Graduate Program Description

The Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department offers graduate studies at both Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy levels. The M.S. program in Industrial Engineering and Management [IE&M] may be earned with a concentration in either industrial engineering or manufacturing engineering. The M.S. can be completed through either a thesis option or a project option. The project option is available only to candidates who have been professionally employed in industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering or a related field and are working in their field at the time of application for admission to graduate study.

All doctorate degrees awarded by the College of Engineering and Architecture are the Ph.D. in Engineering. Doctoral students seeking to specialize in either industrial engineering or manufacturing engineering will fulfill the College requirements through coursework, examinations and dissertation under supervision and direction of the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering faculty.

M.S. in Industrial Engineering and Management

Ph.D. Program

Graduate Degree Requirements

Graduate Bulletin

IE&M Master's Program
The IE&M master's program is designed to equip students with the ability to analyze, design, and manage industrial and business systems as well as to enable students to develop scholarly abilities to further pursue a Ph.D. degree in industrial engineering and management. Students have an opportunity to conduct research in the development of theoretical concepts and industrial systems.

Three areas of emphasis are available in the IE&M master's program. Typical topics in these three areas of emphasis are:

Industrial and Systems Engineering
	Engineering economy, quality control, total quality management, facilities planning and layout, materials handling, operations research, simulation, reliability engineering, systems engineering, logistics engineering, and integrated information systems.
Production and Manufacturing Engineering
	Production scheduling and sequencing, production planning, inventory control, just-in-time production, materials requirement planning systems, automation, robotics, computer integrated manufacturing, cellular manufacturing and group technology, and manufacturing processes.
Human Factors and Management
	Ergonomics, work methods and design, safety, design of man-machine systems, cognitive engineering, project management, and hospital management systems.

IE&M Ph.D. Program
The Ph.D. program is characterized as an interdisciplinary approach to the engineering sciences. A single doctoral program for industrial, electrical, civil, mechanical, and agriculture engineering provides students with both general knowledge and in-depth understanding of one major area of concentration. Students are able to construct individualized programs that emphasize one or more of the engineering sciences or professional practice of engineering design.

The GRE, including advanced engineering, is required for all students admitted. Students applying from countries where English is not the official language must take the TOEFL.