System Engineering
System Engineering - Undergraduate Courses
SE 288 System Engineering Concepts (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: sophomore status. Introduction to system engineering, system thinking, structure of modern systems, development process and organization of development projects, life cycle and testing, operational and environmental factors in design, system engineering management, risk and standards, needs analysis, concepts exploration and definition, developing of requirements, system development planning, and functional specification. Case studies and plant tours are integrated in the course topics. 3 credit hours.
SE 310 Design for Environment (back to previous page)
Prerequisites: EAS107P, EAS112, M 115, and a chemistry course. Methods and concepts concerning the design of engineered systems and processes and assessment of their effects on the global environment, minimization of residues, materials selection and packaging, designing products for recycling, disassembly, and disposal. Decision making in new product development and creating environmental objectives. Incorporating design for environment into the design process. Use of product design matrices, environmental effect analysis, life cycle analysis, and other design for environment tools. 3 credit hours.
SE 311 Design for Environment Laboratory (back to previous page)
To be taken with SE 310. Uses specialized software and tools to analyze products and systems to determine their effects on the global environment. Students will analyze existing products by disassembly, data collection and analysis in order to analyze residues, materials, packaging components, assembly and disassembly methods. Students will explore concepts and methods to redesign products for recycling, disassembly, and environmentally friendly disposal. Decision making in new product development and creating environmental objectives. Specialized tools include use of product design matrices, environmental effect analysis, life cycle analysis, and other design for environmental tools. 1 credit hour.
SE 346 Probability Analysis (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: M 203. Develops the theory of probability and related applications. Covers combinations and permutations, probability space, law of large numbers, random variables, conditional probability. Bayes' Theorem, Markov chains, and stochastic processes. 3 credit hours.
SE 347 Statistical Analysis (back to previous page)
Prerequisites: SE 346 and CS 107 or equivalent. Provides an introduction to the application of statistical techniques to engineering problems. Measures of central tendency and dispersion, estimation, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression, elementary analysis of variance. 3 credit hours.
SE 398 System Engineering Internship (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: junior standing. An opportunity for students to apply theoretical concepts in system engineering to real-world problems with industry. The internship is designed to expose students to professional practice and culture and provide an opportunity to gain professional experience under the direction of practicing professionals and a faculty advisor. A minimum of 300 hours of work related to system engineering or closely-related engineering function is required. 1 credit hour.
SE 402 Operations Research I (back to previous page)
Prerequisites: SE 346 and CS 107 or equivalent. The operations research area is oriented to various mathematical methods for solving certain kinds of industrial problems. Topics included are linear programming, including simplex method; transportation and assignment problems; queuing; dynamic programming; simulation. 3 credit hours.
SE 403 Operations Research II (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: SE 402 or equivalent. Advanced coverage of Bayesian statistics, utility and game theory, logistics and distribution, theory of scheduling, graph theory, and stochastic processes, with applications in manufacturing and service industries. 3 credit hours.
SE 407 Reliability and Maintainability (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: SE 346 or equivalent. Reliability measures: hazard models and product life, reliability function; static reliability models; inference theory and reliability computation; dynamic reliability models, reliability design examples. 3 credit hours.
SE 428 Six Sigma Quality Planning (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: SE 347 or instructor's permission. Improving quality and reducing cost through the use of statistical methods, statistical process control and basic experiment design techniques, well-known quality systems, including concept and methodology of six sigma (a quality management program), DMAIC process, ISO standards, quality project management, and commonly utilized six sigma tolls will be the focus of this course. Plant tours and six sigma implementation cases will be included. 3 credit hours.
SE 435 Simulation and Applications (back to previous page)
Prerequisites: SE 346 and CS 107 or equivalent. Corequisite: SE 402. Techniques for modeling of a system (business or scientific/engineering) using computer simulation. Simulation principles will be emphasized. Student exercises and design projects will be run using a modern simulation package. 3 credit hours.
SE 441 Supply Chain and Logistics (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: Senior status. The process of planning, implementing and controlling flow and storage of goods, services, and related information from point to point of consumption with the customer requirements in mind is presented. Topics include fundamentals of logistics and e-logistics, information systems and e-commerce, inventory concepts and management, material flow and transportation management, warehousing and material handling, the type and use of electronic media in the daily functions of supply chain management, and global logistics 3 credit hours.
SE 449 Lean Principles and Practices (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: SE 441 or permission of instructor. 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. 3 credit hours.
SE 450-459 Special Topics (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Selected topics of current interest in the field of system engineering. 3 credit hours.
SE 488 System Engineering Design Process (back to previous page)
Prerequisites: SE 288 , SE 347, SE 407; corequisite: SE 403. The process of system design and development to create a product or service is covered: Includes stages of conceptual, preliminary, and detail design and development; system testing, evaluation and validation; will also address design issues of reliability, maintainability, human factors, serviceability, producibility, designing for environmental factors, and disposability; team projects and extensive use of software. 3 credit hours.
SE 498 System Engineering Design I (back to previous page)
Prerequisites: SE 488 and permission of department. A first course in a two-course, year-long design project. With a faculty advisor, the student works in a team of two or more members on an industry-sponsored project. Includes project scoping and definition, needs assessment and analysis, risks, standards and human factors evaluation, conceptual design, developing requirements, functional specification, and simulation of the conceptual design, testing, and validation. Work is presented through both a formal report and at a department seminar. Work will be continued to the second course, SE 499. 3 credit hours.
SE 499 System Engineering Design II (back to previous page)
Prerequisites: SE 498 and permission of department. Continuation of SE 498- with faculty and industry advisors, student continues to work on the industry-sponsored project for end delivery. Includes detailed design requirements and development, operational feasibility, reliability and other characteristics, preparation of life-cycle value cost, and packaging for final delivery to customer. Work is presented through both a formal report and at a department seminar. 3 credit hours.
SE 599 Independent Study (back to previous page)
Prerequisite: Junior status. A planned program of individual study under the supervision of a member of the faculty. 3 credit hours.