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IEM 5010 Industrial Engineering Projects Prerequisites: Consent of school head and approval of major adviser. Description: Special graduate projects and independent study in industrial engineering. Offered for variable credit, 1-6 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-6 Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Industrial Engr & Mgmt IEM 5013 Introduction to Optimization Prerequisites: IEM 4013 or equivalent. Description: Introduction to mathematical optimization with an emphasis on linear, integer, network, and convex optimization. Effective formulization techniques, basic mathematical and algorithmic concepts, and software solution of large-scale problems arising in the practice of operations research, industrial and systems engineering, management sciences, and analytics. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Industrial Engr & Mgmt IEM 5020 Graduate Engineering Practicum Prerequisites: Consent of IEM adviser and satisfactory completion of 12 hours of IEM 5000- or IEM 6000-level courses. Description: Professionally supervised experience in real-life problem solving involving projects for which the student assumes a degree of professional responsibility. Activities approved in advance by the instructor and must reflect graduate level analysis. May consist of full or part-time engineering experience, on-campus or in industry, or both, either individually or as a responsible group member. Periodic reports, both oral and written, required as specified by the adviser. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 3 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-3 Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Industrial Engr & Mgmt IEM 5030 Engineering Practice Prerequisites: Approval of adviser. Description: Professionally supervised experience in a real-life problem involving authentic projects for which the student assumes a degree of professional responsibility. Activities must be approved in advance by the student's adviser. May consist of full or part-time engineering experience, on-campus or in industry, or both, either individually or as a responsible group member. Periodic reports, both oral and written, required as specified by the adviser. Offered for variable credit, 1-9 credit hours, maximum of 12 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-9 Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Industrial Engr & Mgmt

IEM 5063 Network Optimization Prerequisites: IEM 5013 or equivalent.

Description: Network flows and combinatorial optimization models and algorithms with an emphasis on mathematical and algorithmic fundamentals. Covers basics of graph theory, algorithmic analysis, and complexity theory. Covers Classical Algorithms for shortest paths, minimum spanning trees, max-flow and min-cut, min-cost flows; P versus NP, traveling salesman problem, local search, metaheuristics, Christofides algorithm. Previously offered as IEM 6013. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Industrial Engr & Mgmt IEM 5103 Breakthrough Quality Prerequisites: IEM 4103, IEM 4113 and IEM 5003. Description: Structured, systematic approach and advanced statistical and modeling tools to achieve breakthrough improvement across all areas of an enterprise. Rigorous application, integration, and betterment of strategies and tools for improving or redesigning products and processes such that performance gains are noticeably higher or quicker than those achieved under traditional incremental improvement approaches. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Industrial Engr & Mgmt

IEM 5113 Strategic Quality Leadership Prerequisites: STAT 4013 and IEM 5003.

Description: Quality-related strategies. Critical elements that differentiate high performing organizations from their competitors. Delivering value to customers. Quality leadership, strategic planning, customer value, learning organizations, knowledge management, quality systems and business results. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Industrial Engr & Mgmt IEM 5123 Service Quality Prerequisites: STAT 4013 or equivalent. Description: Theory and application of service quality, including characteristics of services (intangibility, heterogeneity, perishability and inseparability of production and consumption), dimensions of service quality, measurement methodologies for service quality and improvement methodologies for service quality. Certification and accreditation processes for service industries. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Industrial Engr & Mgmt