IE 212: Computational Methods for

Industrial Engineering

Lecture Notes #0:

Course Overview

Paula de Szoeke
Slides developed by Dr. J. David Porter
 Instructors Information
Instructor: Paula de Szoeke
Office: Dearborn 110
Email: paula.deszoeke@oregonstate.edu
Include IE 212 in subject line
Office Hours
M, Th 9:30 11:00 AM, or by appointment
Do not email homework technical questions
Lengthy or potentially difficult questions should be handled
face to face with instructor

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 Undergraduate Learning Assistants
Jessica Backstrom
Office hours:
T 10:00 11:00 AM, Merryfield 107B Table B

Mary Marshall
Office hours:
W 4:00 5:00 PM, Merryfield 107B Table B

Responsibilities
Answer questions about lecture material and homework assignments
Grade homework assignments

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 Courses Web Site
Course homepage:
Canvas: https://oregonstate.instructure.com
Syllabus
Handouts
Lecture material
Homework assignments
Announcements

Check the canvas page on a regular basis for course

information and announcements

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 Textbook References
No official textbook
However, you can access several electronic textbook
references
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
Homework 20%
Attendance 5%
Quizzes 10%
Midterm Exam 25%
Thursday, Feb. 9th, 2017
During class time
Final Exam (cumulative) 25%
Thursday, Mar. 23rd, 2017 @ 2:00 PM
Term project (individual) 15%

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 Grading Components
Homework
Several homework assignments will be given
Late assignments will NOT be allowed. No exceptions

Submitting homework assignments

The majority of homework assignments will be completed and
submitted electronically
However, a few homework assignments will be submitted as a hard-copy
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 Canvas on the date/time they are due
https://oregonstate.instructure.com/

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 Grading Components (cont.)
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 at least 85% of the lecture
sessions to be eligible to receive the 5% credit for
attendance

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 Grading Components (cont.)
Quizzes
On a weekly basis
Closed book, notes, and laptops
Should be easily done in less than 10 minutes
Cover the material presented on the previous lecture sessions
May take place at the beginning, middle or the end of any
lecture sessions
Will be in similar format to test questions
10% of the total grade

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 Grading Components (cont.)
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.)
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:
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
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
5 min. break approximately every 50 minutes of lecture
time
Not meant as an exit time
End of Class
Will try to leave time for questions

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 Lecture Format (cont.)
Material will be delivered on PowerPoint slides
Material may be added to supplement slides during class
Examples will be completed electronically using Microsoft
(MS) Excel and MS Visio
There will be regular in-class problem solving sessions

Minor changes to the slides may be made just before class

All added (hand written) material is your responsibility

Hand written material added by instructor will NOT be
available on the website
Print and bring the in-class exercises before every session

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 Classroom Conduct
Students are expected to
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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 Challenging Grades
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

To challenge a grade, a student must submit a word-

processed description of the alleged grading error
(attached to the graded homework assignment or exam) to
the instructor

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
I take academic integrity very seriously. Therefore, there is
a zero tolerance policy in effect for cheating in this class

All work must be the students 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

Case will also be subject to further action as described in

the Academic Dishonesty section of OSUs Student
Conduct and Community Standards (SCCS) web page
(http://oregonstate.edu/studentconduct/offenses-0)

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 Tentative Topics
Course Overview & Introduction
Algorithm representation tools

Introduction to VBA
Visual Basic Environment
Designing user interfaces

Coding in VBA
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
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

Read information posted at the following URL:
http://engineering.oregonstate.edu/computing/citrix/

You can get MS Visio for free through the Microsoft Imagine
program
Log into T.E.A.C.H. with your ONID credentials
Look for Microsoft Imagine under External Sites

Obtain a free copy of Microsoft Office 365

http://main.oregonstate.edu/office-365

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 Homework #1: Information Sheet
Due on Thursday, Jan. 12th, 2017
Information must be typed electronically
Provide a recent picture
Paper sheet must be turned in at the start of next lecture
session: late homework submission is not allowed
It helps me get your names right

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Questions?

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