Fall 2026

Facilities Planning

ISYE/ME 510 teaches facilities planning including plant location, size, time phasing, line balancing, material handling, and layout models.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Shiyu Zhou3.7/5

Summary

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Reviewers rate the difficulty as moderate, with one noting a traditional approach that may require effort to navigate.

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Prerequisites

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I SY E 315, (I SY E 323 or E C E/​COMP SCI/​I SY E 524) andI SY E/​PSYCH 349, or graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students

ISYE/ME 510

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Raw average: 4.50/5 from 2 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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Shiyu Zhou's teaching style is described as unclear and boring by one reviewer.

Another reviewer found the course helpful for learning facility planning, noting the traditional teaching method.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

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Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction42 / 500
LAB 301Classroom Instruction26 / 280
LAB 302Classroom Instruction16 / 200
LEC 001Classroom Instruction3 / 500
LAB 301Classroom Instruction2 / 250
LAB 302Classroom Instruction1 / 200

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Student experience

the class

Shiyu Zhou's ISYE/ME 510 offers valuable facility planning knowledge, though students report a traditional and potentially unclear teaching style.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.70 GPA, 78.3% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.61 GPA, 77.3% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.51 GPA, 58.8% A/AB (n=34 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Reviewers rate the difficulty as moderate, with one noting a traditional approach that may require effort to navigate.

Students find the course helpful for gaining powerful knowledge in facility planning, despite the traditional teaching method.

Topics

  • Plant location, size, time phasing, and line balancing
  • Material handling and plant layout

Skills

  • Plant location theory, size and time phasing models, line balancing, and material handling analysis
  • Plant layout modeling

Grades

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1320 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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ISYE/ME 510 · Fall 2026

Facilities Planning

Recorded 2026-09-07
ISYE/ME 510 · Fall 2026

Facilities Planning

Recorded 2026-09-07
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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