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Textbooks for courses in Fall 2022 semester

(updated on August 16)

  • Some textbooks in ISE 4424, 4644, 4984 by Topcu, 5405, 5424, 5714, 5834, 6414, and 6604 have eBook versions available via VT Library. Direct links to those eBooks are included in the individual courses' TEXTBOOK section.
  • ISE 3434 DOR II now has a required textbook
  • The second book in ISE 5015The Executive Guide to Understanding and Implementing the Baldrige Criteria: Improve Revenue and Create Organizational Excellence (2007), was removed from the course, because it is out of print.
  • ISE 5124 and ISE 5144 has materilals VT Bookstore website hasn't been able to post, due to lack of ISBN. Both courses have 4 materials.
Course Textbook
ISE 2004
Intro to ISE
No textbook
ISE 2014
Eng. Economy

1. Engineering Economy (17th Ed., 2019) by Sullivan, Wicks, Koelling; Pearson; ISBN 978-0134870069 (hardcover), 978-0134838137 (loose-leaf, student value version), REQUIRED

2. MyLab Engineering (online access, 2019)  by Sullivan, Wicks, Koelling; Pearson; ISBN 978-0134831671 (with eTextbook), Recommended

ISE 2214
Manuf Proc Lab
No Textbook: course materials will be provided in class
ISE 3034
Technical Communication for Engineers
Technical Communication (12th Ed., 2017) by Mike Markel, Stuart A. Selber; Bedford/St. Martin's; ISBN 978-1319058616, REQUIRED
ISE 3204
Manufacturing Processes
Introduction to Manufacturing Processes (2011) by Mikell P. Goover; Wiley; ISNB 978-0470632284; REQUIRED
ISE 3214
Facilities Planning & Logistics

1. Facilities Planning (4th Ed., 2011) by James A. Tompkins, John A. White, Yavuz A. Bozer, J. M. A. Tanchoco; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; ISBN 978-0470444047, Recommended

2. The Goal (30th Ed., 2014) by Eliyahu Goldratt, Jeff Cox; North River Press, Inc.; ISBN 978-0884271956; REQUIRED

ISE 3414
Prob OR

1.  Modeling Random Processes for Engineers and Managers (1st Ed., 2009) by James Solberg; Wiley; ISBN 978-0470322550, REQUIRED

2.  The Little Book of Probability: Essentials of Probability for Stochastic Processes and Simulation (2nd Ed., 2012) by Michael Taaffe and Bruce W. Schmeiser; CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; ISBN 978-1452882925, Recommended

ISE 3434
Det OR II
A Gentle Introduction to Optimization (2014) by B. Guenin, J. Könemann, and L. Tunçel; Cambridge University Press; ISBN 978-1107658790; REQUIRED
ISE 3614
Intro to HF Eng

1. Designing for people: An introduction to human factors engineering (3rd Ed., 2017) by John D. Lee, Christopher D. Wickens, Yili Liu, and Linda NG Boyle; CreateSpace; ISBN 978-1539808008; REQUIRED

2. The design of everyday things (2013) by Don Norman; Basic Books; ISBN 978-0465050659; REQUIRED

Course Textbook
ISE 4004
Theory of Organization

1. Management: A Modern Perspective by Ryan Greenbaum; Top Hat; ISBN 978-1773306315; Link to the publisher's pageREQUIRED

2. Leading Virtual Teams: Managing from a Distance During the Coronavirus (2020) by Catherine Mattiske; TPC - The Performance Company; ISBN '978-1921547997; REQUIRED

ISE 4005
Proj Mgmt & Sys Design I
No Textbook
ISE 4015
Mgmt Sys Theo, App & Dec

1. Decision Analysis for Management Judgment (5th Ed., 2014) by Paul Goodwin and George Write; Wiley; ISBN 1118740734; Recommended

2. Game of Strategy (5th Ed., 2020) by Avinash Dixit, Susan Skeath, David Reiley; W. W. Norton; ISBN 978-0393422238; Recommended

3. slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations (2008) by Nancy Duarte; O'Reilly; ISBN 596522347; Recommended

4. HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations (2012) by Nancy Duarte; Harvard Business Review Press; ISBN 1422187101; Recommended

5. HBR guide to Better Business Writing (2012) by Bryan A. Garner; Harvard Business Review Press; ISBN 978-1422184035; Recommended

ISE 4214
Lean Manufacturing
Toyota Production System: An Integrated Approach to Just In Time (4th Ed., 2012) by Yasuhiro Monden; CRC Press; ISBN 978-1439820971; REQUIRED
ISE 4404
Stat Quality Control
Statistical Quality Control (8th Ed., 2019) by Douglas Montgomery; Wiley, ISBN 978-1119723097; REQUIRED
ISE 4424
Logistics Engineering
Supply Chain Engineering (2011) by Marc Goetschalckx; Springer; ISBN 978-1441965110; Link to the textbook in pdf from the publisher's page. REQUIRED
ISE 4624
Work Physiology
No Textbook
ISE 4644
Occup Safety & Haz Ctrl
System safety engineering and risk assessment: a practical approach (2nd Ed., 2018) by Niocholas J. Bahr; CRC Press; ISBN 978-1466551602; Link to the publisher's page for the textbook in pdfREQUIRED
ISE 4984 Carrers in ISE
(by Dr. Van Aken)
No textbook
ISE 4984 Data Analytics
(by Dr. Yue)
No textbook
ISE 4984 Decision Analysis for Engineers
(by Dr. Topcu)

Books for references: no need to buy them

1. Making Hard Decisions: An Introduction to Decision Analysis (2nd ed., 1996) by Robert T. Clemen; Wadsworth Publishing Company; ISBN 978-0534260347. eBook version available from VT Library

2. Fundamentals of Decision Making for Engineering Design and Systems Engineering (2012) by G. Hazelringg; Neils Corp; (ISBN unknown).

3. Strategies and Games: Theory and Practice (1999) by P. K. Dutta; MIT Press Books; ISBN 978-0262041690. eBook version available from VT Library

4. Decision Analysis with Multiple Conflicting Objectives (1976) by R. L. Keeney and H. Raiffa; Wiley; (ISBN unknown).

Course Textbook
ISE 5015
Management of Change, Innovation & Performance in Organizational Systems, Pt 1

1. Leading Change (2012 or older versions) by John Kotter; Harvard Business Review; ISBN 978-1422186435; REQUIRED

2.  The Executive Guide to Understanding and Implementing the Baldrige Criteria: Improve Revenue and Create Organizational Excellence (2007) by Leonard, D. and McGuire, M.; American Society for Quality Press; ISBN 978-0873897174; Recommended removed from the course

3. The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization (1990) by Peter Senge; Doubleday; ISBN 978-0385517256; REQUIRED

4. The resilient enterprise: overcoming vulnerability for competitive advantage (2005) by Yossi Sheffi; MIT Press Books; ISBN 978-0262195379; REQUIRED

ISE 5024
ISE Seminar
No Textbook
ISE 5034
Mathematical Probability and Statistics for Industrial Engineers
No Textbook: the materials will be uploaded to CANVAS.
ISE 5044
Production System Analysis

1. Factory Physics by Wallace Hopp, Mark Spearman; (2007 version) McGraw Hill/Irwin, ISBN 978-0072824032; (2011 version) Waveland Pr Inc, ISBN 978-1577667391. REQUIRED

2. The Goal (30th Ed., 2014) by Eliyahu Goldratt, Jeff Cox; North River Press; ISBN 978-0884271956.

ISE 5124
Management of Quality and Reliability

1. Managing for Quality and Performance Excellence (11th Ed., 2020) by James Evans & William Lindsay; Cengage; ISBN 978-0357118269 (e-book); REQUIRED

2. Steinway and Sons (1981) by David Garvin, Harvard Business School Case # 682-025; REQUIRED

3. Hank Kolb, Director, Quality Assurance (1981) by W. Earl Sasser, Harvard Business School Case # 681-083; REQUIRED

4. 2021-2022 Baldrige Excellence Framework (link on NIST); REQUIRED

ISE 5144
Mgmt and Measurement of Efficiency & Productivity

1. Data envelopment analysis: a comprehensive text with models, applications, references and DEA-solver software (2nd Ed., 2007) by William Cooper, Laurence Seiford, Kaoru Tone; Springer; ISBN 978-0387452838; Recommended

2. No-Nonsense Guide to Measuring Productivity (1987) by W. Bruce Chew; Harvard Business School, Case # 88102; REQUIRED

3. The New Productivity Challenge (1991) by Peter F. Drucker; Harvard Business School, Case # 91605; REQUIRED

4. Why Some Factories are More Productive than Others (1986) by Robert H. Hayes, Kim B. Clark; Harvard Business School, Case # 86508; REQUIRED

ISE 5164
Transfer and Application of Emerging Technology

1. Managing Innovation: Integrating Technological, Market and Organizational Change (7th Ed., 2020) by Joe Tidd and John R. Bessant; John Wiley & Sons; ISBN 978-1119713302; REQUIRED

2. Willing at New Products: Creating Value Through Innovation (5th Ed., 2017) by Cooper; Basic Books; ISBN 978-0465093328; REQUIRED

3. Revolutionizing Product Development: Quantum Leaps in Speed, Efficiency and Quality (2011) by Wheelwright; Free Press; ISBN 978-1451676297; REQUIRED

4. The Intellectual Property Guide: IP Literacy and Strategy Basics for Supporting Innovation (2019) by Myra Tawfik and Karima Bawa; Brush Education; ISBN 978-1550597950; REQUIRED

ISE 5204
Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Modeling and Analysis of Manufacturing Systems (1993) by Askin and Standridge; John Wiley & Sons; ISBN 978-0471514183; REQUIRED
ISE 5264
Modeling & Analysis of Semiconductor Manufacturing
No Textbook: The book is out of pring, but the instructor has permission to copy and distribute it to the students.
ISE 5405
Optimization I

1. Linear programming and network flows (4th Ed., 2010) by Bazarra, M.S., Jarvis, J.J., and Sherali H.D.; John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 978-0470462720; REQUIRED; Ebook available via VT Library

2. Introduction to Linear Optimization (1997) by Dimitris Bertsimas and John N. Tsitsiklis; Athena Scientific; ISBN 978-1886529199; REQUIRED

ISE 5424
Simulation I
Foundations and Methods of Stochastic Simulation (2013) by Barry L. Nelson; Springer; ISBN 978-1461461593; Recommended; Ebook access on Publisher's website via VT Library
ISE 5434
Economic Evaluation of Industrial Projects

1. Contemporary Engineering Economics (6th Ed., 2016) by Park; Pearson/Prentice Hall; ISBN 978-0134105598; REQUIRED

2. Managing by the Numbers (2000) by Chuck Kremer, Ron Rizzuto, John Case; Basic Books; ISBN 0738202568; REQUIRED

ISE 5474 / STAT 5474
Stat Theory of Qual Contrl
No textbook
ISE 5604
Human Information Processing
Engineering Psychology and Human Performance (5th Ed, 2022) by Wickens and Hollands; New York, NY: Psychology Press; ISBN 978-1032011738; REQUIRED
ISE 5614 / BMES 5214
Human Physical Capabilities
No Textbook
ISE 5654
Human Factors System Design
Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics (5th Ed., 2021) by Gavriel Salvendy, Waldemar Karwowski; Wiley; ISBN 978-1119636083; REQUIRED
ISE 5714
Usability Engineering
The UX Book: Agile UX Design for a quality user experience (2nd Ed., 2018) by Rex Hartson, Pardha Pyla; Elsevier; ISBN 978-0128053423; REQUIRED; E-book available from VT Library (login required)
ISE 5734
Occup Health Safety Practicum
No textbook
ISE 5804
Foundamentals of SE
Systems Engineering and Analysis (5th ed., 2011) by Benjamin S. Blanchard and Wolter J. Fabrycky; Prentice Hall; ISBN 978-0-13-221735; REQUIRED
ISE 5834
Decision Analysis for Engineers

Books for references: no need to buy them

1. Making Hard Decisions: An Introduction to Decision Analysis (2nd ed., 1996) by Robert T. Clemen; Wadsworth Publishing Company; ISBN 978-0534260347. eBook available from VT Library

2. Fundamentals of Decision Making for Engineering Design and Systems Engineering (2012) by G. Hazelringg; Neils Corp; (ISBN unknown).

3. Strategies and Games: Theory and Practice (1999) by P. K. Dutta; MIT Press Books; ISBN 978-0262041690. eBook available from VT Library

4. Decision Analysis with Multiple Conflicting Objectives (1976) by R. L. Keeney and H. Raiffa; Wiley; (ISBN unknown).

ISE 5854
Mission Engineering I
No Textbook: the instructor will upload course materials to Canvas

 

Course Textbook
ISE 6414
Integer Programming

1. Integer Programming (2014) by Michele Conforti, Gérard Cornuéjols, Giacomo Zambelli; Springer; ISBN 9783319110073; REQUIRED; PDF version available from Springer via VT Library

2. Introduction to Mathematical Optimization (2019) by Matteo Fischetti; independently published; ISBN 978-1692792022; REQUIRED

ISE 6604
Human Factors in Visual Display Systems

1. Displays: Fundamentals & Applications (2nd Ed., 2016) by Rolf R. Hainich, Oliver Bimber; CRC Press; ISBN 978-1315367408; REQUIREDEbook available from VT Library

2. Display and Interface Design (2011) by Kevin B. Bennett, John M. Flach; CRC Press; ISBN 978-0429149801; REQUIREDEbook available from VT Library

3. Envisioning information (1990) by Tufte, E. R., Goeler, N. H., & Benson, R.; Graphics Press; ISBN not available; REQUIRED; Ebook available from Internet Archive website

ISE 6624
Adv. Topics in HF
No Textbook: the instructor will provide a textbook in class.