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“Creating Tomorrow’s Mathematics Professionals”
NPSMA Best Practices WorkshopHosted by Buffalo State College
October 13-15, 2011Niagara Falls, New York
PSM in Industrial Mathematics:The Northern Iowa Experience
Syed KirmaniUniversity of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa [email protected]
Components of PSM
• Technical Training Through Coursework
• Experiential Learning Through Internship/Project
• Exposure to Business Principles and Practices
• 2-year program
• 34 Units
• Common Core + Emphasis Area (Actuarial Science, Continuous Quality Improvement, and Mathematical Computing & Modeling)
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
• Required Courses – 9 Units
• Required Courses – Actuarial Science Emphasis
Mathematics of FinanceActuarial MathematicsLoss ModelsFinancial Engineering
• Required Courses – Continuous Quality Improvement Emphasis
Design & Analysis of ExperimentsStatistical Quality AssuranceRegression AnalysisMultivariate Statistical AnalysisAdvanced Statistical MethodsProbabilistic Operations ResearchModeling Industrial Systems Using QueueingNetworks
• Required Courses – Mathematical Computing & Modeling Emphasis
Geometric Modeling for CADDifferential EquationsPartial Differential EquationsNumerical AnalysisProbabilistic Operations ResearchModeling Industrial Systems Using Queueing
Networks
• Elective Courses – 9 Units
Marketing StrategyMarketing ManagementStrategic Planning and Organization AnalysisCross-Functional OperationsCorporation FinancePrinciples of InvestmentsFinancial Management and MarketsAdvanced CAD and ModelingNetworkingComputer Systems and Simulation of Physical Systems
Teaching Philosophy
• Emphasis on Computation, Simulation, andSoftware
• Emphasis on Projects
• Emphasis on Writing & Oral Presentations
• Internships
• Placement
• Feedback from Students & Alumni
• Feedback from Employers & Internship Supervisors
Outreach
• Lean & Six Sigma Seminar
• Quality & Modeling Conference
• PSM Laboratory
• Statistical Consulting Center
• PSM Colloquium