Undergraduate Courses

ENIN 433 - Risk Assessment and Decision Analysis (UofR)
The course covers qualitative assessment of perceptions of risk, decision models to identify risk, define alternatives and evaluate rewards and risk, risk assessment techniques, such as hazard and operability studies; failure modes, effects and criticality analyses; event and fault tree analysis, probabilities, Venn diagrams and Boolean operations, qualitative and quantitative aspects of systems analysis, and equipment and human reliability.

ENIN 430 - Systems Management (UofR)
Course topics include but are not limited to: introduction to simulation, random numbers and variate generation, Input data analysis, model verification and validation, simulation output analysis, simulation languages and simulation tools, and real-world applications from both service and manufacturing industries.

ENIN 448 - Facilities Planning and Design (UofR)
Approaches to establishing location and layout of space, equipment, and services for industrial facilities. Criteria and data for generating alternatives. Material handling, flow, and balance. Environmental, human, and cost consideration.

ENIN 400 - ISE Project Start-Up (UofR)
Students form design teams and select a project topic and faculty supervisor. Each team develops a project proposal, which is presented both orally and in written form.

ENIN 331 - Simulation of Industrial Systems (UofR)
Course topics include but are not limited to: introduction to simulation, random numbers and variate generation, Input data analysis, model verification and validation, simulation output analysis, simulation languages and simulation tools, and real-world applications from both service and manufacturing industries.

ENGG 303 - Engineering Economic and Evaluation (UofR)
The topics include evaluation of engineering systems; economic, social, environmental factors; engineering economics including interest, discounting, methods of comparative costing, capital recovery; assessment of non-economic factors and trade-offs; evaluation presentation..

06-91-428 Facilities Design and Logistics (UWindsor)
Approaches to establishing location and layout of space, equipment and services for industrial facilities. Criteria and data for generating & comparing alternatives. Computerized layout planning models, storage systems, AS/RS, Material handling, scope, definitions, and principles, unit load design, types of equipment, flow of material and line balancing. Environmental, human and cost considerations.

06-91-412 & 06-91-590-31 Operations Research II (UWindsor)
Probabilistic O.R. models: Decision making under risk and uncertainty, decision tree, Bayesian updating, Game theory, Markov chains and their properties, markovian decision processes, continuous-time Markov chains, Queuing theory, applications of queuing theory in production systems.

06-91-435 DOE Techniques for Manufacturing (UWindsor)
Use of designed experiments (DOE) in engineering product and process design processes. Experiments involving one factor; ANOVA; fixed, random, and mixed models; randomized blocks, Latin squares, and incomplete block designs. Factorial designs. Fractional designs. The Taguchi method and robust product/process design.

06-85-313 Engineering Economics (UWindsor)
Cost estimation, cost accounting, and cost control. Comparison of engineering alternatives by annual cost, present worth, and rate of return methods. Depreciation and taxes. Equipment replacement.

06-85-222 Treatment of Experimental Data (UWindsor)
Deals with basic methods, mostly statistical, in converting data into information, and further yet - into knowledge. Primary focus is on engineering-related data, but data coming from other sources (e.g., economic, social, etc.) will also be explored, analyzed and discussed.

ENGR 330 Optimization and Decision Analysis for Civil Engineering (UBC)
Systems engineering, linear programming, simplex method, sensitivity analysis, transportation problem, network model, optimization, applied probability, and simulation for civil engineering infrastructure and the environment. Alternative goals, constraints, resource allocation, and multi-objective design.

ENGR 331/431 Infrastructure Management I (UBC)
Introduction to asset management, municipal infrastructure systems, performance and prioritization measures, data management, deterioration modeling, life cycle costing, geographic information system, decision support tools, and integrated approach.

Graduate Courses

ENIN 880CC Engineering Asset Management (UofR)
Course topics include but are not limited to introduction to asset management, performance indicators, level of service, infrastructure system models, deterioration mechanisms and condition evaluation, infrastructure assets database management and GIS tool, risk-based decision support tools, lifecycle cost and benefit analysis, resource allocation, and integrated asset management.

ENIN 880BF - Advanced Operations Research (UofR)
This course discuss different mathematical tools like linear programming, transportation problem, network models, game theory, goal programming, stochastic process & Markov chain, and queuing theory that can be used for optimization, decision analysis and simulation.

ENIN 880AZ- Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (UofR)
Students learn to integrate personal judgment and intuition in realistic industrial and business situations with the most widely applicable methodologies of decision and risk analysis, probability and statistics, competitive analysis, and management science.

06-91-590-28 Facilities Design and Logistics (UWindsor)
Approaches to establishing location and layout of space, equipment and services for industrial facilities. Criteria and data for generating & comparing alternatives. Computerized layout planning models, storage systems, AS/RS, Material handling, scope, definitions, and principles, unit load design, types of equipment, flow of material and line balancing. Environmental, human and cost considerations.

06-91-590-23 Product Variety Management (UWindsor)
Products variety, sources, types and associated challenges throughout product life cycle. Design for Variety (DFV), Design Structural Matrix (DSM), modularity and commonality indices, product families and platforms, and variety management methods. Topics for research by students such as mass-customization and personalization, grouping, variant-oriented process planning and production planning, variety induced complexity, etc.

ENGR 531 Infrastructure Management (UBC)
Introduction to asset management, municipal infrastructure systems, performance assessment, deterioration modeling, life cycle costing, risk management, geographic information system, decision support tools and integrated infrastructure management.