Spring 2027

Industrial Engineering Design I

Industrial Engineering Design I introduces design tools via experiential learning, including conducting experiments, analyzing real-world data, designing systems, and testing prototypes.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Sinan Tas3.7/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · Tony McDonald

The class was described as super easy, with the primary challenge being unclear or nonexistent directions for assignments.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Apply basic industrial engineering design methods

  • Use appropriate industrial and systems engineering design tools forestablishing solutions to open-ended problems

  • Select the appropriate methods to utilize in order to collect real-world data

  • Observe and collect data relevant to an industrial engineering problem

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Declared in Industrial Engineering, (COMP SCI 200, 220, 300, 301, or placement into COMP SCI 300), (I SY E 210,MATH/​STAT 309, 431,MATH 531,STAT 311 or 324) andI SY E 315

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Raw average: 3.67/5 from 6 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=53 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ANTHONY MCDONALD is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Fall 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

SINAN TAS is recorded teaching in Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 500
LAB 301Classroom Instruction0 / 260
LAB 302Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 601Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 602Classroom Instruction0 / 250
LAB 303Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 603Classroom Instruction0 / 250

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Tony McDonald

The course featured no exams, relying instead on a semester-long project and low-stress presentations.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=53 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.99 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=54 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.78 GPA, 97.4% A/AB (n=38 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Tony McDonald

The class was described as super easy, with the primary challenge being unclear or nonexistent directions for assignments.

Past student reviews · Tony McDonald

Students found the grading lenient, with most receiving A's, but struggled with inconsistent assignment instructions.

Topics

  • Experiments, measurements, and real-world data analysis
  • System design and prototype testing
  • Solving open-ended problems with engineering design tools

Skills

  • Applying basic industrial engineering design methods
  • Using industrial and systems engineering design tools for open-ended problems
  • Collecting and observing real-world data for engineering problems

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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ISYE 350 · Spring 2027

Industrial Engineering Design I

Recorded 2026-10-29
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-29

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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