Topic : Human factors engineering
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IEGR 204 – INTRODUCTION TO IE AND COMPUTERS
Research Assignment #2 Literature Critique (Due on Friday, 3/15/19 by
4:00 pm via Bb only)
Write a one-page literature critique on the individually assigned IE topic
shown in the table below. You must use ONE peer-reviewed refereed journal
article for this assignment.
Submission Instructions:
You must submit the literature critique in both MS Word .doc/.docx and .pdf
formats only. Also, you must also submit the single .pdf file of your peer-
reviewed refereed journal article. Please do so any time BEFORE and UP TO
the final due date and time via Bb only such that you do not miss the cutoff
time. It will not be accepted beyond the due date under no circumstances (i.e.,
no excuses or reasons will work, just do it early!)
Formatting Instructions:
The literature critique is a brief summary of one article from a ‘peer-reviewed
refereed’ journal. A critique must be word-processed, single spaced, and one
full complete page in full justification form. Also, you must have a margin
size of 1.00 inch on all sides (i.e., where the top, left and rights sides are even)
of your submitted assignment. Occasionally, your article may not fully reach
the bottom margin due to the writing of your critique; thus, if this occurs, you
must not leave more than a 1.5” margin at the bottom in any case. If
necessary, write a longer summary! The only accepted font size must be 12
pt and Times New Roman font type is required. The paper should contain 4-
5 well-written paragraphs with proper grammar and spelling. In the final
paragraph, briefly discuss something from the article that really impressed
you. Only the last paragraph can be written from the first person point of
view, but not in any other location of the literature critique should 1st or 3rd
person be used (i.e., do not use ‘we’, ‘you’, ‘I’, etc.). For rules regarding
multiple authors, please refer to the appropriate examples and websites
indicated on the next pages.
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At the top of the second page, please write the following information:
Name: John/Jane Doe (but please use your name here)
Class: IEGR 204.001
Date: 3/15/19
Assignment Name: (Put your IE topic here)
A proper APA bibliographic citation reference MUST be used for this paper.
This reference should also appear on the second page of the paper below the
‘Assignment Name’. Although many reference styles exist, the only style
that will be accepted in this class is the APA-style. The general format is
shown below:
First Author’s Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial., & Second Author’s
Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (year of publication). Title of the
article where only the first letter of the first word in title or sub-title as well
as proper nouns and acronyms are capitalized. Name of Journal in Italics,
volume in italics (issue number in parenthesis and not in italics if known),
first page number-last page number.
Pay very close attention to the details of the APA citation format (such as
the location of periods, commas, use of italics, etc.)
Sample citation with two authors:
Pitts, Jr., R.A., & Ventura, J.A. (2009). Scheduling manufacturing cells
using Tabu Search. International Journal of Production Research, 47(24),
6907-6928.
Sample citation with >2 authors:
Jerald, J., Asokan, P., Prabaharan, G., & Saravanan, R. (2005). Scheduling
optimization of flexible manufacturing systems using particle swarm
optimization algorithm. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing
Technology, 25(1), 964-971.
REMEMBER: If more than 2 authors have written the article, ALL authors’
names must be listed in the bibliographical reference as in the example
above.
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For many more examples, please refer to the Purdue OWL website at
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/06/ and click the
appropriate “Reference List” item on the left column for the type of source
you are using.
For additional referencing help, see the APA Style website and click on the
tutorial at http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx
Acceptable Journals – Refereed (examples – this is not an exhaustive list):
International Journal of Production Research
The Engineering Economist
International Journal of Economics
IIE Transactions
Journal of Engineering Education
Journal of Operations Research
Management Science
Operations Research
European Journal of Operations Research
Computers and Operations Research
Journal of Manufacturing Systems
International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems
International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing
International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Modern Materials Handling
Production Planning and Control
etc…
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Research Assignment #2 Topics for IEGR 204.001:
Topics Student 1. Robotics Coleman, Josiah
2. Drones Kalmia, Blaise
3. Computer Programming with IE Alkhayat, Faisal
4. Human Factors Engineering Yesuf, Abdulllah
5. Ergonomic Design (of workplace/products) Alqarni, Turki
6. Quality Control & Reliability Satchell, Satchell
7. Regression & Forecasting Franklin,Darrion
8. Probability & Statistical Analysis Hitchens, Darren
9. Mechatronics Townsend, Mikal
10. Project Management Brown, Emmanuel
11. Production Planning & Control Derbin, Daniel
12. Operations Management Jones, Aria
13. Supply Chain Management Akinsowon, Saheed
14. Operations Research – Linear Programming Garcia, Kyle
15. Sequencing & Scheduling Anderson, Mikayla
16. Parts/Product Routing Harvey, Jermaine
17. Material Handling Systems McQueen, John
18. Computer-Aided Design Alqarni, Khalid
19. Operations Research – Queueing Theory Wiafe, Dajon
20. Simulation Brown, Collin
21. Engineering Economy Demery, Charles
22. Operations Research – Non-linear Programming Alhajeri, Khalefah
23. Materials Engineering Hamdi, Tariq
24. Engineering Management Dinkins, Zion
25. Manufacturing Processes Fernandez, Mauro
26. Additive Manufacturing (3-D printing) Roane, Jaden
27. Operations Research – Dynamic Programming Alzahrani, Faisal
28. Flexible Manufacturing Systems Walker, Nethania
29. Industrial Safety Alsaidi, Soud
30. Facilities/Plant Layout Steele, Shay
31. Virtual Manufacturing Thomas, Amaya
32. Waste & Environment Management Dillard, Jonathan
33. Thermodynamics Spruill, Saaq
34. Data Mining/Big Data Bello, Abayomi
35. Operations Research – Integer Programming Smith, Timothy
36. Healthcare Systems Alshammari, Amal
37. Energy Systems Arey, Kristen
38. Computer-Aided Manufacturing St Louis, Zakeya
39. Virtual Reality with IE Freeman, Alexander
40. Augmented Reality with IE Scott, Kaila
41. Industry 4.0 Goode, Carlene
42. Operations Research – Game Theory Alqallaf, Hussain
43 Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Manufacturing Harvey, Jayson Created on 3/5/19 and last updated on 3/11/2019 by Dr. Richard Pitts, Jr.