Karen M. Bursic Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Program Director Department of Industrial Engineering University of Pittsburgh 1044 Benedum Hall Telephone: (412) 624-9837 Fax: (412) 624-9831 email: kbursic@engr.pitt.edu

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Courses that I teach include:

This course is designed for students majoring in engineering.  Topics include:  data analysis, probability, random variables, discrete and continuous probability distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing, and linear regression. 

ENGR 0011 - Introduction to Engineering Analysis

Check out http://www.engr.pitt.edu/~eng11/ for information on this freshman course.

ENGR 0012 - Introduction to Engineering Computing

Check out http://www.engr.pitt.edu/~eng12/ for information on this freshman course.

Discusses time value of money, interest rate calculations, economic equivalence concepts, comparison of alternative investments, evaluating economic life and replacement alternatives, cost estimation, inflation, depreciation, and the impact of taxes on engineering economic decisions.

This course involves case analysis with emphasis on the design and execution of management strategies for technical and scientific organizations.  Students are expected to use the concepts, knowledge, and understanding gained in previous Project and Engineering Management courses and/or work experience to critically evaluate various case situations and participate in classroom discussion pertaining to these cases.

This course focuses on the study of organizational behavior theory including such topics as organizational culture and globalization; individual and group behavior; motivation; workplace stress; conflict and negotiation, power and politics; leadership; structure and design; communication and decision making.