Faculty of Engineering
Al-Isra University
Master Program in Engineering Project Management (EPM)
2013/2014
Course Description
403721- Engineering Project Management:
The Project Manager Nomination and Responsibilities; Development of
Project work plan; task preparing, Advanced Techniques for Project Planning
and Scheduling; Project Contracting and Delivering Strategies; The Project
Progress Measurement and Project Tracking by using Earned Value
Techniques; The Project Cost and Time Evaluation; Project Close out
Procedures; the Management Skills for Engineering Projects.
403722- Management Information System (MIS):
This unit will assist the student in understanding the challenges, opportunities
and risks involved in information technology management. The unit
introduces to management information systems foundations; current trends;
MIS technology fundamentals; its applications to business functions and
management practice and in an ethical manner. The impact of information
technology on project management will be stressed since it affects the
planning process. The unit will also cover various system applications for
specific project and business functions and their importance to today's
manager.
The unit may conclude with student's MIS project relevant to the Jordanian
market. It is expected that by the end of the unit student will have a solid
foundation for making judgment on why and how to participate in MIS
activities.
403723- Project Resource Management:
Review of Project Management, Introduction: Preliminaries and definitions of
resources in engineering projects, Resources for planning and scheduling projects.
Illustrative examples and case-studies, Mathematical Analysis: CPM and PERT
methods, Schedule compression- crashing, fast tracking and simulation, Resource
leveling heuristic, Critical chain method, Schedule- updates, Baseline, resource
baseline, new target schedules, Recourses allocation- Limiting assumptions, Risk
assumptions, Recourses allocation methods, Resources-constrained projects,
Multiple Project Resource Scheduling Problem: Using resource schedule to
develop a project cost baseline, Multiple project resources optimization,
Allocating Time and Resources in Project Management Under Uncertainty,
Resource Planning and Resource Allocation in the construction Industry.
403724- Operations Research:
This includes: Introduction and preliminaries, Linear and Nonlinear
Programming, Integer and Goal programming, Dynamic programming,
Transportation problems, Assignment Problems, Queuing theory, Decision
theory, Implementation of OR in Project management and Production
scheduling.
403725- Applied Statistical Research:
This course includes: Advanced analytical course in applied statistical
methods: hypothesis test, multiple correlation and regression, T and F
distributions, analysis of variance, planned comparisons and post HOC
comparisons, analysis of covariance, and nonparametric techniques. Utilizing
of SPSS statistical programming package.
403726- Advanced Transportation Management:
This subject includes: The Metropolitan Problem and Planning Process, Data
requirement, Sample Survey Theory for Planning, Travel and Transportation
System, Demand and Supply Analysis, Trip Generation, Trip Distribution and
Trip Assignment, Model Split and Demand Modeling, and Transportation
System Management Strategies (TSM).
403728- Quality Management:
The development of Total Quality Management concept; Total Quality
Management Model and its application; The Historical Review of the Quality
Management and Total Quality Management; The Principles of Quality
Management and Total Quality Management; Implementation of the Total
Quality Management Principles in Engineering Fields; The Planning
Techniques of Total Quality Management; The Control Techniques of Total
Quality Management; The Five Steps to Increase Profitability and
Competitiveness; The Total Quality Management for Organization Changes
403729- Construction Methods and Technology:
Construction management and construction methods and techniques;
Engineering Fundamentals of Earth Moving Works; Soil Stabilization and
Compaction; Earthmoving Equipments (Tractors and related equipments,
scrapers, trucks and wagons); Operation Analysis; Belt Conveyor Systems;
Drilling Rock and Earth; Tunnels and Tunneling; Earth Grouting; Concreting
and Concrete Production; Piles and Pile Driving Equipments
403730- Work Study and Site Management:
Construction Site Management; Parties And Responsibilities; Site
Management Of Construction Project Through The Planning Phase; Site
Management Through Layout Phase; Construction Phase And Site
Management Responsibilities; Management Of Construction Site Through
The Commissioning Phase; Construction Site Management And Work Study
403731 - Cost and Finance Management:
Construction Company organizational alternatives; Cost estimation and
Standard setting; Cost Planning and Cash Flow Forecasting; Costing and site
cost recording; Cost reporting and Cost Comparison and Site Monitoring; Cost
Controlling and Evaluation; Economic Assessments of Engineering Projects;
Finance Management; Budgeting and Budgetary Control; Market Planning.
403732 – Energy Management:
Introduction and primaries, effective EM, energy auditing, EM systems and
EM control systems, Building envelope, Electrical EM Thermal energy
storage, Waste-heat recovery, Energy security, reliability and maintenance ,
Economic analysis and financing EM project
403733- Pavement Management:
Pavement maintenance, Pavement rehabilitation, Methods of measuring
roadway conditions, Concepts of Condition and evaluation survey, Present
Serviceability Rating(PSR), Present Serviceability Index(PSI), Compression
of methods, Maintenance management, Maintenance operations.
403734- Highway Capacity System:
Importance of capacity, Level of Service(LOS),Factors affecting capacity,
Models of traffic flow, Basic freeway sections, weaving areas , Ramp and
ramp junctions, Two lane highways, Multilane highways, Signalized
intersections, Unsignalized
intersections, Transit Capacity. Textbook:
Highway Capacity Manual-2000 Software: Highway Capacity System (HCS2000) computer Program.
403735- Traffic and Highway Safety Management:
Introduction to Traffic and Highway Safety Management ; Highway Safety
Improvement ;Program; Highway Safety Design and Operation Management;
Traffic Demand management; Traffic Safety Strategies; Traffic Speed
Reduction ; Traffic Calming; Traffic Congestion Management; Access Control
Management; Public Transit System Management; Pedestrian Safety and
Pedestrian Facilities Management; Intelligent Transportation System; 40363
Noise Impact management.
403736- Environmental Noise Management:
This course provides an opportunity to acquire fundamental knowledge of all
aspects of the management and control of environmental noise, from mapping
to monitoring, from action planning to noise reduction. Objectives include
getting an overview of the tasks involved, effective techniques and tools
available, hands-on experience, case stories, good practices, hints and tips, and
information about relevant legislation, standards, practice and theory specifically, the new ISO 1996 Environmental Noise Assessment Standard and
the EU END 2002/49/EC Directive.
403737- Environnemental Risk Management:
A study of environmental risk perception, risk assessment, risk
communication, evaluating options of reducing risk, decision making
skills, preparation and implementation of risk management plans. An
introduction to environmental risk management topics such as: environmental
site assessment, environmental impact statement, environmental management
system, surface water pollution discharge elimination standards, Ground
water well head protection system, chemical spill prevention plans, hazardous
and non hazardous waste management. Prerequisite: graduate understanding.
403738- Operation Management:
Course Description: Introduction and preliminaries, Nonlinear programming,
Multi-stage decision Problem; applications of traveling journey, Dynamic
programming; principle of optimality and its application resources investment,
Transportation problem; mathematical model and solving methods for
transportation problem Assignment Problem; zero-one programming model
and Hungerian method, Queuing theory; empirical Queuing models and their
simulation, Decision theory; deterministic, under risk and uncertainty , Project
management; phases and project management, Production scheduling; singlemachine, flow shop and job scheduling .
403739- System Safety Management:
Introduction: definitions, system safety concepts, system safety concepts
parameters. System Life cycle: system safety control milestone, development
phase, production phase. System safety implementation: policy and procedure,
system safety plan, System interfacing, Human Engineering. System safety
management organization, System safety control, System safety operation,
Implementation of statistical methods in system safety analysis, Hazard,
Analysis, and Risk analysis
403740- Research Methodology:
Principles of the Scientific Method: Theory and Measurement ,Principles of
the Scientific Method: Validity and Control ,Ethical Issues in a Scientific
Research ,Non-Experimental Research: Observational, Archival, and CaseStudy Research ,Non-Experimental Research: Survey Research ,SingleSubject Experimental Research ,Group Experimental Research: Single-Factor
Designs ,Group Experimental Research: Factorial Designs ,Quasi
Experimentation ,Reporting Research Results, Conclusions: Bias and
Limitations of Experimental Scientifically (Epilogue).
403741- Selected Topics:
The syllabus of the model will be identified according to the semester
program.
403742 - Electrical Energy Management:
Review of electrical energy generations, power analysis, optimization
methods, utility system optimization, electrical systems optimizations, control
systems and computer applications.
403743 - Computers' Network Management:
Study systems administration, and LAN/WAN terminology and
administration. Manage and maintain the typically complex computing
environment of medium to large sized organizations. Early in the program,
building up a complete personal computer, which will provide you with the
perfect learning tool for the remainder of the program to use in home, learn
how to use one of the most popular application software suites.
403744 - Production Management:
This course is designed to give comprehensive and systematic knowledge
about the essential features of world-class manufacturers concerning their
production systems and manufacturing strategies. The features are compared
with those of typical American and European counterparts. We would like to
examine not only the concrete practices known as; TQM, kaizen, concurrent
engineering, etc. but also fundamental thinking or philosophy toward
production management underlying those practices. Faced with severe
competition in global markets and excess appreciation of currency, however,
most manufacturing companies have been rethinking about their philosophy
and strategies established during the long time of high growth, which has
forced some of the practices to be changed or damaged. Those recent
problems and challenges for manufacturers are often addressed in the course.
403745 - Human Resources Management:
This course overviews the human resource management field. Emphasis is
placed in the areas of staffing, training and developing human potential,
compensation, benefits, and performance management. The legal framework
for equal employment opportunity is covered along with affirmative action.
Human Resource Information Services (HRIS) will be introduced.
403747- Simulations and Modeling in Engineering:
This course is to present the procedural steps required for modeling and
simulating the basic dynamic system problems in SIMULINK which follow
some definitive model. Also, it covers some modeling techniques to check the
models stability and error analysis to report leading-edge scientific
contributions from mathematics, computer science, various sub-disciplines of
engineering, management, psychology and cross-cultural communication, all
of which focus on the modeling and simulation of human-centered engineering
systems.
403748- Advance Engineering Economy:
The course topics are directed analysis of capital investments in engineering
and technical projects. Topics include decision analysis methods, cash flows,
revenue requirements, activity-based analysis, multi-attribute decisions,
probabilistic analysis and sensitivity/risk analysis.
403749- Maintenance Management
This
course provides management education in maintaining the technical assets
of an enterprise. The management of maintenance resources and processes are
included in the course content. The course covers the following topics:
Principles of maintenance management, Condition-based maintenance,
managing maintenance workers, Managing finances in maintenance,
Managing maintenance information, Maintenance improvement and strategy,
Risk management Maintenance approaches and strategies.
403750- Renewable Energy Technology
The course content includes: energy technology, renewable energy in a
sustainable future, the physics and science behind climate change, and why
renewable energy is necessary for the future. Students will understand
different types of renewable energy technology, how they work, their
advantages, disadvantages, and limitations. The types of renewable energy
and technology studied include: wind energy, solar (thermal and photovoltaic),
hydro-electric, bio-energy, tidal power, wave energy, geothermal energy,
ocean thermal, fuel cells, heat pump systems, and high voltage DC energy
transport. The availability and integration of these energy types and
technologies are also studied to understand how renewable energy can work as
a compliment to and replacement for conventional technologies.