INSPECTION, QUALITY CONTROL AND RELIABILITY

ISYE 520

Introduces engineers to applications of total quality concepts and tools to develop, implement, and maintain an effective quality assurance system in a manufacturing or service organization. Emphasis is on documentation development, team-based improvement strategies, and international quality standards.

ISYE 575

Introduction to statistically based quality improvement methods useful in industrial settings; observational methods and design of experiments; experimentation to discover influential factors and to analyze sources of variation; robust products.

ISYE 210

Introduction to basic probability and statistical tools and methods from an industrial application perspective. Random variables and probability distributions; descriptive statistics; point estimates. Perform hypothesis testing, construct confidence intervals, and understand design of experiments in the context of motivating case studies. Regression and correlation analysis. Focus on applying statistical methods and tools to solve engineering problems. Use of Microsoft Excel to interpret and analyze data.

ISYE 618

Strategic quality planning, change management, problem identification and solving, process improvement, and performance evaluation. Business and decision-making skills related to quality systems and process improvement.

ISYE 612

Focuses on the sensing and multivariate data modeling and analysis techniques for monitoring, diagnosis, and quality improvement of manufacturing processes. The techniques introduced can find wide applications in health care, financial engineering, service industry applications, human factors, etc.