IE 285
INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING ENGINEEERING

Course Description

Introduction to selected topics in industrial and manufacturing engineering, including history and philosophy, product design and manufacturing cycle, integrated role of engineering and business, and multi-objective nature of organizations. Surveys of selected design problems in resource allocation, operations and quality management, and production engineering.

Topics

• Wireless laptops and using COE computers. Introduction to Excel.
• "If Japan Can … Why Can't We?" (DVD). How the resulting quality revolution changed IME.
• Business Option (Dr. Jim Coakley). Scheduling and queuing. Introduce Littlefield Technologies.
• Building multi-scale devices (Bldg 11).
• Building multi-scale devices (Bldg 11).
• Electronics manufacturing (BAT 022).
• Academic Advising (Lynn Paul). Littlefield – analyzing the first 50 days.
• Lean Manufacturing (Dr. Toni Doolen).
• Design process (Dr. John Parmigiani).
• Application of Human Factors engineering (Dr. Ken Funk).
• Steve Van Arsdale, MECOP.
• Introduction to statistics and statistical quality control.
• Manufacturing Systems (Dr. Sundar Atre).
• Quiet Rage (DVD). Discuss situational influences on behavior.
• Using Simulation (Dr. David Kim in BAT 045).
• Ethical behavior and academic honesty.

Learning Outcomes

The student, upon completion of this course, will be able to:

• Describe the profession and sub disciplines of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.
• Describe technical areas related to Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.
• Identify appropriate process analysis method(s) to understand, analyze and explain an industrial/manufacturing engineering problem.
• Implement the engineering design process to develop a solution to an industrial and/or manufacturing problem.
• Identify the situational factors that can contribute to unethical behaviors. Identify steps that will lead to ethical behavior despite the situational factors.