Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME)
IME 101 - Introduction to Industrial & Manufacturing Engr (1.0 hour)
Survey of industrial and manufacturing engineering. Introduction to IME and MFE techniques and tools. Not open to students with credit in any 200-level or above IME, IME, or MFE course.
IME 103 - Computer Aided Graphics (2.0 hours)
Computer aided drafting, theory of orthographic projection, sections, auxiliaries, and basic dimensioning.
IME 110 - Introduction to Computers & Computational Analysis (3.0 hours)
Use of various modern computing technologies, including numerical analysis software and Internet-based applications. Coding of numerical algorithms as applied to engineering functions.
IME 200 - Engineering Co-Op (0.0 hours)
Core Curriculum: EL
Full-time cooperative education assignment for manufacturing engineering and industrial engineering students who alternate periods of full-time school with periods of full-time academic or career-related work in industry. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing in the College of Engineering and Technology, 2.0 overall gradepoint average at Bradley, approval of engineering and technology Co-op coordinator and Co-op faculty advisor.
IME 241 - Manufacturing Fundamentals (3.0 hours)
Fundamental knowledge and skills to work in the manufacturing field. The role, function and constraints of product design and process planning within a manufacturing system, and the basic principles of different manufacturing processes. The elements of physical manufacturing environment and the basic properties of different types of production materials. Not open to students with credits in any 300- or 400-level IME or IMT course.
Prerequisite: IME 103 or consent of instructor
IME 300 - The World of Metals (3.0 hours)
Designed for students concerned with metals and those with a general interest in the history of the metals upon which all civilization since the Stone Age has relied. Modern metallurgical technology, heat treatment, periodic table of elements, aspects of materials science and engineering, and history of technical procedures. Draws upon many modern and ancient texts. Not open to majors in engineering and technology.
IME 301 - Engineering Economy I (3.0 hours)
Core Curriculum: MI
Analysis of economic aspects of engineering decisions. Effect of interest and other cost factors on evaluation of engineering alternatives. Roles of mathematical models and other techniques in economical design and test of products. Introduction to value engineering.
IME 302 - Introduction to Quality Engineering (3.0 hours)
Core Curriculum: QR
Definition of quality, need for quality in products and services, methods of assuring quality, fundamentals of probability and statistics, process control methods, acceptance sampling, designing experiments, a system for quality. IME 302 should not be open to students with credit in IME 311 or IME 422.
Prerequisite: IMT 212, MTH 115, MTH 118, MTH 119, MTH 121, or consent of instructor
IME 311 - Introduction to Engineering Statistical Methods (3.0 hours)
Engineering data collection and analysis; discrete and continuous probability models; confidence intervals; tests of hypotheses; regression analysis; essentials of statistically designed experiments; engineering application of statistical methods. Extensive use of statistical computer software.
Prerequisite: MTH 122.
IME 313 - Operations Research I (3.0 hours)
Philosophy and techniques of operations research. Emphasis on elementary model building and concepts of optimization, structure of problem solving; linear programming, transportation and assignment algorithms; game theory; network analysis, branch and bound theory; dynamic programming; decision theory involving one stage problems.
Prerequisite: MTH 122
IME 314 - Operations Research II (3.0 hours)
Probabilistic models of operations research: inventory theory, Markov chains, queuing theory, and simulation.
IME 325 - Transport Phenomena (3.0 hours)
Energy, heat, and mass transfer. Basic principles in thermodynamics, fluid flow, heat transfer, and mass diffusion. First and second laws of thermodynamics, work and adiabatic processes, reversible and irreversible processes, power. Fluid statics, pressure, energy, and losses. Heat conduction, convection, and radiation. Steady-state and transient mass diffusion.
IME 331 - Fundamentals of Materials Science (3.0 hours)
Materials science in engineering. Structure of perfect solids: metals, plastics, composites, and ceramics. Structure of imperfect solids: phase equilibria; diffusion, mechanical properties, and plastic deformation; strengthening mechanisms; relation between mechanical properties and microstructural control; organic polymers; electrical conduction in materials; semi-conductors; magnetic materials.
Prerequisite: CHM 100 or 110; CHM 101 or 111; PHY 107 or 110
IME 333 - Materials Science Laboratory (2.0 hours)
Core Curriculum: WI
Laboratory practices and experience for basic materials science investigations. Mechanical testing, metallographic examination and thermal treatment of metals, non-destructive and destructive testing of non-metallic materials.
IME 341 - Introduction to Manufacturing Processes (3.0 hours)
A laboratory-intensive introduction to manufacturing machinery and processes, tooling, and safety. Product specification interpretation and associated planning for tooling and methods. Material removal; forming operations; casting and molding of metals and plastics; joining techniques.
Prerequisite: IME 101, M E 101, C E 101, or consent of instructor
IME 361 - Introduction to Simulation and Expert Systems (2.0 hours)
Procedures and rationale for planning, designing, and implementing computer simulation experiments and expert systems used to analyze human-machine systems in engineering, business, and social sciences.
IME 385 - Introduction to Logistics and Supply Chain (3.0 hours)
Logistics terms and definitions; logistics demand forecast; transportation decision models; supply chain concepts, analyzing, designing, and implementing logistics systems.
Prerequisite: IME 302 or IME 311or QM 262, or consent of the instructor
IME 386 - Industrial and Managerial Engineering (3.0 hours)
Principles of IME applied to design of an organization's physical facilities and operating systems. Analysis and measurement of human work applied to work system design. Laboratory and interdisciplinary community projects.
Prerequisite: IME 341; and MTH 121 or MTH 115 or IMT 212 or Equivalent
IME 395 - Solid Modeling & Rapid Prototyping (3.0 hours)
Principles of solid modeling and 3D drafting. Solids, surfaces, wire frames, pictorial representation, advance dimensioning, tolerancing, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, drafting for production, techniques of rapid prototyping.
IME 401 - Engineering Economy II (3.0 hours)
Continuation of IME 301. Economic aspects of engineering decisions including techniques of obtaining cost data, product costing, and break-even analysis. Industrial practices. Cross-listed with IME 501. Not open to students with credit in IME 305.
Prerequisite: IME 301.
IME 409 - Selected Projects in Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering (1.0-6.0 hours)
Projects may be of an experimental, analytical, or creative nature. Course may be repeated for a maximum of 6 hours credit.
Prerequisite: senior standing and consent of instructor.
IME 410 - Selected Topics in Industrial & Manufacturing Eng (1.0-6.0 hours)
Topics of special interest which may vary each time course is offered. Topic stated in current Schedule of Classes. Course may be repeated under different topics for maximum of six hours credit.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
IME 412 - Design and Analysis of Experiments (3.0 hours)
Experimental design, analysis of variance and regression. Topics include the strategy of experimentation, factorials, blocking and confounding, fractional factorials, response surfaces, and nested and split-plot designs. Cross listed with IME 512.
Prerequisite: IME 302, IME 311, Q M 262, C E 310, MTH 325, or consent of the instructor
IME 422 - Manufacturing Quality Control (3.0 hours)
Analysis of factors affecting product quality during manufacturing; process control charts; process capability studies; error of measurement; sampling plans; motivation programs; quality audit; organization. Cross listed with IME 522.
Prerequisite: IME 311 with C or better or consent of instructor
IME 431 - Materials Engineering (2.0 hours)
Properties and selection of materials for engineering applications. Mechanical and thermal treatment of materials. Destructive and non-destructive testing. Corrosion control and prevention. Wear and fracture of engineering materials. Design and testing for fracture resistance. Emphasis on case studies and applications.
Corequisite: IME 333.
IME 441 - Manufacturing Processes I (3.0 hours)
Principles, techniques, limitations, and applications of metal cutting and forming processes. Phenomena of tool life, tool wear, surface integrity, resultant properties, and tolerances of these operations. Traditional forging, rolling, drawing, and extrusion processes; processing limits and resultant effects on material and component properties. Non-traditional methods and processing economics. Lecture and Lab.
Prerequisite: IME 331, IME 341, C E 270 or IMT 324, or consent of the instructor
IME 443 - Manufacturing Processes II (3.0 hours)
Principles, techniques, limitations, and applications of metal casting and non-metallic molding processes, traditional metal joining processes, fabrication, and assembly. Basic phenomena of near-net-shape manufacturing, tooling and equipment required, tolerances and economics. Emphasis on manufacturing parameters, design, and the resultant effects of material structure and properties. Lecture and Lab.
IME 445 - Computer Aided Manufacturing (3.0 hours)
Introduction to the theory and practice of machining processes using Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) technology; NC programming operations for CNC mills and lathes; transfer of parts descriptions into detailed process plans, tool selection, and NC machine codes with Design for Machining (DFM) concept verified through laboratory work; Computer-assisted CAD/CAM NC programming is emphasized. Laboratory work includes CNC machine setup, tooling setup, manual and computer assisted NC programming verification and operation.
IME 461 - Simulation of Manufacturing and Service Systems (3.0 hours)
Core Curriculum: EL
Procedures and rationale for planning, designing, and implementing computer simulation experiments used to analyze manufacturing and service systems in engineering, business, and social sciences. Use of a 3D state-of-art simulation software tool. Cross-listed with IME 561.
IME 466 - Facilities Planning (3.0 hours)
Physical organization of work places and departments to optimize objectives such as material movement, safety, and worker satisfaction. Review of IME methods for work place design and productivity measurement and economic decision making. Computer solutions for layout problems and mathematical models for location problems. Cross listed with IME 566.
Prerequisite: IME 386 or consent of instructor
IME 468 - Engineering Analytics 1 (3.0 hours)
Theoretical background of descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics methods and their applications to engineering. Various artificial intelligence techniques for data mining and expert system design and implementation. Computing foundations for data management and data analytics. Applications to Production Planning and Control and Inventory Management. Cross-listed with IME 568.
Prerequisite: IME 110
IME 478 - Engineering Analytics 2 (3.0 hours)
Combination of machine learning theory with the hands-on practice of solving modern industry problems with an emphasis on optimization or intelligent control via data mining approaches. Topics include Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks, Neuro-Fuzzy, and Genetic Algorithm for optimization or for intelligent control. The course uses Python as the primary language, although later projects can include R and other languages. Cross listed with IME 578.
Prerequisite: IME 468
IME 481 - Lean Production Systems (3.0 hours)
Core Curriculum: EL
This course reviews the principles and concepts required for integrated production System in order to meet customer demand in production, quality, on-time delivery, and continuously reducing manufacturing cost. Emphasis is placed on applying lean manufacturing principles, simulation techniques, and Kaizen methodologies through hands-on projects. Cross listed as IME 581.
Prerequisite: IME 301; IME466 or IMT 366; or consent of instructor
IME 483 - Production Planning and Control (3.0 hours)
Analysis of Service-Production-Inventory systems using common planning and scheduling techniques. Mathematical models for project planning, aggregate planning, master scheduling and inventory analysis. Interface with quality control and computer systems. Cross listed as IME 583.
Prerequisite: IME 386, minimum grade of C in IME 311 and IME 313 or consent of instructor.
IME 485 - Occupational Ergonomics (3.0 hours)
Core Curriculum: WI
Functional anatomy and physiology of muscle and skeletal systems and their relationship to work design. Work physiology, kinesiology, and anthropometry in relation to their application in work-place design and hand-tool design. Utilization of physical work capacity and job demands for job design, personnel assignment, and assessment of work-rest scheduling. Cross listed as IME 585.
Prerequisite: IME 302 or IME 311, and CE 150 or IMT 222, or consent of instructor.
IME 486 - Logistics & Supply Chain Systems (3.0 hours)
Logistics terms and definitions; logistics as a design process; supply chain concepts, analyzing, designing and implementing logistics systems.
Prerequisite: IME 386, IME 311, IME 313; or consent of instructor.
IME 487 - Occupational Safety and Health (3.0 hours)
Occupational safety and health standards and regulations. Injury and illness statistics. Employer's responsibilities and bookkeeping requirements. Hazard analysis and systems safety, occupational and environmental hazards and controls. Cross listed with IME 587.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: Junior Standing.
IME 495 - Design for Manufacturability (3.0 hours)
The design process; interaction of materials, processes, and design; economic considerations; design considerations for machining, casting, forging, extrusion, forming, powder metallurgy; designing with plastics; design for assembly; Research projects required. Cross listed with IME 595.
IME 499 - Senior Industrial Project (4.0 hours)
Core Curriculum: WI,EL
Application of engineering principles to solve a real-world problem. Student works as member of a team assigned to a problem in a manufacturing, processing, service, or governmental organization. Requires a professional written and oral report. Cross-listed with IMT 498
Prerequisite: 30 hours of IMET Department courses with a minimum 2.25 GPA; COM 103; consent of course coordinator.