Program Overview

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Industrial Engineering Program

The Industrial Engineering (IE) Program was established in 2017 under the umbrella of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the College of Engineering, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University (PSAU). It was initially developed to strengthen the analytical and technical education of engineers by preparing students to address complex industrial challenges.

Program Overview

The IE program offers an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering designed to meet the needs of local communities and regional industries. The region hosts a diverse range of industries, including oil and gas and their supporting sectors, rubber and plastics, metalworking, manufacturing, chemical and mineral products, service enterprises, beverages, machinery, and equipment.

Curriculum

The curriculum was developed to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to contribute effectively to these industries, while also elevating the social and economic standards of the surrounding communities. The program's faculty members are committed to providing high-quality education that fosters professional competence and sustainable development in the region.

Enrollment and Faculty

As of Fall 2025, the program enrolls 128 undergraduate students. The academic staff includes 14 faculty members—comprising 5 associate professors, 6 assistant professors, 2 lecturers, and 1 teaching assistant.

Program Curriculum

The program curriculum consists of 166 credit hours carefully structured to ensure comprehensive coverage of industrial engineering principles and practices.

Study Plan

The study plan for the Industrial Engineering program is divided into five years, with each year further divided into two levels. The courses are designed to provide a balanced education in industrial engineering, covering topics such as mathematics, physics, engineering drawing, computer skills, and industrial operations management.

• First Year - Level (1)
  • MATH 1050: Differential Calculus
  • ENGL 1210: Reading Skills
  • ENGL 1220: Writing Skills
  • IC 101: Entrance to Islamic Education
  • PHYS 1010: General Physics I
• First Year - Level (2)
  • ENGL 1230: Listening and Conversation Skills
  • ARAB 101: Arabic Language Skills
  • MATH 1060: Integral Calculus
  • CT 1400: Computer Skills
  • MC 1400: Communication Skills
  • ENGL 1604: English for Technical Purposes
• Second Year - Level (3)
  • CHEM 1010: General Chemistry
  • PHYS 1040: General Physics II
  • GEU 1011: Introduction to Engineering
  • GEU 1090: Computer Programming in Engineering
  • MATH 1070: Algebra and Analytical Geometry
  • IC 102: Islam and Building of Society
• Second Year - Level (4)
  • GEU 3201: Engineering Statistics
  • IE 1021: Engineering Drawing and Graphics
  • MATH 2030: Differential and Integral Calculus
  • GEU 2100: Engineering Mechanics
  • GEU 2610: Engineering Professional Communications
  • ARAB 103: Arabic Editing
  • ISL 103: Economic System in Islam
• Third Year - Level (5)
  • Math 2040: Differential Equations
  • IE 2141: Industrial Operations Management I
  • ME 3570: Mechanics of Materials
  • IE 2511: Manufacturing Materials
  • EE 3080: Circuits and Electrical Machines
  • IE 3331: Design & Analysis of Experiment
• Third Year - Level (6)
  • ISL 104: Principles of Political System in Islam
  • IE 2440: Linear Algebra
  • IE 2521: Manufacturing Process I
  • IE 2221: Industrial Operations Analysis I
  • IE 3141: Industrial Operation Management II
  • ME 3290: Thermal & Fluid
• Fourth Year - Level (7)
  • IE 3521: Manufacturing Process II
  • IE 4491: Safety Engineering
  • IE 3411: Human Factors Engineering
  • IE 4010: Engineering Economy
  • IE 3221: Industrial Operations Analysis II
  • IE 3371: Automatic Control Systems
• Fourth Year - Level (8)
  • IE 4020: Engineering Project Management
  • IE 3391: Quality Engineering
  • IE 3421: Work Design & Analysis
  • IE 3601: CAD/CAM
  • IE 4321: Industrial System Simulation
  • IE xxxx: Elective
• Fifth Year - Level (9)
  • IE 4382: Maintenance and Replacement Policies
  • IE 4611: CIM
  • IE 4500: Industrial Facility Design
  • IE xxxx: Elective
  • IE 4911: Senior Design Project I
• Fifth Year - Level (10)
  • IE 4711: Manufacturing Systems
  • IE xxxx: Elective
  • IE xxxx: Elective
  • IE 4910: Seminars in Industrial Engineering
  • IE 4921: Senior Design Project II
  • IE 4991: Practical Training

Course Descriptions

Each course in the program has a detailed description, including the course code, title, credits, contact hours, prerequisites, and textbook information.

• IE 1021: Engineering Drawing and Graphics
  • Description: Constructional geometry and basics of lettering; Sketching; Orthographic projection; Sectional and auxiliary views; Dimensioning.
  • Textbook: Shah, M. B., & Rana, B. C. Engineering Drawing. Pearson Education, Latest Edition.
• IE 2511: Manufacturing Materials
  • Description: Material classifications. Material compositions and structures. Properties of materials. Phase diagrams. Ferrous materials: Production, processing, and applications.
  • Textbook: W.D. Callister, "Materials Science and Engineering - An Introduction", John Wiley, Latest Edition.
• IE 2141: Industrial Operations Management I
  • Description: Introduction of operations/production management: Concepts of production systems, operations strategy and responsibilities of an operations manager, Business process, input–output transformation model, productivity, and performance measures.
  • Textbook: Jay Heizer, Barry Render, Operations Management, Pearson, Latest Edition.
• IE 2521: Manufacturing processes I
  • Description: Introduction and overview of manufacturing. Plant and shop layout. Basic bench work operations. Metal casting fundamentals & processes.
  • Textbook: L. Alting, Marcel-Dekker, "Manufacturing Engineering Processes", Latest Edition.
• IE 2221: Industrial Operations Analysis I
  • Description: Introduction to operations research. Linear programming modeling with engineering applications. Graphical solutions of linear programming problems.
  • Textbook: David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams, R. Kipp Martin. An Introduction to Management Science: A Quantitative Approach to Decision Making, Thomson South-Western, Latest edition.
• IE 3141: Industrial Operations Management II
  • Description: Advanced Forecasting models. Aggregate planning approaches. Master production scheduling, Material Requirement planning (MRP), and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).
  • Textbook: Jay Heizer and Barry Render, Operations Management. PEARSON, Latest Edition.
• IE 3521: Manufacturing Processes II
  • Description: Fundamentals of Machining (Mechanics of Cutting, Cutting Forces and Power, Temperatures in Cutting, Tool Life, Surface Finish and Integrity, Machinability).
  • Textbook: Serope Kalpakjian and Steven R. Schmid, "Manufacturing Engineering and Technology" Pearson, Latest Edition.
• IE 4010: Engineering Economy
  • Description: Introduction to engineering economics. Time Value of Money, Factors of Equivalence, Comparison methods: Present worth method, Equivalent annual worth method, Rate of return method.
  • Textbook: Sullivan G., Engineering Economy, Prentice Hall, Latest Edition.
• IE 3331: Design and Analysis of Experiments
  • Description: Introduction to design of experiments (DoE) and industry applications. Hypothesis Testing and Simple Comparative Experiments.
  • Textbook: D.C. Montgomery, "Design and Analysis of Experiments", Wiley, Latest Edition.
• IE 3411: Human Factors Engineering
  • Description: Introduction to human factors. Human-Machine systems, Information Input and Processing. Human Capabilities: Hearing, Vision, and Psychomotor Skills.
  • Textbook: McCormick & Sanders, "Human Factors in Engineering and Design", McGraw-Hill, UK, Latest Edition.
• IE 4020: Engineering Project Management
  • Description: Principles of project management. Project life cycle and organization. Different stakeholders: relations, roles and responsibilities.
  • Textbook: John M. Nicholas, "Project Management for Engineering, Business and Technology," Routledge, Latest edition
• IE 4491: Safety Engineering
  • Description: Introduction to law and regulations. Concepts of Hazard avoidance. Hazard analysis, Hazard Assessment, Hazard Prevention, and Hazard Control in Buildings and Facilities.
  • Textbook: C. Ray Asfahl, "Industrial Safety and Health Management", Prentice Hall, Latest Edition.
• IE 3221: Industrial Operations AnalysisII
  • Description: Dynamic programming: Characteristics of dynamic programming, formulation, and applications. Integer programming: Formulations, solution methodologies, Branch-and-Bound algorithms.
  • Textbook: TAHA, Hamdy A. Operations research: an introduction. Prentice Hall, Latest edition.
• IE 3371: Automatic Control Systems
  • Description: Introduction to factory automation. Illustrated industrial automation applications. Introduction to linear control theory.
  • Textbook: R.C. Dorf "Modern Control Systems", Addison Wesley, Latest Edition.
• IE 3421: Work Design and Analysis
  • Description: Introduction to work systems, types of occupations, productivity, and problem-solving methods. Manual work and worker-machine systems.
  • Textbook: Mikell P. Groover "work systems and the methods measurement and management of work," Pearson Education International, Latest Edition.
• IE 3601: CAD/CAM
  • Description: Introduction to CAD and CAM systems. Computer graphics: Constructing the geometry, geometric transformation: 2D and 3D transformations.
  • Textbook: Mikell P. Groover, and Emory W. Zimmers, Jr.: "CAD/CAM: Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing", Prentice Hall, Inc., Latest Edition.
• IE 3391: Quality Engineering
  • Description: Introduction to quality control: Fundamentals of statistical quality control, the basic concepts of quality, quality engineering terminology.
  • Textbook: D.C. MONTGOMERY, "Introduction to Statistical Quality Control," Latest edition.
• IE 4382: Maintenance and Replacement Policies
  • Description: Maintenance systems, organization of maintenance department, and its responsibilities. Different types of maintenance policies.
  • Textbook: Duffuaa, S. O., Raouf, A., & Campbell, J. D., "Planning and control of maintenance systems." John Willey and Son, New York, Latest edition.
• IE 4500: Industrial Facility Design
  • Description: Introduction to facility design: product analysis, production cycle, facility design, facility planning, and facility design phases.
  • Textbook: J. & White J., "Facility Planning, Tompkins", John Wiley & Sons, Latest Edition
• IE 4611: Computer Integrated Manufacturing
  • Description: Types of CIM systems and their applications, importance, and components. Role of CNC machines in CIM system.
  • Textbook: Chang, T.C., Wysk, R.A. & Wang, H.P., "Computer Integrated Manufacturing", Prentice Hall, Latest Edition.
• IE 4321: Industrial System Simulation
  • Description: Introduction to concepts of systems, models, and simulation. Review of probability distributions and statistics.
  • Textbook: Law and Kelton, "Simulation Modeling and Analysis", McGraw-Hill, Co., Latest Edition.
• IE 4711: Manufacturing Systems
  • Description: Introduction to Manufacturing systems: Classifications and levels. Dedicated manufacturing lines. Reconfigurable manufacturing systems.
  • Textbook: Groover, M.P. "Automation Production System and Computer Integrated Manufacturing", Prentice Hall, Latest Edition.
• IE 4910: Seminars for Industrial Engineering
  • Description: This course focuses on new developments in the field of Industrial engineering by attending workshops, Seminars, conferences, or lectures.
• IE 4911: Senior Design Project I
  • Description: In graduation project (1), students learn how to choose a topic, establish a project, focus and conduct a literature review of the field of industrial engineering problems.
  • Pre-Requisite: 132 C.H.
• IE 4921: Senior Design Project II
  • Description: Senior Design Project II is the continuation of the Senior Design Project I. Students work on the solution of the problem, experiment data, and survey outcomes.
  • Pre-Requisite: IE 4911
• IE 4991: Practical Training
  • Description: Practical Training aims to provide students with hands-on, real-world experience in practical work. This is mandatory field training.
  • Pre-Requisite: 112 C.H.

Elective Courses

The program offers a variety of elective courses to provide students with a broader understanding of industrial engineering and its applications.

• IE 3011: Product Design and innovation
  • Description: Introduction to the product development process and models. Innovation management: opportunity identification, product planning, customer needs, and product specification.
  • Textbook: Ulrich, Karl T., and Steven D., "Eppinger. Product design and development," McGraw-hill, Latest edition.
• IE 3021: Industry and the Environment
  • Description: Introduction to the Impact of engineering and industrial activities on the environment. Types of pollution and its sources.
  • Textbook: Dix, Herbert Mason, "Environmental Pollution: Atmosphere, Land, Water & Noise," John Wiley, Chichester, Latest Edition.
• IE 3151: Dynamic Forecasting
  • Description: Time series and forecasting. Forecasting accuracy. Monitoring and controlling forecasts. Linear, nonlinear, and multiple regression with forecasting applications.
  • Textbook: Business Forecasting, Hanke Wichern, Pearson Prentice Hall, Latest edition.
• IE 3231: Decision Analysis
  • Description: Introduction to the principles of decision-making under uncertainty. Methods used in decision analysis: utility models, influence diagrams, decision trees, and Bayesian models.
  • Textbook: Making Hard Decisions: An Introduction to Decision Analysis, Robert T. Clemen, Duxbury Press, Latest Edition.
• IE 3341: Industrial Stochastic Systems
  • Description: Review probability and probability distribution. Deterministic and stochastic processes. Poisson Process and Related Processes.
  • Textbook: A First Course in Stochastic Models, Tijms, H.C., Wiley, New York, latest edition.
• IE 3351: Productivity Engineering and Management
  • Description: Introduction to productivity. Factors affecting productivity: inflation, political power, economic power, and technological development.
  • Textbook: Productivity engineering and management: productivity measurement, evaluation, planning, and improvement in manufacturing and service organizations, Sumanth, D. J. McGraw-Hill College, Latest Edition.
• IE 4051: Manufacturing Cost Analysis
  • Description: Principles, concepts, and the importance of manufacturing cost analysis and estimation. Manufacturing labor cost analysis: labor cost analysis and estimation.
  • Textbook: Ostwald, Philip F. and Timothy S. Mclaren, Cost Analysis and Estimating for Engineering and Management, Pearson, Latest Edition.
• IE 4131: Supply chain and Logistics
  • Description: Introduction to the management of supply chain and logistics. The management components of the supply chain. Supply chain main processes.
  • Textbook: Supply Chain Management: Processes, Partnerships, Performance, Douglas M. Lambert (ed). The Supply Chain Management Institute, FL. Latest Edition.
• IE 4141: Legislations & Contracts
  • Description: Law, rules, and regulations concerning the Saudi Engineering Council. Contractors' union and environment protection.
  • Textbook: Henry Henkin, "Drafting Engineering Contracts", Taylor & Francis, Latest Edition.
• IE 4151: Reverse Engineering
  • Description: Introduction to Reverse Engineering (RE): definition of RE, uses of RE, process, and phases of RE. Methodologies and Techniques for RE.
  • Textbook: Reverse Engineering: An Industrial Perspective by Raja and Fernandes. Springer-Verlag, Latest edition.
• IE 4161: Risk management
  • Description: Introduction to Risk Management: Risk definition, Impact of risks on organizations, Principles of risk management.
  • Textbook: Fundamentals of Risk Management: Understanding, Evaluating and Implementing Effective Risk Management, Latest edition.
• IE 4171: Advanced safety engineering
  • Description: Definitions and fundamental Concepts of safety engineering. Safety standards. Safety management system: Principles and applications.
  • Textbook: Nicholas J. Bahr, "System Safety Engineering and Risk Assessment",
• IE 4181: Human resources management
  • Description: Introduction to Human Resource Management in Organizations. Strategic Human Resource Management and Planning.
  • Textbook: Mathis, R. L., Jackson, J. H., Valentine, S. R., & Meglich, P. Human resource management. Cengage Learning. Latest Edition.
• IE 4191: Feasibility Study
  • Description: Introduction to feasibility studies: Definitions and importance of feasibility analysis, Elements of feasibility study.
  • Textbook: Stevens, Robert R, "How to prepare a feasibility study: a step-by-step guide including 3 model studies", Prentice-Hall, Latest edition.
• IE 4211: Total Quality Management
  • Description: Principles and fundamentals of quality, quality control, quality assurance, and total quality Management (TQM).
  • Textbook: Evans J., Lindsay W., The Management and Control of Quality, South, Western College Publications, Latest edition.
• IE 4231: Queuing systems
  • Description: Characteristics of queuing systems. General arrival and service patterns. Poisson process and Erlangian models.
  • Textbook: Shortle, J. F., Thompson, J. M., Gross, D., & Harris, C. M. Fundamentals of queueing theory. John Wiley & Sons, Latest edition.
• IE 4241: Optimization Methods
  • Description: Unconstrained optimization, necessary and sufficient conditions for unconstrained optimization. Derivative-free algorithms.
  • Textbook: Introduction to Operations Research, Hillier, Frederick S., McGraw Hill Higher Education, Latest edition.
• IE 4351: Inventory management
  • Description: Introduction: Objective of Inventory Management, Costs Associated with Inventory, Pre-requisites for Effective Inventory Management.
  • Textbook: Hands-On Inventory Management by Ed C. MErCado, Auerbach Publications, New York; Latest Edition.
• IE 4371: Material Handling and Packaging
  • Description: Introduction to Material handling and packaging. Objectives and principles of material handling and packaging.
  • Textbook: MATERIAL HANDLING, Raymond A. Kulwiec, John Wiley, New Jersey Last Edition & FUNDAMENTALS OF PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY, Klatter Soroka, Richard Warrington, Last Edition.
• IE 4372: Lean Manufacturing
  • Description: Lean philosophy, Lean strategy, Five basic principles of Lean manufacturing, Waste according to Lean philosophy.
  • Textbook: Liker, Jeffrey K, Meier, David, The Toyota way fieldbook: a practical guide for implementing Toyota's 4Ps McGraw-Hill, Latest edition.
• IE 4381: Reliability Engineering
  • Description: Basic concepts in Reliability Engineering. Reliability measures: Reliability function, hazard function of important distribution functions.
  • Textbook: C.E. Ebeling, "An Introduction to Reliability and Maintainability Engineering". Waveland Press, Inc., Latest Edition.
• IE 4391: Advance Maintenance Engineering
  • Description: Introduction to advanced maintenance: Objectives of maintenance engineering, Asset management, maintenance manager responsibilities.
  • Textbook: Duffuaa, S. O., Raouf, A., & Campbell, J. D., Planning and control of maintenance systems. John Willey and Son, New York, Latest edition.
• IE 4411: Energy efficiency and sustainability
  • Description: Introduction: Attitudes to energy efficiency, energy management objectives, priorities, and strategies. Introduction to Sustainability.
  • Textbook: Energy Efficiency and Climate Change: Conserving Power for a Sustainable Future:B. Sudhakara Reddy, Gaudenz B. Assenza, Dora Assenza, Franziska Hasselmann. SAGE Publication, Latest edition.
• IE 4621: Industrial Information Systems
  • Description: Introduction to information systems. Management Information Systems in the enterprise. Managing hardware and software.
  • Textbook: O. Hick, "Information Systems in Business: An Introduction", James West Publishing Co., Latest Edition.
• IE 4622: Artificial intelligence in industry
  • Description: Introduction: Goals of AI, Techniques, Branches, Knowledge types, Knowledge representation. Search Engines: Basic search types.
  • Textbook: Russell S. and Peter N., "Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach", Prentice Hall, Latest Edition.
• IE 4661: Machine Learning
  • Description: Introduction: Basics of Machine learning and its classifications. Machine learning model design and development.
  • Textbook: Andreas C. Müller, Sarah Guido - Introduction to Machine Learning with Python: A Guide for Data Scientists-O'Reilly Media, Latest Edition.
• IE 4721: Sequencing and Scheduling
  • Description: Introduction to sequencing and scheduling, basic concepts, and terminology. Single and parallel machine sequencing and scheduling.
  • Textbook: Principles and Sequencing and Scheduling, Kenneth R. Maker and Dan Trietsch, John Wiley and Sons Inc, Latest Edition.
• IE 4811: Special topics in industrial engineering
  • Description: In-depth study of relevant and recent topics in industrial engineering that are not covered in other courses of the program.
  • Pre-Requisite: Department Approval