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Overview of the engineering profession, the Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering Department, and the curricula in Industrial Engineering and Systems Engineering and Design.

[IAI Code: EGR941] Computer-aided design (CAD) software modeling of parts and assemblies. Parametric and non-parametric solid, surface, and wireframe models. Part editing and two-dimensional documentation of models. Planar projection theory, including sketching of perspective, isometric, multiview, auxiliary, and section views. Spatial visualization exercises. Dimensioning guidelines, tolerancing techniques. Team design project. Credit is not given toward graduation for: Credit is not given towards graduation for both SE 101 and ME 170.

Undergraduate Open Seminar. May be repeated.

Important elements and metrics of business and contemporary engineering economics: wealth creation, cash flow diagrams, internal rate of return, net present value, breakeven analysis, companies, corporations, profits, prices, balance sheets, income statements, and the basics of business plan writing. Particular emphasis is given to preparation for the economic analysis component of engineering practice.

Lecture-discussion series by department faculty and visiting professional engineers addressing ethics, professional registration, the role of technical societies, and the relation of engineering to such disciplines as economics, sociology, and government. Approved for S/U grading only.

Individual investigations of any phase of Systems Engineering and Design selected by the students and approved by the department. May be repeated. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in general engineering intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites.

Fundamental concepts in the classical and computer-based analysis and design of structural and machine components and assemblies. External loads, internal forces, and displacements in statically determinate and indeterminate configurations: kinematics of linkages, gears, and cams; static forces in machines. Prerequisite: CS 101 or CS 124, TAM 212, and TAM 251. Credit or concurrent enrollment in MATH 257 or MATH 415.

Fundamental control systems and control systems technology. Sensors, actuators, modeling of physical systems, design and implementation of feedback controllers; operational techniques used in describing, analyzing and designing linear continuous systems; Laplace transforms; response via transfer functions; stability; performance specifications; controller design via transfer functions; frequency response; simple nonlinearities. Credit is not given toward graduation for SE 320 and either AE 353 or ME 340. Prerequisite: CS 101 or CS 124, MATH 285, and TAM 212; credit or concurrent registration in ECE 211.

Understanding emotions in ourselves and others. Assessment and improvement of interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence competencies including self-regulation, motivation, empathetic listening, communication, influence collaboration and cooperation, conflict management, leadership, teamwork, and managing change. Includes one Saturday laboratory session.

Individual investigations or studies of any phase of Systems Engineering and Design selected by the students and approved by the department. May be repeated in same term. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

Nature and development of the legal system; legal rights and duties important to engineers in their professions; contracts, uniform commercial code and sales of goods, torts, agency, worker's compensation, labor law, property, environmental law, intellectual property. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: RHET 105.

Computer-aided design, analysis, and prototyping tools used in the produce development process. Principles of computer graphics and geometric modeling, including transformations, coordinate systems, parametric solid modeling, spline curves, and surface modeling. Finite element and kinematics analyses. Rapid prototyping, product dissection, CAD-CAM-CAE operability issues, and CAD collaboration tools. 3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: SE 101 and SE 311.

Design of basic engineering components: structural members, machine parts, and connections. Principles applied include: material failure (yield, fracture, fatigue); buckling and other instabilities; design reliability; analytical simulation. 3 undergraduate hours. 3 graduate hours. This course is an approved Design Elective in the SE Undergraduate curriculum. Prerequisite: SE 311 and SE 320.

Theory and techniques for control of dynamic processes by digital computer; linear discrete systems, digital filters, sampling signal reconstruction, digital design, state space methods, computers, state estimators, and laboratory techniques. 4 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: SE 320.

Rules of thought that transform complex decision situations into simpler ones where the course of action is clear. Practical application of decision analysis in large organizations; methods to generate insights into real-life decision problems, avoid the common pitfalls in decision processes, and overcome the possible barriers to implementing a high-quality decision-making process for individual and organizational decision making; graphical representations of decision problems such as decision diagrams and utility diagrams. 3 or 4 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: IE 300.

Senior engineering project - team component. Student teams of three or four, guided by faculty advisors, develop solutions to real-world engineering problems provided by industry-partnering companies, subject to realistic constraints and supported by economic analyses and recommendations for implementation. Prototype solutions fabricated where practical. Multiple reports and presentations throughout the term. Several trips to company typical. Common project grade for all team members. 3 undergraduate hours. No graduate credit. Prerequisite: SE 311, TAM 335, and credit or concurrent enrollment in SE Design Elective; or IE Technical Elective. Must enroll concurrently in SE 495. Must enroll concurrently in SE 495.

Adjunct to SE 494. Senior engineering project -- individual component. Individual grade for each team member. 2 undergraduate hours. No graduate credit. Prerequisite: SE 261, SE 290, IE 300, IE 310, and concurrent registration in SE 494. Must enroll concurrently in SE 494.

Advanced problems related to Systems Engineering and Design. 0 to 4 undergraduate hours. 0 to 4 graduate hours. Approved for Letter and S/U grading. May be repeated in same term. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in Systems Engineering and Design intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites. 1 to 4 undergraduate hours. 1 to 4 graduate hours.

Same as ECE 515 and ME 540. See ECE 515.

Presentations by graduate students, staff, and guest lecturers of current topics in research and development in Systems and Entrepreneurial Engineering. Approved for Letter and S/U grading. May be repeated. Prerequisite: Required of all graduate students each term.

Engineering design projects emphasizing advanced engineering analysis, synthesis, optimization, and engineering economics. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours for credit toward the Master's degree.

Advanced problems related to Systems and Entrepreneurial Engineering. May be repeated. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.