MS OSHE CORE & ELECTIVE COURSES & COURSE OUTLINES/SYLLABI

Core Courses (3 credits each) – six mandatory courses

IE 614 Safety Engineering Methods

IE 615 Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Health

IE 604 Advanced Statistics

IE 665 Applied Industrial Ergonomics

IE 685 System Safety Engineering

EM 633 Legal Aspects of Health and Safety

Elective Courses (3 credits each) – choose six courses

BME 670 Introduction to Biomechanical Engineering

BME 671 Biomechanics of Human Movement and Structure

EM 631 Legal Aspects of Environmental Engineering

EvSc 613 Environmental Problem Solving Seminar

IE 651 Industrial Simulation

HRM 601 Organizational Behavior

Math 663 Introduction to Biostatistics

EM 636 Project Management

EM 634 Legal, Ethical and Intellectual Property Issues for Engineers

EvSc 603 Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response

EvSc 616 Toxicology for Engineers and Scientists

IE 700 Master’s Project

IE 725 - Independent Research: Prerequisite: approval from the industrial engineering program director. Program of study prescribed and approved by student's advisor. This special course covers areas in which one or more students may be interested but is not of sufficiently broad interest to warrant a regular course.

IE 701 - Master's Thesis (6 credits) – optional (replaces two elective courses)

Prerequisites: matriculation for the master of science degree, thesis advisor's approval, and adequate graduate courses in the field of the proposed thesis. Candidates for the degree who choose this option must submit an acceptable thesis on an approved subject that contributes to the literature of the field, and preferably aids the candidate's present or potential, career. While original research may not always result, the thesis should provide a new conclusion or application. Approval to register for the thesis must be obtained from the thesis advisor. A student must continuously register for a minimum of 3 credits per semester until the thesis is completed. Total credit will be limited, however, to the 6 credits indicated for the thesis.

COURSE OUTLINE: IE 614 Safety Engineering Methods Spring 2010

Department of Industrial Engineering

Instructor: George Olsen, PhD, CSP, PE.

College of Computing Sciences

New Jersey Institute of Technology

University Heights

Newark, NJ 07102

Contact: 973-596-3389 [office]

Office – 4414 GITC Building

E-mail: golsen@njit.edu

Textbook: Hansen, E.E., Engineering and Technology;

13^th Edition, Ed., Chicago. National Safety Council.

Description: The application of selected safety engineering methods to detect, correct and prevent unsafe condition and procedures in future practice are discussed. Methods selected are from safety management and programs; loss prevention; fire protection; systems safety; the design of building and other facilities; products; machines; and equipment. Engineering problems and solutions in designing and constructing hazard-free environment are presented including OSHA requirements and consensus standards. Selected engineering topics will be covered as part of the various topics below to prepare students for the ACSP exam.

Evaluation: Midterm Exam - 20%

Final Exam - 30%

Project – 20%

Assignments – 15%

Oral Presentations – 15%

Honor: In accordance with the NJIT honor code, students are expected

Code: to do their own work. If they use somebody else’s work, then that fact should be documented. Individual work is to be done individually and not copied from others and it is expected that you will perform all exams without consulting others and do your own work on any assignments. Consulting with others on general approaches to take in an assignment is considered acceptable, but copying assignments from others or working the majority of the assignment together is not acceptable. Of course group work is done in a group. See http://www.njit.edu/academics/honorcode.php for more information on NJIT’s honor code.

CLASS SCHEDULE

Week Topic Readings

1 Introduction, Background and History of Safety

2 Regulatory History and Illness Record Keeping

3 Workers’ Compensation

4 Designing for Safety, Buildings and Facility Layout; Chap 1, 2, 4

Maintenance of Facilities

5 Safeguarding Chap 6

6 Personal Protective Equipment Chap 7

7 -8 Electrical Safety Chap 10

MIDTERM

9 Fire Prevention/Protection Chap 11

10 Materials Handling (1) Chap 15, 16

11 Materials Handling (2) Chap 17, 18

12 Production Operations; Power Tools; Machinery Chap 20, 22, 23

13 Automation and Safety, Computers and Safety, Chap 26, 27

Future of Safety

14 Final Reports

15 Final Exam

COURSE OUTLINE: IE 615 Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Health, Spring 2010

Instructor: William A. Biolsi, CIH (ret’d), CSP (ret’d), wbiolsi@njit.edu

Text: Fundamentals of industrial hygiene, 5th Ed., Barbara A. Plog (Ed.), National Safety Council, 2002

Class Schedule: 6:00-9:05 p.m., room TBA.

Objectives: An introduction to industrial hygiene is presented. Recognition, evaluation and control of human exposure to noise, heat, bio-hazards, chemicals, radiation and improper lighting are discussed. Government standards, field measurements, work practices, engineering designs and the effects of excessive exposure on worker health and productivity are addressed.

(ii) Recognition of health hazards in industry, 2nd Ed., William A. Burgess, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1995

DATE	TOPIC	READINGS
1/25	Industrial Hygiene Overview Occupational Health and Safety	Chps. 1 For more see Appendix A and Part VI
2/1	Industrial Toxicology	Chap 6
2/8	The Respiratory System; Particulates; Diseases of the Lungs	Chap 2, 7 & 8
2/15	The Ear, Industrial Noise	Chap 4 & 9
2/22	The Skin, Occupational Dermatoses; Temperature Extremes	Chap 3 & 12
3/1	Non-Ionizing Radiation; The Eye; Ionizing Radiation	Chap 5, 10 & 11
3/8	Ergonomics	Chap 13
3/15	MIDTERM EXAM
3/22	SPRING RECESS
3/29	Evaluation of Industrial Hazards: The Survey	Chap 15
4/5	Air Sampling and Analysis	Chap 16 & 17
4/12	Control of Industrial Hazards Methods of Control	Chap 18
4/19	Ventilation	Chap 19, 20 & 21
4/26	Biological Hazards Respiratory Protection	Chap 14 & 22
5/3	Review for final
5/10	FINAL EXAM

Grading: Midterm 25%; Final exam 30%

Quizzes 35%; OUTLINE 10%

COURSE OUTLINE: IE 604 Advanced Statistics
GITC 2305- 6-8:55pm

Instructor: Prof.Bengu , ME 332, gb@nj.rr.com

Office Hrs:Fridays 1:00-3:00 pm , Others by appointment

Textbook: Design and Analysis of Experiments,
7th edition, by D.C. Montgomery, John

Wiley & Sons, New York, 2009

About the Course:

The course objective is to learn how to plan, design and conduct experiments efficiently

and effectively, and analyze the resulting data to obtain objective conclusions. Both design and statistical analysis issues are discussed. All experiments conducted by engineers and scientists are designed experiments; some of them are poorly designed, and others are well-designed.
Well-designed experiments allow you to obtain reliable, valid results faster, easier, and with fewer resources than with poorly-designed experiments. You will learn how to plan, conduct and analyze experiments efficiently in this course. A well-designed experiment can lead to reduced development lead time for new processes and products, improved manufacturing process performance, and products that have superior function and reliability.

About the Course Work:

The course schedule and outline contains assigned reading topics from the textbook and suggested set of homework problems. Instructor will assign the actual homework problems in the class. In addition to the textbook reading assignments you may also want to read some of the supplemental text material for each Chapter. This material is found on the World Wide Web page for the book maintained by the publisher, John Wiley & Sons. See the text Preface for more details.

There will be a quiz and ‚ a final exam and ƒ a semester project presentation and „ the report submission. Depending on the class progress there will be … few pop quizzes. †Homework assignments are intended for practice and they ARE required to be submitted although they will not be graded. However, all the homework questions will be either solved in class and/or solutions will be provided. Questions when solved in class will be done together with students by having students play an active role in solutions.

Academic Integrity is important component of the future of the students and the University (and eventually our country). NJIT honor code will be uphold, any violations will be submitted to dean of Students. Please do not put your Instructor in this position!

If instructor asks you to submit your technical reports (semester projects) via turnitin to our class account in turnitin, use Turnitin.com at NJIT, see http://www.njit.edu/v2/tlt/turnitin/index.html. Instructor will provide further details.

Course Outline and Schedule

Sec-tions	Topic	Text Reference	Suggested Exercises
1 -2	Introduction to DOE, begin review of basic statistical concepts Continue statistics review; the t-test and confidence intervals	Ch.. 1 & Ch. 2 (Sections 2-1 through 2-4)	2-5, 2-11, 2-12, 2-22
1 -2	Introduction to the analysis of variance (ANOVA)	Ch. 3 (Sections 3-1, 3-2, and 3-3)	3-6, 3-9
3	Some practical aspects of planning Experiments	Suggested supplemental reading: Coleman, D.E. and Montgomery, D. C. (1993), “Planning for a Designed Industrial Experiment”, Technometrics, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 1-12.
3	More about ANOVA; multiple comparisons, residuals and model adequacy checking, checking model assumptions, the Box-Cox method	Sections 3-4, 3-5, and 3-6	3-1, 3-3
3		Ch. 14, Section 14-1.1
4	The randomized complete block design (RCBD), Latin squares, etc.	Ch. 4 (Section 4-1) Section 4-2	4-5, 4-6, 4-7 4-15
5	Factorial designs	Ch. 5 (Sections 5-1, 5-2, and 5-3)	5-4, 5-5
5	Factorial designs	Sections 5-4, 5-5, 5-6	5-17, 5-21
6	Quiz 1
7	2k factorial designs Blocking and confounding in two-level factorial designs, 2k,	Ch. 6 (Sections 6-1 through 6-6) Ch. 7 (Sections 7-1 through 7-5)	6-1, 6-5, 6-6 6-18. 6-19, 6-26, 6-27 7-1, 7-4, 7-7, 7-9
8	2k-p fractional factorial designs,	Ch. 8 (Sections 8-1 through 8-6)	8-3, 8-6, 8-24 8-26 8-4 8-23, 8-29 8-27, 8-5
9	Response surface methods and designs (an overview)	Ch. 11 (Sections 11-1 and 11-3)	11-1
10	Split-plot designs	Ch. 13, Section 13-4	13-19
11	Final Exam/Presentation/Report

Grading

Your grade in the course will be determined by a quiz scores (30%), a final exam (30%), a semester project (30%) and homework and pop quizzes (% rest).

Academic Calendar
RED colors indicate IE 604 Schedule

August 31	Monday. First Day of Classes
September 5	Saturday Classes Meet
September 7	Friday Labor Day-No Classes Scheduled
September 8	Last Day to Add a Course
September 9	W grade posted
September 14 Oct.12	Last Day for a refund Partial Withdrawal- Mid term I- IE 604 Monday
October 15	Deadline for Applying for January Graduation (No Ceremony)
October 19	Last Day for a refund based on a Complete Withdrawal
November 2	Last Day to Withdraw from course(s)
*Nov 9*	*Registration begins for Spring 2010*
November 15	Deadline for Applying for May Commencement Ceremony
November 24(Tue)	Classes Follow a Thursday Schedule
November 25(Wed)	Classes Follow a Friday Schedule
November 26-29 Nov. 30 Dec 7.	Thanksgiving Recess-No Classes (Thursday till Sunday) Final Exam Final Project Report Due- Last Class of IE 604
December 9(Wed)	Last Day of Classes
December 10	Reading Day
December 11-17 Dec 14	Final Exam Period IE 604 Final Presentation

December 18	Fall Grades Due in Registrar's Office

Course On-line Resources

· Njit Moodle Highlander pipeline / and in addition

· http://bengu-pc2.njit.edu/bengu/courses/statistics/indexlogin.html

Course Software

· Minitab Statistical Software
This software is used for design of experiments and analysis, regression and ANOVA, as well as statistical analysis of two sample comparisons, ranging from six-sigma to design of experiments.

· Microsoft Excel
Students are briefly initiated into use of software tools for statistics using Excel .
(valuable practical skills that students can apply immediately) . See Excel- Data Analysis tools- Add-in.

· Statistical Analysis Software (SAS)
This software provides a higher level of sophistication in applying statistical techniques through topics such as advanced data management and predictive analytics. The students are given an introduction and they use the software to work out examples. There is also other software available for example, a Web-based statistical software statcrunch (http://www.statcrunch.com).

Course Project

Each student will submit a team based course project involving the application of statistical analysis techniques using DOX on a case study approved by the instructor. Students are expected to use software tool such as Minitab and SAS in their project.
1) The final project report and 2) project presentation 3) software file with data are due the last day of the class. Presentation is due during the final exam week.

Suggested Projects are available in the course web site. The project examples are also on the web site. Student initiated projects are encouraged but requires instructor approval. If data files are obtained from other sources, instructor must be informed the source of the data. Students are also encouraged to work in groups, but a group of more than 2 members requires instructor approval. A detailed Project format and guidelines are available on the course web page. (see course project schedule section also)

For the exam, only simple calculators which cannot store formulas allowed. And no notes are allowed.

Class/Exam policies

◘ Attendance is required. The attendance records will be submitted to university administrators as they need to know the dates you missed classes. The students who are sitting front must pass a paper for attendance every class.

◘ Homework: Homework problems are assigned weekly. It is due the following week and need to be submitted at the beginning of the class so that the HW can be solved in the class. Solutions provide feedback to the student. Students are encouraged and will be asked to take part in the solution process. Do not ask the instructor to accept your homework, after homework solutions are given out. Students can also submit their homework through our class web site.

(Homework portion of your grade can be built by taking part in these solutions actively. Preparing/copying homework solutions during the class and simply submitting some answers, does not help you to improve your grade but just the opposite; these students miss the opportunity to learn the subject as well miss the opportunity to take part in the solutions as well. In this class you are graded by how much you take part in class solutions rather than what you have submitted alone. )

Solutions must be done manually (preferably type written- use equation editor that comes with word) and must be supported by the computer solution as well. Student must learn not only the theories/techniques to manually solve questions, but as well as the use of the software. Although software use helps students [ 1)to check their homework answers 2) to be computer savvy 3) to be prepared for today’s work environment and be efficient at work from early start, 4) more attractive resume] the main part of the grade will be based on manual solutions based on your understanding of the theory (this is the part which gives you the job flexibility).

There will be 2 or more brief pop up quizzes to test the overall class knowledge on the material covered.

◘ Exams & Quizzes: Students will be provided a brief formula sheet during the exams containing only complex formulations and tables. Students are expected to bring these formula sheets to every class and familiarize themselves with these equations/tables during the class rehearsal period. Exams will be completed in two phase: 1^st phase: students solve the questions that require manual calculations with simple calculators and submit the answers, then 2^nd phase: resolve the questions requiring computer use and submit the second set of answers.

◘ No Makeup Exam: There will be NO makeup exams, quizzes during the semester. In case of an extenuating circumstances such as illness, etc., where the student has a legitimate reason for missing the exam, a makeup exam will be administered by the MIE department. Student must notify the Department Office and the Instructor why the exam will be missed and present written verifiable proof to confirm the reason for missing the exam, e.g., a doctors note, police report, court notice, etc., clearly stating the date AND time of the problem.

◘ COURSE PROJECT SCHEDULE
1^st-2^nd WEEK Students are expected to decide on a subject they want to work on (see Web Site for example projects ) after the second class. The idea is to implement the methods students learned in class, on their data set regularly every week.

3rd - 5^th WEEK Team up with another classmate and submit your project proposal. Check the “required format and the guidelines” from the Moodle course web site. Use table of contents to write about the methods you want to use in your project. Those who do not submit their project proposal will not be eligible to present their projects.

6th - 8th WEEK Complete a literature search on - your subject and any statistical analysis techniques you are employing- For example search for the following key words “ An article about forecasted temperature data and DOX or regression or ANOVA” or

An article about homerun data and DOX. Obtain at least 2 papers on your subject and review the papers and briefly summarize the related work. Follow these articles write up format for your project report.

9rd - 12th WEEK Check your progress with your instructor. Follow up on the suggestions given.

LAST Day of class Make sure that you
             1) upload your files to course website by that time and
             2) submit a hard copy to instructor
                or leave a copy in the mail box in the MIE dept. office, ME bldg..

(Use your last names as filename; NamesProject.doc and follow project submission guidelines thoroughly)

COURSE OUTLINE: IE 665 Applied Industrial Ergonomics (Fall 2009)

Sect	Days	Times	Room	Credits
101	Wednesday	0600pm - 0900pm	TIER 108	3.00

Instructor
Dr. Arijit K. Sengupta, Email: sengupta@njit.edu, Web: http://web.njit.edu/~sengupta/
Office: GITC 2517, NJIT
Office Hours: Monday 10:30 am to 11:55 am. Other time by appointment

Catalog Description
Introduces the fundamentals and applications of industrial ergonomics for improving equipment, tool, workplace, and job design. Engineers, as well as safety and health professionals, will benefit from the course by understanding the design principles for human operators and current issues in industrial ergonomics, and a variety of evaluating methodologies for the design.

Textbook
Work Design: Industrial Ergonomics by Stephan A. Konz and Steven Johnson, latest edition, ISBN: 1-890871-79-6.
Lecture notes and other relevant materials, which will be posted on this page, are also required reading for the course.

Course Outline
Tentative weekly schedule of lecture topics (Any change will be notified beforehand in the class)

Week	Topic
Sep 2	Introduction of ergonomics (handout version), Homework , term project outline
Sep 9 Sep 16 Sep 23	Muscular contraction Lecture note Quiz Muscle types and joints Structure of muscle cells and mechanism of contraction Length tension relationship Type of contractions: isometric, concentric, eccentric Aerobic and anaerobic energy metabolism Central and peripheral nervous system, motor unit Regulation of force, local muscle fatigue EMG analysis (DHHS 91-100, read chapter 2 and 5) Electromyogram Laboratory#1 EMG graphs
Sep 30	Anatomy of cardiovascular system Handout Heart rate, stroke volume, blood pressure, oxygen consumption Metabolic rate and fatigue Handout
Oct 7	Temporal Ergonomics Handout Quiz Biomechanics Download Lecture Homework Solution Lever systems, Static and dynamic muscle and joint forces Download 3DSSPP software– Laboratory#2
Oct 14	Engineering anthropometry, percentile calculations, use of data handout Normal distribution table Philippine anthropometric data Workstation Design handout quiz
Oct 21	Midterm Exam
Oct 28	Workstation Design continued Supermarket Checkstand Design
Nov 4	Musculoskeletal Disorders RULA analysis exercise MDS quiz Case study
Nov 11	Manual Handling NIOSH lifting equation Homework worksheet
Nov 18	Hand tool design Lecture note
Dec 2	Term Project Presentation
Dec 9	Final Exam

Grade Distribution

Quizzes, Lab, attendance and class participation (15%)

Term project (25%) with a report a class presentation on an ergonomics topic.

Midterm and Final Exam (30% each)

NJIT Honor code constitution will be followed

COURSE OUTLINE: IE 685 System Safety Engineering, Fall 2009

Department of Industrial Engineering

Instructor: George Olsen, Ph.D, CSP, PE., College of Computing Sciences

New Jersey Institute of Technology, University Heights, Newark, NJ 07102

Contact: 973-596-3389 [office]

Office – 4414 GITC Building

E‑mail: golsen@njit.edu

Textbook: Vincoli, Jeffrey, Basic Guide to System Safety, Wiley-Interscience, 2006.

ISBN-13: 978-0-471-72241-0

Description: The course will focus on systems safety engineering and design safety. The various topics include developing and implementing system safety programs, system safety planning, decision making using statistical tools, and system safety engineering analysis techniques and methods.

Evaluation: Midterm Exam ‑ 20%

Final Exam - 30%

Project – 20%

Assignments – 20%

Oral Presentation – 10%

Honor Code: In accordance with the NJIT honor code, students are expected to do their own work. If they use somebody else’s work, then that fact should be documented. Individual work is to be done individually and not copied from others and it is expected that you will perform all exams without consulting others and do your own work on any assignments. Consulting with others on general approaches to take in an assignment is considered acceptable, but copying assignments from others or working the majority of the assignment together is not acceptable. Of course group work is done in a group. See http://www.njit.edu/academics/honorcode.php for more information on NJIT’s honor code.

CLASS SCHEDULE

Week Topic Readings

1 Introduction, Background and History of System Safety Chap 1, 2

2 Connecting System Safety and Industrial and Chap 4

Construction Safety

3 Project Introduction

4 Quantitative Tools for System Safety Decision Making Chap 5

5 Quantitative Tools for System Safety Decision Making Chap 5

Continued

6 Quantitative Tools for System Safety Decision Making Chap 5

Continued

7 System Safety Analysis Introduction Chap 6

Preliminary Hazard Analysis

8 Midterm - Oct 20

9 Subsystem and System Hazard Analysis Chap 7

10 Other System Safety Analysis Techniques Chap 8-11

11 Fault Tree Analysis Chap 12

12 Fault Tree Analysis Chap 12

Continued

13 MORT, HAZOP, Human Reliability, Chap 13, 14

and Software Safety

14 Final Project Reports

15 Final Exam

COURSE OUTLINE: EM 633 Legal Aspects of Health and Safety, Fall 2009

SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING

Course Description: This course reviews key laws and regulations to occupational health, safety and product liability; methods to determine which codes apply in given situations; and the preparation of operating procedures to be used for internal compliance.

Instructor: Dr. Norman J. Van Houten, Director

NJIT Dept. of Health & Environmental Safety

Phone: (973) 596-3059 email: safetydirector@yahoo.com

Course Outline

Aug.31 – Introduction – Course Outline

Sept. 7 – Labor Day – University closed

Sept 14 – Right to Know – Hazard Communication

Sept 21 – Workman’s Compensation, Accident Investigation, Risk

Sept. 28 – Fire Prevention/Inspection – NFPA

Oct 5 – Environmental Compliance – Title 7 DEP

Oct 12 – Environmental Compliance – Title 8 DOH

Oct 19– MID TERM EXAM

Oct 26 – Radiation Compliance – Product Safety

Nov 2 - Presentations

Nov 9 – OSHA

Nov 16 – OSHA – Term Papers Due

Nov 23 – Liability Factors for the Safety Professional/Ethics

Nov 30 – Ethics/Legal issues

Dec 7 – Review for Final Exam

Dec 14 – Final Exam

Book: OSHA Inspections – Preparation and Response

Rick Kaletsky

National Safety Council

Grading Percentages: Term Paper – 40 %, Mid Term – 30 %, Final Exam – 30%

COURSE OUTLINE: BME 670 Introduction to Biomechanical Engineering, Fall 2009

Dr. William Van Buskirk

Class Hours: Wed. 6-9 PM, Fenster 698

Office Hours: Wed. 3-5 PM, Fenster 618

Or by appointment: vanbuskirk@njit.edu

Text: J. S. Rossmann and C. L. Dym, Introduction to Engineering Mechanics, CRC Press. ISBN-13: 978-1-4200-6271-7.

Prerequisites by Topic

Physics.
Calculus.

Course Description

Introduction to solid and fluid mechanics with biomedical applications. Vector analysis. Equilibrium. Newton’s laws. Stress and strain. Hooke’s law. Tensor analysis. Properties of engineering and biological materials. Pressure vessels. Transformation of stress and strain. Failure criteria. Beam theory. Fluid statics and dynamics. Bernoulli equation. Application to blood flow. Newton’s law of viscosity. Navier-Stokes equation. Non-Newtonian fluids.

Course Topics

First principles of mechanics. (2 classes)
Stress and strain in one dimension. (3 classes)
Fundamentals of elasticity. (4 classes)
Applications of elasticity. (5 classes)
Beam theory. (3 classes)
Fluid statics. (2 classes)
Governing equations of fluid dynamics. (3 classes)
Applications of fluid dynamics. (5 classes)
Mid-term. (1 class)

Homework is due one week after it is assigned – to be handed in before Lecture.

Grading: Homework 25%, mid-term 25%, Final Exam 50%

The NJIT Honor Code will be upheld. Any violations will be brought to the immediate attention of the Dean of Students. Deviations from this syllabus will be discussed with the students.

COURSE OUTLINE: BME 671 Biomechanics of Human Movement and Structure, Fall 2010

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Richard Foulds, Ph.D. Associate Professor

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Office East Building 618

Campus Extension- 3335

email foulds@njit.edu

Office Hours: Wednesdays 3:00-4:00 PM and Thursdays 2:30-3:30 PM. Other times by appointment

Kai Chen, M.S., Teaching Assistant email kc72@njit.edu

Textbooks

Biomechanics and Motor Control of Human Movement, 3^rd edition, David Winter

Dynamics of Human Gait 2^nd Edition, Christopher Vaughn, Brian Davis, and Jeremy O’Connor (download from http://www.kiboho.co.za/GaitCD/gaitbook.htm )

Other Information

Please check the website of the International Society of Biomechanics, http://www.isbweb.org for announcements of conferences, software, employment and internships. Also check the website of the American Society for Biomechanics at http://asb-biomech.org/

Course Requirements:

Homework- (approximately 10 assignments which may be done collaboratively) --25%

Exam 1 --25% (open book, open notes)

Exam 2 --25% (open book, open notes)

Final --25% (open book, open notes)

Some assignments and sample data will be sent via email to the addresses contained in NJIT’s list of registered students. Unfortunately, no substitute addressed can be used.

Honor Code

The NJIT Honor Code will be strictly enforced. Any violation will be reported to the Dean of Students for resolution.

Course Schedule

9/6 Human Movement Winter Ch. 1/ Vaughn Ch. 1

9/10 Kinematic data and instrumentation Winter Ch. 2/Vaughn Ch. 3

9/12 (Wednesday) Optional Matlab Tutorial-2:30-3:45

9/13 Kinematic data and instrumentation Vaughn Appendix 3

9/17 Filtering and processing of kinematic data Handout

9/20 Filtering and processing of kinematic data

9/24 Numerical computation of velocity and acceleration Winter Ch. 2

9/27 Anthropometry Winter Ch. 3

10/1 Kinetics-ground force reactions and joint moments Winter Ch. 4/Vaughn Ch 3

10/4 Kinetics-continued

10/8 Exam 1

10/11 Demonstration of motion-capture instrumentation

10/15 Dynamic Modeling-Newtonian Solutions Handout

10/17 (Wednesday) Optional Simulink tutorial 2:30-3:45

10/18 Dynamic Modeling-Newtonian Solutions

10/22 Dynamic Modeling-Newtonian Solutions

10/25 Lagrangian Solutions Winter Ch. 6/ Handout

10/29 Lagrangian Solutions

11/1 Simulation of Multi-degree of Freedom Systems

11/5 Mechanical work, energy and power Winter Ch. 5

11/8 Mechanical work, energy and power

11/12 Exam 2

11/15 3D Biomechanics Winter Ch.7

11/19 Muscle Mechanics and EMG Winter Ch.8&9//Vaughn Ch. 4

11/20 (Tuesday) Muscle Mechanics and EMG- Studio Handout

11/22 Thanksgiving NO class 11/22

11/26 EMG Studio

11/29 Posture and balance Winter ABC

12/3 Ambulation of Humans and Animals Vaughn Ch. 2

12/6 Ambulation of Humans and Animals

12/10 Clinical and pathological Gait Analysis Vaughn Ch. 5

TBA Final Exam

Changes in Schedule will be made only with the approval of the class.

Course Software

This course requires the use of Matlab and Simulink. Both Matlab and Simulink can be downloaded from NJIT’s website at no cost for registered students http://csd.njit.edu/software/matlab/ During installation Matlab, Simulink, as well as the signal processing, optimization, data acquisition, and symbolic toolboxes should be selected. For those who are unfamiliar with Matlab, an excellent book is available in the NJIT bookstore. Mastering MATLAB 7 Duane C. Hanselman, Bruce L. Littlefield can be found under BME 788-003. Optional tutorials will be offered (see course schedule).

COURSE OUTLINE: EM 631 Legal Aspects of Environmental Engineering

Instructor: M. P. Bonchonsky, Chemistry and Environmental Science Department, NJIT

Office: Rm. 365 Tiernan Hall; Telephone: cell 908-692-3477

This course is being presented on NJIT’s Moodle web system; email through Moodle or michael.p.bonchonsky@njit.edu or mickbon@aol.com; Office hours F10 M,W 10-12, F 4-6, or by appointment.

1. Introduction

This course covers the legal aspects of environmental engineering and reviews the major features and principles of modern environmental law. Topics include as one example the major features of the Clean Water Act and related programs for protecting the water environmental. In similar manner each of the major environmental laws will be reviewed and synthesized (see syllabus topics below.) Primarily for non-lawyers. Course Credit hours: 3.

2. Required Reading

Students in this course should obtain the following materials from the NJIT bookstore or through any of the commercial on-line dealers.

Text: “Environmental Law Handbook” current ed: 20^th, 2009 Government Institutes, Inc., Scarecrow Press.

Lectures available through link posted on NJIT Moodle site for this class

Each week a chapter pertaining to the area of environmental law presented is to be read. The assigned chapter is designed to give you background knowledge needed to understand the subject matter covered in the weekly lecture found on website. The chapter for each topic should be read prior to the lecture. The more you are able to read the better prepared you will be to understand and consider the information in the lectures. Also, each week review questions are posted on the web site highlighting important features of the week’s material.

I will supplement the readings with handouts and journal articles that will be available on Moodle.

3. Evaluation

The evaluation of student performance in this course is based on the following components:

Note: Exams must be attended on campus on a date and time to be set by NJIT CPE Division (we are notified as to specific date by NJIT CPE Division early in the semester. Note the Final is generally the first Saturday of the final exam period and the midterm is also a Saturday midway through the semester). If you are greater than 50 miles from campus, you may select and identify an approved proctor to administer the exam; attendance on campus for the exam is preferred (it is administratively easier for all concerned). As soon as I am notified of the on-campus date and room, you will be notified through Moodle.

1. Midterm examination (50%): There will be a midterm exam comprised of primarily short essays. This exam will be based on course lectures, discussion sessions, and assigned readings.

2. Final examination (50%): There will be a final exam conducted during the end-of-semester exam period. The format of the final exam will be the same as the midterm exam; it will be based only on course material covered during the second half of the semester.

3. If optional writing assignment is chosen the midterm will be weighted 40%, final 40% and paper (20%). You are to prepare and submit on-line a five page double space paper (12 pt font) to include a summary and discussion of how environmental change was induced by either of the two books assigned for the semester: “Silent Spring,” R. Carson or “A Civil Action”, J Harr. References required (at least five). Due three weeks before the final. Reminder will be sent.

Note: Class “participation”: Students are expected to check in to Moodle each week to receive review questions and summaries on the week’s material. Discussion items and commentary must be posted on Moodle.

4. Important Notices

A. Students enrolled in this course are forewarned that the consequences of plagiarism or academic misconduct of any kind are severe. Violations will be handled in accordance with the rules outlined in the NJIT Student Handbook (current edition). If you are unfamiliar with these procedures, you should consult the appropriate section of this governing manual.

B. Final grades are not subject to post-semester adjustment–with the exception of the amendment of a grading error. Under no circumstances will students be given the opportunity to complete extra-credit papers or other assignments to bolster their final grades.

Required: Text: Environmental Law Handbook, current ed. (current edition: 20^th edition, 2007) Gov’t Institutes, Inc. Rockville, MD (available in the NJIT bookstore; order online from NJIT by going to bkstr@njit.edu, or from other vendors).

One of two books also required reading from which you may choose: “A Civil Action” (by Jonathan Harr) or “Silent Spring” (by Rachel Carson).

ITunesU lectures required are available through link on Moodle, or separate ITunesU log-in. We will use NJIT Moodle system as the central communication forum (check Moodle site weekly, email to me via Moodle).

Following the class lectures each week progress through the subject matter as follows:

Intro: the nature and types of environmental rules and regulations
The history and development of environmental rules
Clean Water Act major provisions, e.g., water permits, effluent guidelines
CWA Continued: e.g., nonpoint source, spill prevention, dredge and fill
Clean Air Act
Safe Drinking Water Act
National Environmental Policy Act
Midterm on campus
Toxic Substances Control Act and the development of the control of toxics
Hazardous Waste Law: introduction and Resource Conservations and Recovery Act (RCRA, HSWA)
Superfund (Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liablility Act, CERCLA, amended as SARA)
Underground Storage Tank Rules
Occupational Safety and Health Act
Sampling and Compliance issues
International Environmental Law

Final and midterm as announced by University (I will send an email on this generally in first three weeks of class) . Both will be held on campus on a Saturday designated and proctored by NJIT Office of CPE. If you are beyond 50 miles from school you may contact me to discuss the use of a proctor of your choosing (A responsible person who you identify to me for approval in advance of exam.)

Please note that you need to follow the syllabus (above) each week through the e-lectures, read the associated textbook chapter (e.g., water law lecture connects with water law chapter, etc.). There will be a mid semester test and a final exam, and a current required book reading from which you may choose, “A Civil Action” (by Jonathan Harr) or “Silent Spring” (by Rachel Carson). Grade based on 50% midterm, 50% final exam. An optional paper on the selected book may be chosen in which case the scoring will be 40%(MidT), 40%(Final), 20% for the paper. I will from time to time provide additional outline type material and review questions to help you focus on critical areas. Communicate questions to me at any time via email (use primarily Moodle email). I look forward to working with you as you join me in examining the fundamentals of our system of environmental law.

COURSE OUTLINE: EvSc 613 ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM SOLVING SEMINAR

Instructor: Jerry English, Esq.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: For the students to appreciate HOW decisions are made, to learn to plan a presentation and to learn to recognize the policy issues associated with the topic.

FORMAT:

1. A short introduction of the panel

2. A five-minute opening by each panelist

3. A moderated discussion and answer period

You may address the problem with great detail or the widest latitude. We cannot emphasize enough that sharing your particular experience with the students will be the most important part.

The students form consulting companies for this course. In April they will compete with solutions to the problem to be presented to the Staff of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. This combines an academic requirement with a unique opportunity to work on a real world situation.

Seminar sessions begin at 3:30 p.m. and are held in the Guttenberg Building, Room #3710 on the campus of New Jersey Institute of Technology. A brief discussion held at 3:00 p.m., in the Guttenberg Building, Room #3720, will serve as an introduction to the seminar for panelists. Parking is available in the Parking Deck, at the intersection of Warren & Summit Sts. (Campus map enclosed)

PLEASE, we need a current resume for introductory purposes. Respond to Barbara Watters in Mrs. English's office, 908-233-6800 x-2625 or bwatters@lindabury.com. Resumes can be faxed (908-233-5078), e-mailed or mailed to Barbara Watters, Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, 53 Cardinal Drive, PO Box 2369, Westfield, New Jersey 07901.

SCHEDULE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM SOLVING SEMINAR

Spring 2010

Introduction January 19

Regulations and Rule Making January 26

Public Policy February 2

News Media February 9

Finance February 16

Bidding Session February 18

(Port Authority of NY & NJ - 10 a.m.

Two Gateway Center, 14^th Floor,

100 Mulberry Street, Newark, NJ)

Science and Technology February 23

Public & Private Rights & Remedies March 2

Conservation Techniques March 9

Spring Holiday, no class March 16

Politics of the Environment March 23

Public Participation March 30

Public Works April 6

NO MEETING April 13

Proposals due April 20

Presentation to Port Authority Staff April 27

COURSE OUTLINE: IE 651 Industrial Simulation

Instructor: Prof.Bengu , ME 332, gb@nj.rr.com

Course Text: Simulation with Arena; McGraw Hill; Kelton, W.D., Sadowski R.P., et al.

Course Software

· ARENA v13 Professional Simulation Software

· Minitab & Microsoft Excel for two-sample comparisons (t-test), more than two-sample comparisons (ANOVA) , and multi-factor and multi-sample analysis using design of experiments.

Course Description

The pre-requisites are CIS 101 and IE 331 or equivalent.

This course introduces the application of simulation modeling for the analysis of complex industrial, manufacturing, industrial service and social processes and systems. Examples are selected from real-life problems and situations such as automated material handling, robotics, transportation, and hospital emergency rooms design, Emergency Room Management, Conveyors and Material Handling System Design, Hospital Management, Bank System Design, Airport System Design, Call Centers, Disaster Management. . Verification and validation of the models as well as statistical analysis of the input and output data are introduced.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course the students would have learned the following:

1. Understand the concepts and the power of simulation modeling and analysis techniques

2. Learn to build simulation models & use tools and calculate the performance measures.

3. Familiarize and acquire knowledge of industrial simulation models

4. Learn classical statistical techniques for analysis of simulation data.

5. Learning to work as part of team, taking responsibility and delivering it (Semester projects) and develop Communication skills –Presentation skills (Semester Projects).

Course Outline

Ø Introduction to Simulation

Ø General Principles of Simulation

Ø Simulation of Manufacturing Systems

Ø Statistical Models in Simulation

Ø Random Variate Generation

Mid-Term Exam I

· Verification & Validation, Calibration of Models, Face Validity

· Comparison and Evaluation of Alternate Systems

· Simulation Examples,

· Programming Languages

· High Level Simulation Modeling

Mid-Term Exam II

· Arena Simulation Software

· Input Modeling

· Output Data Analysis: Confidence Intervals,

Final Exam & Project Presentations

Course Grading

Exam 1 20%

Exam 2 20%

Final Exam 30%

Course Project 20%

Homework/Attendance 10%

Students will have 3 exams in the course; none of the exams are optional. The exams collectively make up 70% of the grades. The course project is also important in measuring the student outcome and makes up 20% of the grades. Students who are diligent in attending the classes regularly and submitting the assignments can earn as much as 10% of the grades. The grading scale for the course is as follows:

Percentile Grade

90-100 A

80-90 B

70-80 C

Course Project

Each student will submit a team based course project involving the application of simulation modeling and analysis on a case study approved by the instructor. The final report and project presentation is due the last day of the class. Students are expected to use the Arena simulation modeling software in their project.

Recommended references:
Alexopoulos, Christos and Andrew F. Seila. 1998. Advanced Methods for Simulation Output Analysis. In Proceedings of the 1998 Winter Simulation Conference, Volume 1, eds. D. J. Medeiros, Edward F. Watson, John S. Carson, and Mani S. Manivannan, 113-120.
Altiok, Tayfur, and Benjamin Melamed. 2001. Simulation Modeling and Analysis With Arena. Piscataway, New Jersey: Cyber Research, Incorporated and Enterprise Technology Solutions, Incorporated. {ISBN 0-9709795-0-9}
Banks, Jerry, and Randall Gibson. 1996. Getting Started in Simulation Modeling. Industrial Engineering Solutions 28(11):34-39.
Banks, Jerry, and Randall Gibson. 1997. Don't Simulate When … 10 Rules for Determining when Simulation Is Not Appropriate. Industrial Engineering Solutions 29(9):30-32.
Buzacott, John A., and J. George Shanthikumar. 1993. Stochastic Models of Manufacturing Systems. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Incorporated.
Garnett, Jeremy. 1999. The Last Word on Simulation. IIE Solutions 31(1):45-47.
Harrell, Charles, and Kerim Tumay. 1994. Simulation Made Easy : A Manager’s Guide. Norcross, Georgia: Engineering & Management Press.
Law, Averill M., and W. David Kelton. 1991. Simulation Modeling and Analysis, 2^nd edition. New York, New York: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated.
Law, Averill M., and Michael G. McComas. 1998. Simulation of Manufacturing Systems. In Proceedings of the 1998 Winter Simulation Conference, Volume 1, eds. D. J. Medeiros, Edward F. Watson, John S. Carson, and Mani S. Manivannan, 49-52.
Leemis, Lawrence. 1998. Input Modeling. In Proceedings of the 1998 Winter Simulation Conference, Volume 1, eds. D. J. Medeiros, Edward F. Watson, John S. Carson, and Mani S. Manivannan, 15-22.
Nelson, Barry L. 1995. Stochastic Modeling Analysis and Simulation. New York, New York: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated.
Profozich, David. 1998. Managing Change with Business Process Simulation. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Incorporated.
Schriber, Thomas J., and Daniel T. Brunner. 2002. Inside Discrete-Event Simulation Software: How It Works and Why It Matters. In Proceedings of the 2002 Winter Simulation Conference, Volume 1, eds. Enver Yücesan, Chun-Hung Chen, Jane L. Snowdon, and John M. Charnes, 97-107.
Seila, Andrew F., Vlatko Ceric, and Pandu Tadikamalla. 2003. Applied Simulation Modeling. Belmont, California: Brooks/Cole, a division of Thomson Learning, Incorporated.

Code of Conduct

This class runs under the College of Engineering Code of Conduct. Specifically:

The NJIT values academic honesty and integrity. Each student has a responsibility to understand, accept, and comply with the College of Engineering Code of Conduct. Cheating, collusion, misconduct, fabrication, and plagiarism are considered serious offenses. Violations will not be tolerated and may result in penalties up to and including expulsion from the university.

Each examination will have a closed-book portion followed by an open-book (and notes) portion. In the closed-book portion, you will write expository paragraphs on fundamental concepts. No closed-book question will require quotation or usage of a memorized formula. In the open-book portion, you will work problems similar to those assigned as homework and/or discussed in class. Either or both examinations may also have a "take-home" question which, unlike an in-class examination question, can presume access to simulation and statistics software.

Computer software availability:

The Stabile Lab has Arena [Version 12 and 13], Manuals are available on-line.

NJIT maintains an "Weather Campus Closure Information Link" . You may wish to call this number in situations involving severe storms, power outages, insurrection, epidemic, or other unpleasant (understatement!) events to see if the campus is open.

Availability of help:

Just before and after class and laboratory.
office hours schedule: Wed.2:40-4:00 pm or my appointment
Campus Email address bengu@njit.edu
Office address gb@nj.rr.com

Useful Web Sites:

Journals:

The Institute of Industrial Engineers IIE.
The Winter Simulation Conference WSC.
The Michigan Simulation User Group (MSUG) MSUG.
An introductory overview here.
The Society for Computer Simulation SCS.
The Association for Computing Machinery has a special interest group in computer simulation, SIGSIM, ACM-SIGSIM.

Simulation Software:

Arena site.
SIMUL8 SIMUL8.
WITNESS WITNESS.
PROMODEL PROMODEL.
The Stat::Fit® vendor Geer Mountain Software Corporation Stat::Fit.
European Simulation Symposium, Marseille, République Française [France], 2001, Presentation. of Björn Johannson, a Ph.D. student at Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sverige [Sweden],
A Collection of Modelling and Simulation Resources on the Internet

PROTOCOL - CONDUCT

◘ Homework: Homework problems are assigned weekly. It is due the following week and need to be submitted at the beginning of the class or online - so that the HW can be solved in the class. Solutions provide feedback to the student. . Students are encouraged and will be asked to take part in the solution process. Not every hw will be graded, samples will be taken

Do not ask the instructor to accept your homework, after homework solutions are given out. Students can also submit their homework through our class web site (instructor will detail the timings)

(Homework portion of your grade can be built by taking part in these solutions actively. Preparing/copying homework solutions during the class and simply submitting programs with some answers, does not help you to improve your grade but just the opposite; these students miss the opportunity to learn the subject as well miss the opportunity to take part in the solutions as well. In this class you are graded by how much you take part in class solutions rather than what you have submitted alone. )

Solutions must be done individually (results preferably type written- use equation editor that comes with word) and must be supported by the computer solution as well. Student must learn not only the programming but the theories/techniques to model questions. There might be one brief pop up quiz to test the overall class knowledge on the material covered.

◘ Exams & Quizzes: Students will be provided a brief formula sheet during the exams containing only complex formulations and tables. Students are expected to bring these formula sheets to every class and familiarize themselves with these equations/tables during the class rehearsal period.
Exams will be completed in two phase: 1^st phase: students solve the questions that require manual calculations with simple calculators and submit the answers, then 2nd phase: resolve the questions requiring computer use and submit the second set of answers.

◘ COURSE PROJECT SCHEDULE

3rd - 5^th WEEK Team up with another classmate and submit your project proposal. Check the “required format and the guidelines” from the moodle course web site. Use table of contents to write about the methods you want to use in your project. Those who do not submit their project proposal will not be eligible to present their projects.

6th - 8th WEEK Complete a literature search on - your subject and any statistical analysis techniques you are employing- For example search for the following key words “ an article about simulation Modeling of call centers “ or “ Health care centers” . Obtain at least 2 papers on your subject and review the papers and briefly summarize these related work. Follow these articles write up format for your project report.

9rd - 12th WEEK Build your model –Make required comparisions using statistical analysis techniques- Write your report Check your progress with your instructor. Follow up on the suggestions given.

LAST Day of class Make sure that you
             1) upload your files to course website by that time and
             2) submit a hard copy to instructor
                or leave a copy in the mail box in the MIE dept. office, ME 332.

(Use your last names as filename; NamesProject.doc and follow project submission guidelines thoroughly)

COURSE OUTLINE: HRM 601 Organizational Behavior

M. Somers, Home page: http://web.njit.edu/~somers, E-mail: somers@adm.njit.edu

Readings: All required readings on the Moodle site for this course http://moodle.njit.edu ,

There is no textbook or other books to purchase.

Course Overview and Learning Objectives

Course Overview

Organizational behavior, in its most general sense, addresses how organizations work. The sub-topics within this general domain area such as leadership, culture, or motivation, are all concerned with the general question of how to design organizations, processes and policies that allow people to make meaningful contributions to organizations.

For most of the last century our primary concerns centered around increasing productivity. The rapid pace of technologically driven change coupled with increased uncertainty in all aspects or organizational life (and life in general) has presented managers with new challenges. Competitive advantage today comes primarily from innovation and not from efficiency.

While most senior managers have realized that innovation is key, the “how to” remains elusive. Organizations, thus, remain in transition as their leaders experiment with new organizational forms and new ways of doing business. Organizational behavior itself remains in transition and, like it or not, we do not have any pre-packaged programs or cutting edge theory to address the problems facing most organizations today.

This course begins with the assumption that the largely bureaucratic organizations that are slowly unraveling are not well suited to meeting current challenges facing business today. We begin with an analysis as to why and then turn to the newer ways of organizing which are emerging in response to structural changes in business and society.

Course Specific Learning Objectives

The course has several objectives that revolve around the general theme of evolving organizational forms. Upon its completion you should be able to:

· Identify key elements of bureaucratic organizations and the policies associated with bureaucratic structures

· Understand individual and coalitional politics in organizations and analyze how power is attained, maintained and lost

· Have a clear conception of emerging organizational forms

· Understand the importance of leadership in organizations and its role in shaping organizational culture

· Identify key issues in motivating individual employees and know which techniques are effective in doing so

· Understand perceptual processes in organizations and their role in shaping the dominant logic of an organization

· Understand the core elements of career planning and use them to develop a meaningful career plan

· Understand the current and projected business environment and what it means for companies, managers, and employees

Course Outline

Introduction to Distance Learning and to the Course

I. Introduction to Distance Learning: The DL process and what it takes to benefit from a DL course.

II. Introduction to Organizational Behavior: Overview of organizational behavior as a field of inquiry. Introduction of key topic areas and key issues. Relationship of the “people side of the business” to organizational performance.

Do Online Readings

Managing the Present

III. Understanding Complex Organizations: Organizational structures and processes. Bureaucracies and networked organizations. Coalitions and coalition formation. Goals and goal formation.

Do Online Readings

IV. Power & Politics: Power and powerlessness. Individual and coalitional power. Sources of power. Dynamics of power.

Do Online Readings

V. Organizational Cultures & Employee Socialization: Definition and key elements of organizational culture. Cultural vs. structural control of behavior in organizations. Culture and creativity. Success cultures. Dysfunctional cultures.

Do Online Readings

VI. Decision-Making and Evaluation: decision-making process. decision-making conflict, post-decision processes.

Do Online Readings

Envisioning the Future

VII. Sensemaking & Strategy: Environmental scanning, sense-making, competitive advantage, strategy formulation and evaluation.

Do Online Readings

VIII. Leadership: Leadership in modern work organizations: Leading vs. managing. leaders vs. occupants of leadership roles. Leadership challenges and leadership theory. The need for leadership throughout the organization.

Do Online Readings

IX. Diversity in Organizations: Demographic, cultural diversity and diversity of thought. Responses to diversity. Global, networked organizations. Self-critical organizations.

Do Online Readings

Making It Happen

X. Work Motivation, Basic Concepts: Survey of theories of work motivation. Rational and irrational motives. Achievement motivation.

Do Online Readings

XI. Work Motivation, Advanced Concepts: Goal setting, performance management systems, managing poor performers.

Do Online Readings

XII. Careers & Career Management: Career and life stages and career planning. Issues in career management.

Do Online Readings

XIII. Managing Organizational Change: The change process. What can be changed. Managing the change process. New organizational forms.

Do Online Readings

Epilogue

XIV. Epilogue.

No readings for the epilogue.

Grading

Grades are determined by thought exercises and by class participation.

• Thought Exercises

There are ten thought exercises for the course.. Ninety percent of your grade will be determined by your scores on these thought exercises.

You have two options for completing Thought Exercises:

Option 1: You may select any five of the ten Thought Exercises and submit then on or

before their respective due dates. If you select Option 1, 90 percent of your grade will be

determined by your scores on the five Thought Exercises that you submit.

Option 2: You must complete all of the ten Thought Exercises. If you select Option 2,

90 percent of your grade will be determined by the five highest scores that you receive.

Important Note: You must make a good faith effort to complete every Thought Exercise

if you select this option and you must submit every Thought Exercise on or before its due

date. If I make a determination that you have not made a good faith effort to complete

every Thought Exercise, you will forfeit this option and your grade will be determined by

the five lowest scores on the Thought Exercises that you have submitted. The

determination of a good faith effort is made by me and it is final.

Thought exercises are posted online and should be submitted online as well. DO NOT e-mail them to me.

There is a lateness penalty of 1/3 of a letter grade per day for up to two days. Work that

is more than 2 days late will not be accepted and the student will receive a grade of zero

for the assignment. Of course, there exceptions to this policy for emergencies, illness

and/or other extraordinary circumstances provided that proper documentation is provided.

Assignments are due at midnight. There is a three hour grace period to allow for computer errors and network problems. After 3am lateness penalties apply.

• Online or Class participation

Ten percent of your grade will be determined by your participation in class discussions (on line for the distance learning section of the course).

COURSE OUTLINE: Mathematics 663 Introduction to Biostatistics, Fall 2010

1. Instructor: Prof. S. Dhar

2.  Textbook: Introductory Applied Biostatistics by Ralph D’Agostino, Lisa Sullivan and Alexa Beiser. Publisher: Duxbury. ISBN: 0-534-42399-X.

3.  Course Overview: This course provides an introduction to statistical techniques with emphasis on applications in the health sciences. Topics covered include summarizing and displaying data, probability theory, Bayes theorem and its applications in diagnostic testing, sampling distributions and Central Limit Theorem, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing for means and proportions, contingency tables, regression, analysis of variance, logistic regression, nonparametric methods and survival analysis. The material presented will be accompanied by examples from biological, medical and clinical applications. This roughly corresponds to Chapters 1-13 of the textbook.

Note: Due to their similar content, students cannot receive degree credit for both Math 661 (Applied Statistics) and Math 663 (Introduction to Biostatistics).

4.  Software: SAS version 9.1/9.2 will be used for the course. You can use SAS at several NJIT computer labs or obtain your personal copy from NJIT Library.

5.  Grading Policy: The final grade in this course will be determined as follows:

± Homework and Quizzes:	25%* There will be 13 homeworks plus quizzes.
± Midterm Exam:	35%
± Final Exam:	40%

Please note that the University Drop Date November 1 deadline will be strictly enforced.

6.  Homework Policy: Homework or Quiz will be assigned roughly every week. Late homework will not be accepted. The lowest three homework or quiz scores will be dropped out of the 13.

7.  Exams: There will be one midterm and one final exam (see course outline). All exams will be closed-book. No make-up exams are allowed in case of extenuating circumstances with legitimate and verifiable excuse scores will be imputed.

8.  Honor Code: http://integrity.njit.edu/.

CLASS POLICIES

Attendance and Participation: Students must attend all classes. Absences from class will inhibit your ability to fully participate in class discussions and problem solving sessions and, therefore, affect your grade. Tardiness to class is very disruptive to the instructor and students and will not be tolerated.

Makeup Exam Policy: There will be no makeup exams, except in rare situations where the student has a legitimate reason for missing an exam, including illness, death in the family, accident, requirement to appear in court, etc. The student must notify the Math office and the Instructor that he/she will miss an exam. In all cases, the student must present proof for missing the exam, e.g., a doctor's note, police report, court notice, etc., clearly stating the date AND times.

Cellular Phones: All cellular phones and beepers must be switched off during all class times.

1. No assignments, homework, exams will be accepted late.

2. Use of Laptops/computer devices, etc., are not allowed when the instructor is lecturing.

Course Outline and Homework Assignments:

Week	Date	Topic	Chapter(s)
1	8/30	*Introduction, Descriptive Statistics*	1 & 2
2	9/ 13	*Probability*	3
3	9/ 20	*Sampling Distributions*	4
4	9/ 27	*Inference for Means*	5
5	10/4	*Inference for Mean Differences*	6
6	10/11	*Categorical Data Analysis*	7
7	10/18	*Risks in 2 populations*	8
8	10/25	*Analysis of Variance*	9
9	11/1	◄ midterm Exam ►
10	11/8	*Correlation and Regression*	10
11	11/15	*Logistic Regression: basic introduction only*	11
12	11/22	*Nonparametric methods*	12
13	11/29	*Nonparametric methods and Survival Analysis*	12-13
14	12/06	*Review*
	December 09	*Reading Day*
Finals		FINAL EXAM WEEK: December 10-16, 2010

☑ Disclaimer: There may be some changes. Any modifications will be announced in class.

September 6, 2010	M	Labor Day Holiday ~ University Closed.
November 1, 2010	M	Last Day to Withdraw from this Course.
December 07, 2010	T	Classes Follow a Thursday Schedule.
December 08, 2010	W	Classes Follow a Friday Schedule.
November 25-26, 2010	R-Su	Thanksgiving Recess ~ University Closed.

Prepared By: Dr. Dhar

Last revised: June 15, 2010

COURSE OUTLINE: EM 636 Project Management

Distance Learning

Instructor: Ava Heuer

In addition to individual assignments, students will also work in teams on a mock project to develop all parts of the Project Plan, from charter and scope statement to schedules, budgets, communications, risks, and quality. This will require active participation, teamwork, time, and effort. As this is a distance learning course, students will use all available technologies (forums, chat rooms, etc.) to meet in a “virtual” environment.

Resources Required:
1. “A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)” Fourth Edition

2. “Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling and Controlling,” Tenth Edition, Harold Kerzner

3. Students will need to download Skype (free, download takes less than 5 minutes from www.skype.com) and get a Skype ID.

4. Software to read MS PowerPoint Files, and some sort of software such as MS Word or MS PowerPoint to submit homework assignments.

Week 1 – Project Management Background

Understanding the PMBOK ANSI Standard for Project Management
Relationships between processes, process groups, knowledge areas, phases, lifecycles
Triple constraint and trade-off analysis
Stakeholders and other project roles
Teamwork

Week 2 – PM Framework

Different types of project lifecycles
Stage gates
Organization structures
Project Selection

Week 3 – Human Resource Management

Team roles and responsibilities
Team development
Management skills
Motivation Theories

Week 4 – Initiating a Project

Developing a project charter and business case
Generating Requirements

Week 5 – Developing the Scope Baseline

Writing a Scope Statement
Developing the Work Breakdown Structure

Week 6 – Developing the Schedule

Activity Definition
Activity Sequencing
Resource and Duration Estimating
Developing the Schedule

Week 7 – Baselining the Schedule and Budget

Schedule analysis and schedule compression techniques
Cost budgeting
Developing the cost baseline

Week 8 – Developing the Quality Baseline

Understanding metrics
Developing a Quality Plan
Developing the Quality Baseline
Cost of Quality
The Quality “Gurus”

Midterm Exam

Spring Break

Week 10 – Communications Management

Developing a Communications Plan
Barriers to Effective Communications
Methods of Communicating
Communications Skills

Week 11 – Risk Management

Identifying Risk
Analyzing Risk
Developing Risk Response Plans
Monitoring Risk

Week 12 – Monitoring project progress

Change Control
Cost and Schedule Control
Earned Value Techniques

Week 13 – Quality Control

Tools used in Quality Control
Monitoring Quality
Control charts

Week 14 – Procurement Management & Project Closure

Soliciting bids
RFPs, RFQ, RFIs
Source Selection
Contract Administration
Contract pricing

Week 15 – Project Closeout and Review for Final

Week 16

Final Exam

COURSE OUTLINE: EM 634: Legal, Ethical and Intellectual Property Issues for Engineers

Instructor: Marion R. Tuttle, J.D., Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department

Office phone: 973 596 3333, E-mail: marion.tuttle@njit.edu Direct Phone 973 962 7221

Texts: Michael W. Martin, Roland Schinziner. Ethics in Engineering, 4^th Edition.

New York: McGraw Hill Companies, 2005. ISBN 0-07-283115

Terry Halbert & Elaine Inguli. Law & Ethics in the Business Environment, 6^th Edition. ISBN 13 978-0-324-65732-6; 10:0-324-65732 2009.

Grading: Mid-term 25%; Term Paper: 30%; Homework: 15%; Final:30%

Summer, 2010

Dates are tentative: exact time frames will be posted, if changed

Time Frame TOPIC Book & Chapters

Module 1 U.S. Legal System Halbert 1

Weeks 1, 2, Administrative Law, Ethics Martin 1, 2, 3, 4

Module 2 Employment Law Halbert 2, 3, 4

Weeks 3, 4 Martin 6, 7, 10

Module 3 Intellectual Property Halbert 9

Weeks 5,6

WEEK 6/7 MID-TERM EXAM

Module 4 Safety Halbert 5

Week 7, 8 Martin 5

TERM PAPER DUE July 12, 2010

Module 5 Product Liability Halbert 7, 8

Week 8, 9 Product Liability Martin 9, 10

Module 6 Environmental Law Halbert 6

Week 9, 10 U.S. & Abroad Martin 8, 9

WEEK 11 FINAL EXAM

Reminder: We will be using the MOODLE platform as well as direct e-mail via the Campus Highlander Pipeline e-mail system.

EM 634 Term Paper Assignment

A term paper must be submitted by

July 12, 2010

This paper must be the equivalent of a 10 page, double spaced paper which equals about 2500 words. HOWEVER, you must submit the term paper and all other assignments, in 10 point type WITHOUT title page and without wasted space for index, table of contents, pretty pictures or blank spaces. (Let’s save a few trees and keep extra pages from the landfills!) I find it easiest to type in 12 point font on 10 double spaced pages and after proofreading, change the format for emailing.

All topics must be personally approved by the instructor – preferably by the third week of the semester.

COURSE OUTLINE: EvSc 603 HAZWOPPER Certification (Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response) Summer 2009

Instructor: Dr. Norman J. Van Houten (973) 596-3059 safetydirector@yahoo.com

Objective: To satisfy regulatory compliance mandates to work in the Environmental field. Certification is valid for one year. Senior students will need this certification to obtain employment in the environmental field.

Reading: OSHA Code (29 CFR 1910.) and handout prepared by Dr. Van Houten

Course Outline:

Class 1	Introduction of Instructors, Overview of program, Goals and objectives, What is OSHA? What is HAZWOPPER, Introduction to Hazardous Materials
Class 2	Chemistry of Hazardous Materials, Classification and Characteristics of Hazardous Materials, DOT Regulations regarding Hazardous Materials (HM 126, 181)
Class 3	OSHA 1910.1200 - Hazard Communication, New Jersey Right to Know Act, MSDS/HSFS - Use of information sources, Toxicology
Class 4	Toxicology (continued), Routes of Entry, Recognition, Evaluation and Control of hazards
Class 5	OSHA Respiratory protection Act (1910.134), Exposure Guidelines, Medical Monitoring *** MIDTERM EXAM ******
Class 6	Use of Respirators - APR & SCBA, OSHA PPE Standard (1910.132), Use of PPE - suits, gloves, boots, etc.
Class 7	Donning/Doffing Procedures - Level A & B, Introduction to Detection Equipment , Operation of Detection Equipment, Emergency Procedure Review
Class 8	Fire Fighting Techniques, Search and Rescue, Medical Emergencies
Class 9	Decontamination Procedures, Control of Leaks and spills, General clean up methods: Ad/Absorption, Containment, Neutralization, Emulsification
Class 10	Responding to leaks: Punctures, Closure failures, Plumbing failures, Container failures, Patching/Plugging. Recovery methods
Class 11	Response to Radiological Emergencies, Overview of Emergency Management, Contingency Planning
Class 12	Response Strategies: Response Equipment, Site Safety Plans HASP _ Health & Safety Planning
Class 13	Case Studies - workshop/discussion Information sources and reference materials
Class 14	Exercise - Table top drill/scenario, General Review of course information and procedures
Class 15	Emergency Response to controlled spill situation, Review and critique of exercise, Review of all course materials
Class 16	Final Exam

Grading Percentages: Term Paper – 40 %, Mid Term – 30 %, Final Exam – 30%

COURSE OUTLINE: EvSc 616 Toxicology for Engineers and Scientists

Instructor: Prof. Pradyot Patnaik

Textbook: Lu’s Basic Toxicology., edition by Frank C, Lu and Sam Kacew, published by Taylor & Francis

Lecture	Topics
1	Introduction to the Course; absorption, distribution and excretion of toxicants
2	Biotransformation of toxicants, enzymatic reactions, Bio-activation
3	Toxic effects, target organs, mechanisms of action, molecular targets
4	Modifying factors of toxic effects, host factors, chemical interactions
5	Toxicology of the liver, hepatotoxicants, types of liver injuries
6	Toxicology of the kidney, nephrotoxicants, testing procedures
7	Toxicology of the skin, dermatotoxicants
8	Carcinogenesis, mode of action, human carcinogens, classification of carcinogens
9	Teratogenesis, developmental toxicants and their effects, mode of action
10	Toxicology of pedticides, organochlorine, organophosphorus, cabamate, and chlorophenoxy pesticides and herbicides.
11	Toxicity of metals, certain common features and toxic effects, exposure risks
12	Food additives and contaminants
13	Occupational toxicology, exposure limits and monitoring
14	Environmental pollutants, air, water, and soil pollutants
15	Toxicologic evaluation, risks and safety assessment, mathematical models. Course review and review for the final exam

Grading: The final exam and the project paper will each carry a total of 100 points. The cumulative total points will be 200. The final grade for the semester will be assessed from the overall performance in the final exam and evaluation of the project paper. The project paper will be evaluated based on the depth, content and clarity of writ-ups.

Course On-line Resources

Course Software

Course Project

Class/Exam policies

Class Hours: Wed. 6-9 PM, Fenster 698

Office Hours: Wed. 3-5 PM, Fenster 618

Text: J. S. Rossmann and C. L. Dym, Introduction to Engineering Mechanics, CRC Press. ISBN-13: 978-1-4200-6271-7.

Prerequisites by Topic

Course Description

Course Topics

Homework is due one week after it is assigned – to be handed in before Lecture.

Grading: Homework 25%, mid-term 25%, Final Exam 50%

COURSE OUTLINE: BME 671 Biomechanics of Human Movement and Structure, Fall 2010

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Richard Foulds, Ph.D. Associate Professor

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Office East Building 618

Campus Extension- 3335

email foulds@njit.edu

Textbooks

Biomechanics and Motor Control of Human Movement, 3rd edition, David Winter

Dynamics of Human Gait 2nd Edition, Christopher Vaughn, Brian Davis, and Jeremy O’Connor (download from http://www.kiboho.co.za/GaitCD/gaitbook.htm )

Other Information

Please check the website of the International Society of Biomechanics, http://www.isbweb.org for announcements of conferences, software, employment and internships. Also check the website of the American Society for Biomechanics at http://asb-biomech.org/

Honor Code

Course Software

Course Text: Simulation with Arena; McGraw Hill; Kelton, W.D., Sadowski R.P., et al.

Course Software

Course Description

Course Objectives

Course Outline

Course Grading

Course Project

Course Outline and Homework Assignments:

COURSE OUTLINE: EM 634: Legal, Ethical and Intellectual Property Issues for Engineers

Instructor: Marion R. Tuttle, J.D., Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department

Summer, 2010

Dates are tentative: exact time frames will be posted, if changed

Time Frame TOPIC Book & Chapters

EM 634 Term Paper Assignment

July 12, 2010

Biomechanics and Motor Control of Human Movement, 3^rd edition, David Winter

Dynamics of Human Gait 2^nd Edition, Christopher Vaughn, Brian Davis, and Jeremy O’Connor (download from http://www.kiboho.co.za/GaitCD/gaitbook.htm )