Textbooks for ISE courses in Fall 2024 semester
(updated on August 23)
- (New) Additional EBook versions of the textbooks are available via VT Library for the following courses: ISE 5015, 5054, and 5204.
- Some textbooks are available via VT Library or the publisher's website for the following courses: ISE 3434, 3614, 4214, 4984 (Ind Anly Complx Sys), 5144, 5334, 5424, 5714, 5984 (Ind Anly Complx Sys), and 6604. Links to the eBooks or the book's web page are included in the individual courses' TEXTBOOK section.
- This page presents the correct textbook status (REQUIRED, Recommended). Some books in the VT Bookstore website show "Required" even though they should be "Recommended".
| Course | Textbook |
|---|---|
| ISE 2004 Intro to ISE |
No Textbook: materials will be provided from slides. |
| ISE 2014 Eng. Economy |
Engineering Economy (17th Ed., 2019) by Sullivan, Wicks, Koelling; Pearson; ISBN 978-0134870069 (hardcover), 978-0134838137 (loose-leaf, student value version), Recommended |
| ISE 2044 Careers in ISE |
No textbook |
| ISE 2214 Manuf Proc Lab |
No Textbook: course materials will be provided in class |
| Course | Textbook |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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 |
| ISE 3414 Prob OR |
Modeling Random Processes for Engineers and Managers (1st Ed., 2009) by James Solberg; Wiley; ISBN 978-0470322550, Recommended |
| ISE 3434 Det OR II |
1. Mathematical Programming and Operations Research: Modeling, Algorithms, and Complexity (2024) Edited by Robert Hildebrand; Github; Link to the book in pdf on Github; REQUIRED 2. Introduction to Mathematical Optimization (2019) by Mattero Fischetti; Independently published; ISBN 9781692792022; 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; Link to the ebook via VT Library; REQUIRED |
| Course | Textbook |
|---|---|
| ISE 4004 Theory of Organization |
Organizational Behavior: Improving Performance and Commitment in the Workplace (8th Ed., 2023) by Jason Colquitt, Jeffery LePine and Michael Wesson; McGraw Hills; ISBN 9781264124350. REQUIRED |
| ISE 4005 Proj Mgmt & Sys Design I |
No Textbook |
| ISE 4214 Lean Manufacturing |
1. Toyota Production System: An Integrated Approach to Just In Time (4th Ed., 2012) by Yasuhiro Monden; CRC Press; ISBN 978-1439820971; Link to the book in pdf on the publisher's website; REQUIRED 2. LEAN THINKING: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation (2003) by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones; Free Press; ISBN 9780743249270; REQUIRED |
| ISE 4404 Stat Quality Control |
Introduction to Statistical Quality Control (8th Ed., 2019) by Douglas Montgomery; Wiley, ISBN 978-1119723097; REQUIRED |
| ISE 4624 Work Physiology |
No Textbook |
| ISE 4644 Occup Safety & Haz Ctrl |
No Textbook: the course materials will be uploaded to Canvas |
| ISE 4984 Ind Anly Cmplx Sys (by Dr. Kong) |
1. Sensors and Control Systems in Manufacturing (2nd Ed., 2010) by Sabrie Soloman; McGraw Hills; ISBN 9780071605724; Link to the ebook via VT Library: Click McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering under Full text availability; Recommended 2. The Elements of Statistical Learning (2nd Ed., 2009) by Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani, Jerome Friedman; Springer; ISBN 978-0387848570; Link to the ebook in pdf on the publisher's website; Recommended |
| Course | Textbook |
|---|---|
| ISE 5015 Management of Change, Innovation & Performance in Organizational Systems, Pt 1 |
1. 2023-2024 Baldrige Excellence Framework (Business, Non-Profits) by NIST; Link to the publisher's page for purchase: registration (free) is required for purchasing. REQUIRED 2. Leading Change (2012 or older versions) by John Kotter; Harvard Business Review; ISBN 978-1422186435; REQUIRED 3. The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization (1990) by Peter Senge; Doubleday; ISBN 978-0385517256; Link to the Ebook via VT Library; REQUIRED 4. The resilient enterprise: overcoming vulnerability for competitive advantage (2005) by Yossi Sheffi; MIT Press Books; ISBN 978-0262195379; Link to the Ebook via VT Library; REQUIRED |
| ISE 5024 ISE Seminar |
No Textbook |
| ISE 5034 Mathematical Probability and Statistics for Industrial Engineers |
No textbook: the instructor will upload course materials to Canvas |
| ISE 5054 Engineering Discourse |
1. Essential Writing Skills for College and Beyond (2014) by Gill, C.; Penguin; ISBN 978-1599637594; REQUIRED 2. Better Presentations (2016) by Schwabish, J.; Columbia University Press; ISBN 978-0231175210; Link to the Ebook via VT Library; REQUIRED 3. The craft of research (Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing) (2016) by Booth, W. C., Colomb, G. G., & Williams, J. M.; University of Chicago Press; ISBN 978-0226239736; Link to the Ebook via VT Library; Recommended |
| ISE 5104 Operations Research |
Introduction to Operations Resesarch (11th ed., 2021) by Frederick Hillier and Gerald Lieberman; McGraw Hill; ISBN 9781259872990. REQUIRED |
| ISE 5124 Management of Quality and Reliability |
1. 2023-2024 Baldrige Excellence Framework (Business, Non-Profits) by NIST; Link to the publisher's page for purchase: registration (free) is required for purchasing. REQUIRED 2. Managing for Quality and Performance Excellence (11th Ed., 2020) by James Evans & William Lindsay; Cengage; ISBN 978-0357118269 (e-book); Recommended 3. Steinway and Sons (1981) by David Garvin, Harvard Business School Case # 682-025; Recommended 4. Hank Kolb, Director, Quality Assurance (1981) by W. Earl Sasser, Harvard Business School Case # 681-083; Recommended |
| ISE 5144 Efficiency & Prod |
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; Link to the book in pdf on the publisher's website; 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. Innovation Management and New Product Development (7th Ed., 2021) by Paul Trott; Pearson; ISBN 9781292251523; REQUIRED 2. Winning 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 |
| ISE 5204 Manufacturing Systems Engineering |
1. The Goal (2014) by Eliyahu Goldratt, Jeff Cox; North River Press; ISBN 978-0884271956. REQUIRED 2. The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production-- Toyota's Secret Weapon in the Global Car Wars That Is Now Revolutionizing World Industry (Reprinted edition, 2007) by James P. Womack, Daniel T. Johns, Daniel Ross; Free Press; ISBN 9780743299794; REQUIRED 3. Factory Physics (3rd ed., 2011) by Wallace J. Hopp, Mark L. Spearman; Waveland Press; ISBN 978-1577667391. Recommended 4. Out of the Crisis (1982) by W. Edwards Deming; MIT; ISBN 978-0911379013; LInk to EBook via VT Library; Recommended |
| Course | Textbook |
|---|---|
| ISE 5264 Mod & Anal SC Mfg |
The book is out of pring, but the instructor has permission to copy and distribute it to the students. |
| ISE 5334 Stat Learning & Data Sci |
The Elements of Statistical Learning (2nd Ed., 2009) by Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani, Jerome Friedman; Springer; ISBN 978-0387848587; Link to the book in pdf on the publisher's website; Recommended |
| ISE 5405 Optimization I |
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; Link to ebook via VT Library. Recommended |
| ISE 5434 Economic Evaluation of Industrial Projects |
1. Contemporary Engineering Economics (7th Ed., 2022) by Chan Park; Pearson; ISBN 9780137633296; 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 |
Introduction to Statistical Quality Control (8th Ed., 2020) by Douglas Montgomery; Wiley; ISBN 978-1119723097. Recommended |
| 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 |
Occupational Biomechanics (4th Ed., 2006) by Don B. Chaffin, Gunnar B. J. Andersson, Bernard J. Martin; Wiley; ISBN 978-0471723431; Recommended |
| 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; Link to e-book via VT Library; 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 5814 Sys Dyn Mod Soc-Tech Sys |
Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World (2000) by John Sterman; McGraw-Hill; ISBN 978-0072389159; REQUIRED |
| ISE 5854 Mission Engineering I |
No Textbook: the instructor will upload course materials to Canvas |
| ISE 5984 Ind Anly Cmplx Sys (by Dr. Kong) |
1. Sensors and Control Systems in Manufacturing (2nd Ed., 2010) by Sabrie Soloman; McGraw Hills; ISBN 9780071605724; Link to the ebook via VT Library: Click McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering under Full text availability; Recommended 2. The Elements of Statistical Learning (2nd Ed., 2009) by Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani, Jerome Friedman; Springer; ISBN 978-0387848570; Link to the ebook in pdf on the publisher's website; Recommended |
| Course | Textbook |
|---|---|
| ISE 6464 Queueing Networks |
No textbook: the instructor will upload course materials to Canvas |
| ISE 6604 HF in Vis Disp Sys |
1. Displays: Fundamentals & Applications (2nd Ed., 2016) by Rolf R. Hainich, Oliver Bimber; CRC Press; ISBN 978-1315367408; REQUIRED: Link to the ebook via VT Library 2. Display and Interface Design (2011) by Kevin B. Bennett, John M. Flach; CRC Press; ISBN 978-0429149801; REQUIRED; Link to the ebook via 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 |