SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
Traditionally, the primary career paths of industrial engineers have been in the manufacturing industries. In the early 1 9701s, various sectors of the service industries began employing industrial engineers in significant numbers to improve the effective- ness and efficiency of their businesses. In the meantime, the roles and responsibilities of industrial engineers have gone through changes of revolutionary magnitude because of changing technology, convergence of product and service businesses, globalisation of the supply chain, customisation of product requirements, increasing competition and dramatically compressed product life cycles.
The focus of the Department is to equip students with the knowledge, skills and tools to make contributions to the economy based on the definition that industrial engineering is a body of knowledge to enable the effective translation of business vision into reality and the continuous improvement of organisations.
Students are trained with afoundation of knowledge and skills in the mathemati- cal, physical, and social sciences, together with the principles and methods of engineer- ing analysis and design, to solve problems arising in a variety of different systems.
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management involvement with systems is at all stages, from initial conception and planning, through design and implemention, to management, together with the analysis and improvement of existing systems. Indus- trial engineers and engineering managers are in a unique position to solve complex system problems in which people are important and integral elements.
Faculty
Professor and Head of Department:
Mitchell M. TSENG, BSc National Tsing Hua; MSc, PhD Purdue Professor:
Joe H. MIZE, BSlE Texas Tech; MSIE, PhD Purdue
(Associate Vice-President for Research and Development) Visiting Professors:
lnyong HAM, BEng Seoul National; MSc Nebraska; PhD Univ of Wisconsin, Madison
Katta G. MURTY, BSc Madras; MStat lndian Statistical Inst, MS, PhD Univ of California, Berkeley
Reader:
Kwok-Leung TSUI, BSc, MPh Chinese Univ of Hong Kong; PhD Univ of Wisconsin, Madison
Visiting Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor:
Neville Ka-Shek LEE, BS Univ of California, Los Angeles; PhD Massachusetts lnst of Tech
LecturerslAssistant Professors:
Ravindra S. GOONETILLEKE, BSc Univof Moratuwa, Sri Lanka; MSAE Georgia lnst of Tech MS, PhD State Univ of New York, Buffalo
Ajay JONEJA, BTech lndian lnst of Tech; MSc, PhD Purdue Richard J. LINN, MSc Virginia Tech; BTech, PhD Pennsylvania State
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Jiyin LIU, BEng, MSc, MSc Northeastern Univ of Tech; PhD Nottingham Liming LIU, BEng, MEng Huazhong Univ of Sc & Tech; PhD Toronto Heloisa H.O.M. SHIH, BSc, MSc, Sao Paulo; PhD Yokohama National Chuan-Jun SU, BSc National Tsing Hua; MSc Tarleton State ; PhD Texas
A & M
Zhuang Bo TANG, BS Tsing Hua; MS Univof Manchester lnst of Sc & Tech; PhD Connecticut
Yat-Wah WAN, BSc Hong Kong MSc Texas A & M; PhD Univ of California, Berkeley
Visiting LecturerIAssistant Professor:
Lorinda Cheng HU, BA Rutgers; MSc Maryland; PhD Southern California Visiting Scholar:
Yuliu CHEN, BS Tsinghua
Undergraduate Programme
The BEng programme in lndustrial Engineering and Engineering Management prepares students for both professional practice and pursuit of postgraduate studies.
After graduation, industrial engineers find employment opportunities in public and private sectors of society. They can pursue careers in both technical and managerial positions, making use of their intellectual capacity and technical skills in either manu- facturing or service industries. ~ e e ~ i n ~ the future needs of
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Kong and South China in mind, this degree programme is desianed to e a u i ~ students with modern information technology based knowledge with emphasis on design and process methodologies to improve both productivity and quality.A voluntary internship programme will be established underwhich each student spends eight to ten weeks with a local sponsoring company or a government agency for industrial training during a summer after the first year. A "sandwich" co-op programme may also be made available for students to spend their third year with a sponsoring firm.
The students then return to HKUSTfor another year to complete the bachelor's degree.
Admission Requirements 1996-97
In addition to the general entrance requirements of the University, acceptable grades are required in 1 AL plus 2 AS subjects, or 2 AL subjects. The AL and AS subjects must bechosen from Applied Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Applications, Design and Technology, Engineering Science, Mathematics and Statistics, Physics, and Pure Mathematics.
Curriculum for BEng in lndustrial Engineering and Engineering Management
Two programme sequences, namely Sequence A and Sequence 6, are designed to take care of students admitted with varying mathematics background. Sequence A is intended for students with AL Mathematics background, while Sequence 13 is for those without an AL Mathematics background who are required to undertake additional mathematics course(s).
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Core courses
IEEM 201 Operations Research l IEEM 215 Manufacturing Processes I MATH 244 Applied Statistics
Required courses
Ergonomics in Work Place Design
~ngineering Management
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O~erations Research II
lntroduction to
ater rials
Science and Selection Computer and Programming Fundamentals I computer and ~rogramming Fundamentals II Data Structures and AlgorithmsBasic Electronics Technical Communication lntroduction to Linear Algebra
lntroduction to Ordinary Differential Equations Statics and Dynamics
Engineering Design I
Science, Technology and Society Organisational Behaviour
MATH 100 lntroduction to Multivariable Calculus For Sequence B IEEM lndustrial Engineering and Engineering
Management elective 4 12
(1) H&SS Humanities and Social Science elective 2 6 (2) SB&M Business and Management elective 2 6 Additional requirements
IEEM 099 lndustrial Training
(3) LANG 001 Language Skills Enhancement l
[0 credit]
[0-3-1:0]
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Notes:
(1) Of these courses, at least one course in Humanities is required.
(2) ACCT 101, FlNA 11 1 and MARK 212 are recommended electives.
(3) Students admitted without grade C or above in AS Use of English will be required to take and pass this course during the first semester of attendance.
A minimum of 100 credits is required for the BEng programme in lndustrial Engineering and Engineering Management
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Sequence A; and a minimum of 105 credits is required for Sequence B. Students in Sequence A must take additional course(s) and/or elective(s) of higher-than-required credit value to meet the minimum total of 100 credits.Recommended Pattern of Study for Sequence A
1 st year Fall R IEEM 123, CENG 151, COMP 102, MATH 100, MECH 102;
E SB&M;
0 LANG 001 (Total: 17 credits)
Spring C MATH 244;
R lEEM110,COMP103,ELEC101,MATH113,MECH152 (Total: 17 credits) 2nd year Fall C IEEM 201;
R IEEM 213, COMP 171, MATH 150, SOSC 276;
E SB&M (Total: 18 credits)
Spring C IEEM 215;
R IEEM 220, IEEM 225, IEEM 227, LANG 103, SOSC 371 (Total: 18 credits) 3rd year Fall R IEEM 310, IEEM 313, IEEM 397;
E two IEEM (Total: 15 credits)
Spring R IEEM 398;
E two IEEM, two H&SS (Total: 15 credits) C = core course; R = required course; E = elective course; 0 = other course
Recommended Pattern of Study for Sequence B
1st year Fall R IEEM 123, CENG 151, COMP 102, MATH 001 ; E SB&M;
0 LANG 001 (Total: 16 credits)
Spring C MATH 244;
R IEEM 110, COMP 103, MATH 002, MATH 113, MECH 152 (Total: 17 credits)
2nd year Fall C IEEM 201;
R IEEM 213, COMP 171, ELEC 101, MATH 150, MECH 102 (Total: 18 credits) Spring C IEEM 215;
R IEEM 220, IEEM 225, IEEM 227, LANG 103, SOSC 371 (Total: 18 credits) 3rd year Fall R IEEM 310, IEEM 313, IEEM 397;
E two IEEM, SB&M
(Total: 18 credits) Spring R IEEM 398, SOSC 276;
E two IEEM, two H&SS
(Total: 18 credits) C = core course; R = required course; E = elective course; 0 = other course
Postgraduate Programmes
The Department of lndustrial Engineering and Engineering Management offers postgraduate programmes leading to the degrees of Master of Science (MSc), Master of Philosophy (MPhil), and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in lndustrial Engineering and Engineering Management. Full-time and part-time options are available for the three degrees. Full-time students can take at most 12 credits (four courses) per semester whereas part-time students can take at most 6 credits (two courses) per semester.
The part-time option is intended for students who are working full-time. The tradeoff is a longer time for degree completion, about twice as long as for full-time students. Efforts are made to schedule postgraduate classes in the evenings on weekdays and on Saturdays. However, it is not possible to schedule all the classes in the evening. Though the Department will assist the students to request release time, it is the students' responsibility to secure it from their employers.
It is well known that industrial engineers are uniquely trained from the total system perspective to practise as a system integrator, as a cross-function trainer, and as a change facilitator. In addition to engineering training, lndustrial Engineering also emphasises strategic issues, integration, and customer-orientation. The lndustrial Engineering and Engineering Management programme is partitioned into four different tracks. The Systems Engineering/Operations Research track is designed to explore the methodologies and algorithms for complex system design, modelling and optimisation.
The Human Factors Engineering track is organised to study the physiological, biomechanical, and psychological factors affecting human performance in a system.
The Manufacturina Svstems track investiaates the methodoloaies and skills used to design, implemen< manage, and
improves
manufacturing syGem. The Engineering Management track emphasises the strategic and customer-oriented issues in manag- ing complex organisations. The postgraduate curriculum is designed along these four tracks to meet the different needs of students.School of Engineering
Master of Science (MSc) Programme in lndustrial Engineering and Engineering Management
The MSc degree requires a full-time student one and a half years after the Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) degree. The MSc is primarily a course work degree preparing students to master advanced industrial engineering tools for industrial practice.
In the MSc programme, a student is required to take a minimum of 24 credits of approved course work. In addition, a student must complete an approved graduate project worth six credits. Of the 24 course credits, each student must take at least 12 credits of course work from his or her chosen area of concentration.
Master of Philosophy (MPhil) Programme in lndustrial Engineering and Engineering Management
The MPhil degree normally requires afull-timestudent one and a half years after the BEng degree. The MPhil is basically a research-oriented degree. It focuses on strengthening the students' background in their chosen areas of concentration, and exposing them to engineering research and development.
In the MPhil programme, students are required to take a minimum of 15 credits of approved course work plus the seminar course for two semesters and satisfactorily complete a thesis to demonstrate competency in engineering research. Students must take at least nine credits of course work from their concentration of area.
A faculty member of the Department serves as the thesis supervisor, and a thesis examination committee is set up at least six weeks before the oral thesis examination. Any student who intends to proceed to a PhD degree is strongly encouraged to enrol first in the MPhil programme. If astudent participates in an industry- sponsored project and writes a thesis on a related topic, the thesis may be jointly supervised by a faculty member and an invited individual from the industry, who is intimately familiar with the student's research work.
Transfer students may be granted a partial waiver of credits towards fulfilling the course work requirement by the postgraduate Studies Committee . Upon approval by the Postaraduate Studies Committee, a student may be required to make up deficien- cies in uGdergraduate preparation concurrently with his or her postgraduate work. The undergraduate credits do not in general count towards the postgraduate credit require- ment. Students must also demonstrate a sufficient command of English.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Programme in lndustrial Engineering and Engineering Management
The PhD programme caters to students who wish to pursue a career in advanced industrial research and development, or university research and teaching.
The programme emphasises training in original thinking and independent research, and aims at developing a student's skills in identifying issues related to a practical applica- tion, formulating an original research project that addresses significant issues, and independently creating an effective solution.
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Requirements for the PhD Degree in lndustrial Engineering and Engineering Management
1. Course Requirement
Students are free to design the course of study most suitable to their interests and needs. The course of study, which should cover a specialised area in industrial engineering and engineering management and two minor areas, must be ap- proved by the thesis committee. A minimum of 15 postgraduate course credits are required and two years' full-time equivalent residency at the University are expected. Students are required to attend the seminar course every semester during their residency.
2. Qualifying Examination
A PhD student must pass a qualifying examination within the second year of study, or equivalent for part-time students, before proceeding further. The qualifying examination is a general written examination based on the undergraduate and postgraduate curricula of the Department. Asupplementary oral examination may be administered when a student's written examination is not conclusive. A student will be given a second chance to take the written examination within half a year's time if helshe fails at the first attempt.
3. Thesis Proposal
A PhD student must submit and defend a written thesis research proposal within one year of satisfying the qualifying examination. An oral examination held by the thesis committee will determine the student's ability to formulate and conduct original research in the chosen area of interest.
A thesis committee consists of three or more faculty members (at least two members have to be from the Department of lndustrial Engineering and Engineer- ing Management) including the supervisor. The supervisor must be a faculty member of the Department.
4. Final Thesis Examination
Each PhD student must submit and defend a thesis describing significant original research completed at HKUST. The final examination committee as aoverned bv University reklations will review the thesis and conduct the final oral &aminat&.
Faculty Research Interests
Professor Mitchell M. TSENG, Head of Department
Business process engineering, manufacturing systems design, virtual teaming, service systems engineering.
Professor Joe H. MIZE, Associate Vice-President for Research and Development Systems integration, manufacturing systems design, management control systems, integrated decision support systems.
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Professor lnyong HAM, Visiting Professor
Group technology applications for CIM implementation through effective data-base structure and efficient data retrieval system. New concepts for intelligent computer integrated manufacturing.
Professor Katta G. MURTY, Visiting Professor
Applied statistics, mathematical programming, combinatorial and linear programming, nonlinear programming, graph theory, network flows, matrix theory and linear algebra, and applications of all these areas.
Dr Kwok-Leung TSUI, Reader
Robust design and Taguchi methods, design and modelling of CMM data, statistical process control, design and analysis of computer experiments.
Dr Neville Ka-Shek LEE, Visiting Associate Professor
Low cost utra-precision manufacturing technology, manufacturing system design, managing technological change in manufacturing, corporate strategies for managing research.
Dr Ravindra S. GOONETILLEKE, Assistant Professor
Industrial ergonomics, human-computer interaction, footwear research, design of human-"machine" interfaces for consumer and commerical products.
Dr Ajay JONEJA, Assistant Professor
~ a n u f a c t u r i n ~ processes, computer-aided manufacturing, computer-aided design and computer-aided process planning, computational geometry and geometric reasoning.
Dr Richard J. LINN. Lecturer
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Electronic manufacturing, concurrent engineering, assembly process planning, compu- ter-aided design, computer-aided manufacturing, systems rationalisation, material management.
Dr Jiyin LIU, Assistant Professor
production planning and control, scheduling problems in transportation and manufac- turing systems, heuristic algorithms and their applications, total quality management.
Dr Liming LIU, Assistant Professor
Production and inventory control, queueing, reliability and quality systems.
Dr Heloisa H. 0. M. SHIH, Assistant Professor
Production management systems, CIM, project management systems, applications of artificial intelligence, fuzzy inference, Petri-net modelling in industrial engineering problems, project management systems.
Dr Chuan-Jun SU. Assistant Professor
Geometric modelling, computer-aided design, computer-aided manufacturing, compu- ter-aided process planning, virtual reality, systems modelling, multimedia applications.
Dr Zhuang Bo TANG, Assistant Professor
Optimisation theory, statistical decision analysis, resource allocation under uncertainty.
Dr Yat-Wah WAN, Assistant Professor Queueing theory, applied stochastic processes.
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Dr Lorinda Cheng HU, Visiting Assistant Professor
Mathematical and systems modelling of ecological, agricultural and medical systems, optimisation and control theory, computer communications network.
Prof Yuliu CHEN, Visiting Scholar
Computer integrated manufacturing, system architecture and implementation method- ology, manufacturing systems modelling and design, large-scale systems theory and its applications.
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