Engineering Management

Engineering Management - Graduate Courses

EXI 901 Engineering Management Concepts (back to previous page)
Introduction to contemporary engineering management concepts as they appear in manufacturing and related service organizations. Review of the challenges faced by such organizations, and of the various methodologies in use to meet these challenges. Managing the lean enterprise to deliver high quality product in timely fashion within demanding customer-supplier relationships.

EXI 902 Managing Uncertainty (back to previous page)
Probability models, stochastic processes and descriptive statistic approaches applicable to managing engineering and technology projects. Topics include random variables, probability functions, expectations, discrete and continuous distribution, probability computation, summary measures, data presentation schemes and their applications in process control, forecasting, lead time estimation, queues and customer demand functions. Excel and other software will be used.

EXI 903 Statistics for Quality and Engineering Management (back to previous page)
Comprehensive survey of the many roles of statistics in TQM, quality assurance, simulation, experimentation, risk assessment and performance evaluation. Deming, Juran, Taguchi and ASQ contributions are presented as engineering management resources.

EXI 914 Achieving Optimal Operations (back to previous page)
Concepts of lean production, Japanese production systems, push vs. pull production systems, benchmarking and evaluation schemes, schedule management, overcoming bottlenecks, and performance and productivity improvement techniques applicable to service and manufacturing systems. Workforce issues (affairs) including union acceptance, productivity, and workforce education, training and compensation.

EXI 926 Constraint Assessment (back to previous page)
Achieving effectiveness, productivity and profitability through management of constraints. Automation issues, off-shore production, union reactions and access to capital. Strategic planning for optimality.

EXI 930 Project Management (back to previous page)
Review of CPM-PERT methodologies and use in managing complex engineering-related projects. Analysis of bias in estimating and in forecast preparation. Strategies for achieving on-time task completion and minimizing critical chains.

EXI 940 Supply Chain Management (back to previous page)
The course presents the process of planning, implementing and controlling flow and storage of goods, services, and related information from point to point of consumption with customer requirements in mind. Topics include fundamentals of logistics, logistics information systems, inventory concepts and management, material flow and transportation management, warehousing and material handling, and global logistics.

EXI 948 Queueing Theory and Applications (back to previous page)
Survey of queueing problems met in both manufacturing and service organizations, and a description of queueing theory applicable to such problems. Roles of analysis and simulation are discussed in the context of managing queues and solving queueing problems.

EXI 950 Simulation of Processing Systems (back to previous page)
Review of the role of simulation in analyzing complex manufacturing and non-manufacturing systems, and an introduction to typical simulation software. Case studies of successful implementations are presented together with guidelines for using simulation to solve system problems.

EXI 956 Managing Quality Assurance (back to previous page)
Review of the complex and dominant role that quality plays in creating excellent customer-supplier relationships. Discussion of quality goals and management strategies to achieve them.

EXI 957 Organizational Change and Development (back to previous page)
This course addresses the nature of organization development, intervention by third-party consultation, change in organization structure and role relationships, evaluation of change efforts, participation, conformity, and deviation. This course focuses on real organizations, not hypothetical constructs; on actual human performance challenges, not theoretical issues; and on typical operational problems, not experimental design concerns. Emphasis is on practical application.

EXI 960 E-Solutions in Engineering Management (back to previous page)
This course presents the current and emerging internet technology as it relates to engineering management; in particular, e-supply, e-logistics, e-commerce, and the rapid increase in the types and uses of electronic media in the daily functions of engineering managers. Topics will also include basics of the Internet and multimedia technologies, products and vendors, and critical management and policy issues such as access, risk management, reliability, security, and privacy.

EXI 970 Current Topics in Engineering Management (back to previous page)
Current topics relevant to engineering management but focusing on specific themes such as environmental laws on regulations, security and protection technologies, new engineering approaches to product and process management, new process and quality improvement practices, to name a few.

EXI 999 Research Topic (back to previous page)
Independent study and research focused on a problem of interest, either in a work environment or in a community/nonprofit organization. Guided by a faculty adviser, a project report is written that describes the problem, outlines a scope of work, and presents recommendations and solutions in a professional manner. An oral presentation is made to program colleagues of this capstone experience ending the program of study.