Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering

Major code BS7255 Industrial and manufacturing systems engineers obtain a broad technical background with special attention to productivity, costs, quality, and the human factor in production and other systems. These systems include not only physical systems (such as equipment selection/layout, material handling, etc.), but also information systems (manual and automated information systems, computer networks, data bases, software, etc.) and decision/control systems (master production scheduling, inventory management, quality assurance, performance measurement, etc.). ISE concentration areas include human factors, manufacturing systems design and control, manufacturing information systems, and operations research.

Industrial engineers are responsible for designing, analyzing, rationalizing , optimizing, and controlling these large-scale sociotechnical systems. They also supervise the operation of these systems, taking into account such vital factors as quality, throughput, equipment utilization, costs, ecology, energy conservation, reliability, safety, and health.

Industrial and manufacturing systems engineers also develop performance measures and standards for equipment, workers, and factories to achieve more effective utilization. They apply concurrent engineering principles to design manufacturing systems that fulfill the product realization based on the designs of other engineers.

Consequently, the objectives of the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering are to train students to design and analyze manufacturing systems and their associated facilities, to analyze the economic consequences of their engineered designs, to make oral and written presentations of their engineered designs, and to perform their work in an ethical and professional manner.

You will develop good systems design skills throughout the curriculum beginning in the freshman year with ET 280 Engineering and Technology: An Overview, and culminating in the senior year with ISE 440, Industrial Plant Design, where you will complete a design project that simulates work found in professional practice. Also in your senior year, you will complete ISE 445, Systems Design, where you will design a real manufacturing information system, inventory control system, materials handling system, or quality control system for one of the many local industries who participate in our program. In the course of the program, you will also perform the design of software (ET 181 and 240), electrical systems (EE 313 and 314), workplace systems (ISE 333), mechanical and structural systems (CE 301), discrete event simulation systems (ISE 433), and manufacturing control systems (ISE 432). You will also perform additional systems design in the electives you choose for your concentration option as described below.

Courses in the first two years of the program are similar to the curricula of other engineering disciplines and provide the necessary foundation in basic subjects upon which advanced engineering work depends. The last two years of work provide the professional-level material, including instruction in computer applications necessary for the interdisciplinary engineering activities that are required of the modern industrial or manufacturing systems engineer. During the junior and senior years, you will take courses in the ISE concentration areas that are closest to your career goals. If you wish to increase the breadth or depth of your knowledge, the department offers courses leading to the M.S.I.E. and participates in the college's integrated Ph.D. degree program.

Industrial and manufacturing systems engineers follow careers in many fields, including manufacturing, transportation, government, banking, insurance, and hospitals. Because of their systems training and experience, most industrial and manufacturing systems engineers move into management positions after a few years on the job. Salaries are excellent and jobs are plentiful. Because of the increasing need for the U.S. to improve productivity to meet international competition, the need for industrial and manufacturing systems engineers in manufacturing and other organizations will remain high.

For more information, see the department's Web site: https://webise.ent.ohiou.edu//

Freshman

Fall

MATH 263A     Calculus                  4

ENG 151       Freshman Composition      5

ET 280        Intro to Engineering      4

CHEM 121      Prin. of Chemistry I      4
or CHEM 151   Fund. of Chemistry I   or 5

Winter

MATH 263B     Calculus                   4

IT 110        Manufacturing Processes    4

ECON 103      Prin. Microeconomics       4

CHEM 122      Prin. of Chemistry II      4
or CHEM 152   Fund. of Chemistry I1   or 5

Spring

IT 101      Engineering Drawing I      3

PHYS 251    General Physics            5

MATH 263C   Calculus                   4

INCO 103    Fund. of Public Speaking   4

Sophomore

Fall

PHYS 251    General Physics                         5

MATH 263D   Calculus                                4

ISE 231     Intro to Indust. and Sys. Engineering   2

ACCT 101    Financial Accounting                    4
     
            Electives*

Winter

PHYS 252   General Physics            5

ISE 305    Engineering Statistics I   3

ISE 330    Engr.   Economy            3

           Electives*

Spring

MATH 340   Differential Equations             4

ET 181    Computer Methods in Engineering I   4

ISE 306    Engineering Statistics II          4

           Electives*

Junior

Fall

CE 331    Prin. of Engr.  Materials            5

ET 240    Computer Methods in Engineering II   4

ISE 333   Work Design                          5

EE 313    Basic Elec. Engr. I                  3

Winter

EE 314               Basic Elec. Engr. II      3

or EE 315 (spring)   Basic Elec. Engr. III   

ISE 433              Indust. Computer Appl.    4

MATH 211             Elem. Linear Algebra      4

CHE 331              Prin. of Engr. Materials  4

                     Electives*

Spring

ENG 305J   Technical Writing         4

EE 315     Basic Elect Engr. III     3 


(if 314 was not taken winter quarter)
 
ME 321     Intro to Thermodynamics   4

ISE 441    Operations Research       4

           Electives*

Senior

Fall

ISE 432   Manufacturing Control   3

         Electives*

Winter

ISE 440A   Indust. Plant Design I   3

ISE 445A   Systems Design I         3

ET 400     PE Fundamentals Review   2

           Electives *

Spring

ISE 440B   Indust. Plant Design II   3

ISE 445B   Systems Design II         3

           Electives*

*A minimum of 52 hours of electives is required, including:

16 hours in industrial and manufacturing systems engineering. You must take 3 courses in one of the following concentration areas:

Operations Research-415, 417, 436, 442, 444 Manufacturing Systems-402, 403, 409, 442, 446 Mfg. Information Systems-426, 427, 428, 439 Human Factors-422, 448, 449; 407 as quality elective

3 hours of quality elective: either 407 or 435.

20 hours in social sciences and humanities. Sequences are required in each area including advanced courses in each area. An advanced course is defined as one which (1) is at the 300 or higher level (except for courses dual-listed with 100- or 200-level courses); or (2) has a specified prerequisite. (See college requirements section.)

4 hours of approved mathematics or science electives selected from MATH 306, 307, 314, 330A, 343, 360, 410, 411, 441, 442, 443, 444, 450A, 470; CHEM 123, 153, 345; PHYS 272, 273, 311, 316, 351, 411, 423, 427; BIOS 170, 225; GEOL 270, 283.

4 hours from Tier III courses.

5 hours of electives to be freely chosen.

University Publications and Computer Services revised this file ( https://www.ohio.edu/catalog/99-00/colleges/imse.htm ) January 11, 2000.

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