Department of Industrial Engineering

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Department of Industrial Engineering Logistics
Management

• Prof. Fugee Tsung
• IELM 001/002 (Fall 2009)
• September 3, 2009

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Faculty

• Professor Acting Head
• - Prof. Fugee TSUNG
• (PhD, U. of Michigan)
• Associate Head Associate Professor
• - Dr. Neville LEE
• (PhD, MIT)
• Chair Professor

• Chair Professor
• - Prof. Mitchell TSENG
• (PhD, Purdue U.)
• Professor
• - Prof. Raymond CHEUNG
• (PhD Princeton U.)
• - Prof. Ravindra
• GOONETILLEKE

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Faculty

• Associate Professors
• - Dr. Richard SO
• (PhD, U. of Southampton)
• - Dr. Rachael ZHANG
• (PhD, Northwestern U.)
• - Dr. Kaijie ZHU
• (PhD, Stanford U.)

• Adjunct Professors
• - Prof. Otto LIN
• (PhD, Columbia U.)
• Prof. Hau LEE
• (PhD, U. of Pennsylvania)
• Associate Professors
• - Dr. Ajay JONEJA
• (PhD, Purdue U.)

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Faculty

• Associate Professors
• - Dr. Xiangtong QI
• (PhD, U. of Texas at Austin)
• - Dr. Jeff HONG
• (PhD, Northwestern U.)
• Assistant Professors
• - Dr. Qian LIU

• Assistant Professors
• - Dr. Ning CAI
• (PhD, Columbia U.)
• - Dr. Ho Yin MAK
• (PhD, UC Berkeley)
• - Dr. Jiheng ZHANG
• (PhD, Georgia Institute
• of Technology )

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Faculty and Communication Tutor

• Visiting Scholar
• - Dr. Wei JIANG
• (PhD, HKUST)
• - Dr. Qi FU
• (PhD, HKUST)
• Assistant Professors
• - Dr. Tingting JI

• Communication Tutor
• - Ms. Jill YANG
• - Ms. Sarah COOK

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Staff (some)

• Department
• Ms. Anna CHAN
• Ms. Oceana CHU
• Ms. Vera LI

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Background

• Established 1993
• IE ? IEEM (1995) ? add LM (1997)
• ?IELM (2005)
• Faculty
• Line 16 Currently Occupied 16
• Students
• UG EM 87 LM 120
• PG PhD 29 MPhil 17
• EEM 144

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IEEM/IELM

• Train Students
• Communication Skill
• Problem Solving Skill
• Information Technology

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• Manage your time effectively!!
• Globalize yourself!!

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Course Assistants

• Course Coordinator
• Miss Oceana Chu
• Office Rm 5557
• Email iehychu_at_ust.hk
• Phone [phone]
• Teaching Assistant
• Miss Poppy Liu
• Email poppyliu_at_ust.hk
• Phone [phone]

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Course Structure

• 1) Presentations by Speakers
• 2) Advisory Meetings
• One Group Meeting (Compulsory)
• One Individual Meeting (Optional)
• 3) Company Visits
• 4) Group Report

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Assessments

• You will PASS the course if you
• Attend all presentations (accept at most 1
  absence)
• Attend the group advisory meeting
• Attend all the meetings ON TIME
• 2 Late 1 Absence
• Submit GROUP REPORT

Very Easy!
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Attendance

• Each student will be assigned a seat.
• All students are required to take their own
  assigned seat.
• Use video/photos/checkmark to take attendance at
  least once during each seminar

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Respect Each Other

• Big class, we need to have a set of norms
• Turn off your cell phone, computers and all
  electronic devices
• Only talk to the presenters
• No eating, drinking and sleeping

Keep in Mind
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Group Report

• The grouping is same as your advisory group (Some
  of the groups will be divided into 2-3 groups.)
• Topic Leadership In the Age of knowledge Economy
  (Lecture of Sept 17, 2009 )
• Due Date Dec 3, 2009 at 11a.m.

Please Plan Ahead
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Report Requirements

• Please submit the essay to Oceana.
• Students MUST seek help from communication tutors
  (CT) to improve your report, and have CTs
  signature on the reports cover page
• You can receive a fail grade because of the poor
  quality of your report.
• Each student has to contribute at least one page
  to your group report (i.e., if your group has ten
  students, then your group will submit a report
  with at least ten pages)
• Format Single line spacing
• Font Times New Roman
• Font size 12
• Margin 1" (Top, Bottom, Left, Right)
• The report must be stapled
• Please try to print on both sides
• Please refer to course website for details

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Tentative Course Schedule
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Course Website

• http//teaching.ust.hk/ielm001/

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• Thank you!