Courses
ENGR 1000: Introduction to Engineering
1 Credit Hour
This course explains the engineering education pathways in the Southern Polytechnic
College of Engineering and Engineering Technology. The course introduces University
and College resources as well as an overview of career opportunities, available campus
facilities and student organizations. The course also covers advising and course planning,
and some of the skills necessary for various Engineering disciplines. Students will
learn basic skills in problem solving, computation, design, and communication that
is needed for future engineering courses.
ENGR 3325: Engineering Economic Analysis
3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: MATH 1190 or (MATH 1179 and MATH 1189) and Engineering Standing
Students learn the time value of money and the basic tools used in engineering economic
decision making. The tools include engineering factor notation, algebraic formulas,
and Excel functionality. The time value effect is studied as equivalences for present
worth, annual worth, or future worth evaluations. Useful algorithms are presented
for making sound economic investment decisions involving replacement theory, risk
analysis, depreciation, tax incentives, rate of return, cost benefit ratio, return
on investment, and economic service life.
ENGR 3407 Lean Six Sigma
Prerequisite: Engineering Standing or IET 2227 or ENGT 2000
3 Credit Hours
An introduction to the application of the Six Sigma methodology in the area of process
improvement and an introduction to Lean manufacturing concepts. This course includes
a Term Project where the student will use the concepts presented in this course to
create a quality control plan or a Lean production plan for an organization that includes
an acceptance sampling plan, a control chart, or Lean applications, and recommendations
for optimizing the overall efficiency of the organization.
IET 2000: Introduction to Industrial Engineering Design
Concurrent: IET 1001L
3 Credit Hours
Introduce students to Industrial Engineering design concepts important for ensuring
product, process, and service performance and safety. Topics include design for usability,
safety, reliability, manufacturability, quality, and other current topics in design.
IET 2227 Probability and Statistics I
Prerequisite: MATH 1113
3 Credit Hours
This course covers descriptive statistics, probability, sampling distributions and
the central limit theorem, continuous and discrete distributions used in engineering,
and inferences about single samples, including point and interval estimates for means,
proportions and variances. Industrial applications rather than theoretical developments
are emphasized. Computer based solution techniques are used when appropriate. This
is the first of a two-course sequence.
IET 2449 - Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Prerequisite: none
3 Credit Hours
This course offers an analysis of decision making in the current logistics environment
and the tools needed for finding solutions to problems relating to purchasing, inventory,
transportation, and warehouse management.
IET 3320 Advanced Logistics
Prerequisite: IET 2449
3 Credit Hours
This course will expand on the topics covered in IET 2449, leading students to a deeper
understanding of logistics and supply chain systems. Special emphasis will be given
to current trends in the field such as global logistics, reverse logistics, nontraditional
supply chains and risk assessment/disaster recovery. Each student will also research
and write about in more depth a single topic that interest them.
IET 3424 Engineering Economy
Prerequisite: MATH 1113 or STAT 1401
Concurrent: MATH 1190 or (MATH 1179 and MATH 1189)
3 Credit Hours
As an introduction to the effect of the time value of money this course will use equivalent
annual cost, present worth, internal rates of return, and benefit to cost ratios in
making economic analysis. Tax consequences, replacement theory and economic life will
be examined in the analysis of engineering problems.
IET 3511 Sustainability Engineering
Prerequisite: none
3 Credit Hours
Topics in green engineering focuses on the science and ethics of ecological, economical,
and social environmental issues. The course will delve into the impact the human population
has on the current environment as well as explore new sources of energy, air & water
quality, waste treatment, reclamation, and conservation efforts. Government regulations,
worldwide consortiums, and trends that are leading industries toward sustainability
will also be explored.
IET 3620 Warehousing Systems
Prerequisite: none
3 Credit Hours
This course explores various methods and systems dealing with warehousing systems
including such areas as management systems, operations, storage and handling strategies,
work flow, automation, transportation modes and performance benchmarking.
IET 4135 IET Project Management
Prerequisite: MATH 1190 or (MATH 1179 and MATH 1189)
3 Credit Hours
This course is a comprehensive study of project concepts, such as project definitions,
systems and methodologies, project cycles, roles and responsibilities of leaders and
members, and procedures used in industrial and production environments. Topics include
scheduling, controlling projects, time-cost tradeoff, resource allocation and project
cost control.
IET 4405 Operations Research - Concepts, Models, and Methods
Prerequisite: none
3 Credit Hours
This course will introduce quantitative techniques used in the solution of industrial
and business operations problems. Topics include linear programming, assignment and
transportation techniques, sensitivity analysis, and decision analysis.
IET 4422 Facilities Design, Plant Layout, and Materials Handling
Prequisite: IET 2000 and IET 3322
Concurrent: IET 3433
4 Credit Hours
This course introduces the students to fundamental concepts, theories, and procedures
for studying facilities design, physical layout, material flow, and material handling
systems. The lab portion of the course teaches students to design facility and parking
lot layouts using CAD software. Students are involved in a group project to design
a manufacturing or service facility.
IET 4451 Systems Simulation
Prerequisite: (IET 2227 or STAT 1401) and IET 2000 and MATH 1113
3 Credit Hours
This is an in-depth study of simulation as applied to manufacturing, inventory and
distribution systems. Topics will include basic simulation and system modeling techniques,
random sampling procedures, production modeling, inventory modeling and system evaluation.
Emphasis will be upon hands-on simulation of various operations using ARENA, a PC-based
stochastic graphical simulation program.
IET 4475 - IET Senior Project
Prerequisite: IET 2000, IET 2449, IET 3356, IET 4422
Concurrent: IET 4135
3 Credit Hours
This course focuses on the student completing a project that is a comprehensive application
of the subject matter in the IET curriculum. A large-scale feasibility study is to
be performed to emphasize the interrelated topics of logistical and production processes
for a fictitious company. The course requires a formal written report and a defended
oral presentation before industrial and academic experts.
ISYE 3350 Logistics and Supply Chain Systems
Prerequisite: Engineering Standing
3 Credit Hours
This course is an analysis of decision making in the current logistics environment
and the tools and optimization models needed for finding solutions to problems relating
to supply chain design and strategy, transportation, and warehouse management.
ISYE 4200: Engineering Optimization: Stochastic Decision Models
Prerequisite: (ISYE 3400 or MATH 3272) and (ISYE 2600 or STAT 2332 or MATH 3332) and
MATH 2202
3 Credit Hours
Modeling and solution of decision problems under uncertainty. Topics include Markov
Chains, stochastic programming, stochastic dynamic programming, theory, utility theory
and simulation. Computer solution techniques are emphasized.
ISYE 4500 Systems Modeling and Simulation
Prerequisite: (ISYE 2600 or STAT 2332) and Engineering Standing
3 Credit Hours
This course covers modeling and simulation of systems. Topics include basic simulation
and system modeling techniques, random sampling procedures, input analysis, output
analysis and system evaluation. Practical implementations using common modeling languages
and simulation software are emphasized.
ISYE 4425 Facilities Planning & Material Handling
Prerequisite: EDG 1210 and Engineering Standing
3 Credit Hours
This course explores fundamental concepts, theory, and procedures for the study of
facilities design and location; physical layout; material flow principles; and material
handling. Product design, process planning, and schedule design are integrated through
the development of analytical procedures and use of Computer Aided Design (CAD) layout
planning software to enhance the decision-making process in the design, rationalization
and improvement of factory and office layouts. The knowledge learned in this course
is integrated with knowledge from selected related courses to develop a laboratory
design project by students working in teams.
