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        curriculum integrates modern digital   experience using presentations and   and leadership in project-driven   Engineering. The case studies and   what jobs we will do, and many   technologies by detailing the
        tools like LaTeX and Grammarly to   research article-level reports.  environments. This course prepares   assignments are key components   other aspects of how we function as   geographical distribution of critical
        enhance writing and presentation                            students to handle sophisticated,         of this course. These include quality   a society. Therefore, in this course   minerals, such as of lithium, rare
        skills. The course also covers data   DEN795 – Doctoral Seminar  high-stake projects effectively,     systems design and management,   foundational technologies, and   earths, copper, nickel, etc., the mining
        collection methodologies and   Credit Hours: 3              combining theoretical underpinnings       application of effective design for   technologies that overlap with or   and processing of such metals, as
        statistical evaluation techniques. Key   Prerequisite: DEN702  with practical applications aligned    quality management standards,   use foundational technologies are   well as the environmental, water,
        projects include a detailed literature                      with the demands of doctoral- level       tools, and techniques in real-world   covered. The main goal is to discuss   and supply chain challenges of these
        review, developing an original   This course, part of the PhD in   education.                         organizations. Issues related to   the key technologies and applications   minerals that are required for clean
        research paper, and preparing a   Engineering program, is designed                                    sampling and quality audits and   that are having the biggest impact on   energy technologies.
        grant application to allow students to   to support the development of   DEN710 – Advanced Decision-  implementing and validating quality   businesses today and the medium-
        communicate complex information   disser- tation research ideas while   Making Models                 systems will be emphasized. The   term future and how to effectively   DEN791 – Sustainable
        effectively. Additionally, students will   enhancing professional skills not   Credit Hours: 3        knowledge and skills acquired in this   and efficiently manage them.  Engineering and Circular
        learn to utilize academic databases   typically covered in traditional   Prerequisite: DEN701         course will be applied in a term case                       Economy Practices
        for research and pub-lication, adopt   coursework, such as teaching,                                  study.                        DEN751 – Supply Chain Decision   Credit Hours: 3
        academic writing techniques, and   effective communication, and   This course equips students with                                  Models
        apply proper citation methods.   knowledge dissemination. The course   the tools to analyze and synthesize   DEN706 – Advanced Operations   Credit Hours: 3       Prerequisite: Graduate status
        The course culminates in practical   includes research paper preparation,   decision-making strategies,   Research and Simulation
        presentations, both oral and poster,   presentations by students, invited   integrating normative and descriptive   Credit Hours: 3   Prerequisite: Graduate status  This course offers a thorough
                                                                                                                                                                          discussion of sustainable
        allowing students to demonstrate   speakers, and faculty members, as   decision models. Through the   Prerequisite: DEN703          This course covers the major issues
        their research findings publicly.   well as professional development   structured examination of decision                           in operations and supply chain   engineering fundamentals and
                                                                                                                                                                          the circular economy with a focus
        Through these activities, students will   sessions. Students will explore   outcomes, clarity of action, and   This course covers computer   management including Location,
        gain essential skills in presenting their   current engineering research within   advanced probabilistic models,   simulation concepts and operations   Inventory, Forecasting, Transportation   on Environmental Health and
        work in academic and professional   the department and beyond, gaining   students learn to assess the value   research modeling techniques,   and Distribution in different types of   Safety (EHS). Students can expect
                                                                                                                                                                          to acquire skills in sustainable
        settings.                     exposure to diverse topics and   in decisions and refine decision       including problem formulation and   organizations. It covers the role of
                                      interdisciplinary approaches. Invited   quality using precise language and   discrete event simulation modeling.   advances in Internet Technologies   product and system design and
        DEN703 – Advanced Analysis    speakers will share insights into   frameworks. The course also delves   It include the formulation of                              evaluation for sustainability, as well
        and Computing                 their work, discussing challenges,   into economic valuation techniques,   mathematical models, solutions using   and Electronic Commerce in   as in life-cycle assessments and
                                                                                                                                            coordinating the supply chain of a
        Credit Hours: 3               research methodologies, innovative   risk management strategies, and the   linear programming, sensitivity and   product from the point of origin to   the implementation of a circular-
                                                                                                                                                                          economy business model, with
        Prerequisite: Graduate status  strategies, and data analysis   practical application of decision rules.   cost analysis of developing alternative   the point of consumption. At the   due respect for environmental
                                      techniques. Through these activities,   With a strong emphasis on applied   optimum solutions, transportation   end of this course students should
        This course provides an in-depth   stu-dents will develop critical skills for   learning, the course incorporates   and network analysis, forecasting   be familiar with the individual   regulations and occupational health
        study of advanced analytical and   engineering careers, gain a broader   case studies and a research proposal   and stochastic modeling. The course   components of operations and supply   standards. These topics include
        computational techniques utilized   understanding of the field, and   to develop and demonstrate expertise   includes case studies related to   chain and their interrelationships.   resource management, industrial
        in professional and research   prepare for roles in academia and   in decision analysis, preparing    the topic and a term project. It also   Students will develop the quantitative   symbiosis, waste conversion,
        environments. It emphasizes   industry.                     students to handle complex, real-         applies the concepts and principles   and analytical skills to analyze, model   hazardous materials management,
        both theoretical foundations and                            world decision-making challenges          associated with systems modeling   and solve supply chain problems.   environmental risk assessments, and
        practical implementation through                            effectively.                              and simulation using contemporary   The course is based on a mixture of   policies for transitioning to a circular
        MATLAB, covering advanced topics   Elective Courses                                                   simulation software ARENA.    lectures and case discussions.  economy. Additionally, this discussion
        such as linear algebra, numerical                           DEN704 – Advanced Quality                                                                             will explore how to incorporate
        differentiation and integration,                            Engineering                               DEN709 – Advanced Information   DEN781 – Clean Energy Systems   EHS management systems into
        matrix operations, and Fourier   DEN711 – Advanced Project   Credit Hours: 3                          Technology Management         and Mineral Management        sustainable engineering practices to
        Transform techniques. The course   Management               Prerequisite: DEN701                      Credit Hours: 3                                             protect people and the planet.
        progresses to complex methods,   Credit Hours: 3                                                      Prerequisite: DEN703          Credit Hours: 3
        including solving nonlinear equations,   Prerequisite: Graduate status  This course covers process and                              Prerequisite: Graduate status   Research Dissertation
        optimization techniques, and                                product quality; quality assurance        This course develops an
        differential equations, encom-passing   This course offers an in-depth   and standards (e.g., ISO9000); quality   understanding across organizations   This course addresses the
        both ordinary and partial differential   exploration of complex project   planning; quality control; quality   of tight relations that exist in the   engineering and managerial   DEN799 – PhD Research
        equations. The course has a review   management principles, emphasizing   metrics, quality tools, and techniques,   devel- opment, implementation   challenges of the global transition to   Dissertation
        paper, which involves a critical   critical analysis and scholarly   statistical quality control for variables   and application of information and   a clean energy economy.  The course
        analysis of ad-vanced computational   research. The curriculum covers a   and attributes, sampling and quality   communication technologies. It   covers clean energy technologies   Credit Hours: 30
        methods, and a project, which applies   range of topics crucial for high-level   audit, customer-defined quality   covers technologies that drives the   of solar, wind, hydrogen, the   Prerequisite: Completed 8 Credit
        the covered techniques to solve   project management, including   and quality function deployment,    fourth industrial revolution which will   energy storage solutions, and the   Hours
        complex real-world problems such   organizational structures, conflict and   as well as Six Sigma, lean systems,   change businesses, reshape business   international regulations and major
        as signal reconstruction, energy   risk management, and quality control,   and process improvement. This   models, and transform entire   projects related to clean energy   The final and central requirement
        optimization, and system analysis.   designed to enhance students’ skills   course also covers some statistical   industries. These technologies will   sources. The course expounds on   for awarding the Ph.D. degree in
        The students communicate their   in strategic planning, evaluation,   approaches that are useful to Quality   change how we run our businesses,   the mineral needs of clean energy   Engineering is the completion of a


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