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2013-2014 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, Research and Graduate Programs: Mansour Tahernezhadi, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Dean, Outreach and Undergraduate Programs: Omar Ghrayeb, Ph.D.
Department of Electrical Engineering
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Technology
Master’s Programs
Certificates of Graduate Study
IEET 590 - 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.
Credits: 1-3
IEET 591 - Integrated Systems Engineering I Introduction to the fundamental principles of integrated systems engineering and their applications to the development of integrated systems. Covers integrated systems engineering principles, integrated systems engineering processes and methodologies, integration of the necessary technical disciplines and integrated systems engineering project management.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: B.S. degree in engineering or related field or consent of college.
Credits: 3
IEET 592 - Integrated Systems Engineering II Advanced integrated systems engineering and related applications, with focus on integrated systems engineering of complex systems, products and services; application of principles in integrated systems engineering processes and methodologies; incorporating concepts such as integrated systems reliability management, maintenance, safety, security and cost optimization.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: IEET 591 or consent of college.
Credits: 3
IEET 697 - Independent Study Independent pursuit of advanced problems in integrated systems engineering under faculty supervision. A written report is required. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: Consent of college.
Credits: 1-3
IEET 698 - Special Topics in Integrated Systems Engineering Advanced study of integrated systems engineering topics offered in a regular class format.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: Consent of college.
Credits: 3
IEET 699 - Master’s Thesis May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: Consent of college.
Credits: 1-6
UEET 601 - Introduction to Emerging Technologies An overview of emerging technologies for teachers. Introduction to basic concepts of nanotechnology, energy use, fossil fuel resources and energy conversion, fuel cells and their power generation, electronics, applied engineering probability and statistics, applied modern manufacturing and quality control, and the basics of homeland security. Open only for credit towards the M.S.T. with Specialization in Engineering Education.
Credits: 3
UEET 602 - Nanotechnology and Applications Introduction to the basic concepts of nanotechnology for educators with a focus on theory of nanotechnology, history of nanotechnology, microelectronics and MEMS, and simple experiments to demonstrate the principles of nanotech. Special emphasis is placed on modeling and use of instructional methods and best practices appropriate for delivery of pedagogical content. Open only for credit towards the M.S.T. with Specialization in Engineering Education.
Credits: 3
UEET 603 - Introduction to Energy Engineering Overview of energy use, fossil fuel resources and energy conversion for teachers. Topics include solar energy principles, solar collector, photovoltaic cells and applications; wind energy and wind turbines; nuclear energy principles, nuclear reactors, and power generation; bio-mass and energy conversion; and hydrogen energy, storage, and transportation. Overview of fuel cell, fuel cell types, and applications. Special emphasis on modeling and use of instructional methods and best practices appropriate for delivery of pedagogical content. Open only for credit towards the M.S.T. with Specialization in Engineering Education.
Credits: 3
UEET 604 - Introduction to Fuel Cell and Fuel Cell Power Generation Introduction of the basics of fuel cell power generation for teachers. Topics include: introduction to fuel cell; classification, types, and operations of fuel cell; energy conversion process in fuel cell; fuel cell characterization; thermodynamics of electrochemical fuel cell, major components, and operation; irreversibilities, voltage losses, and performance characteristics; fuel cell analysis and design; fuels and fuel processing; thermal and water management; and fuel cell power electronics and power conditioning. Special emphasis on modeling and use of instructional methods and best practices appropriate for delivery of pedagogical content. Open only for credit towards the M.S.T. with Specialization in Engineering Education.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: UEET 603 or consent of the college.
Credits: 3
UEET 605 - Nanoelectronics and Applications Introduction to the basic concepts of nanoelectronics for teachers. Use of theory and experiments to demonstrate the principles of nanoelectronics and nanodevices. Open only for credit towards the M.S.T. with Specialization in Engineering Education.
Credits: 3
UEET 606 - Applied Modern Manufacturing and Quality Control Study of the elements of the entire manufacturing process, including the cost, productivity (throughput), and quality control arenas. Exploration of the relationship between cost, throughput, and quality. Study of optimization principles and the application to manufacturing. The content as well as the pedagogy will be addressed. Open only for credit towards the M.S.T. with Specialization in Engineering Education.
Credits: 3
UEET 607 - Internship Provides experiences at industrial sites or research laboratories in emerging technologies such as nanotechnology, fuel cell research, modern manufacturing and quality control, and homeland security. Students are required to spend 20-40 hours per week at practice sites. Open only for credit towards the M.S.T. with Specialization in Engineering Education.
Credits: 3
UEET 608 - Master’s Project Focuses on a relevant subject area of particular interest to the student in the areas of emerging technologies such as nanotechnology, fuel cell research, modern manufacturing and quality control, and homeland security. Open only for credit towards the M.S.T. with Specialization in Engineering Education.
Credits: 1-3
Electrical Engineering
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Master’s Programs
Certificates of Graduate Study
ELE 520 - Biomedical Instrumentation Design and application of electrodes, bio-potential amplifiers, biosensor applications, therapeutic devices. Medical imaging. Electrical safety. Measurement of ventilation, blood pressure, and flow. Three hours lecture per week and 10 lab sessions (3 hours each).
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: ELE 330 or consent of department.
Credits: 4
ELE 521 - 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: ELE 330 and ELE 335, or MEE 390, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 525 - Biomedical Signal Processing Modeling of biomedical signals and analysis of biomedical systems using both time-domain and frequency-domain techniques. Design of linear and nonlinear filters for biomedical applications and medical imaging. Practical applications in cardiac and neurological signal processing. Not available for credit to students with credit in ELE 551.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: ELE 315 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 530 - 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 250 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 531 - 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 532 - 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 533 - 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 534 - 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 535 - 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 536 - Analog MOS VLSI Engineering Introduction to analog CMOS circuits. Introduction to physical layout of VLSI circuits and SPICE modeling of MOS transistors for analog circuits. Introduction to design methodologies and advances in analog designs. Design of different MOS circuits such as current mirrors, voltage references, amplifiers, operational amplifiers, and OTAs.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: ELE 330 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 537 - 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 538 - 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 540 - 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 541 - 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 550 - 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 551 - 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 552 - 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 315 and ELE 356, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 554 - 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 555 - 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 556 - 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 250, and STAT 350 or IENG 335, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 557 - 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 561 - 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 564 - 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 571 - 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 574 - 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 575 - 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 580 - 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 581 - 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 580 or consent of department.
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: Consent of department.
Credits: 1-3
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 500-level courses, ELE 597, and ELE 598 may not exceed 12 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1-3
ELE 630 - 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 535 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 631 - 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 535 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 632 - 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 630 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 633 - 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 632 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 634 - 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 535 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 635 - 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 636 - 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 637 - 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 640 - 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 540.
Credits: 3
ELE 650 - 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 651 - 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 650, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 653 - 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 651 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 654 - 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 554 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 655 - 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 557 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 656 - 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 657 - 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 658 - 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 659 - 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 651 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 660 - 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 661 - 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 662 - 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 664 - 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 660 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 665 - Satellite Communications Space vehicle overall design for communications. Orbital mechanics and the space environment presented along with station keeping, modulation methods, antenna and coding. Intended for engineers seeking entry into the satellite communications industry.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: ELE 360, ELE 575, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 670 - 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 671 - 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 672 - 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 voltage-controlled oscillators. Design of practical microwave/millimeter wave circuits.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 673 - Time Harmonics Electromagnetic Fields Builds on advanced electromagnetic concepts to study wave propagation, resonators, and launching methods. Rigorous mathematical methods establish understanding for plane waves, cylindrical waves, and spherical waves. Body scattering, aperture principles, and perturbation methods are examined with specific focus on design, measurement, and formulation methods.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: ELE 370 and ELE 575 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 674 - Microwave Measurement and Beam Instrumentation Laboratory Topics include (1) Microwave measurements in the time and frequency domains, basics of spectrum analyzers, vector signal analyzers, and time domain reflectometers; (2) Transmission lines, complex impedance, reflection coefficients; (3) Microwave measurements with a vector network analyzer; basics of vector network analyzers; (4) Microwave components and devices, splitters, circulators, directional couplers, filters, etc.; (5) Beam signals for circular accelerators, beam spectrums, power spectral density, betatron and synchrotron signals; (6) Signals, noise and dynamic range, basic noise performance of devices and systems; (7) Impedance matching, basics of matching devices; (8) RF cavity measurements, cavity basics, bead pull, coupling, cavity bandwidth.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: ELE 561 or consent of the department.
Credits: 3
ELE 677 - 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: 3
ELE 680 - 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 681 - 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 580 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 682 - 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 580 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 683 - 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 580 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 684 - 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 581 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 685 - 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 580 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ELE 687 - 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-to-crisp 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 689 - 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 690 - Research Proposal Conducting literature search and preliminary studies about the M.S. thesis topic. Students must submit a report about the proposed work and defend it in front of the thesis committee. Proposal should clearly show that the proposed work is original and potentially leading to journal articles or patents. Must be passed with a grade of B or better. May be repeated up to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1-3
ELE 699A - Master’s Thesis May be taken every semester of enrollment, but only 6 semester hours will count towards the degree.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: ELE 690 or consent of department.
Credits: 1-9
ELE 699B - Master’s Project May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1-3
Industrial and Systems Engineering
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ISYE 501 - Internship Work experience for the student lacking professional industrial and systems engineering experience, organized and supervised cooperatively by the department and selected organizations. A wage-earning position for a minimum of six 40-hour work weeks or 240 hours must be obtained with the guidance and approval of the department’s faculty coordinator. Student and faculty coordinator must prepare a proposal containing a statement of educational objectives that will become part of the student’s record. A report that describes the learning experience is also required to be placed in the student’s record.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: Consent of the department and supervising instructor.
Credits: 3
ISYE 505 - Principles of Industrial and Systems Engineering Introduction to the major areas comprising industrial and systems engineering including facility location and layout, material handling, distribution, and routing, work measurement, operations planning and inventory management, mathematical modeling and simulation, systems engineering, and management system design. A primer for advanced courses in each industrial and systems engineering area.
Credits: 3
ISYE 510 - 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 530 - 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 335 or STAT 350 or UBUS 223, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 531 - 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 335 or STAT 350, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 535 - 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 335 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 536 - 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 335 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 539 - Six Sigma Performance Excellence and Modern Problem Solving Introduction to hard skills, soft skills, tools, mentoring, DMAIC, and the Black Belt organization. Foundation on implemention of these areas. Focus on robust foundational problem solving techniques that enhance the functional role of individuals to quickly solve complex problems. Cost, quality, and throughput improvement will be addressed.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: ISYE 335 or STAT 350, or UBUS 223.
Credits: 3
ISYE 540 - 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.
Credits: 3
ISYE 542 - 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; and STAT 208 or STAT 350 or ISYE 335; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 550 - Lean Manufacturing Systems Introduction to modern issues in lean manufacturing systems and practice of lean tools. Topics include overview of lean manufacturing systems, value stream analysis, quick changeover, point of use storage, quality at source, teams, total productive maintenance, pull/just-in-time/kanban, and cellular manufacturing.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: ISYE 250 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 551 - 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 552 - 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 553 - Integrated Product and Process Design Introduction to modern issues and practice of integrating various aspects in product design and process development. Topics include concurrent engineering, product design and development strategies, product life cycle design, integrated information support for product design and development, computer-aided process planning, design for manufacturing, and cost analysis of product design and development.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: ISYE 350 and MEE 270, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 555 - 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 335 or STAT 350, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 560 - 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.
Credits: 3
ISYE 561 - Warehousing and Distribution Systems Introduction to warehousing and distribution center operations and their roles in supply chains, modern material handling equipment, and algorithms involved in the design and operation of warehouses and distribution centers.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: Consent of the department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 566 - Analysis and Design of Supply Chain Systems Analysis of material and information flows in complex production-distribution networks. Provide knowledge and the tools necessary to develop, implement, and sustain strategies for designing supply chains with a focus on the use of analytical modeling techniques to understand and manage supply chains. Topics include planning demand and supply, inventory management, transportation, network design and facilities decisions, and coordination in a supply chain.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: ISYE 540 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 572 - 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 574 - Scheduling and Logistics Special topics on applied operations research with focus on theory of scheduling and logistics. Major topics include: single- and multiple-stage scheduling problems, vehicle routing and scheduling problems, bin packing problems, concepts of supply chain, heuristics, modern tools to solve these problems, solution implementation issues, and work at the graduate level.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: ISYE 440 or CSCI 240, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 575 - 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 335 or STAT 350 or UBUS 223, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 577 - Heuristic Optimization Introduction to heuristic methods to solve integer or combinatorial problems, characteristics and limitation of each method, theory and applications.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: ISYE 370 or consent of the department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 580 - 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 335, or STAT 350, and CSCI 240, and ISYE 371; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 582 - 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 590 - Systems Engineering Management Introduction to the fundamental principles of systems engineering and their applications to the development and management of complex systems. Address modern systems engineering and management principles through systems definition, requirements analysis, and design and implementation of systems. Examination of the processes of systems engineering from the perspective of system life cycle. Presentation of modeling tools and their use with respect to system optimization and architecture evaluation.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 593 - 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: 1-3
ISYE 605 - Healthcare Systems Engineering Introduction to healthcare systems engineering with a focus on the applicability of industrial and systems engineering approaches (e.g., statistics, lean, six sigma, simulation, scheduling, inventory control, supply chain) to the problems of healthcare service and delivery systems including case study and analysis. Discussion of various operations and process flows (e.g., patient flow, medication flow, work flow, information flow) in the healthcare setting. Current research issues and topics in healthcare systems engineering also addressed.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: STAT 350 and ISYE 370; or consent of the department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 620 - 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 630 - 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 530 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 631 - 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 531 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 635 - 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 535 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 640 - 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 671, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 650 - Advanced Lean Manufacturing Systems Advanced topics in computer-integrated manufacturing and lean manufacturing systems. Major topics include group technology, cellular manufacturing, flexible manufacturing, data integration in computer-integrated manufacturing, lean manufacturing, and lean implementation.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: ISYE 550 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 651 - 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 551 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 660 - Facilities Layout and Location Analysis Introduction to facilities location problems and factors affecting the selection criteria. Discussion of quantitative models and algorithms to choose the location considering various costs such as transportation, inventory, and fixed cost to open and operate a facility.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: ISYE 560 and ISYE 671, or consent of the department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 661 - 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 580 and ISYE 550, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 671 - 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 672 - 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 671 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 673 - Queueing Systems Introduction to queueing processes and their applications. The M/M/s and M/G/1 queues. Queue length, waiting line, busy period. Queueing networks.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: ISYE 472 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 674 - 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 671 and STAT 350, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 675 - 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 676 - 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 680 - 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 580 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 681 - Introduction to System Dynamics and Applications Topics on conceptualizing dynamic policy problems, developing appropriate simulation models, and using models for decision making and policy analysis, with special focus on the use of system dynamics (SD) tool. Major topics include: systems thinking, feedback structure, policy simulation, model construction and formulation in SD specialized software, delays and oscillations, and case studies.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: Consent of the department.
Credits: 3
ISYE 691 - 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 693 - 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: 1-3
ISYE 695 - 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 697 - Independent Study Independent study and work to explore recent advances and innovative approaches to industrial and systems 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: 1-3
ISYE 698 - Master’s Paper Production of a capstone paper that investigates and integrates an application area of industrial and systems engineering, with the guidance of a faculty adviser. This course must be completed within one semester and cannot be repeated. Not available for credit for students in the thesis or project option of the Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering program.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: ISYE 695 and completion of at least 21 hours in the M.S.I.E. program.
Credits: 1
ISYE 699A - Master’s Thesis May be taken every semester of enrollment, but only 6 hours will count towards the degree.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: ISYE 695 and consent of department.
Credits: 1-6
ISYE 699B - Graduate Project Experience in the application of industrial engineering to real world systems through project work. Written report required. Not available for credit in the thesis or Master’s Paper option.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: ISYE 695 and consent of department.
Credits: 1-3
Mechanical Engineering
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Master’s Programs
Certificates of Graduate Study
MEE 510 - 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, MATH 336, and MEE 380 or MEE 381; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 521 - 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 522 - 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 523 - 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 MEE 470, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 524 - 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 and MEE 470, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 525 - 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 526 - 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 210, ELE 380 or MEE 322, and CSCI 240, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 530 - Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing
Computers for CAD/CAM; methodology in CAD; geometry description; geometric modeling; geometry construction by programming; applications of finite element method; NC part programming with G-code and APT; machine tool path verification with advanced software.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: MEE 212 and MEE 270, and MEE 230 or MEE 331; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 531 - Composite Materials
Fiber and matrix properties; micromechanical and macromechanical behavior of lamina; lamination theory.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: MEE 212, MEE 330, and MEE 380 or MEE 381, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 551 - 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 552 - 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 553 - 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 554 - Alternative and Renewable Energy Introduction to the physics, systems, and methods of non-fossil fuel energy generation. Types of generation methods covered include nuclear, hydroelectric, solar, wind, fuel cells, biomass, and other new technologies. Engineering design projects analyze performance, scalability, and sustainability of alternative and renewable energy.
Prerequisites & Notes CRQ: MEE 352.
Credits: 3
MEE 555 - Energy Conservation and Environmental Sustainability Concepts of energy efficiency and conservation, and the impact on the environment and sustainability, in the context of the structures, machines and devices that provide services and comfort for people and society, including electro-mechanical power, thermal comfort, illumination, and other energy conversion processes. Selected engineering design projects will exemplify and detail the energy conservation and environmental sustainability practices including socioeconomic aspects.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: MEE 340 and MEE 350; or ELE 340 or ISYE 440 or TECH 379 or TECH 423.
Credits: 3
MEE 580 - 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 MEE 381, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 584 - 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.
Credits: 3
MEE 610 - 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 611 - 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 612 - 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 613 - 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 612 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 614 - 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 611 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 615 - 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 580 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 616 - 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 531 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 620 - 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 521 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 621 - 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 521 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 622 - Experimental Methods in Mechanical Vibrations Random vibrations; vibration pick-ups; dynamic strain measurements; beam vibrations; response analysis; modal analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: MEE 621 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 623 - Robot Vision Control Generalized images; segmented images; geometrical structures; relational structures; robot machine vision systems.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: MEE 522 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 624 - 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 522 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 625 - Robot Programming and Control Task descriptions; structured programming; teaching; compliance and control; high level of robot language.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: MEE 522 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 626 - 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 521 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 629 - 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 630 - 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 530 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 631 - 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 580 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 632 - 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 633 - Computer-Aided Manufacturing Manufacture of parts and assemblies; design for manufacturability; numerically controlled machine tools; robotics.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: MEE 530 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 634 - 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 640 - 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 642 - 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 640 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
MEE 650 - 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 655 - 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 656 - 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 658 - 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 692 - 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 697 - Independent Study Independent pursuit of advanced problems in mechanical engineering under faculty supervision. A written report is required. Course may be repeated, but only 3 semester hours of combined credit in MEE 697 and MEE 698 will count toward the degree.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1-3
MEE 698 - Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering Advanced study of mechanical engineering topics. Course may be repeated, but only 3 semester hours of combined credit in MEE 697 and MEE 698 will count toward the degree.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1-3
MEE 699 - Master’s Thesis May be taken every semester of enrollment, but only 6 semester hours will count toward the degree.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: Consent of department.
Credits: 1-6
Technology
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Master’s Programs
Certificates of Graduate Study
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 501 - 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 502 - Industrial Training and Evaluation History of employee training, kinds of training, training programs, instructional methods, and evaluation procedures.
Credits: 3
TECH 504 - 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 506 - Facilities Management Technology Overview of the technology facility management responsibilities, policies, and practices that are involved with implementing and/or managing technology properties that have sustainable goals connected to it. Identification of competencies needed by the technology facility management function to properly design, operate, and maintain the facilities within the scope of responsibilities of technology facilities managers.
Credits: 3
TECH 514 - 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 515 - Applied Industrial Experimental Design Application of experimental methods to common problems in manufacturing, and electronics. Appropriate data analysis, design concepts, cost estimation, and presentation of results and solutions with specific emphasis on applied problems in manufacturing environments. Industrially relevant, commonly available software will be used as problem solving tools whenever possible.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: MATH 155 and STAT 208, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 520 - 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. Demonstrations in system integration with programmable controllers, sensors, machine vision, and robotics.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: TECH 175, TECH 175A, TECH 211 and TECH 265, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 522 - Advanced Industrial Manufacturing Study of modern industrial organization and operations; trends in industrialization and globalization; computer applications in manufacturing including CAD/CAM integration, virtual prototyping, product data management; automation technologies, supply chain management technologies, data communications, and networking; and emerging trends in e-manufacturing. Case studies and industrial research project required.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: TECH 420 or TECH 520 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 523 - Automated Manufacturing Systems Study of automated manufacturing systems utilized by industry, including robotics, computer-aided design and manufacturing, computer-aided inspection, and system integration using PLCs, sensors, DAQ systems, and other automation components. Emphasis on laboratory experiences with automated technology.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: TECH 326, TECH 520, and TECH 525, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 525 - Programmable Electronic Controllers Basic concepts and skills needed to install, program and apply programmable electronic controllers in industry. Discrete and analog input/output (I/O) devices and ladder logic will be studied, including basic and intermediate PLC functions. Experiments in operation, programming, and industrial applications with emphasis on discrete I/Os.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: TECH 175, TECH 175A, TECH 265, TECH 295, or CSCI 240, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 529 - 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 531 - 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: CHEM 110, CHEM 111, MATH 155, TECH 245, TECH 534, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 532 - Disaster Preparedness Introduction to the field of homeland security, emergency management, business continuity planning, and disaster preparedness. Discussion of the risks and hazards associated with planned events, emergencies, natural, human-made, and technological disasters. Emphasis on hazard recognition, planning, mitigation, response, and recovery from these types of events. Two graduate level projects demonstrate hazard analysis and emergency planning concepts. Enrollment not open to students with credit in UNIV 310, TECH 432, and UNIV 510.
Credits: 3
TECH 533 - 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 110, CHEM 111, MATH 155, TECH 534, and TECH 537, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 534 - 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 535 - 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 536 - 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 231 or TECH 245, TECH 534 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 537 - 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: CHEM 110, CHEM 111, MATH 155, TECH 231, and TECH 534, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 538 - 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 539 - 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 540 - Monitoring and Evaluating Exposures to Hazardous Materials Theory and methodology of evaluating exposures to hazardous materials, risk assessment techniques, and exposure response. Detailed examination of human exposure to chemical, biological, and radioactive agents.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: CHEM 110, CHEM 111, PHYS 150A, and TECH 537, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 541 - 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 542 - 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 543 - 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 544 - 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 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 391 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 504 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 504 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 570 - 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 573 - Advanced Electrical Servomechanisms Analysis and design of servomechanisms using analytical tools.
Credits: 3
TECH 575 - 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 576 - 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 581 - 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 534 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 582 - Industrial Safety Engineering Analysis Practical theories and applications of safety engineering in the industrial environment. Accident investigation and job safety analysis.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: MATH 155, PHYS 150A or PHYS 210, TECH 231, TECH 245, TECH 534, and TECH 541, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 583 - 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 581, or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 584 - 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 592 - 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 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 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: 1-6
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. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: Consent of faculty member who will supervise the study.
Credits: 1-6
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 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 not be repeated.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: Consent of major adviser and supervising instructor.
Credits: 3
TECH 622 - Driving Task Analysis Investigates the major components of the highway transportation system including the driver, vehicle, and environment. Task analysis approach will be used to determine the role that each of these components plays in the safe operation of a motor vehicle. Driving methods and techniques will be examined which will provide the driver with safe driving strategies to be used on the road. Prepares students to identify and reduce hazards while driving.
Credits: 3
TECH 631 - 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 537 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 633 - 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 634 - 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 635 - 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: 1-6
TECH 636 - 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 637 - 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 638 - Risk Management Analysis of risk factors that affect potential industrial interruptions and losses in industry and society. Emphasis is placed on risk management, containment and mitigation, and addressing loss control as related to normal industrial operations and various disaster factors that contribute to loss. Topics include process management, systems analysis, insurance, and the on-site risk management of various loss producing incidents.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: TECH 485, TECH 536, and TECH 582 or consent of department.
Credits: 3
TECH 639 - 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: 1-3
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: 1-6
TECH 694 - 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 699A - 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: 1-6
TECH 699B - Master’s Thesis Open only to students who elect to write a thesis for the master’s degree. Once student registers for thesis they must maintain continuous registration until thesis is completed. May be taken every semester of enrollment, but only 6 hours will count towards the degree.
Prerequisites & Notes PRQ: Consent of adviser.
Credits: 1-6
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