Engineering (ENGR)

ENGR801
Engineering Education Research Graduate Seminar I

Description: Explore EER career paths; identify necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities; and plan an aligned graduate experience. Become familiar with the professional norms and ethical principles and practices related to research. Build one's academic community networks (e.g., DBER, engineering discipline). Develop oral communication skills appropriate for EER. Develop reflexive ability to make meaning of graduate experiences.

Course details
Credit Hours:1
Max credits per semester:1
Max credits per degree:1
Grading Option:Graded
Offered:FALL/SPR

Credit Hours:1

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ENGR810
Ergonomics

Not open to students with credit in IMSE 315.

Description: Introduction to the principles of ergonomics. Information processing, human output and control, workplace design and environmental conditions.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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ENGR812
Occupational Safety-A Systems Analysis

Prerequisites: MECH 321

Description: Analysis of safety performance, attribution of cost, identification and analysis of accident potential. Fault Tree analysis. Systems safety and reliability.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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ENGR815
Cognitive Ergonomics

Prerequisites: ENGR 830 or permission

Description: Human factors affecting work. Focus on humans: energy requirements, lighting, noise, monotony and fatigue, learning, simultaneous versus sequential tasks. Experimental evaluation of concepts.

This course is a prerequisite for: ENGR 919

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded
Course and Laboratory Fee:$15

Credit Hours:3

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ENGR816
Physical Ergonomics

Prerequisites: ENGR 830 or permission

Description: Human performance in work. Human response to various environmental and task-related variables with emphasis on physical and physiological effects.

This course is a prerequisite for: ENGR 919

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded
Course and Laboratory Fee:$15

Credit Hours:3

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ENGR817
Occupational Safety Hygiene Engineering

Prerequisites: Senior standing.

Description: Introduction to occupational hygiene engineering with emphasis on workplace environmental quality. Heat, illumination, noise, and ventilation.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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ENGR823
Reliability Engineering

Description: System and component reliability analyses of series, parallel and complex systems. Concepts of reliability, availability, and maintainability in design of systems. Methods of reliability testing and estimation.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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ENGR824
Unique Concerns of Engineering Education

Description: The purposes and contexts of engineering education will be illuminated through readings and discussions of its historical roots, current expressions, and future directions. Discussions will delve into the history and trajectory of engineering education and concerns that are uniquely engineering (e.g., engineering design, diversity and inclusion, and teaming).

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded
Offered:FALL

Credit Hours:3

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ENGR830
Applied Statistics and Quality Control

Prerequisites: MECH 321

Description: Systematic analysis of processes through the use of statistical analysis, methods, and procedures; statistical process control, sampling, regression, ANOVA, quality control, and design of experiments. Use of software for performing a statistical analysis.

This course is a prerequisite for: ENGR 815; ENGR 816

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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ENGR831
Stochastic Processes

Description: Fundamentals of stochastic processes and their application in modeling production/inventory control, maintenance and manufacturing systems. Markov and semi-Markov chains, Poisson processes, renewal processes, regenerative processes and Markov decision processes.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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ENGR832
Scheduling

Description: The problem of scheduling several tasks over time, including measure of performance, single-machine sequencing, flow shop scheduling, the job shop problem and priority dispatching.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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ENGR833
Evidence-Based STEM Teaching Strategies

Description: This learning experience is designed to provide graduate level training on teaching at the postsecondary level. Evidence-based teaching methods applicable to Science, Technology, Engineering ,and Mathematics (STEM) will be investigated and a learner-based pedagogy will be used to engage those in the course to experience STEM practices. The common element of problem solving is emphasized across all STEM disciplines allowing for discovery, exploration, and application of critical thinking skills. Primary tasks include developing a unit on Canvas that includes learning outcomes, lecture and activities, and assessments, a teaching philosophy, and engaging with technologies that support and enhance teaching and learning.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded
Offered:FALL

Credit Hours:3

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ENGR834
Framing STEM Education Research

Description: Introduction to the basic types of research study designs (quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods) through examples in STEM education. Learn to identify an educational problem in STEM education, pose a research question, and support the need for a study through literature review. Become familiar with how theories of learning and thinking are used to predict or explain research findings. Become familiar with the protection of human subjects and gain certification for human subjects research.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded
Offered:SPRING

Credit Hours:3

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ENGR840
Discrete Event Simulation Modeling

Description: Development of simulation models of discrete systems. Model development, Monte Carlo techniques, random number generators, and output analysis.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded
Course and Laboratory Fee:$15

Credit Hours:3

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ENGR844
Theory in STEM Education Research

Description: Introduction to theories relevant to STEM education research. Differentiate and connect the roles of theoretical and conceptual frameworks in STEM education research. Become familiar with how to read, discuss, synthesize, critique, communicate, and apply theory in the context of a STEM education research study.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded
Offered:SPRING

Credit Hours:3

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ENGR860
Packaging Engineering

Prerequisites: CONE/BSEN 206, MECH 321, MECH 373.

Description: Investigation of packaging processes, materials, equipment and design. Container design, material handling, storage, packaging and environmental regulations, and material selection.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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ENGR861
Radio Frequency Identification

Description: Fundamentals of how radio frequency identification (RFID) components of tag, transponder, and antennae are utilized to create RFID systems. Best practices for implementation of RFID systems in common supply chain operations.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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ENGR869
Technology, Science and Civilization

Description: Development of technology as a trigger of change upon humankind, from the earliest tools of Homo Habilis to the advent of the radio telescope in exploring the creation of the universe. Traces the paths from early science to development of the sciences and technologies that will dominate the new millennium.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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ENGR881
Supply Chain Optimization

Description: Concepts of the economic and service trade-offs in supply chain and logistics management. Using decision support system (DSS) to design optimal logistics network model with given requirements and operational parameters using leading software packages to model problems arising in strategic management of logistics networks.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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ENGR882
Material Planning in Logistic Systems

Prerequisites: MECH 321 and IMSE 328.

Description: Theory, practice and application of inventory, demand and supply planning techniques in multistage environments. Managing economies of scale, uncertainties, capacity constraints, and product availability in a supply chain. Integrated planning, supply chain coordination and technology enablers.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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ENGR883
Logistics in the Supply Chain

Description: The process of planning, implementing and controlling the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, services and related information from the point of origin to the point of consumption. Domestic transportation systems, distribution centers and warehousing, international logistics, logistics system controls, and reengineering logistics systems.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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ENGR891
Special Topics in Engineering

Description: Subject matter in emerging areas of engineering and closely related areas which are not covered in other courses in the College of Engineering graduate programs. Topics, activities, and delivery methods vary.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-6
Max credits per semester:6
Max credits per degree:6
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-6

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ENGR895
Engineering Graduate Internship

Description: Apply theory learned in the classroom and experience hands-on applications through employment in industry. Gain practical application experience of engineering disciplines.

Course details
Credit Hours:1
Max credits per semester:1
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Pass No-Pass
Offered:SUMMER

Credit Hours:1

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ENGR898
Independent Research in Engineering

Prerequisites: Permission

Description: Independent research work and written findings, other than thesis or dissertation work, in a selected area of engineering under the supervision and guidance of a College of Engineering faculty member.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-6
Max credits per semester:6
Max credits per degree:6
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-6

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ENGR899
Masters Thesis

Prerequisites: Admission to masters degree program and permission of major adviser

Description: Masters Thesis

Course details
Credit Hours:1-10
Max credits per semester:10
Max credits per degree:99
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-10

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ENGR906
Financial Engineering

Prerequisites: IMSE 806.

Description: Applications of principle and financial economics in industrial and systems engineering. Term structure of interest, capital asset pricing and other capital allocation models. Evaluation of real-options using binomial lattice, Black-Scholes and other pricing models.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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ENGR919
Determinants of Occupational Performance

Prerequisites: ENGR 815, 816 or permission

Description: Focus on the individual in the industrial working environment. Emphasis on evaluation of fatigue, training, shift work, perception, vigilance, and work-rest scheduling as they relate to the working environment.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Graded

Credit Hours:3

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ENGR998
Advanced Independent Research in Engineering

Prerequisites: Admission to master's degree program and permission of major adviser

Description: Advanced independent research work and written findings, other than thesis or dissertation work, in a selected area of engineering under the supervision and guidance of a College of Engineering faculty member.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-6
Max credits per semester:6
Max credits per degree:6
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-6

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ENGR999
Doctoral Dissertation

Prerequisites: Admission to doctoral degree program and permission of supervisory committee chair

Description: Doctoral Dissertation

Course details
Credit Hours:1-24
Max credits per semester:24
Max credits per degree:99
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-24

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