ITEN 3313: Energy Systems
Introduction to the fundamentals of the energy systems, transmission and distribution, supply chain, economics, life cycle, efficiency improvement, environmental aspects, and future trend of the industry. The tools and techniques for energy systems design, optimal management, and performance assessment will help the students to build a sustainable energy infrastructure while addressing the economic and environmental issues. In addition, the course will get the opportunity to investigate the contribution they can make to the energy sector for the nation in the 21st century.
ITEN 5335: Industrial Safety and Risk Management
An examination of risk assessment and risk management principles, strategies and concept as they relate to industrial settings. Also includes an exploration of the tools and techniques that can be used to: (a) assess levels of risk, (b) communicate risk in crisis and no crisis situations, and (c) integrate risk management into business planning and decision making. Topics include safety analysis in engineering, developing safety management culture in the workplace, risk analysis, risks in complex engineered systems, methods of risk analysis, fault trees and event trees, quantification of probabilities, use of data, models, and expert judgments, risks and decisions, and interlinking risk analysis with risk management.
IMEN 5300: Research Methodology and Project Development
Introduces the methodology of critically reviewing research articles, framing research questions, and conducting a research project. The student will apply the integrated qualitative and quantitative research methods to address the research problems. Topics include the examination of data collection and analysis with an emphasis on distributions, probability, simple and multiple regression, ANOVA, and other statistical analysis techniques. Statistical concepts will be reinforced with industry-related data and well-known and widely used software programs.
ITEN 2330: Occupational Health and Safety for General Industry
Introduces a wide range of theoretical and practical knowledge of safety administration. Covers OSHA standards, policies, and procedures in general industry. Topics include the scope and application of the OSHA for general industry standards, general industry principles, the effect of an accident in the workplace, quantify the hazard and risk, recognition and mitigation plan, hazard communication, and the role of the management to develop an improved framework while emphasizing on the most hazardous areas in general industry which are most hazardous.