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Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE)
Jessica O. Matson, Chairperson
The department is currently not accepting new students.
DEPARTMENTAL FACULTY: Gary W. Black, Kenneth R. Currie, S. Deivanayagam, David W. Elizandro, Jessica O. Matson, James R. Smith, R. M. Sundaram.
DEPARTMENTAL OVERVIEW
The primary mission of the ISE Department is to develop benchmark quality industrial engineers with broad-based expertise in the design, development, and management of integrated production and service systems. A secondary mission is to develop and transfer innovative technologies for modeling and solving the problems of such integrated systems. To meet this mission, the ISE Department offers coursework leading to the Master of Science in Industrial Engineering degree and participates in the Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering degree offered through the College of Engineering.
The MS program is a thesis degree with a technical content focused on building expertise in analytical modeling and problem solving for complex, integrated systems. The goals of the MS program are as follows:
- To provide students with knowledge and educational experiences necessary to leadership in industrial engineering practice and research and to good citizenship.
- To prepare and to encourage MS graduates to pursue careers in professional leadership, research, and academic pursuits.
- To enhance the Department’s academic environment and to encourage academic and professional growth among all faculty personnel and students.
The Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering is an interdisciplinary, advanced research degree, and students may major in industrial engineering.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Admission to the MS degree program is open to graduates of approved undergraduate curricula in engineering, or to graduates of other technical curricula who satisfy prerequisites that are dependent on academic background and industrial experience. Policies concerning prerequisite requirements are determined by the Industrial and Systems Engineering faculty. Admission to the Ph.D. program is open to individuals with outstanding academic records and potential for original research. See the College of Engineering listing for additional admission requirements.
DEPARTMENTAL DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
In the MS program, each student works with his or her advisory committee to define an appropriate set of courses for the program of study. Each student is required to include three of the following four courses as a core part of his or her program of study.
- ISE 5600 Production Control
- ISE 6200 Statistical Methods for Engineers
- ISE 6400 Industrial Optimization Methods
- ISE 6410 Industrial Systems Simulation
These courses provide the background and quantitative tools needed for a graduate program in industrial engineering. In addition, ISE 6910 Seminar, a one-credit-hour course that introduces students to the process of research and thesis documentation, is required in every student’s program of study. Courses other than ISE 6910 and the core courses in the program of study are dependent on the student’s individual thesis interests and background, as long as the requirements of the College of Engineering and Graduate School are met. See the College of Engineering listing for degree requirements.
Page last updated: 9/18/05
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