Teaching

The class provides a broad understanding of information technology in organizations. It includes case studies to understand different strategies in using information systems in E-business. Topics include business processes, competitive advantages, business pressures on organizations, and strategies to respond to the pressures, the value of information, and organizing information by databases. The tools used include Microsoft Excel and Access. 

This course discusses users’ goals and needs interacting with products or systems (e.g. web and mobile applications) and introduces customer/user experience research methods. The course provides methods to quantify the user experience. It includes the basics of the design of experiments, collecting, analyzing, and presenting usability metrics, including performance, issue-based, self-reported, behavioral, physiological, and emotional metrics. Topics include case studies discussing how organizations have successfully used usability metrics and how user experience research helps practitioners make business cases to stakeholders. 

The course focuses on Manufacturing Planning and Control (MPC) in the field of production systems, emphasizing its role as a vital component of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. Students are introduced to how companies can utilize demand management through forecasting techniques to develop material requirements planning, master production scheduling, and inventory planning. The course's learning objectives are to discuss the elements of MPC, analyze organizational strategies in manufacturing using demand management, apply demand management theories and forecasting techniques, and develop Master Production Scheduling. 

The Safety Engineering course offers a comprehensive exploration into the critical aspects of systems safety, particularly in work systems. The course delves into accident causation theories, discusses the direct and indirect costs of incidents, and explores the legal and practical aspects of product safety and liability. Students will apply hazard analysis, prevention, and safety management through various methodologies like FMEA, HAZOP, and Risk Analysis. The course also introduces the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act and Total Safety Management, highlighting the integration of safety principles into broader management systems to foster safer work environments.

Engineering Management Graduate Seminars are designed to provide professional development experiences for engineers and scientists, enabling them to become more effective in their academic and professional endeavors related to the discipline. Upon completion of a seminar, students should be able to analyze and evaluate business and engineering scenarios using the information presented during the seminar. Additionally, they will be able to create graduate-level written communications that reflect an understanding of the seminar topics as applied to business and engineering case studies.