IE 212: Computational Methods for
Industrial Engineering
Lecture Notes #0:
Course Overview
Saeed Ghanbartehrani
Summer 2015
Agenda
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Course Overview
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Personnel
Course’s web site
Textbook references
Grading criteria
Grading components
Lecture format
Classroom conduct
Challenging grades
Academic integrity
Tentative topics
Software resources
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Instructor’s Information
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Instructor: Saeed Ghanbartehrani
Office:
BAT 349
Email:
ghanbars@onid.orst.edu
Office Hours
– Tuesdays & Thursdays 10:30AM –12:00 PM, or
– By appointment
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Do not email homework technical questions
– Lengthy or potentially difficult questions should be handled
face to face with instructor
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Course’s Web Site
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Course homepage:
– http://classes.engr.oregonstate.edu/mime/summer2015/ie212/
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Syllabus
Handouts
Lecture material
Homework assignments
Announcements
Check the page on a regular basis for course
information and announcements
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Textbook References
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No official textbook
– However, you can access several electronic textbook
references
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The book references listed below are available free of
charge in electronic format through the OSU library:
– Green, J., Bullen, S., Bovey, R., Alexander, M. (2007). Excel
2007 VBA Programmer's Reference
– Walkenbach, J. (2007). Excel 2007 Power Programming
with VBA
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Grading Criteria
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Homework
Attendance
Midterm Exam
40%
+5%
20%
– Thursday, July 16th, 2015
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During class time
Final Exam (cumulative)
20%
– Thursday, August 13th , 2015
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During class time
Term project (individual)
20%
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Grading Components
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Homework
– Several homework assignments will be given
– Late assignments will NOT be allowed. No exceptions
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Submitting homework assignments
– The majority of homework assignments will be completed and
submitted electronically
 However, a few homework assignments will be submitted as a hardcopy at the beginning of the term
 MAKE SURE TO CAREFULLY REVIEW AND FOLLOW THE
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH ASSIGNMENT
– If required in electronic format, completed homework assignments
must be submitted via T.E.A.C.H. on the date/time they are due
 http://engr.oregonstate.edu/teach
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Grading Components (cont.)
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Attendance
– Students are expected to attend lecture sessions regularly
– Class time is intended to be interactive and will include class
participation in solving problems, and whenever possible, the
use of small group discussions or activities
– Attendance will be taken on a random basis during the term
using different kinds of instruments (e.g., individual and
group exercises, pop quizzes, etc.)
– A student must attend all of the lecture sessions to be
eligible to receive the extra 5% credit for attendance.
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Grading Components (cont.)
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Exams
– Students are expected to take the midterm and final
examinations on the scheduled dates listed in the
IMPORTANT DATES section of the syllabus
– If a student is unable to attend these exams due to
verifiable unforeseeable reasons (e.g., illness, accident,
etc.), the instructor will, at his discretion, decide the most
appropriate course of action to be taken
– The midterm and final examinations will be closed-book
and closed-notes in this course
– The final exam will be cumulative
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Grading Components (cont.)
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Term Project
– In partial fulfillment of the requirements of this course,
students will be required to complete an individual term
project
– The term project provides another (more comprehensive)
opportunity to fulfil learning outcome # 8:
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Design and implement a graphical user interface (GUI) in
Microsoft Excel to solve an engineering problem given a set of
customer requirements
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Lecture Format
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The first part of class will be devoted to questions
Unreasonably long questions will be handled one-on-one
If I do not know the answer, I will get it for the class by the
next lecture
Lecture
– Ask questions
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5 min. break approximately every 50 minutes of lecture
time
– Not meant as an exit time
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End of Class
– Will try to leave time for questions
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Lecture Format (cont.)
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Material will be delivered on PowerPoint slides
– Material may be added to slides during class
– Examples will be completed electronically using Microsoft
(MS) Excel and MS Visio
– There will be regular in-class problem solving sessions
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Minor changes to the slides may be made just before class
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All added (hand written) material is your responsibility
– Hand written material added by instructor will NOT be
available on the website
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Lecture Format (cont.)
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Laptop Rules
– Laptops may be turned on at the beginning of the class, but
must remain closed until the instructor authorizes their use
– Students that want to take notes during the lecture sessions
must print hard-copies of the notes
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Electronic note taking will not be allowed
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Classroom Conduct
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Students are expected to
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Arrive to class on time
Be attentive throughout the class meeting
Refrain from rude or distracting behavior, and
Stay in class until dismissed by the instructor
Notify instructor when absent from class as soon as
possible
– Before or after the fact
– Justifiable reason
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Classroom Conduct (cont.)
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The following are considered examples of disruptive
behavior:
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Leaving/entering the classroom during class time
Being late, reading the paper, sleeping in class
Making noises, repeatedly interrupting
Passing notes, answering cell phone
Harassing behavior, personal insults, inappropriate language
Physical threats or actions
Refusal to comply with faculty or staff direction
Persistent and unreasonable demands for time and attention
both in and out of the classroom
– Unwillingness to cooperate when a solution is being sought
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Challenging Grades
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Students have 72 hours (not including weekends and/or
holidays) from the time the instructor returns a graded
deliverable (i.e., homework assignment or exam) to
challenge the grade
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To challenge a grade, a student must submit a wordprocessed description of the alleged grading error
(attached to the graded homework assignment or exam) to
the instructor
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Students will be notified of the outcome of their grade
challenge within 72 hours (not including weekends and
holidays) of its receipt
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Academic Integrity
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I take academic integrity very seriously. Therefore, there is
a zero tolerance policy in effect for cheating in this class
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All work must be the student’s own, unless collaboration is
specifically and explicitly permitted
– Any unauthorized collaboration or copying will at a minimum
result in no credit for the affected assignment/exam
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Case will also be subject to further action as described in
the Academic Dishonesty section of OSU’s Student
Conduct and Community Standards (SCCS) web page
(http://oregonstate.edu/studentconduct/)
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Academic Integrity (cont.)
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What happens in an academic dishonesty case?
1. Evidence is collected
2. Instructor notifies student via email
3. Instructor meets with MIME School Head to discuss case
4. Instructor meets with student face-to-face
5. Student provides verbal and written explanation
6. Instructor completes the Instructor Recommendation section
of the Academic Dishonesty Report Form (ADRF) and
explains the academic penalty(s) to the student
7. Instructor submits ADRF to Student Conduct and Community
Standards (SCCS) office and MIME School Head
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Academic Integrity (cont.)
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What happens in an academic dishonesty case?
8. MIME School Head reviews case and forwards ADRF to
COE’s Dean of Academic Affairs
9. COE’s Dean submits decision on academic penalty to
SCCS office
10. If first offense, student will attend an Academic Integrity &
Success Seminar, complete a written assignment and
attend a follow-up meeting with SCCS staff
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Tentative Topics
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Course Overview & Introduction
– Algorithm representation tools
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Introduction to VBA
– Visual Basic Environment
– Designing user interfaces
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Coding in VBA
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Manipulating Excel Objects (i.e., Properties, and Methods)
Variables
Programming structures
Array manipulation
Developing sub procedures and function procedures
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Software Resources
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If your laptop does not have MS Excel and/or MS Visio
– You can purchase MS Office from the OSU bookstore
 Contact OSU bookstore for latest pricing
– You can connect to Citrix
 Need to install client software on your laptop
 Read information posted at the following URL:
 http://engineering.oregonstate.edu/computing/citrix/
– You can get MS Visio for free through the Microsoft
DreamSpark program
 Log in into T.E.A.C.H. with your engineering credentials
 Look for Microsoft DreamSpark login under “External Sites”
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Homework #1: Information Sheet
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Due on Thursday, June 25th, 2015
– Information must be typed electronically
– Provide a recent picture
– Paper sheet must be turned in at the start of next lecture
session
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It helps me get your names right
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Questions?
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