AE 587: Automotive Manufacturing Processes
Credits: 3.00
Manufacturing processes, including casting, forging, forming, machining, molding, etc., are examined specifically in the context of their applications in the automotive industry. Quality control and techniques, process selection and methods are emphasized.

ECE 539: Production of Electronic Products
Credits: 3.00

Manufacturing discrete components; silicon integrated circuits; hybrid circuits; printed circuit boards; power supplies; magnetic devices; wires, cables, harnesses and connectors; components for optical communication systems. Assuring product reliability. Specifying and using automated test equipment. Performing machine and system capability studies. Maintaining plant and equipment. Operating safely with respect to employees, customers, and the plant environment.

IMSE 580: Production Management

Credits: 3.00

Prerequisite: IMSE 500 and IMSE 510 or equivalent or permission of instructor

Forecasting, inventory, and scheduling activities in production systems. Topics in forecasting include regression method, Bayesian method, Box-Jenkins models, and adaptive control models. Continuous and periodic review of inventory models, deterministic and probabilistic cases. Dynamic and static job shop and flow shop scheduling problems are investigated using integer programming, dynamic programming, branch and bound method, and heuristic models. Planning and scheduling for large-scale projects.

EM 580: Management of Product and Process Design Credits: 3.00

Prerequisites: EMGT 510, EMGT 520 and EMGT 525 or permission of instructor

This course provides the knowledge and skills needed to manage the design of a product or process. Topics covered include: creativity, types of products, types of processes, generalized design process, identification and translation of customer needs into engineering specifications, designing for function and quality factors, design for manufacturability, life-testing, cost estimating, reporting on design projects, and concurrent engineering.

IMSE 561: Total Quality Management and Six Sigma

Credits: 3.00

Prerequisite: IMSE 510 or equivalent

This course covers implementing Total Quality Management (TQM), undertaking Six Sigma Projects, and applying Baldrige National Quality Award criteria and ISO 9000 principles to improve quality performance in an organization. Topics include Definitions and Importance of Quality, Quality Costs, Quality Function Deployment, Product Specification and Critical-to-quality Measures (CQM), Statistical Quality Control (SQC), Robustness Concepts, Quality System Design and Evaluation. Six Sigma and DMAIC Methodologies, Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) process and IDOV (Identify requirements, Design Alternatives, Optimize the design and Verify process capability) Methodology, and several other concepts and tools related to quality are also covered.

IMSE 5215: Program Budget, Cost Estimation and Control

Credits: 3.00

Prerequisite: IMSE 510 or equivalent

This course focuses on cost estimation and control for program managers and engineers.  The course introduces a systematic approach for applying engineering economy techniques in cost estimating, resource planning, cost planning, cost management and control, and the study of life cycle cost elements.  An introduction to decisions under risk and uncertainty as well as an introduction to project crashing are also presented.

Elective Area: 5 courses (15 credit hours)

IMSE 511: Design of Experiments
Credits: 3.00
Prerequisite: IMSE 510 or equivalent.
One factor, two factor, and multifactor experiments. Fixed random and mixed models. Blocked confounding, incomplete blocks, factorial experiments, fractional factorial experiments. Introduction to response surface analysis.

IMSE 532: Information for Manufacturing
Credits: 3.00
Prerequisite: IMSE 530, AE 587, or ECE 539.
Acquiring and organizing design and manufacturing information (including geometric modeling, group technology, and automated data acquisition). Identifying kinds needed, sources, and recipients. Ensuring information quality; establishing criteria for selecting processing modes and media. Designing, installing, commissioning, and operating information-handling systems. Handling information in production systems.

IMSE 538: Intelligent Manufacturing

Credits: 3.00

Prerequisite: IMSE 317 or equivalent

A comprehensive and integrated approach to topics associated with the science of artificial intelligence and their role in today's manufacturing environments. Design and management issues including information systems in an automated and integrated manufacturing environment.

IMSE 5655: Supply Chain Management

Credit: 3.00

This course will be a review of theory, concepts, models, methodologies and techniques for managing a supply chain. Students will be introduced to a variety of models and their applications that (a) create appropriate structure and install proper controls in the enterprise and (b) implement optimization principles utilizing value engineering, methods engineering, and behavior prediction techniques to synchronize the supply chain. Examples of supply chain of prominent industries will be described to enhance understanding of this emerging, yet highly relevant concept of our interdependent global economy.

IMSE 581: Production Planning and Scheduling
Credits: 3.00
Prerequisites: IMSE 500 and 510 or equivalent.
Principles of planning and scheduling of production. Topics include aggregate planning, including product mix decisions and production and workforce smoothing techniques, master production and short term scheduling techniques, project scheduling, and assembly line balancing.

IMSE 588: Building High Performing Learning Organizations

Credits: 3.00

The purpose of this course is to develop students' knowledge and skills to explore and experience how the disciplines of systems thinking, personal mastery, mental models, team learning and shared vision impact on organizational learning and influence management practices for building highly performing organizations

IMSE 488: Metal Forming Processes
Credits: 3.00
Prerequisites: IMSE 382 (Manufacturing Processes I) or equivalent.
The course focuses on the fundamentals of metal forming processes, mechanics of metal forming, formability of materials, tool and die design, design for manufacture, and economic aspects of the process. Emphasis is placed on analysis of bulk and sheet metal forming processes as applied to practical cases such as automobile manufacturing. Laboratory and course projects are required. (2 hour lecture, 3 hour lab.)

ME 582: Injection Molding
Credits: 3.00
This is an in-depth course on injection molding processes, which include the conventional injection molding process, low pressure injection molding, structural sandwich molding, gas assisted injection molding etc. Material, process and tool design parameters are emphasized. The roles of rheology and flow modeling are discussed. Design issues for injection molded products are also discussed.

ME 585: Cast Metals in Engineering Design
Credits: 3.00
An understanding of the properties of the most important cast metals is obtained by melting, casting, and testing. In addition to measurement of mechanical properties, resistance to heat, wear, and corrosion is discussed. The application of these properties in the design of critical parts in the aircraft, automotive, chemical, mining, and railroad industries is presented by case histories and examination of castings.

ME 586: Materials Considerations in Manufacturing
Credits: 3.00
Manufacturability of materials and influence of processing variables on the properties of manufactured products are important considerations in materials selection and product design. These issues are addressed on the basis of mechanical deformation and thermal characteristics of materials during processing. Test methods to measure formability, castability, machinability, etc., are critically discussed. Defects in manufactured products including their origin and detection are discussed.

ME 587: Automotive Composites
Credits: 3.00
The emphasis in this course is on automotive composites, such as SMC, SRIM and RTM. In addition to properties and applications of these materials, this course covers manufacturing processes, design considerations, test methods and quality control techniques for automotive composites. The use of continuous fiber composites in automotive applications, such as leaf springs, drive shafts and energy absorbing structures, are also discussed.

AE 585: Powertrain Materials and Design

Credits: 3.00

This course will present the materials, processing and design issues related to engine, transmission and drivetrain components of automobiles.  The material selection and design principles for powertrain applications will be discussed.  In addition to traditional materials, such as cast iron, steel and aluminum alloys, ceramics, composites and lightweight alloys will be covered.  

AE 586: Design and Manufacturing with Lightweight Automotive Materials
Credits: 3.00
This course will address the design issues and manufacturing considerations for various lightweight automotive structural materials. Design issues will include stiffness, fatigue, vibrations, dent resistance, crush resistance, etc. Methods of producing lightweight automotive structures are discussed. Design for manufacturing, assembly, disassembly and recycling are emphasized.

AE 588: Design and Manufacturing for Environment
Credits: 3.00
This course is focused on the effects of product design and manufacturing on the environment, with special emphasis on automobiles. The fundamental principles of life cycle engineering will be introduced. The importance of environmental improvement will be considered. Design and material selection for recycling, reuse and disposal will be illustrated. Furthermore, it will cover the elementary relationships between design and manufacturing for the development of future environmentally friendly vehicles.

ECE 516: Electronic Materials and IC Processes
Credits: 3.00
Review of representative electronic devices and illustrative applications. Properties of electronic materials. Semiconductors, PN junctions, bipolar and field-effect transistors. Integrated circuit processing, bonding and packaging. Failure mechanisms and interconnect lifetime prediction. Case studies and applications.

EM 541: Financial and Managerial Accounting

Credits: 3.00

This course introduces fundamental accounting concepts and applications that are useful in the evaluation of financial information and decision tools relevant to project planning. Students will achieve an understanding of basic accounting and cost management tools that are essential to decision making. Emphasis will be placed on assessing financial statement information through an understanding of accounting practice, the relationship between business activities and an organization's cash flows.

OM 571: Global Operations Management
Credits: 3.00
Prerequisites: IMSE 580
Considers the decision problems that confront operations managers in a global environment. Examines topics such as development of international manufacturing and service strategy, design of global operating networks, capacity planning in international factory networks, global supply chain management, international plant location, foreign market entry production strategies, transfer of technology issues, comparisons of operations management practices in US, Japan and Europe, and global management.

OB 510: Organization Behavior

Credits: 3.00

To provide basic understanding of individual, interpersonal and group behavior in organizations and how this understanding can be used in the practice of management. Topics of discussion include: motivation, structure design and inter-group relations, planning, control and reward systems, leadership, and organizational development.

HRM 561: Human Resource Management

Credits: 3.00

Prerequisites: OB 510 and IMSE 514

This course provides managers from different business functions with the principles, knowledge and techniques for managing employees. Incidents and cases are used to diagnose human resource problems.  Topics include: employment law, job design and analysis, performance evaluation, human resource planning, recruiting, selection and assessment, training, managerial development, compensations and incentives, reductions-in-force, collective bargaining and labor relations, and human resource management for international operations.  The course stresses the evaluation of human resource programs, and the need for human resource practices to be compatible with one another and to be supportive of the firm's strategy.