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Contact Information:

Joseph C. Hartman, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor and Chair
Industrial and Systems Engineering
University of Florida

Phone:  (352) 392-1475 
Fax:    (352) 392-3537   
E-mail: hartman@ise.ufl.edu  

303 Weil Hall
PO Box 116595
Gainesville, FL  32611-6595


Overview

The purpose of this course is to give students skills in carrying out a project for a designated client, just as practicing engineers. This course brings together many of the tools presented in previous courses to solve the problems defined in the project. Students also acquire additional experience in giving presentations and technical writing.

Teams of 3-5 ISE seniors solve a problem defined by the client (company sponsor) over a 15-week semester.  Problems cover any topic of relevance to industrial and systems engineering (i.e., lean manufacturing, supply chain management, transportation optimization, facilities layout, economic analysis, data mining, process improvement, inventory analysis, production control, etc.).  Deliverables include recommendations, analyses, and decision support systems.  Donations support all project costs (travel, etc.) and educational support.


 

Past Projects
Alachua County, FL

Project : [add more]

Term : Fall, 2008

Location : Alachua County, FL

Deliverable : [add more]

Atlanta, GA

Project 1 : Reducing Chilled Water Energy Costs

Term : Spring, 2009

Location : Jacksonville, FL

Deliverable : Recommendations on reducing facility energy costs


Project 2 : Increasing Efficiency: A study in Preventive Maintenance

Term : Spring, 2009

Location : Orlando, FL

Deliverable : so when you hit Coke, it should have both come up (separately). This one is in Orlando Design of a preventative maintenance plan and associated decision-support tool

Orlando, FL

Project : iPod Touch Application Transfer Improvement

Term : Spring, 2009

Location : Gainesville, FL

Deliverable : Recommended approach in which to load new software onto i-Pod devices quickly and securely.

Gainesville, FL

Project : Hampton Oaks Powerpoint

Term : Spring, 2009

Location : Gainesville, FL

Deliverable : Recommendations and process improvements to reduce patient wait time

Tallahassee, FL

Project : Increasing Referrals and Optimizaing Client Database Tool

Term : Spring, 2009

Location : Alachua County, FL

Deliverable : Recommendations on process improvements and client decision-support (database tracking) system

New York, NY

Project : Enchancing the Usability and User-Interface of NPOWER

Term : Spring, 2009

Location : Oldsmar, FL

Deliverable : Recommendations on improving layout and functionality of web-interface for client decision-support tool

Los Angeles, CA

Project : Production Facility Design for the E-20 Advanced Hawkeye

Term : Spring, 2009

Location : St. Augustine, FL

Deliverable : Facility re-design and process flow analysis for next-generation product development

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Project : Improving HiOX Panel Production

Term : Spring, 2009

Location : Indianapolis, IN

Deliverable : Recommendations on facility layout, process improvements and lean manufacturing for new product line

Cedar Rapids, IA

Project : Lean Level Loading Decision Support Tool(3LDST) for Workstation Optimization at Rockwell Collins Inc.

Term : Spring, 2009

Location : Melbourne, FL

Deliverable : Algorithmic approach and decision-support tool to implement schedules that level loads over production cells

Gainesville, FL

Project : Staff Optimization and Process Flow Improvements

Term : Spring, 2009

Location : Gainesville, FL

Deliverable : Design of a staff scheduling plan in order to reduce patient wait time

Lakeland, FL

Project 1 : Solicore Sampling Plan Analysis

Term : Spring, 2009

Location : Lakeland, FL

Deliverable : Design of quality control plan and process improvement in order to reduce defect count


Project 2 : Optimize Raw Material Scheduling and Work-In-Progress Inventory

Term : Fall, 2008

Location : Lakeland, FL

Deliverable : [add more]

DC Area

Project : Estimating Range of Collateral Damage, Computing Tail Performance, and Finding Data Distributions. [add more]

Term : Fall, 2008

Location : DC Area

Deliverable : [add more]

Tampa, FL

Project : Tampa VA Hospital Pharmacy [add more]

Term : Fall, 2008

Location : Tampa, FL

Deliverable : [add more]

Orlando, FL

Project : Walt Disney Corporation Merchandise Warehouse Optimization

Term : Fall, 2008

Location : Orlando, FL

Deliverable : [add more]

Jacksonville, FL

Project : Evaluation of Best Practices at the Winn-Dixie Pharmacy

Term : Spring, 2009

Location : Williston, FL

Deliverable : Evaluations and recommendations on labor standards, staffing, layout and inventory holding policies

 


 
     
 
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
303 Weil Hall, P.O. Box 116595
Gainesville, FL 32611-6595