Northern Illinois University
Purush Damodaran
Industrial and Systems Engineering

Northern Illinois University

Course syllabus, lecture notes, assignments, announcements and other information pertinent to each of the following courses is posted on Blackboard.

• ISYE 439/539 - Six Sigma Performance Excellence and Modern Problem Solving.
• ISYE 461/561 - Warehousing and Distribution Systems.
  • Textbook: Warehouse and Distribution Science by J. Bartholdi and S. Hackman
• ISYE 472/572 - Queueing Methods for Services and Manufacturing. 
  • Textbook: Queueing Methods for Services and Manufacturing by R.W. Hall, Prentice Hall.
• ISYE 492 - Industrial and Systems Engineering Senior Design Proposal.
• ISYE 493/494/495/496 - Senior Design Project.
• ISYE 650 - Advanced Lean Manufacturing Systems.
  • Textbook: Automation, Production Systems and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing by M.P. Groover, Prentice Hall.
• ISYE 660 - Facilities Location and Layout Analysis.
  • Textbook: Facility Layout and Location: An Analytical Approach by R.L. Francis, L.F. McGinnis Jr., and J.A. White, Prentice Hall. 
• ISYE 671 - Linear Programming and Network Flows.
  • Textbook: Optimization in Operations Research by R. Rardin, Prentice Hall.

Florida International University

• EIN 3365. Facilities Planning and Material Handling.
  • Textbook: Facilities Planning by J.A. Tompkins, J.A. White, Y.A. Bozer and J.M.A. Tanchoco, John Wiley and Sons, 3rd edition.
• ESI 6316. Applications of OR in Manufacturing.
  • Textbook: Optimization in Operations Research by R. Rardin, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-02-398415-5.
• EIN 6336. Advanced Production Planning and Control.  
  • Textbook: Scheduling: Theory, Algorithms and Systems by M. Pinedo, Prentice Hall, 2nd edition.
• ESI 6440. Integer Programming.
  • Textbook: Integer and Combinatorial Optimization by G.L. Nemhauser and L.A. Wolsey, John Wiley and Sons, ISBN 0-471-35943-2.
• ESI 6547. Stochastic Models of Industrial Systems.
  • Textbook: Introduction to Probability Models by S.M. Ross, Academic Press, 9th edition

State University of New York at Binghamton

• ISE 420. Optimization and Operations Research.
  • Textbook: Operations Research: An Introduction by H. A. Taha, Prentice Hall, 7th edition.
• ISE 421. Modeling and Simulation.
  • Textbook: Simulation with Arena by W.D. Kelton, R.P. Sadowski, and D.T. Sturrock , McGrawHill, 3rd edition.

Texas A&M University

• INEN 302. Economic Analysis of Engineering Projects.
  • Textbook: Engineering Economy by L.T. Blank and A.J. Tarquin, McGrawHill, 4th edition.