Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
ININ 4046. INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
PRACTICE. Three credit hours. Thirty five hours
per week for seven (7) or more weeks during the
Summer or its equivalent during the semester.
Prerequisite: Authorization of the Director of the
Department.
A course organized in cooperation with private
industry or government to provide the student with
practical experience in industrial engineering. The
work performed by the student will be jointly
supervised by the Academic Department and an
appropriate official from the cooperating
organization. An oral and written report will be
required from the student upon completion of the
project.
ININ 4057. REAL TIME PROCESS CONTROL.
Three credit hours. Two hours of lecture and one
two-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites: INGE
3016 and INEL 4076. Co-requisites: INME 4055
and (INEL 4077 or INME 4031).
Use of computer-based controllers to control
processes using digital and analog signals.
ININ 4075. PRODUCTION PLANNING AND
CONTROL II. Three credit hours. Three hours of
lecture per week. Prerequisite: ININ 4039.
Evaluation and design of computerized systems for
planning and controlling production. Material
requirements planning, bill of materials, inventory
accuracy and cycle counting, feasible master
production plan, capacity planning, shop floor
control, integrity requirements of the data bases,
systems implementation. Formation of product
families, group technology, just in time, kanban
system, production synchronization, integration of
production control systems.
ININ 4077. WORK SYSTEMS DESIGN. Four
credit hours. Three hours of lecture and one twohour
laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ININ
4010. Co-requisite: INME 4055.
Strategies and models used in work systems design:
motion studies, design of methods, human factors,
environmental conditions and implementations of
design.
ININ 4078. STATISTICAL QUALITY
CONTROL. Three credit hours. Two hours of
lecture and one two-hour laboratory per week.
Prerequisites: ININ 4010.
Statistical control of the quality of processes;
statistical methods for quality improvement;
univariate and multivariate control charts for
variables; attribute control charts; process
capability studies; gage and measurement studies;
setting specification limits; analysis and design of
sampling inspection plans; Mil. Std. 105E,
rectifying inspection plans.
ININ 4079. DESIGN PROJECT. Three credit
hours. Three laboratories, library or independent
study periods per week. Prerequisites: ININ 4015,
ININ 4022, ININ 4040 and ININ 4075.
Development and presentation of a system design
project.
ININ 4085. ACCOUNTING FOR ENGINEERS.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: ECON 3021.
Basic accounting concepts and systems; uses and
limitation of accounting data in the solution of
managerial and financial problems; interpretation
and use of accounting information for decision
making.
ININ 4086. COST ANALYSIS AND CONTROL.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: ININ 4085.
Methods used in industry for budgeting, recording,
analyzing, and controlling costs; profit planning;
design and operation of cost systems; standard cost;
and financial statement analysis.
ININ 4810. CONCURRENT ENGINEERING.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: ININ 4077 or INEL 4206 or
INME 4011 or INQU 4001.
Introduction to concurrent engineering topics, and
its role in modern engineering, design for
manufacturing, how concurrent engineering affects
product life-cycle issues, safety and integrity in
design and manufacturing, maintenance, product
disposal and product costing. Case studies.
Students will work in interdisciplinary teams
applying concepts in the design of products and
production facilities to manufacture a product.
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