1 / 12

PSM in Industrial Mathematics: The Northern Iowa Experience Syed Kirmani

“Creating Tomorrow’s Mathematics Professionals” NPSMA Best Practices Workshop Hosted by Buffalo State College October 13-15, 2011 Niagara Falls, New York. PSM in Industrial Mathematics: The Northern Iowa Experience Syed Kirmani University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614-0506

archer
Download Presentation

PSM in Industrial Mathematics: The Northern Iowa Experience Syed Kirmani

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. “Creating Tomorrow’s Mathematics Professionals”NPSMA Best Practices WorkshopHosted by Buffalo State CollegeOctober 13-15, 2011Niagara Falls, New York

  2. PSM in Industrial Mathematics: The Northern Iowa Experience Syed Kirmani University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614-0506 kirmani@math.uni.edu

  3. Components of PSM • Technical Training Through Coursework • Experiential Learning Through Internship/Project • Exposure to Business Principles and Practices

  4. 2-year program • 34 Units • Common Core + Emphasis Area (Actuarial Science, Continuous Quality Improvement, and Mathematical Computing & Modeling)

  5. Common Core: 16 Units • Business Management for Science Professionals – 3 Units • Industrial Internship/Project – 6 Units • PSM Seminar – 1 Unit • Deterministic Operations Research – 3 Units • Discrete-Event System Simulation – 3 Units

  6. Required Courses – 9 Units • Required Courses – Actuarial Science Emphasis Mathematics of Finance Actuarial Mathematics Loss Models Financial Engineering

  7. Required Courses – Continuous Quality Improvement Emphasis Design & Analysis of Experiments Statistical Quality Assurance Regression Analysis Multivariate Statistical Analysis Advanced Statistical Methods Probabilistic Operations Research Modeling Industrial Systems Using Queueing Networks

  8. Required Courses – Mathematical Computing & Modeling Emphasis Geometric Modeling for CAD Differential Equations Partial Differential Equations Numerical Analysis Probabilistic Operations Research Modeling Industrial Systems Using Queueing Networks

  9. Elective Courses – 9 Units Marketing Strategy Marketing Management Strategic Planning and Organization Analysis Cross-Functional Operations Corporation Finance Principles of Investments Financial Management and Markets Advanced CAD and Modeling Networking Computer Systems and Simulation of Physical Systems

  10. Teaching Philosophy • Emphasis on Computation, Simulation, and Software • Emphasis on Projects • Emphasis on Writing & Oral Presentations

  11. Internships • Placement • Feedback from Students & Alumni • Feedback from Employers & Internship Supervisors

  12. Outreach • Lean & Six Sigma Seminar • Quality & Modeling Conference • PSM Laboratory • Statistical Consulting Center • PSM Colloquium

More Related