Postgraduate Courses
IELM
Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management
- IELM 5110Information System Design[2-0-3:3]Previous Course Code(s)IELM 511, IEEM 511DescriptionSystems engineering methodology applied to the design of information systems for the management of all types of organizations. Data base management systems. Different phases of system design and implementation.
- IELM 5170Advanced Production Planning and Control[3-0-1:3]Previous Course Code(s)IELM 517, IEEM 517Exclusion(s)ISOM 5700DescriptionOperation mission and modern production planning and control systems. MRP, JIT , and OPT methods. Integrated processes and systems design. Software packages will be introduced through a simulated company environment.
- IELM 5230Deterministic Models in Operations Research[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)IELM 523, IEEM 523Prerequisite(s)IELM 3010DescriptionThis course focuses on the theory and the use of deterministic optimization models for real life decision making problems. It covers linear, integer, combinatorial and nonlinear programming.
- IELM 5250Stochastic Models in Operations Research[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)IELM 525, IEEM 525BackgroundMATH 2411DescriptionPoisson processes, renewal processes, Markov processes. Fundamental concepts and applications of these stochastic processes demonstrated through examples in queueing, inventory and reliability models.
- IELM 5260Advanced Quality Technology and Data Analytics[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)IELM 526, IEEM 526BackgroundMATH 2411DescriptionFundamental principles of quality technology and data analytics, including planning, designing, and analyzing statistical experiments, randomized block, factorial, and fractional factorial experimental designs, and other advanced statistical learning and machine learning techniques with application to quality and industrial engineering.
- IELM 5270Engineering Statistics[3-0-0:3]DescriptionThe course introduces more advanced concepts of probability and statistics to postgraduate students. It will cover transformations of multivariate random variables, estimation theory, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, and regression models. This course assumes the knowledge of multivariable calculus and statistics.
- IELM 5320Design for People[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)IELM 532, IEEM 532BackgroundIELM 3130DescriptionApplication of ergonomic principles to the manufacturing environment. Introduction to work, workstation, tool and equipment design. Other topics include cumulative trauma disorders and their prevention, job and task analysis and lifting.
- IELM 5520Contextual Design for Decision Support Systems[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)IELM 552, IEEM 552DescriptionMathematical psychology and its applications on design and decision making. Contextual inquiry and design tools. Human errors and decision models. Role prototyping and use of comics and drama to facilitate contextual design.
- IELM 5570Network Optimization in Transportation Systems[3-0-0:3]Previous Course Code(s)IELM 557, IEEM 557BackgroundIELM 3010DescriptionModeling and algorithms for network problems in transportation systems, including shortest routing, linear and nonlinear flow problems, decomposition methods, dynamic routing strategies, traffic equilibrium, and vehicle management.
- IELM 6000Special Topics in Manufacturing Systems[1-3 credit(s)]Previous Course Code(s)IELM 600, IEEM 600DescriptionSelected topics of current interest. May be repeated for credit if different topics covered.
- IELM 6100Special Topics in Systems Engineering/Operation Research[1-3 credit(s)]Previous Course Code(s)IELM 610, IEEM 610DescriptionSelected topics of current interest. May be repeated for credit if different topics covered.
- IELM 6300Special Topics in Transportation Logistics Management[1-3 credit(s)]Previous Course Code(s)IELM 630, IEEM 630DescriptionSelected topics of current interest. May be repeated for credit if different topics covered.
- IELM 6770Professional Development in Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management[0-1-0:1]DescriptionThis one-credit course aims at providing research postgraduate students with basic training in teaching skills, research management, career development, and related professional skills. This course consists of a number of mini-workshops. Some department-specific workshops will be coordinated by Department of IELM. Graded PP, P or F.
- IELM 6800Departmental Seminar[1-0-0:0]Previous Course Code(s)IELM 680, IEEM 680DescriptionSeries of seminars by faculty and guest speakers, repeated every term. Research postgraduate students are expected to attend regularly and register for at least two terms. Graded P or F.
- IELM 6850Advanced Seminar[2-0-0:0]Previous Course Code(s)IELM 685, IEEM 685DescriptionAn in-depth study of a current research area in Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management. Offerings are announced each term. Graded P or F.
- IELM 6900Research Project[1-3 credit(s)]Previous Course Code(s)IELM 690, IEEM 690DescriptionAn independent research project carried out under the supervision of a faculty member. This course is only available for exchange, visiting and visiting internship students.
- IELM 6950Independent Study[1-3 credit(s)]Previous Course Code(s)IELM 695, IEEM 695DescriptionSelected topics in industrial engineering and engineering management studied under the supervision of a faculty member. Graded P or F. (Only one independent study course may be used to satisfy the course requirements for any postgraduate program in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management.)
- IELM 6990MPhil Thesis ResearchPrevious Course Code(s)IELM 699, IEEM 699DescriptionMaster's thesis research supervised by a faculty member. A successful defense of the thesis leads to the grade Pass. No course credit is assigned.
- IELM 7990Doctoral Thesis ResearchPrevious Course Code(s)IELM 799, IEEM 799DescriptionOriginal and independent doctoral thesis research. A successful defense of the thesis leads to the grade Pass. No course credit is assigned.