical and fuzzy logic, fuzzy rulebased systems, fuzzy control systems, and other engineering applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 589 - Introduction to Neural Networks
Study of neural networks with an engineering application emphasis. Topics include feedforward neural networks, single layer feedback neural networks, supervised and unsupervised learning, and associative memories, as well as topics related to intelligent systems such as genetic algorithms.
Credits: 3
ELE 597 - Independent Study
Independent pursuit of advanced problems in electrical engineering under faculty supervision. Written report required. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 590 or consent of department.
Credits: 1 to 3
ELE 598 - Special Topics in Electrical Engineering
A. Biomedical Engineering
B. Microelectronics
C. Power Electronics
D. Computer Engineering
E. Communications Engineering
G. Electromagnetics
J. Control Systems
K. Digital Signal Processing
Advanced study of electrical engineering topics offered in a regular class format. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours in each topic, but combined semester hours taken in all 400-level courses, ELE 597, and ELE 598 may not exceed 12 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1 to 3
ELE 599A - Master’s Thesis
May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1 to 6
ELE 599B - Master’s Project
May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1 to 3
ELE 650 - Modern Signal Processing Algorithms and Applications
Study of modern signal processing algorithms and their applications. Algorithms to be investigated include fast signal processing algorithms, neural networks, higher-order spectrum analysis, wavelet analysis, and other emerging signal processing techniques. Example application areas are biomedical signal processing, signal representation and data compression, telecommunications, and speech processing.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 550 and ELE 551, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 656 - Advanced Topics in Pattern Recognition
Advanced treatment of pattern recognition techniques; clustering analysis and nonsupervised learning, symbolic representation, pictorial shape analysis and recognition, graphics and image understanding.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 556 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
Industrial and Systems Engineering
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Certificates of Graduate Study
Masters Programs
ISYE 410 - Human Factors Engineering
Introduction to the principles of human-machine systems, human error, auditory systems, and visual systems. Analysis of psychomotor skills, speech communications, and control-display relationships.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: PHYS 250A and ISYE 335 or STAT 350 or UBUS 223, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 430T - Quality Control
Importance of quality; statistical concepts relevant to process control; control charts for variables and attributes; process capability analysis; acceptance sampling plans for variables and attributes.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 334 or ISYE 335 or STAT 350 or UBUS 223, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 431 - Reliability Engineering
Reliability analysis for the design, implementation, and operation of engineering systems, processes, and products. Fault trees, lifetime distributions, life testing, availability, and maintainability.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 334 or ISYE 335 or STAT 350, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 435 - Experimental Design for Engineering
Statistical techniques for designing and analyzing relationships among variables in engineering processes. Engineering applications of analysis of variance (ANOVA), factorial design, and fractional factorial design.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 334 and ISYE 335, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 436 - Applied Regression Analysis for Engineering
Statistical techniques for modeling, designing, and investigating relationships among variables in engineering processes. Engineering applications of linear regression with one predictor variable, multiple linear regression, and forecasting and time series analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 334 and ISYE 335.
Credits: 3
ISYE 440 - Production Planning and Control
Analysis, design, and management of production systems. Topics include productivity measurement, forecasting techniques, project planning, line balancing, inventory systems, aggregate planning, master scheduling, operations scheduling, and modern approaches to production management such as just-in-time production.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 335 or STAT 350 or UBUS 223, or consent of department. CRQ: ISYE 370 or OMIS 327, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 442 - Engineering Project Management
An integrated approach to the management of engineering and high-technology projects that addresses the entire life cycle of the project including project initiation, organization, planning, implementation, control, and termination. Focus on human resources and the use of quantitative methods for project evaluation, scheduling, resource allocation, cost control, contract selection, risk management, and project quality management.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MATH 230 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 450 - Integrated Manufacturing Systems
Introduction to automation. Detroit automation, computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), group technology, flexible manufacturing systems, and production systems for manufacturing support. Applications of these concepts using the FMS laboratory.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 330 and MEE 331 or ISYE 350, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 451 - Expert Systems in Engineering
Basic concepts and techniques of expert systems as well as the applications of expert systems in engineering. Primary topics include expert systems building tools and languages, a review of expert systems in engineering, and building expert systems for engineering problems.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: CSCI 240 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 452 - Industrial Robotics
Fundamentals of robotics and robotic applications. Topics include manipulator kinematics and dynamics, performance characteristics of robots, robot programming, robotic work cell design, and application of robots in industry.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 211 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 453 - Integrated Product and Process Design
Concurrent engineering, product design and development strategies, correlation between functional specifications and process capabilities, design for manufacturability, and the economics of product design and development. Topics include design and analysis of special tooling, jigs, fixtures, and dies for cost efficiency.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 350 and MEE 270, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 455 - Manufacturing Metrology
Study of the concepts, theories, and techniques of automated inspection. Topics include dimensional measurement, in-process measurement and control, coordinate measuring machines, automated visual inspection, quality control, and process capability analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 334 or ISYE 335 or STAT 350, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 460 - Facilities Planning and Design
Principles and practice of the planning of facility layout and material handling equipment for manufacturing and service systems. Topics include analytical approaches in site location, facility layout, material handling, and storage systems. Discussion of systematic procedures and computer-aided techniques.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 370 or consent of department. CRQ: ISYE 350 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 472 - Queueing Methods for Services and Manufacturing
Behavior of queueing systems, focusing on mathematical models, and diagnosis and correction of problems. Arrival process, service policies, waiting line disciplines, bottlenecks, and networks. Reducing delay through control and design.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 371 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 475 - Decision Analysis for Engineering
Elementary quantitative decision making when random factors are present. Decision trees, assessment of choices using expected utility, influence diagrams, and the value of information.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 334 or ISYE 335 or STAT 350 or UBUS 223, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 480 - Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Design and analysis of industrial systems using computer simulation models. Choice of input distributions, generation of random variates, design and construction of simulation models and experiments, and interpretation of generated output.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MATH 211 and UBUS 223, or ISYE 334 and ISYE 335, or STAT 350, and CSCI 240, and ISYE 371; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 482 - Engineering Information Systems
Basic concepts, design, development, and the use of engineering information systems. Topics include architecture and components of engineering information systems, problem analysis, modeling, design, development, and validation of application systems. Theoretical and practical issues related to manipulation of engineering information and design of queries. Examples of engineering information systems.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: CSCI 240 or OMIS 351, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 498 - Contemporary Topics in Industrial Engineering
May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours, with no more than 3 hours in the same topic area.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1 to 3
ISYE 520 - Economic Analysis of Industrial Projects
Advanced topics in engineering economic analysis including equipment replacement studies, purchases versus lease problems, project selection under budgetary and other resource constraints, mathematical programming formulations for economic optimization under constraints, statistical methods of dealing with uncertainty, evaluation for sequential decisions, portfolio selection, and multiple attributes. Knowledge of probability and statistics and economic analysis is required.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 530 - Advanced Quality Control
Advanced theory, principles, and procedures of statistical quality control. Mathematics of sampling plans. Acceptance sampling plans by variables. Rectifying control procedures, continuous sampling plans, cumulative sum control charts, special procedures.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 430T or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 531 - Advanced Reliability Engineering
Statistical analysis of failure distributions. Application of stochastic models for failure based on Poisson and related processes. Use of exponential and extreme value distributions in reliability. Use of Markov process in the areas of equipment reliability, maintenance, and availability. Advanced reliability evaluation techniques.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 431 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 535 - Advanced Experimental Design for Engineering
Advanced statistical techniques for designing and optimizing experiments. Engineering applications of two-level factorial designs, two-level fractional factorial designs, optimum seeking, response surface methodology, experiments with mixtures, and mixture design.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 435 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 540 - Advanced Production and Inventory Control
Single and parallel-machine sequencing. Job shop and flow shop scheduling. Mathematical theory of single and multicommodity inventory systems. Production planning for static and dynamic models. Mathematical modeling approach toward forecasting.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: STAT 350 and ISYE 571, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 550 - Advanced Manufacturing Systems
Advanced topics in computer-integrated manufacturing. Major topics include advanced manufacturing processes, geometric modeling, design for manufacture, computer-aided part programming, computer-aided process planning, communication networks, and flexible manufacturing systems. Applications of these concepts using the manufacturing laboratory.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 450 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 551 - Intelligent Manufacturing Systems
Application of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to manufacturing. Major topics include heuristic search techniques, knowledge representation of manufacturing entities, and control and expert systems in manufacturing. Current research issues also addressed.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 451 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 561 - Modern Material Handling Systems
Analysis for design and operations of material handling systems (MHS), with emphasis on automation. Presentation of features, applications, and economics of MHS using analytical models and simulation. Experimentation using FMS laboratory.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 480 and ISYE 450, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 571 - Linear Programming and Network Flows
Formulation and solution techniques for linear programming and network flow problems. Simplex method, theory, and computation. Duality theory, sensitivity analysis. Maximum flow minimum cut theorem. Shortest routes, minimum cost flows.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 370 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 572 - Nonlinear Programming
Theory and algorithms for optimization of nonlinear programs. Convex sets and functions, necessary and sufficient optimality conditions, constraint qualifications, duality theory, algorithms for quadratic programming, and linear complementary problems. Methods of direct search, Newton, gradient projection, feasible direction, and reduced gradient.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 571 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 573 - Queueing Systems
Introduction to queueing processes and their applications. The M/M/S and M/G/I queues. Queue length, waiting line, busy period. Queueing networks.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: IENG 472 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 574 - Dynamic Programming
Techniques of recursive optimization and their applications to multistage deterministic and stochastic problems from different fields. Problem formulation, computational aspects, and dimensionality reduction.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 571 and STAT 350, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 575 - Advanced Decision Analysis for Engineering
Application of statistical decision making to engineering, with emphasis on problems in industry and operations.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 371 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 576 - Discrete Optimization
Study of concepts, theories, and techniques of discrete optimization, both integer and combinatorial. Topics include polyhedral theory, theory of valid inequalities, computational complexity, polynomial algorithms, nonpolynomial algorithms, and nonexact algorithms. Applications include problems in graphs, networks, transportation, and scheduling.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 370 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 580 - Advanced Simulation Techniques
Advanced simulation concepts; event scheduling, process interaction, and continuous modeling techniques. Design and analysis of simulation experiments; probability and statistics related to simulation such as length of run, probability distribution interference, variance reduction, and stopping rules.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ISYE 480 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 591 - Occupational Ergonomics
Development and use of the human-machine model to establish the effects of interface design, environment, and work organization on the performance, safety, and health of the workforce. Topics include anthropometry, work physiology, biomechanics, environments (thermal, auditory, vibratory, and visual), and design of controls, display, and work spaces.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: STAT 350 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 595 - Graduate Seminar
Techniques for planning, conducting, documenting, and presenting industrial engineering research. Requires attending lectures and discussions on current industrial engineering research. Should be taken during the first year of the graduate program.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1
ISYE 597 - Independent Study
Independent study and work to explore recent advances and innovative approaches to industrial engineering design, practice, and research. Written report required. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1 to 3
ISYE 598 - Advanced Topics in Industrial Engineering
Advanced topics of contemporary interest. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours provided no repetition of subject matter occurs.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1 to 3
ISYE 599A - Master’s Thesis
May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1 to 6
ISYE 599B - Graduate Project
Experience in the application of industrial engineering to real world systems through project work. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours. Written report required. Not available for credit in the thesis option.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1 to 6
Mechanical Engineering
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Certificates of Graduate Study
Masters Programs
MEE 410 - Intermediate Mechanics of Materials
Buckling, unsymmetric bending, transverse loading, curved beams, thick-walled cylinders and rotating disks, torsion of thin-walled tubes, contact stresses, plastic behavior, strain energy and Castigliano’s theorem, strength theories and design equations, fatigue, and fracture.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 212 and MATH 336. CRQ: MEE 380 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 421 - Dynamic Systems and Control II
Concepts of linear system theory; model analysis, Lagrange’s Equations, approximate numerical methods for solving vibration problems, and Root-locus and frequency response design. State-space analysis. Case studies in control system design.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 322 or ELE 380, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 422 - Design of Robot Manipulators
Mathematics, programming, and control in the design of robot manipulators. Includes topics on kinematics, differential relationships and dynamics, motion trajectories, and control algorithms.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 211 and MATH 336, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 423 - Mechanical Reliability
Basic probability, statistics, and reliability concepts applicable to mechanical systems. Probabilistic treatment of loads, stress, strength, safety indices, and fatigue. Mechanical equipment reliability; wear-out; reliability-based design, testing, and maintenance.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 212 and CRQ: MEE 470; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 424 - Machinery Vibration
Machinery vibration analysis: signature analysis in time and frequency domains, fault detection, diagnosis, and correction; instrumentation; case studies; machine monitoring programs.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 322 or consent of department. CRQ: MEE 470 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 425 - Design of Mobile Robots
Configuration and architecture design. Position estimation, planning, and control. Perception and learning. Group capstone project in the design and development of a mobile robot. Lecture, discussion, and case studies of mobile robot design.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 211 or TECH 375, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 426 - Mechatronics System Design
Use of computers embedded in mechanical systems, microcontrollers, real-time software, analog and digital world, sensors and actuators interfacing, electronics for mechatronics, measures of system performance, state transition logic and multitasking, mechatronics system design problems, advanced concepts and case studies of mechanical systems with embedded electronics.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: ELE 215, ELE 380 or MEE 322, and CSCI 230 or CSCI 240, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 430 - Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing
Computers for CAD/CAM; computer-aided design; numerical control, origin of CAM; industrial robots; group technology and process planning; computer control; computer-integrated manufacturing.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 230 or CRQ: MEE 331; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 431 - Composite Materials
Macromechanical behavior of a lamina; micromechanical behavior of a lamina; macromechanical behavior of a laminate; bending, buckling, and vibration of laminated plates.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 212, MEE 330, and MEE 380, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 451 - Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
Refrigerants; vapor compression and absorption refrigeration systems; cryogenics; psychrometrics and humidity measurements; extended surface coils and transfer processes between moist air and water; solar radiation and heating and cooling loads of buildings and structures.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 350 and MEE 352, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 452 - Design of Thermal Systems
Application of principles of fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics in the component design of thermal systems. Examples drawn from power generations, environmental control, and industrial processes. Students work on group projects for integration of these components in the design of thermal systems.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 350 and MEE 352, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 453 - Propulsion
Aerodynamics and thermodynamics of gas turbine airbreathing and rocket engines; quasi-one-dimensional flow; ideal and real cycle analysis; component performance; engine operating off-design characteristics.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 340 and MEE 350, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 480 - Finite Element Methods
Methods of weighted residual; variational methods of approximation; variational formulation; shape functions; finite element formulation; error analysis; computer implementation; applications to solid mechanics, dynamics, vibration, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 322, MEE 352, and MEE 380, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 484 - Advanced Computing in Mechanical Engineering
Project-based course which combines engineering science with advanced computing, including a practical introduction to object-oriented programming, data structures, and other topics that facilitate programming-in-the-large in which students write a substantial portion of a vehicle dynamics simulation.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 381 or consent of department. Recommended CRQ: MEE 481.
Credits: 3
MEE 510 - Experimental Stress Analysis
Elementary elasticity; brittle-coating methods; strain measurement methods and related instrumentation; photoelasticity; Moire methods; residual stress analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 490 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 511 - Continuum Mechanics
Vectors and tensors; stress; deformation; Eulerian and Lagrangian strain; physical laws; constitutive equations; solid mechanics; fluid mechanics.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 512 - Advanced Mechanics of Materials
Stress-strain-temperature relations; failure criteria; energy methods; torsion; nonsymmetrical bending; curved beams; flat plates; beams and elastic foundations; rotating discs; contact stresses.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 470 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 513 - Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics
Yielding; brittle fracture mechanics; plasticity induced fracture; fracture toughness; fatigue testing and analysis; stress concentration and notch sensitivity; low-cycle, corrosion, acoustic, and thermal fatigues.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 512 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 514 - Theory of Elasticity and Applications
Plane stress and plane strain in rectangular, polar, and curvilinear coordinates; analysis of stress and strain in three dimensions; torsion of bars; bending of bars and plates; axisymmetric problems; thermal stress; propagation of waves in elastic solid media.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 511 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 515 - Advanced Finite Element Methods
Methods of weighted residual and variational calculus; variational and finite element formulations for linear/nonlinear problems; h- and p-methods for convergence and error analyses; computer implementation and use of advanced available computer software; applications to solid mechanics, dynamics/vibration, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 480 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 516 - Mechanical Behavior of Composites
Comprehensive treatment of laminated beams, plates, and tubes. Bending, buckling, and vibration analysis. Various orders of theory and their range of parametric applications with respect to designing with composites. Hygrothermal and residual stresses.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 431 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 520 - Advanced Dynamics
Newtonian mechanics; analytical mechanics; rotating reference frames; rigid body dynamics; geometric theory; stability of autonomous and nonautonomous systems; perturbation techniques; transformation theory; gyroscope.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 421 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 521 - Advanced Vibrations
Advanced principles of dynamics; discrete and continuous systems; free and forced vibrations; damped and undamped system response; approximate methods; wave solutions for continuous systems; random vibrations.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 421 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 522 - Experimental Methods in Mechanical Vibrations
Random vibrations; vibration pick-ups; dynamic strain measurements; beam vibrations; response analysis; modal analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 521 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 523 - Robot Vision Control
Generalized images; segmented images; geometrical structures; relational structures; robot machine vision systems.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 422 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 524 - Robot Dynamics and Control
Motion trajectories; principles of rigid body dynamics; robot dynamics; digital control systems; control of multiple link manipulators.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 422 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 525 - Robot Programming and Control
Task descriptions; structured programming; teaching; compliance and control; high level of robot language.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 422 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 526 - Advanced Control Systems Design
Review of conventional and modern control design using block-diagram-transfer function, state-variable method, pole placement technique, estimation, and robust control schemes; digital control system analysis and design; z-transform theory and digitization process; nonlinear control system design; describing functions, phase plane and Liapunav’s stability criterion; control system design problems and case studies including open-ended hands-on design projects from current research topics.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 421 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 529 - Materials Engineering in Mechanical Design
The engineering design process, engineering materials and their properties, materials selection charts, case studies, selection of material and shape, and aesthetics of designs.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 530 - Structure and Properties of Polymers
Molecular structure of amorphous, crystalline, and network polymers; theories of the glassy state; transition and melt temperatures; model prediction of viscoelastic properties; time-temperature superposition principle; theory of rubber elasticity.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 430 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 531 - Computer-Aided Design of Mechanical Systems
Finite element methods in structural analysis; computer-aided design of symmetric and asymmetric machine elements under dynamic, impulsive, and thermal loadings; computer graphics; computer analysis and animation of kinematics of linkages.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 480 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 532 - Tribology
Surface topography and integrity; sliding and rolling friction; temperature in sliding contact; types, mechanisms, and theories of wear; antifriction and wear resistant material; boundary, hydrodynamic, and elastohydrodynamic lubrication; high pressure and wear resistant additives; solid lubricant; examples of tribology applied engineering design.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 533 - Computer-Aided Manufacturing
Manufacture of parts and assemblies; design for manufacturability; numerically controlled machine tools; robotics.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 430 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 534 - Experimental Methods in Materials Science
Structural evaluation of materials with X-ray techniques; scanning electron microscopy for image formation and use of column related techniques to characterize bulk specimens; transmission microscopy for image formation and defect analysis in materials science applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 540 - Advanced Fluid Mechanics
Kinematics of fluid flow; plane irrotational and incompressible fluid flows; Navier-Stokes equations; hydrodynamic stability; turbulence; two-dimensional boundary layers in incompressible flow; flow separation.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 542 - Dynamics of Viscous Fluids
Fundamentals of viscous fluid; Navier-Stokes equations; exact solutions, boundary layer equations and their physical interpretations; mathematical techniques of similarity transformations, integral methods, perturbation methods and numerical solutions.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MEE 540 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 550 - Advanced Thermodynamics
Thermodynamic postulates and conditions of equilibrium; the Euler equation and the Gibbs-Duhem relations; Legendre transformations and the extreme principle; Maxwell relations; stability of thermodynamic systems; the Nernst Postulate; chemical reactions and combustion; chemical equilibrium; irreversible thermodynamics.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 555 - Conduction Heat Transfer
Fundamentals of heat conduction; approximate and exact analytical methods; finite and semi-infinite bodies; one-dimensional composite media; phase change problems; nonlinear problems; heat transfer in anisotropic solids.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 556 - Convection Heat Transfer
Conservation principles; laminar internal and external flows; natural convection; turbulent flow; heat transfer at high velocities; heat transfer through porous media; numerical methods in convection heat transfer.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 558 - Computational Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics
Application of partial differential equations, finite difference methods, and finite element methods in heat transfer and fluid mechanics; stability analysis, convergence criteria, and accuracy of computational techniques.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 592 - Advanced Mechanical Engineering Analysis
Calculus of variations for deformable bodies; Sturm-Liouville problems; LaGrange’s equations and generalized dynamical entities; integral equations in mechanical engineering; Green’s functions; theory of distributions; one dimensional boundary value problems; partial differential equations in mechanical engineering. Applications of heat, conduction and convection, fluid dynamics, and structural mechanics.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 597 - Independent Study
Independent pursuit of advanced problems in mechanical engineering under faculty supervision. A written report is required. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours. Combined credit in MEE 597 and MEE 598 may not exceed 3 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1 to 3
MEE 598 - Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
Advanced study of mechanical engineering topics. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours. Combined credit in MEE 597 and MEE 598 may not exceed 3 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1 to 3)
MEE 599 - Master’s Thesis
May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1 to 6
Technology
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Certificates of Graduate Study
Masters Programs
TECH 401 - Ethics in Technology
Exploration from the point of view of ethical theory of a number of ethical problems in the work environment encountered by technologists and engineers. Recognizing the moral aspects of business decisions on the personal level and of business institutions on the social level.
Credits: 3
TECH 402 - Industrial Training and Evaluation
History of employee training, kinds of training, training programs, instructional methods, and evaluation procedures.
Credits: 3
TECH 404 - Supervision in Industry
Principles, methods, and techniques for supervision of people in their work. For supervisory personnel and those preparing for such positions.
Credits: 3
TECH 405 - Technology, a Human Endeavor
Analysis of the study of technology for policy-oriented decision makers in various fields. The formative role of technology in the shaping of policy is stressed through lectures, readings, and field experiences.
Credits: 3
TECH 408 - Industrial Conference and Meeting Management
Purposes, advantages, and limitations of planning, leading, developing, and evaluating visual and written materials for conferences and meetings.
Credits: 3
TECH 412 - Technical Illustration
Axonometric, oblique, perspective, and schematic drawing techniques. Exploded, sectional, and conventional assemblies using 3-D CADS, shading, and rendering. Emphasis on illustrating for catalogs, advertising media, service manuals, and installation diagrams.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 311 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 414 - Computer-Aided Machine Design
Features-based and parametric solid modeling techniques, design principles of machine elements, design for manufacturability, stress, strain and load distributions, developments in standards for exchange of product design data.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: PHYS 150A, TECH 265, and TECH 311, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 420 - Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Study of computer integrated manufacturing systems utilized by industry, including computer-aided manufacturing, computer-aided design/drafting, computeraided testing/inspection, and computer-aided process planning.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 211 and TECH 265, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 423 - Automated Manufacturing Systems
Study of automated manufacturing systems utilized by industry, including robotics, computer-aided manufacturing, computer-aided design, computer-aided inspection, and system integration using PLCs, sensors, and other automation components. Emphasis on laboratory experiences with automated technology.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 362, TECH 395, or CSCI 240, and TECH 420, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 425 - Programmable Electronic Controllers
Basic concepts and skills needed to program and apply programmable electronic controllers in industry. Examination of Man Machine Interface (MMI) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. Experiments in operation, programming, and industrial applications.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 175, TECH 175A, TECH 265, and CSCI 240, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 429 - Plant Location, Layout, and Materials Handling
Analysis of plant location, layout, and material handling systems in achieving manufacturing/service goals. Different approaches to location, layout, and material handling systems are presented.
Credits: 3
TECH 431 - Industrial Ventilation
Application of principles of industrial ventilation for the safety professional. Emphasis on the designing of ventilation to protect workers and the environment.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 211 and TECH 437, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 432 - Disaster Preparedness
Organization for survival from natural and human-made disasters. Warning and communication systems, radiological monitoring, shelter management. Fallout shelter experience included.
Credits: 3
TECH 433 - Toxicology for Industry
Basic concepts of toxicity as it relates to chemicals used in industrial work places. Assessment of the hazards of chemicals and how to deal with them safely.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: CHEM 110A, TECH 434, and TECH 437, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 434 - Human Factors in Industrial Accident Prevention
Survey of human factors principles and techniques used to minimize the frequency and severity of industrial accidents.
Credits: 3
TECH 435 - Legal Aspects of Safety
Study of the development of federal and state legislation and programs relating to worker safety. Analysis of the implication of these laws and programs for industrial safety.
Credits: 3
TECH 436 - Design and Administration of Industrial Safety Programs
Analysis of current problems and trends in the design and supervision of model industrial accident prevention programs.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 434 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 437 - Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene
Application of principles of industrial hygiene for the safety specialist, whose role has been greatly expanded by recent federal legislation. Emphasis on stressproducing conditions including noise, ventilation, temperature, radiation, lighting, and their effect on human performance and productivity.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 230, TECH 231, and TECH 434, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 438 - Safety in Transportation Systems
Status of, and rationale for, improvements in safety practices and legislation for the commercial carriers (rail, highway, water, and air transportation). Each student investigates one system in depth.
Credits: 3
TECH 439 - Advanced Traffic Safety Education Practices
Study of advanced driving performance capabilities, driving strategies, and tactics. Emphasis on administrative and instructional practices for advanced driver education programs.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 331 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 440 - Monitoring and Evaluating Work Environments
Theory and methodology of sampling airborne contaminants by selection, calibration, and the use of sampling instruments. Detailed examination of human exposure to chemicals, illumination, noise, temperature, and radiation.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: CHEM 110A, PHYS 150A, and TECH 437, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 441 - Hazard Control in Industrial Operations
Advanced study of controls for environmental, safety, and health issues (ESH). Concepts related to materials handling systems in relation to the design and use of guards and protective devices. Advanced concepts within the realm of safety analysis and applications within industrial settings. Emphasis on OSHA requirements and applications of these requirements to various industrial processes.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 231 and TECH 245, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 442 - Work Simplification and Measurement
Techniques for improving and standardizing methods; procedures for measuring work and developing time standards in production and service activities.
Credits: 3
TECH 443 - Engineering Economy
Principles used in the systematic evaluation of the net worth of benefits resulting from proposed engineering and business ventures in relation to the expenditures associated with those undertakings.
Credits: 3
TECH 444 - Production Control Systems
Implementation and operation of manufacturing systems including facility planning, quality improvement, labor measurement, production, and inventory control systems. Forecasting methods; the design and organization of routings, schedules, and bills-of-material; computer-based materials control; quality and productivity techniques within process and job-lot environments.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 470 - Fiber Optics Communications
Fundamentals of fiber optics; fiber optics system components and applications in communication; cellular telephone technology.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 378 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 475 - Analysis of Microprocessors
Analysis of microprocessors with emphasis on architecture, state transition, machine cycles, and timing diagrams; instruction set; and interface techniques.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 377 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 476 - Industrial Control Electronics
Basic hardware involved in servomechanism and process control systems. Topics include sensors, actuators, signal conditioners, data acquisition systems, power interfaces, and analog and digital controllers.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 376 and TECH 379, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 481 - Ergonomics
Study of the basic human factors in engineering systems with emphasis on human-machine systems in relation to equipment designs and the work environment. Analyses of organizational factors relevant to operators at work, including monotony, repetitive work, training, and selection.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: MATH 155, PHYS 150A or PHYS 250, and TECH 434 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 482 - Industrial Safety Engineering Analysis
Practical theories and applications of safety engineering in the industrial environment. Accident investigation and job safety analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: PHYS 150A or PHYS 250, TECH 231, and TECH 434, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 483 - Applied Ergonomics
Review of physiological, biomechanical, and psychological concepts related to workplace layout, machine tools, and work methods with emphasis on control of over-exertion injuries, control of work-related musculoskeletal disorders through the use of software and analysis and evaluations of ergonomic problems. Solution of occupational ergonomic problems with presentation of results in class.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: BIOS 311 and TECH 481, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 484 - Energy Management
Focus on energy sources, consumption, supply, trends, hazards, control systems, alternatives, conservation techniques, and measurements. Examples drawn from residential, commercial, and industrial systems.
Credits: 3
TECH 492 - Manufacturing Distribution Applications
Applications of mass customization principles, flexible manufacturing, and the theory of constraints in modern industrial distribution. Examination and assessment of manufacturing supply and distribution channels for increased value in world-class manufacturing environments and compliance with ISO 9000 standards.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 265 and TECH 391, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 494 - Engineering Automation
Fundamental principles and applications of project management, team concept, and operations utilizing design and computer graphics, process control with computer logic, CAD/ CAM, and automated systems. Team design project(s) required.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 394 or consent of department.
Credits: 4
TECH 500 - Research in Industry and Technology
Designed to acquaint the student with research methodology as it applies to technology and industrial education. Students develop competence in research design, interpretation of research results, and the application of statistical techniques to solving technical problems.
Credits: 3
TECH 531 - Industrial Hygiene
Lectures and demonstrations covering evaluation and control of exposure to dusts, fumes, mists, vapors, gases, radiation hazards, noise, and abnormal temperatures.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 437 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 533 - Practicum in Traffic Safety Education
Use of analysis of the driving task to develop strategies for teaching safe automobile operations. Self-improvement of driving skill, in-vehicle observations of drivers and instructors, and in-vehicle instruction. Administration of an on-road instructional program. Valid driver’s license required.
Credits: 3
TECH 534 - Behavioral Factors in Safety
Psychological, physiological, and sociological factors as they affect human safety. Students identify and pursue a topic of interest.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 535 - Seminar in Safety
Current issues or problems in safety. May be repeated, but a maximum of 6 semester hours may be applied toward advanced degrees.
Credits: 1 to 6
TECH 536 - Principles of Traffic Safety Education
Program planning, administration, development, teaching theories, methods, and techniques for use in driver and traffic safety education programs. Includes class observations, lesson/course development, delivery, and evaluation.
Credits: 3
TECH 537 - Systems Analysis in Safety
Systems analysis techniques applied to accident record systems, theories of accident causation, and effectiveness of safety programs.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 4
TECH 539 - Research in Safety
Open to qualified students who wish to do individual research in safety. May be repeated. A limit of 6 semester hours may be applied toward advanced degrees.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1 to 3
TECH 545 - Organizational Philosophy and Planning for Quality
The quality philosophies of Deming, Crosby, and Juran contrasted with the concepts of Ishikawa and Taguchi. Profound knowledge (Deming), cost of quality (Crosby), organization of corporate programs in quality, and customer focused systems. Emphasis on the American Society for Quality certificate examination body of knowledge.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 546 - Service Organizations Quality Issues
Quality philosophy, objectives, and measures, and organization of quality for service establishments. Application of audit criteria used to judge for quality awards–such as the Malcolm Baldrige and Lincoln–to hospitals, schools and universities, government agencies, and other service organizations. Design, measurement, and implementation of continuous improvement philosophies in not-for-profit organizations.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 547 - Quality Measurement and Improvement
Design of valid quality assurance systems. Auditing of quality systems, prevention and correction of nonconformities, root cause analysis, failure mode and effect analysis; discussion of standards including ISO 9000, QS 9000, ISO 10011. Emphasis on American Society for Quality certificate examination body of knowledge.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 548 - Quality Decision Methods
Problems and case studies utilizing the decision mathematical methods for quality analysis including on-line process control, design of experiments, regression analysis, and other mathematical tools.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 491 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 549 - Reliability Issues and Product Testing
Reliability management. Reliability issues in design, development, and maintainability. Product testing, data collection, and corrective action techniques. Warranty and product liability certification. Emphasis on the American Society for Quality certificate examination body of knowledge.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 545 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 550 - Leadership Theories and Techniques
Study of leadership theories and managerial techniques used to accomplish predetermined results through others. Topics include planning, motivation, communication, delegation, and employee selection as applied in industrial settings/situations.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 404 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 555 - Case Studies in Manufacturing–Labor Relations
Using recent labor arbitration awards, students examine and analyze industrial relations from both the management and the union perspective. Students research and analyze multiple cases on an individually assigned topic as a final project.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 404 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 560 - International Industrial Competition: U.S. Impact and Strategies
International developments affecting U.S. industries, foreign competition, policy and management strategies; dynamics of the European Community, Andean Pact, and ASEAN. Impact of working across nationalities and cultures.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 562 - Industrial Systems Management
Organizational structures; integrated systems management of product and process design, production, automation, technology, engineering, maintenance, and quality; technology/worker interface; implementation of change, international issues, and case studies.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 573 - Advanced Electrical Servomechanisms
Analysis and design of servomechanisms using analytical tools.
Credits: 3
TECH 593 - High-Performance Teaming
Designed to prepare engineers, technologists, and industrial managers, supervisors, and leaders to develop and lead high-performance teams. Emphasis on methods of working with interdisciplinary and multicultural teams, team appraisal and performance assessment. Analysis, case studies, industrial research, and project required.
Credits: 3
TECH 594 - Industrial Project Management
Advanced concepts, principles, and skills of a variety of types of industrial project management. Emphasis on technological tools and project management techniques. Analysis, case studies, industrial research, and project required.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 562 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 597 - Workshop in Industry and Technology
Workshop designed for technologists, supervisors, engineers, managers, and administrators studying contemporary technological problems in the public and private sectors. Content varies providing the opportunity to study current problems and issues related to industry and technology. May be repeated to a maximum of 24 semester hours, but no more than 6 semester hours may be applied toward the M.S. degree in technology.
Credits: 1 to 6
TECH 598 - Technical Problems
A. General
B. Automation
D. Engineering Graphics
E. Electronics
G. Workplace Design Systems
J. Project Management
K. Industrial Supervision
M. Metals
N. Numerical Control
Q. Quality
R. Manufacturing Technology
V. Safety Advanced study of technical problems at the master’s level under direct faculty supervision
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May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of faculty member who will supervise the study.
Credits: 1 to 6
TECH 599A - Directed Study
Directed study in independent research projects at the master’s level. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of adviser and faculty member directing the study.
Credits: 1 to 6
TECH 599B - Master’s Thesis
Open only to students who elect to write a thesis for the master’s degree. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of adviser.
Credits: 1 to 6
TECH 600 - Master’s Project
Capstone project for the M.S. in industrial management which focuses on a relevant subject area of particular interest to the student and emphasizes one of areas with the degree. Student must have completed more than 27 semester hours in the program or be in the final semester of the program.
Credits: 1
TECH 606 - Programs and Organization of Industrial Education
Philosophy, objectives, organization, administration, and significant literature for vocational-industrial all-day, part-time, and evening programs, including apprenticeship and vocational rehabilitation. Attention given to legislation and standards for state and federal aid to local vocationalindustrial and technical programs.
Credits: 3
TECH 607 - Trends in Industrial Education
Evaluation and significance of trends from the viewpoints of theory and practice.
Credits: 3
TECH 609 - Industrial Internship
A department-approved work experience designed to provide the student lacking full-time industrial experience an opportunity to observe and participate in activities that are applications of principles and skills acquired previously. The learning situation is organized and supervised cooperatively by the Department of Technology staff and personnel of selected organizations. Learning experiences include obtaining, with the guidance and approval of the department’s faculty coordinator, an acceptable type of wage-earning employment where intern-learning experiences are present. A minimum of nine 40-hour work weeks is required for each 3 semester hours of credit. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of major adviser and supervising instructor.
Credits: 3 to 6
TECH 649 - Topics in Quality Education and Training
Assessment of learning needs, development of curriculum, and preparation of lesson, module, course and program objectives related to educating in the quality discipline. Presenting technical material about quality in different media, including traditional lecture, interactive, and distance learning. Designing learning environments.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: TECH 545 and consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 658 - Seminar in Industry and Technology
Individual and group concerns related to industry and industrial technology. May be repeated to a maximum of 24 semester hours, but no more than 6 semester hours may be applied toward the M.S. degree in technology.
Credits: 1 to 3
TECH 686 - Practicum in Technology
Instruction arranged to meet the needs, concerns, and interests of individuals or groups in an appropriate setting under the guidance of a staff member of that setting and a university supervisor. Projects may include work/study in an appropriate setting and individual projects/research. May be repeated to a maximum of 24 semester hours, but no more than 6 semester hours may be applied toward the M.S. degree in technology.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1 to 6
TECH 690 - Industrial Education for the Inservice Teacher
Problems of inservice education in upgrading programs of industrial education. Emphasis on individual problems.
Credits: 3
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