José R. Deliz, Director

Industrial Engineering encompasses activities in quality, work system design, work system measurement, safety and ergonomics and finances. An industrial engineer should be able to design, improve and predict systems using mathematical models. They should have strong knowledge in mathematics, computers, and graphics. Also social skills such as communication and interpersonal relations are needed in the field.

Vision of the Industrial & Management Engineering Department

To become the number one choice for all motivated students who wish to pursue an industrial and management engineering education in Puerto Rico.

Mission of the Industrial & Management Engineering Department

To professionally prepare industrial and management engineering graduates who are capable of fulfilling the technological needs of society and excel in the design and creation of productive systems.

Educational Objectives of the Industrial & Management Engineering Department

1. To prepare graduates with the skills and knowledge necessary to practice industrial and management engineering successfully.

2. To educate graduates that can pursue advanced degrees in academic institutions or professional trainings.

The Faculty of the School of Engineering, through a set of measurable outcomes, and with the input of students and an Industry Curriculum Advisory Board, systematically measures the effectiveness of the program in satisfying its educational objectives and continuously strives to improve.

 
 

Industrial and Management Engineering Faculty

José R. Deliz, P.E. / Professor

Ph.D., Industrial Engineering,

New York University

Ricardo E. Medina, P.E. / Lecturer

M.S., Manufacturing Engineering,

University of Wisconsin

Antonio Feliciano, P.E. / Instructor

M.S., Management Engineering,

University of Bridgeport

José A. Rojas / Lecturer

M.S., Industrial Engineering,

University of Michigan

Walter López / Lecturer

M.B.A., University of Turabo

Erie Perez / Lecturer

M.S., Electrical Engineering,

Georgia Institute of Technology

Ariel D. Machín, P.E. / Lecturer

M.S., Management Engineering,

Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico

Orlando Ruiz / Lecturer

M.B.A., University of Turabo

José Medina / Lecturer

M.B.A., University of Turabo

 
 

Industrial and Management Engineering Curriculum
(149 credits; 4 ½ years)

1st Year

1 st Sem.

(18 cr.)

ENGI 100

Introduction to Engineering

3 cr

MATH 155

Pre-Calculus

3 cr

ENGL 152

Intermediate Communication English I

3 cr

SPAN 151

Introduction to Language

3 cr

SOSC 101

Introduction to Social Sciences I

3 cr

ECON 121

Economic Principle I

3 cr

2 nd Sem.

(17 cr.)

ENGI 160

Engineering Graphics

3 cr

MATH 301

Calculus I

4 cr

ENGL 153

Intermediate Communication English II

3 cr

SPAN 152

Introduction to Writing

3 cr

CHEM 203

General Chemistry I

4 cr

2nd Year

1 st Sem.

(18 cr.)

PHSC 205

Physics I

5 cr

ENGL 231

Research and Writing

3 cr

MATH 302

Calculus II

4 cr

ENGI 122

Introduction to Computer Programming

3 cr

SOSC 102

Introduction to Social Sciences II

3 cr

2 nd Sem.

(17 cr.)

ENGI 233

Statics

3 cr

PHSC 206

Physics II

5 cr

MATH 313

Calculus III

3 cr

ENGL 331

Oral Communication

3 cr

MANA 210

Management Theory

3 cr

3rd Year

1 st Sem.

(17 cr.)

ENGI 334

Dynamics

3 cr

ELEN 301

Electrical Networks I

3 cr

ELEN 302

Electrical Networks I Laboratory

1 cr

IMEN 404

Ergonomic & Safety

3 cr

MATH 360

Probability and Statistics

4 cr

HUMA 115

Introduction to Western Civilization I

3 cr

2 nd Sem.

(16 cr.)

IMEN 401

Engineering Economic Analysis

3 cr

IMEN 402

Work Measurement

4 cr

IMEN 406

Operations Research

3 cr

MANA 230

Organizational Behavior

3 cr

MATH 395

Differential Equations

3 cr


4th Year

1 st Sem.

(16 cr.)

ENGI 310

General Thermodynamics

3 cr

IMEN 403

Work Systems Design

3 cr

IMEN 405

Statistical Quality Control

4 cr

IMEN 407

Production Planning and Control

3 cr

ACCO 341

Managerial Accounting

3 cr

2 nd Sem.

(15 cr.)

FINA 202

Business Finance

3 cr

IMEN 408

Facility Layout

3 cr

IMEN ELECTIVE

Directed Industrial Engineering or Mgmt Elective

3 cr

IMEN ELECTIVE

Directed Industrial Engineering or Mgmt Elective

3 cr

HUMA 116

Introduction to Western Civilization II

3 cr

5 th Year (One Semester only)

1 st Sem.

(16 cr.)

ACCO 203

Cost Accounting

4 cr

IMEN ELECTIVE

Directed Industrial Engineering or Mgmt Elective

3 cr

IMEN ELECTIVE

Directed Industrial Engineering or Mgmt Elective

3 cr

IMEN 409

Design Project

3 cr

HUMA ELECTIVE

Socio / Humanistic Elective

3 cr

 
 

Electrical Engineering Requirements (ELEN)

ELEN 301 Electrical Networks I 3 cr

ELEN 302 Electrical Networks I Laboratory 1 cr

Industrial Engineering Electives (IMEN ELECTIVES)

IMEN 410 Activity Based Costing 3 cr

IMEN 411 Computer Based System 3 cr

IMEN 412 Product Reliability 3 cr

IMEN 413 Probabilistic Models  3 cr

IMEN 414 Systems Simulation 3 cr

IMEN 415 Systems Design Project with Simulation 3 cr

IMEN 520 Models in Facility Planning and Material Handling 3 cr

IMEN 521 Models for Production Control and Service Logistics 3 cr

IMEN 522 Information Management in Manufacturing Systems 3 cr

IMEN 530 Supply Chain Manufacturing 3 cr

IMEN 531 Sequence and Scheduling 3 cr

Manufacturing Electives (IMEN ELECTIVES)

MEEN 340 Computer Aided Design 3 cr

MEEN 401 Manufacturing Processes 3 cr

MEEN 451 Process & Product Design 3 cr

MEEN 483 Computer Aided Manufacturing 3 cr

MEEN 490 Robotics 3 cr

Management Electives (MANA ELECTIVES)

ACCO 402 Advanced Cost Accounting 3 cr

MANA 204 Business Law 4 cr

MANA 213 Personnel Administration 3 cr

MANA 316 Small Business Management 3 cr

MANA 321 Supervision and Leadership 3 cr

Electives in Socio/Humanistic (HUMA ELECTIVES)

HIST 203 Ancient History 3 cr

HIST 230 Renaissance, Reform and Rise of the State 3 cr

HIST 232 Contemporary World Problems 3 cr

HIST 251 History of Puerto Rico I 3 cr

HIST 253 History of Puerto Rico (Compendium) 3 cr

HIST 261 Latin American History I 3 cr

HIST 271 History of the USA I 3 cr

HIST 305 History of the Caribbean 3 cr

HIST 315 History of Spain 3 cr

HIST 320 History of Africa 3 cr

PHIL 201 Introduction to Philosophy I 3 cr

SPAN 213 Literary Genres I 3 cr

Industrial and Management Engineering Course Descriptions

General Engineering (ENGI)

ENGI 100 Introduction to Engineering

Three credit-hours. Two hours of lecture-discussion and two hours of workshop-discussion per week. Introductory required course for all first year engineering students. Introduction to the various specialties within the engineering profession. Basic concepts of engineering design and technical communication. Laws and ethics of the engineering profession.

Pre-requisite: Admission to the School of Engineering.

ENGI 122 Computer Fundamentals

Three credit-hours. Three hours of lecture-discussion per week. Introduction to computer programming and the C programming language. Basic computer architecture and function of the computer; problem analysis; design and implementation of algorithms; structured programming concepts; C language syntax; programming tools.

Pre-requisites: MATH 301 Calculus I.

ENGI 160 Engineering Graphics

Three credit-hours. Two hours of lecture and one 3-hour lab per week. Includes principles of engineering drawing with sketching and computer graphics (AutoCAD) with an introduction to descriptive geometry. The fundamentals of orthographic projection, pictorials, auxiliary views, sectioning, dimensioning, tolerance, threads and working drawings are presented.

Pre-requisites: MATH 155 Pre-Calculus.

ENGI 233 Statics

Three credit-hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Introduction to the vector concepts of force and moment; analytical and graphical techniques for analysis of point forces, distributed forces and moments, centroid, center of mass; static equilibrium of a rigid body and systems of rigid bodies such as frames, trusses, and machines; shear and moment diagrams; static friction forces.

Pre-requisites: PHSC 205 Physics I.

ENGI 310 General Thermodynamics

Three credit-hours. Three hours of lecture per week. This course is designed for engineering students in programs other than mechanical engineering. Introduction to first and second law of thermodynamics with applications. Introduction to heat transfer with general applications, including material involved with heat transfer in the cooling of electronic equipment.

Pre-requisites: PHSC 206 Physics 2, ENGI 233 Statics, CHEM 203 General Chemistry 1.

ENGI 334 Dynamics

Three credit-hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Introduction to the kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies in plane motion; translation, rotation and complex motion of rigid bodies; mass moments of inertia; concepts underlying the work-energy principle and impact-momentum principle as applied to particle and rigid body plane motion.

Pre-requisites: ENGI 233 Statics.

Industrial and Management Engineering (IMEN)

IMEN 401 Engineering Economic Analysis

Three credit-hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Application of engineering economic analysis to decision making in engineering projects where time and money are primary tradeoffs. Analysis includes: discounted cash flows, comparisons of alternatives, rate of return, present worth, replacement, tax effects, cost estimation, sensitivity and risk analysis.

Pre-requisites: ECON 121 Economic Principles / MATH 360 Probability and Statistics.

IMEN 402 Work Measurement

Four credit-hours. Three hours of lecture and a two hours lab per week. The setting of a time standard using recognized industrial engineering techniques such as time study, standard data, work sampling and predetermined motion time analysis. Theory of other measurement systems such as line balancing, learning curves and wage plans.

Pre-requisites: MATH 360 Probability and Statistics.

IMEN 403 Work System Design

Three credit-hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Models used to design work systems. System components include people, machines, materials, sequence, and the appropriate working facilities. Studies include motion, design and methods, human factors, operational analysis and work simplification.

Pre-requisites: IMEN 402 Work Measurement.

IMEN 404 Ergonomic & Safety

Three credit-hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Fundamentals of safety engineering that include planning, development, improvement, coordination, and evaluation of integrated systems. System components include people, machines, materials, sequence, and environment integrated to achieve optimum safety effectiveness in terms of both protection of people and protection and property. Also includes the application of information about human characteristics to the design of these systems.

Pre-requisites: CHEM 203 Chemistry I.

IMEN 405 Statistical Quality Control

Four credit-hours. Three hours of lecture and a two-hour lab per week. The application of statistics to the control of processes. Techniques include Military Tables, Variable and Attributes Charts, Design of Experiments, Cause and Effect Diagrams, Pareto Chart and, zero-defect manufacturing environment.

Pre-requisites: MATH 360 Probability and Statistics.

IMEN 406 Operations Research

Three credit-hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Provide a mathematical model to analyze complex situations. The analysis makes use of probability, statistics, mathematical programming, and queuing theory. Methods are Simplex, CPM, Pert, and Shortest Route.

Pre-requisites: MATH 360 Probability and Statistics.

IMEN 407 Production Planning and Control

Three credit-hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Analysis of setting the overall level of output. Its prime purpose is to provide rates that will achieve management's objectives in terms of inventories and backlogs while attempting to keep the production force relatively stable. Computer based course-using models such as forecasting, project control, master schedule, production, and inventory control.

Pre-requisites: IMEN 406 Operations Research.

IMEN 408 Facility Layout

Three credit-hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Analytical and computerized method of designing physical facilities.

Pre-requisites: IMEN 407 Production Planning & Control.

IMEN 409 Design Project

Three credit-hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Analysis, development of alternatives, and presentation of the design project of a company.

Pre-requisites: IMEN 408 Facility Layout .

IMEN 410 Activity Based Costing (Elective)

Three credit-hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Methods used to assign costs to a product or activity. Financial statement analysis, standard cost, profit planning, budgeting, and design and operation of a cost system.

Pre-requisites: ACCO 203 Cost Accounting.

IMEN 411 Computer Based System (Elective)

Three credit-hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Design, development and installation of a computer based information system. Includes flow of information through an organization, batch control system, EDP, procedures of gathering data, and dissemination of information.

Pre-requisites: IMEN 407 Production Planning & Control.

IMEN 412 Product Reliability (Elective)

Three credit-hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Analysis of product reliability data; statistical methods for analysis of experimental data of various type.

Pre-requisites: IMEN 405 Statistical Quality Control.

IMEN 413 Probabilistic Models (Elective)

Three credit-hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Development and application of probabilistic and analytical methods including Markov chains, queuing systems and digital simulation modeling.

Pre-requisites: IMEN 406 Operations Research.

IMEN 414 Systems Simulation (Elective)

Four credit-hours. Three hours of lecture and a two-hour lab per week. System simulation structure, logic and methodologies; generation of random numbers and deviates, system simulation languages, models and analysis, application to industrial situations.

Pre-requisites: IMEN 413 Probabilistic Models.

IMEN 415 System Design Project with Simulation (Elective)

Three credit-hours. Three hours of lecture per week. In depth study into the design - modeling and subsequent analysis of contemporary production/service systems; factor/service systems. Emphasis is placed in critical analysis of alternative flow designs modeled systems using flow and economic parameters to access system improvement.

Pre-requisites: IMEN 414 Systems Simulation.

IMEN 520 Models in Facility Planning and Material Handling (Elective)

Three credit-hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Computer based course, using models such as forecasting, project control, master schedule, production planning, and inventory control.

Pre-requisites: IMEN 408 Facility Layout .

IMEN 521 Models for Production Control and Service Logistics (Elective)

Three credit-hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Design and evaluation of computerized production planning and control system. Includes capacity planning, bill of materials, shop floor control, cycle count, master scheduling, and data base integration systems.

Pre-requisites: IMEN 407 Production Planning and Control.

IMEN 522 Information Management in Manufacturing Systems (Elective)

Three credit-hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Management aspects of a computer based system in a manufacturing environment.

Pre-requisites: IMEN 411 Computer Based System.

IMEN 530 Supply Chain Manufacturing (Elective)

Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Strategic aspect on reducing waste and cycle time of a business using a computer based system.

Pre-requisites: IMEN 408 Facility Layout.

IMEN 531 Sequence and Scheduling (Elective)

Three credit-hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Practical aspects of scheduling resources in areas such as transportation, distribution and warehouses.

Pre-requisites: IMEN 530 Supply Chain Manufacturing.

Electrical Engineering Requirements (ELEN) for Industrial and Management Engineering Program

ELEN 301 Electrical Networks 1

Three credit-hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Introduction to the analysis of linear electrical circuits. Electrical quantities, resistance, sources, Ohm's law, Kirchoff's laws, node-voltage analysis, loop-current current, theorems of Thevenin and Norton, maximum power transfer, capacitance, inductance, phasors, impedance, complex power, frequency response, three-phase systems.

Prerequisites: PHSC 206 Physics II

ELEN 302 Electrical Networks I Laboratory

One credit-hour. One three-hour laboratory per week. Application of the theory learned in ELEN-301 Electrical Networks I. Characteristics of electrical components and circuits; use of electronic test equipment.

PHSC 206 Physics II, ELEN 301 Electrical Networks I (corequisite)

Mechanical Engineering Electives (MEEN) for Industrial and Management Engineering Program

MEEN 340 Computer Aided Design (Elective for Industrial and Management Engineering)

Three credit-hours. Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Introduction to CAD/CAM. Advanced graphics functions such as wire frame, surface modeling, and solid modeling. FEM software basics.

Pre-requisites: ENGI 160 Engineering Graphics, ENGI 318 Strength of Materials.

MEEN 401 Manufacturing Processes (Elective for Industrial and Management Engineering Program)

Three credit-hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Introduction to manufacturing. Materials in manufacturing. Overview of casting, bulk deformation, and metal removal processes. Manufacturing process of plastics and composites.

Pre-requisites: ENGI 319 Materials Testing Lab.

MEEN 451 Process and Product Design (Elective for Industrial and Management Engineering)

Three credit-hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Dynamics of converting ideas to marketable products; role of visual and written communications in market definition and product promotion; impact of new product decisions on the factory; cross-cultural problems in introducing new products overseas; facility layout, material flow, handling systems, design and analysis of work systems.

Pre.requisites: ENGI 160 Engineering Graphics, MFEN 401 Manufacturing Processes-

MEEN 483 Computer Aided Manufacturing (Elective for Industrial and Management Engineering)

Three credit-hours. Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Introduction to CAD/CAM. Applicability of basic components of industrial automation in computer aided manufacturing.

Pre-requisites: ENGI 122 Introduction to Computer Programming, MEEN 401 Manufacturing Processes, MEEN 425 Design of Machine Elements.

MEEN 490 Robotics (Elective for Industrial and Management Engineering)

Three credit-hours. Two hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week. Introduction to robotics, robot anatomy, motion analysis, control, and industrial applications.

Pre-requisites: ELEN 301 Electrical Networks I, MEEN 312 Kinematics.