INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

Manufacturing Systems Modeling

Course Number: Industrial Engineering (I E) 419, section XC (CD-ROM), section XL (streaming media)

Credit: 3 undergraduate or nonmajor graduate credits

Tuition: $588 undergraduate, $915 graduate, plus delivery fee: CD-ROM $663, streaming media $495 (If you drop this course, part or all of the delivery fee may be refunded dependent on the date of the drop.)

CD-ROM OR STREAMING MEDIA

Dates: January 10-May 6, 2005

Classes: streamed live Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 2:10-3:00 p.m.

Registration Deadline: December 30, 2004

   Modeling material handling systems, inventory systems, and production systems for performance analysis. Introduction to analysis, simulation, and physical models of manufacturing systems. Simulation languages such as ARENA, AweSim, and ProModel. For more information, visit Engineering Distance Education at www.ede.iastate.edu

Prerequisite: Statistics 231 (Probability and Statistical Inference for Engineers)

Computer Requirements: College of Engineering distance education specifications

Note: May be applied toward Master of Engineering in Systems Engineering

Instructor: Douglas Gemmill

For information visit: http://www.lifelearner.iastate.edu/courses/disciplinesp05.htm or call Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. toll free (800) 262-0015.

To Register visit: http://www.lifelearner.iastate.edu/courses/register.htm

Geometric Variability in Manufacturing

Course Number: Industrial Engineering (I E) 446X/546X, section XC (CD-ROM), section XL (streaming media)

Credit: 3 undergraduate or graduate credits

Tuition: $588 undergraduate, $915 graduate, plus delivery fee: CD-ROM $663, streaming media $495 (If you drop this course, part or all of the delivery fee may be refunded dependent on the date of the drop.)

CD-ROM OR STREAMING MEDIA

Dates: January 10-May 6, 2005

Classes: streamed live Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon

Registration Deadline: December 30, 2004

   Assessment, accommodation, and control of geometric variability of manufacturing processes. Assessment will include the use of CMMs, vision and scanning systems, and prolifometers. Techniques to successfully accommodate the variation through the design of the product, tooling, or process plan will be discussed. Methodologies to control the geometric variability will also be covered. The processes considered include plastic injection molding, metalcasting, welding, machining, powder metallurgy, and circuit board chip placement. For more information, visit Engineering Distance Education at www.ede.iastate.edu

Prerequisites: IE 348 (Solidification Processes) or M E 324 (Manufacturing Engineering)

Computer Requirements: College of Engineering distance education specifications

Note: May be applied toward Master of Engineering in Systems Engineering

Instructor: Frank Peters

For information visit: http://www.lifelearner.iastate.edu/courses/disciplinesp05.htm or call Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. toll free (800) 262-0015.

To Register visit: http://www.lifelearner.iastate.edu/courses/register.htm

Simulation Modeling and Analysis

Course Number: Industrial Engineering (I E) 519, section XC (CD-ROM), section XL (streaming media)

Credit: 3 graduate credits

Tuition: $915 graduate, plus delivery fee: CD-ROM $663, streaming media $495 (If you drop this course, part or all of the delivery fee may be refunded dependent on the date of the drop.)

CD-ROM OR STREAMING MEDIA

Dates: January 10-May 6, 2005

Classes: live streaming Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 9:00-10:00 a.m.

Registration Deadline: December 30, 2004

   Event scheduling, process interaction, and continuous modeling techniques. Probability and statistics related to simulation parameters including run length, inference, design of experiments, variance reduction, and stopping rules. Aspects of simulation languages. For more information, visit Engineering Distance Education at www.ede.iastate.edu

Prerequisites: Com S 311 (Design and Analysis of Algorithms) and Stat 401 (Statistical Methods for Research Workers)

Computer Requirements: College of Engineering distance education specifications

Note: May be applied toward Master of Engineering in Systems Engineering

Instructor: Sigurdur Olafsson

For information visit: http://www.lifelearner.iastate.edu/courses/disciplinesp05.htm or call Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. toll free (800) 262-0015.

To Register visit: http://www.lifelearner.iastate.edu/courses/register.htm

Applied Systems Engineering

Course Number: Industrial Engineering (I E) 566, section XC (CD-ROM), section XL (streaming media)

Credit: 3 graduate credits

Tuition: $915 graduate, plus delivery fee: CD-ROM $663, streaming media $495 (If you drop this course, part or all of the delivery fee may be refunded dependent on the date of the drop.)

CD-ROM OR STREAMING MEDIA

Dates: January 10-May 6, 2005

Classes: live streaming Tuesday and Thursday 8:00-9:15 a.m.

Registration Deadline: December 30, 2004

   Design for reliability, maintainability, usability, supportability, producibility, disposability, and life cycle costs in the context of the systems engineering process. Students will be required to apply the principles of systems engineering to a project including proposal, program plan, systems engineering management plan, and test and evaluation plan. For more information, visit Engineering Distance Education at www.ede.iastate.edu

Prerequisite: E E/Aer E/I E 565 (Systems Engineering and Analysis)

Computer Requirements: College of Engineering distance education specifications

Note: May be applied toward Master of Engineering in Systems Engineering

Instructor: Douglas Gemmill

For information visit: http://www.lifelearner.iastate.edu/courses/disciplinesp05.htm or call Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. toll free (800) 262-0015.

To Register visit: http://www.lifelearner.iastate.edu/courses/register.htm

Interaction Methods for Emerging Technologies

Course Number: Industrial Engineering (I E) 574X, section XC (CD-ROM), section XL (streaming media)

Credit: 3 graduate credits

Tuition: $915 graduate, plus delivery fee: CD-ROM $663, streaming media $495 (If you drop this course, part or all of the delivery fee may be refunded dependent on the date of the drop.)

CD-ROM OR STREAMING MEDIA

Dates: January 10-May 6, 2005

Classes: live streaming Tuesday and Thursday 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Registration Deadline: December 30, 2004

   Learn about interactive systems and their impact on end-users. In-depth coverage of the diverse emerging interactive systems, from hand-held PDAs, to conventional desktop and Web systems, to immersive virtual environments. Focus on the knowledge and skills to understand the relationship between the hardware and software components when designing interaction methods for applications. This course is a good complement and follow-up to: IE 572 Design & Evaluation of the Human-Computer Interface; IE 576 Human Factors in Product Design; IE 577 Virtual Environments & Applications; and ME 577 Computer Graphics & Geometric Modeling. Topics on history of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI); overview of interactive systems; conventional WIMP (Windows, Icons, Mice, Pointer) systems, emerging PDA technologies, pervasive computing, immersive virtual environments; traditional HCI vs. emerging HCI; case studies on successful/unsuccessful HCI designs; principles of human-factors evaluations; student team work on investigating novel interactive methods, design projects and evaluation projects. For more information, visit Engineering Distance Education at www.ede.iastate.edu

Prerequisite: Statistics 231 (Probability and Statistical Inference for Engineers)

Computer Requirements: College of Engineering distance education specifications

Note: May be applied toward Master of Engineering in Systems Engineering

Instructor: Carolina Cruz-Neira

For information visit: http://www.lifelearner.iastate.edu/courses/disciplinesp05.htm or call Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. toll free (800) 262-0015.

To Register visit: http://www.lifelearner.iastate.edu/courses/register.htm

Requirements Engineering

Course Number: Industrial Engineering (I E) 585X, section XC (CD-ROM), section XL (streaming media)

Credit: 3 graduate credits

Tuition: $915 graduate, plus delivery fee: CD-ROM $663, streaming media $495 (If you drop this course, part or all of the delivery fee may be refunded dependent on the date of the drop.)

CD-ROM OR STREAMING MEDIA

Dates: January 10-May 6, 2005

Classes: streamed live Tuesday and Thursday 2:10-3:30 p.m.

Registration Deadline: December 30, 2004

   Principles and practices of developing requirements for product development with emphasis on software systems engineering. Requirements development process, requirements analysis, requirements elicitation, validation will be covered in depth. Case studies using requirements engineering methods and techniques will be presented. For more information, visit Engineering Distance Education at www.ede.iastate.edu

Prerequisites: I E 148 (Information Engineering), knowledge of computer programming and software product development, graduate classification

Computer Requirements: College of Engineering distance education specifications

Note: May be applied toward Master of Engineering in Systems Engineering

Instructor: John Jackman

For information visit: http://www.lifelearner.iastate.edu/courses/disciplinesp05.htm or call Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. toll free (800) 262-0015.

To Register visit: http://www.lifelearner.iastate.edu/courses/register.htm

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